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The Curious Case of Robinson Cano’s Defense in 2008
(87 Comments - 9/7/2008 2:58:10 pm)

NY Post: ‘FRAUD’ IS ‘JOBA’ THE NUT
(31 Comments - 9/5/2008 4:56:42 pm)

MLB Team Defense by Zone Rating through September 4, 2008
(99 Comments - 9/5/2008 2:51:47 pm)

Yankees (75-64) @ Rays (84-53), 7:10pm **Game Chatter**
(89 Comments - 9/5/2008 9:40:32 am)

Yankees (74-64) @ Rays (84-52), 7:10pm **Game Chatter**
(170 Comments - 9/4/2008 8:39:38 am)

tRA and the 2008 Yankees
(83 Comments - 9/4/2008 12:40:22 am)

Yankees (73-64) @ Rays (84-51), 7:10pm **Game Chatter**
(133 Comments - 9/3/2008 11:17:45 am)

Newsday - O’Brien: Chamberlain back today, will work out of bullpen
(33 Comments - 9/2/2008 5:26:24 pm)

NY Daily News: Yankees’ Minor League Report
(18 Comments - 9/2/2008 4:47:20 pm)

Yankees.com: Joba to face hitters in next rehab phase
(189 Comments - 9/1/2008 10:25:06 pm)

Player

 Current Projected
Brian Bruney
11 G
15 G
12 IP
16 IP
Dan Giese
11 G
15 G
21.7 IP
29 IP
Damaso Marte
5 G
7 G
4.7 IP
6 IP
Edwar Ramirez
37 G
49 G
40.7 IP
54 IP
Mariano Rivera
44 G
58 G
48.3 IP
64 IP
David Robertson
14 G
19 G
16.3 IP
22 IP
Jose Veras
38 G
50 G
38.7 IP
51 IP
Total
274 G
364 G
328.3 IP
435 IP
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- Bernal Diaz

"Mr. Mahnken is enlightened."
- cordially, as always,
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- Repoz

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- yan

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- bob

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- No Guru No Method

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- Randal

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- Larry Mahnken

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

.268/.403/.595

The Yankees beat the Padres last night 8-0 behind seven strong innings by Andy Pettitte and two scoreless innings by Jose Veras, Billy Traber, and Mariano Rivera.  On offense, the team was led by Jason Giambi, who hit two HRs.  Giambi is now hitting .268/.403/.595 on the season, which is amazing considering he was hitting .150/.317/.375 on May 4.  Since then he’s hitting ..355/.470/.755 in 134 PA.

Giambi’s not as good as he’s hit over those 134 PA, but he’s obviously not as bad as he was over his first 104 PA either.  Giambi’s 2008 is a great example of why we should not get hung up on small samples of performance when evaluating a player’s talent.  That segues into Robinson Cano, who by all accounts has been a disappointment on offense this year, although he appears to be slowly coming out of it.

Which of the following two samples are more meaningful?

1707 PA: .314/.346/.489
279 PA: .230/.276/.330

Cano’s having a disappointing season, there’s no question about it.  But it doesn’t mean he sucks. We have far more evidence that shows that he doesn’t.  So like with Giambi, we just need to be patient.

Yanks are now a season-high five games over .500, but they’ve got Jake Peavy looming against them tonight.

--Posted at 8:17 am by SG / 47 Comments | - (67)


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