It May Be Time for Yankees To Cut Giambi

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A-Rod could land on DL
Published 4/22/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... , Kat O'Brien says as soon as Jorge Posada or Jose Molina prove they can play several games in a row, Chad Moeller will be around. Once Moeller is sent down, Duncan has to be the first guy called up. Funny... we wrote the above on Giambi before reading Steven Goldman's entry today on how it might be time for the Yanks to cut Giambi.

N.Y. Sun: Goldman: It May Be Time for Yankees To Cut Giambi
Published 4/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
N.Y. Sun: Goldman: It May Be Time for Yankees To Cut Giambi Fine...right after someone cuts Mad Dog Russo . As the Yankees have struggled to a .500 record in the early going, the focus on how to “fix” the team has focused on the pitching staff and the difficulties of Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, the team’s two hurlers on the rare side of 20-something. This weekend, Hank Steinbrenner raised the possibility that Joba Chamberlain, another young pitcher, will switch out of the bullpen and rescue the rotation. Yet the offense has also been a disappointment, and it’s ...

Is it time to cut Jason Giambi?
Published 4/22/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
Steve Goldman of the Pinstriped Bible think it is: As the Yankees have struggled to a .500 record in the early going, the focus on how to "fix" the team has focused on the pitching staff. . . . Yet the offense has also been a disappointment, and it's something that the Yankees can improve far more easily than they can the pitching, starting by benching, trading, or releasing Jason Giambi. It is far simpler for the Yankees to do what they can to improve the offense than it will be ...

Catfish Stew: Optimizing the DH
Published 4/22/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... , and are giving him nothing but soft stuff until he adjusts, and he might not adjust. So let's take a look at the options for the DH slot: Cust, plus Mike Sweeney, free agents Thomas and Barry Bonds, plus, just for the heck of it (since there are calls for his head in New York), Jason Giambi. All five of these guys have similar profiles: low batting averages, lots of walks, high slugging percentage. Let's look at their PECOTA projected and current 2008 stats, both overall and by handedness: Overall : projected 2008 to date ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, April 23
Published 4/23/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... be like if Guillen managed the Yankees of Hank Steinbrenner. A-DAD: Alex Rodriguez' wife Cynthia gave birth to the couple's second daughter. (New York Daily News) STILL SOMETHING LEFT: On the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, SG is unconvinced of something that is becoming accepted truth in Yankee Universe: That Jason Giambi is all washed up. If you want to read the case against Giambi, may we direct you to Steven Goldman of the New York Sun. WHAT?? Joe Posnanski speaks for ...