Post Game Thread: May 17, 2013. Toronto 0 - 5 Yankees

[fatcowxlive]

Not much to say. Buherle did what we expected, 6 innings of 5 run ball but the offence decided not to play when they saw Reyes in the dugout and Kuroda on the mound lol

 

Scoring Plays:

 

Bottom of the 1st:

Yankees score (Yanks lead 1-0): Robinson Cano grounds out to Emilio Bonifacio, Brett Gardiner scores from 3rd.

 

Bottom of the 5th:

Yankees score (Yanks lead 2-0): Jayson Nix lifts a flyball to Melky Cabrera, David Adams just beats the throw home

 

Bottom of the 6th:

Yankees score (Yanks lead 3-0): Austin Romine doubles to left scoring David Adams and moving Ichiro to 3rd

Yankees score (Yanks lead 4-0): Brett Gardiner singles to left, Ichiro scores and Austin Romine to 3rd

Yankees score (Yanks lead 5-0): Jayson Nix lifts a sac fly to Colby Rasmus, Austin Romine scores

 

Box Scores:

Box score on MLB.com not working yet

[ElNik2013]

Looking forward to tomorrow and Sunday with Sanchez and Nolin pitching tomorrow and Stroman's debut on Sunday.

[Deadpool]

Jpa... Learn to take a f***ing walk!

[GD]

Looking forward to tomorrow and Sunday with Sanchez and Nolin pitching tomorrow and Stroman's debut on Sunday.

 

Are any of these on MiLB.tv?

[theblujay]

Glad I missed this game. Gotta win the next two.

[Dylan]

I have good luck missing bad games

[Arkadium]

Jpa... Learn to take a f***ing walk!

 

+1 / seriously / f***ing selfish d-bag

[ElNik2013]

+1 / seriously / f***ing selfish d-bag

 

 

 

Why should he change when he hits in the middle of the order almost every game? The message he gets from hitting in the meat of the order is that they're happy with him.

[John_Havok]

Why should he change when he hits in the middle of the order almost every game? The message he gets from hitting in the meat of the order is that they're happy with him.

 

Yeah.

 

I cringed in his second AB. 5 pitches, only 1 of which was in the strike zone, the 4 others were at least a foot off the plate outside and down and he was there hacking at them.

[ElNik2013]

Yeah.

 

I cringed in his second AB. 5 pitches, only 1 of which was in the strike zone, the 4 others were at least a foot off the plate outside and down and he was there hacking at them.

 

 

Exactly what they had been avoiding during this 4-game winning streak. Now, Kuroda was good and they couldn't get anything going, but we know JPA has like 2 walks the whole year. Almost all the other hitters on the team have shown some improvement in this regard, but hey, he's the cleanup hitter, he's gotta get his reebeezz!

[Metallijay]

Exactly what they had been avoiding during this 4-game winning streak. Now, Kuroda was good and they couldn't get anything going, but we know JPA has like 2 walks the whole year. Almost all the other hitters on the team have shown some improvement in this regard, but hey, he's the cleanup hitter, he's gotta get his reebeezz!

 

If they don't win the next 2 season is done. What a pathetic hitter JP is

[Metallijay]

Why should he change when he hits in the middle of the order almost every game? The message he gets from hitting in the meat of the order is that they're happy with him.

 

JP makes me want to bang whores harder.

[blackjays21]

Exactly what they had been avoiding during this 4-game winning streak. Now, Kuroda was good and they couldn't get anything going, but we know JPA has like 2 walks the whole year. Almost all the other hitters on the team have shown some improvement in this regard, but hey, he's the cleanup hitter, he's gotta get his reebeezz!

 

I absolutely don't like jpa.. he has very bad plate discipline, bad plate vision and very bad play calling..

 

id be in favour of trading him.. but for what is the question?

in reality what do you think jpa is valued at?

[Stangstag]

If they don't win the next 2 season is done.

 

Lol ok.

[crrr]

Lol ok.

 

The sad thing is it's true. They just don't have any games to give away.

[Caper]

The sad thing is it's true. They just don't have any games to give away.

 

 

There is 120 games left.... What do you mean they can't give away any more games.... they can and will give away plenty more.

[Caper]

I wonder if Colby should bat clean up. At least he walks.

[Figgy1R22R]

Edwin should be batting clean up, with Lind battened 3rd vs RHP, Colby 5, JPA 6

[ElNik2013]

I absolutely don't like jpa.. he has very bad plate discipline, bad plate vision and very bad play calling..

 

id be in favour of trading him.. but for what is the question?

in reality what do you think jpa is valued at?

 

 

You never know with GM's, there may be one out there who might give up a prospect for him.

 

The more important question is, do AA and his gang see JPA's shortcomings?

I'd like to think they'd like to see A.J. Jimenez be the catcher of the future starting next year (unrealistic), or at least get a good defensive catcher and go with a platoon with Thole, but i have my doubts. I was hoping Gibbons, I guess cause he's a former catcher, would see how bad he is defensively. And given the way Gibbons has constructed the lineup, it makes it disappointing that he thinks JPA belongs in the middle of the order. The worst part about JPA hitting in the middle of the order is that it tells him everything is fine and he don't need to improve on anything except swing harder.

[G-Snarls]

Exactly what they had been avoiding during this 4-game winning streak. Now, Kuroda was good and they couldn't get anything going, but we know JPA has like 2 walks the whole year. Almost all the other hitters on the team have shown some improvement in this regard, but hey, he's the cleanup hitter, he's gotta get his reebeezz!

 

I haven't looked up the stats but Kuroda is exactly the type of pitcher who can just own Arencibia. Right hander, down in the zone, great control, nothing over the heart of the plate ever. JP is no match for that. Free swinger who can't lay off a pitch low and away. So that's exactly where Kuroda worked him, with fantastic results.

[Metallijay]

I haven't looked up the stats but Kuroda is exactly the type of pitcher who can just own Arencibia. Right hander, down in the zone, great control, nothing over the heart of the plate ever. JP is no match for that. Free swinger who can't lay off a pitch low and away. So that's exactly where Kuroda worked him, with fantastic results.

 

Yet our coaching staff bats him fourth.............

[BlueJayWay]

JP makes me want to bang whores harder.

silver lining

[G-Snarls]

Yet our coaching staff bats him fourth.............

 

Yeah Lind should have been hitting 4th last night

 

We still would have lost the game, but...

[G-Snarls]

Yet our coaching staff bats him fourth.............

 

I looked it up. Somehow JP has managed to hit 7 for 18 off Kuroda. That may or may not include last night.

[JohnnyLonghorn]

JP OBP right now is under .250 no way he should be in the top half of the lineup, let alone cleanup.

[Deadpool]

JP OBP right now is under .250 no way he should be in the top half of the lineup, let alone cleanup.

 

At this point, my instruction to him (were I Mattola) would be "don't swing, just... stop swinging for a few days, maybe if you don't swing at everything, they'll give you a pitch that's not a foot outside and then you can try to hit a homer."

[bzapple]

I'd love to join in on the JPA bashing but I've accepted that as long as he's on a 25 HR pace nothing will be done.

[G-Snarls]

Rasmus and Arencibia should be hitting 7th and 8th

 

Once Reyes is back that's exactly what we'll see