2014 New York Yankees season thread Vol. (84-78) .. Essential's Offseason thread coming soon

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Safe to say the Evil Empire has made its return? :evil:

With tons of spending that wasn't in the original off-season blueprint, our team appears much improved from last season. Everyone is healthy/healthier, key guys were lost, but top replacements were added in their departure. We already know that A-Rod is suspended for the entire season, which hopefully means it's not made into an ongoing distraction for the clubhouse.

Here's to a WS bound and win of a season :pimp: .
 
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the quest for 28 begins now
 
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*Reserved* (especially so DSA isn't technically the first reply in this thread :lol: )
Edit: KingFoam beat him to it ^ haha,

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News & Notes
I'll have this updated throughout the week with key losses/additions to the team and any other news/info

Blogs to Follow
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/
http://riveraveblues.com/
http://www.pinstripedbible.com/

Full-Squad
2 Derek Jeter SS
11 Brett Gardner OF
12 Alfonso Soriano OF
14 Brian Roberts 2B
18 Hiroki Kuroda RHP
19 Masahiro Tanaka RHP
22 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
24 Scott Sizemore INF
25 Mark Teixeira 1B
26 Eduardo Nunez INF
27 Shawn Kelley RHP
28 Joe Girardi Manager
29 Francisco Cervelli C
30 Dave Robertson RHP
31 Ichiro Suzuki OF
33 Kelly Johnson INF
34 Brian McCann C
Brian McCann, Francisco Cervelli35 Michael Pineda RHP
36 Carlos Beltran OF
38 Preston Claiborne RHP
39 Brendan Ryan SS
40 Matt Daley RHP
41 David Phelps RHP
43 Adam Warren RHP
47 Ivan Nova RHP
48 Matt Thornton LHP
50 Mick Kelleher 1B coach
52 CC Sabathia LHP
53 Austin Romine C
54 Kevin Long Hitting coach
55 David Herndon RHP
Hiroki Kuroda56 Tony Pena Bench coach
57 Chris Leroux RHP
58 Larry Rothschild Pitching coach
59 Rob Thomson 3B coach
60 Gary Tuck Bullpen coach
61 Jim Miller RHP
62 Robert Coello RHP
63 Yoshinori Tateyama RHP
64 Cesar Cabral LHP
65 Zoilo Almonte OF
66 John Ryan Murphy C
67 Vidal Nuno LHP
68 Dellin Betances RHP
70 Russ Canzler UTJoe Girardi, Mark Teixeira
71 Brian Gordon RHP
72 Corban Joseph 2B
73 Antoan Richardson OF
74 Bruce Billings RHP
75 Manny Banuelos LHP
76 Jose Ramirez RHP
77 Francisco Rondon LHP
78 Slade Heathcott OF
79 Nik Turley LHP
80 Jose Gil C
81 Ramon Flores OF
82 Gary Sanchez C
Jose Campos83 Chase Whitley RHP
84 Mark Montgomery RHP
85 Bryan Mitchell RHP
86 Jose Pirela UT
87 Francisco Arcia C
88 Danny Burawa RHP
89 Yangervis Solarte INF
90 Shane Greene RHP
91 Tyler Austin OF
92 Fred Lewis LHP
93 Dean Anna INF
94 Jose Campos RHP
95 Adonis Garcia OF
96 Pete O’Brien C
97 Mason Williams OF
98 Zealous Wheeler INF
 
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At least it's more optimistic this year as opposed to last year. :lol:


Still a 2B or 3B, and Set Up Man or Closer short in my opinion to win.
 
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Looks like I'll be attending one of those Boston games in April.

I haven't been to the Stadium in about 2 years :smh: . I definitely plan on going to a few games this season.

Page 1 :pimp: march to 28.

I was really mad I did not manage one game last season. It's our year though. I'll be marrying the girl I met on November 4th, 2009 this year. It'll lead to a World Series.

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And **** Boston. Right in the poop chute. DeadsetAce DeadsetAce
 
"I can't tell you what he's thinking. I can't tell you if he's glad about this or glad about that. You have to ask him," Jeter said. "For us, we don't have to deal with it. It's over and done with. It's a situation he has to deal with. It is what it is. He's not going to be here this year, so you have to find ways to get it done."

The Captain telling it like it is
 
Page 1 :pimp: march to 28.

I was really mad I did not manage one game last season. It's our year though. I'll be marrying the girl I met on November 4th, 2009 this year. It'll lead to a World Series.

:pimp:

And **** Boston. Right in the poop chute. DeadsetAce DeadsetAce

That's whats up :pimp: , to everything you posted. A belated congrats on the engagement!
 
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the poop chute is all you're going to get since you'll be staring up at our *** in the standings. enjoy :pimp:
 
Heads up: Tanaka's news conference will be aired live today (2/11/14) at 1 p.m. on the YES network, MLB.com and the MLB Network.

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The best case scenario for a fifth starter competition with no clear favorite
By Mike Axisa

When pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training on Friday, the Yankees will have more than a few jobs up for grabs. The last bench spot is up in the air, ditto about four bullpen spots. The fifth starter’s spot is wide open as well, since the team opted to go internal rather than add a low-cost veteran like … I dunno. Paul Maholm or Jason Hammel, I guess. David Phelps is among those who will compete for that last rotation spot these next few weeks.

“It’s good to have somebody pushing you,” said Phelps to Anthony McCarron last week. “We’re not going to root against each other, because if we all do well, our team does better … I would obviously love to be a starter. I think I’m capable. I just have to go out and show what I’m capable of. If it’s not that, I don’t have a problem pitching out of the bullpen. But at the same time, I do want to start. It’s what I’ve done my whole career up until the last couple years.”

Adam Warren, who was solid as the team’s swingman last summer, will also be in that fifth starter’s competition. So will Vidal Nuno, who has the least big league experience of the candidates but is also left-handed, and lefty starters are always nice to have given Yankee Stadium’s short right field. Barring some suprise late additions, Michael Pineda will be the fourth and only other starter competing for a spot in camp, nearly two full years after having surgery to repair a torn labrum.

“I don’t know what we are going to get from him, but we have hope,” said Brian Cashman to Kevin Kernan last week, talking about Pineda. “This just has to play itself out. He has to perform April through September, and it has to be in New York and not in Trenton. The reports are good now, but he has to continue to progress and do it in a Major League setting. We certainly would love to get him back.”

The Yankees have held some rigged Spring Training competitions in the past (fifth starter in 2010, catcher in 2013) but I honestly don’t think anyone has a leg up in this year’s rotation race. Phelps has the most big league experience of the bunch but he’s only been in the league two seasons. Pineda was an All-Star in 2011 but he hasn’t thrown an MLB pitch in two years now. Nuno is a finesse lefty without a big league out pitch and Warren really seemed to find a niche in the bullpen last summer. Any of those four guys could walk away with the job and I wouldn’t be surprised. For what it’s worth, ZiPS doesn’t see much of a difference between these guys anyway:

Projected K/BB Projected ERA Projected FIP
Nuno 2.76 5.20 5.24
Phelps 2.41 4.54 4.56
Pineda 2.48 4.65 4.65
Warren 1.98 4.64 4.74

Projections don’t really mean much of anything, though I do think the ZiPS numbers do a good job of showing just how tight this race is. There is no obvious favorite for the fifth starter spot given what he know right now and that makes it kinda fun in my opinion. Rigged competitions ruin the surprise.

Now, that said, would it be better for the Yankees if Pineda shows up to camp and looks like the guy he was with the Mariners before the trade? Absolutely. With all due respect to the other three rotation candidates, Pineda has (by far) the highest ceiling of the bunch and a strong rebound from shoulder surgery would be an amazingly positive development for both the 2014 Yankees as well as the 2015-17 teams. He is the only pitcher in history to post a 9+ K/9 with a sub-3 BB/9 in his rookie season, so his ability to control the strike zone while missing bats is especially rare.

The other three fifth starter candidates all have the ability to help at the big league level — they all have already, to some degree — but I think we can all agree none of those guys offers the impact potential of Pineda. That potential may have disappeared with the shoulder surgery, we won’t know what he can do until he gets out there, but Spring Training should give us a decent idea of what he is capable of nearly two years removed from the procedure. There is no clear favorite for that last rotation spot, but the no doubt best case scenario is Pineda showing up to camp and looking like the guy he was before the shoulder surgery.

http://riveraveblues.com/2014/02/fifth-starter-post-99335/
 
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Certainly excited for this year with our additions. Biggest question mark for sure will be the infield, bullpen and what we'll get from starters 4-5.

Here's how I'd like to see the lineup.

1. Ellsbury - CF
2. Jeter - SS
3. Beltran - RF
4. Teixiera - 1B
5. McCann - C
6 - Soriano - DH
7 - Johnson - 2B
8 - Ryan - 3B
9 - Gardner - LF

Pitching staff, more so then Tanaka, I want to see Pineda in the roation from day 1. It's time he pay up for the trade and become valuable. Live up to the hype.

I also wouldn't be shocked if Tanaka starts opening day. It's not likely but I'd think it would catch a team by surprise and bring a huge level of energy. Standing room only in the stadium etc.

Lets get this RING
 
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