Well the "experiment" IS in order to give the SP rotation an extra day off. The discussion , sort of, is whether to five the start to Capuano or Warren and I'll favor Girardi's choice in THIS particular situation because of what I laid out in my post #10. Will I be shocked if Capuano gets clobbered? Nope. But I stand by THIS decision. As I explained in post # 10.
Tonight's starting lineup...... CF - Ellsbury LF - Gardner DH - Rodriquez 1B - Teixeira RF - Young 3B - Headley C - Murphy SS - Gregorius 2B - Ryan
"Betances? what the hell does...............................never mind, I'll never learn. Might be time to join the others". ___________ Before you run and hide like the others....as if I give a sh!t.....I can post happily just for the sake of ANYONE else out there who happens to stumble into the door and reads the various thoughts, "insights" and opinions of this board and have my little pieces included. Now back to your quandary/ head scratching over my mention of Betances (post 10). I'll try and better explain to you (because I care) why I brought up Betances and agreed with Capuano over Warren for this particular start. 1) Betances has pitched the past two days and I believe Girardi has made the choice NOT to pitch him 3 straight days which means he won't be available for his usual 8th inning duty. I guess (hope) you already knew Girardi has NEVER pitched Betances THREE straight days all season long. Shall we move along? 2) Warren last last pitched July 25 (2.1 IP), out of the pen and I think we can agree he is best BULLPEN option other than Betances for the 8th and possibly also the 7th inn for tonight in place of Betances as Betances gets the night off - as we have established. 3) Capuano is the more rested having last pitched July 24 (1 IP). 4) If Warren gets the start as you prefer, then the Yanks lose Warren for bullpen duty for 3- 4 days depending on how many inn he pitches tonight AND, unless he pitches at least 6 inn the Yanks are then going to need Capuano and company and Miller getting the final 9 outs (at least). What would you rather have, Warren, company, and Miller getting the last 9-10 outs possibly protecting a lead- or Capuano and company/Miller doing it? Capuano is probably being asked to take one for the team in order to give the rotation an extra day of rest. Sometimes when you're in the current situation the Yanks are in, you can risk losing a skirmish to help win the long war. I hope this kinda clears up my line of thinking on this issue. Just my opinion.... Care to comment .....including the BETANCES "thing" which you had such a problem with? I'm also anxious to take a look at Nick Goody. Never know when another gem arrives. Who knows? The kid had good numbers at AA-AAA. GO YANKS!
Note to all about tonight's game, it can be seen on FS1 (Fox sports 1) no telecast on the Yes channel.
Good practice .....maybe someday a few new recruits will arrive on the board and we'll have a couple/few others who don't miraculously agree with the usual same steady regular eight posters on 80-90% on most Yankee issues, decisions. Wonder of wonders......the .500 guys will soon go by the wayside...followed by 82-84 win geniuses.......I'm almost getting embarrassed. All documented....oh....has the part of Cashman's "plan" trading Shane Greene popped up lately? You know,the guy with the astronomical ERA and WHIP? It is getting to the point where we can get a somewhat better read on it..still a long way to go. Step right up fellas, you seem to never have a problem ripping into and criticizing Cashman at the drop of a hat...... Quite alright....we're all wrong sometimes.......but when do some of you ever get one right? How about the inexpensive acquisition of Shreve? Not too bad...he's only been one of the keys to their good deep bullpen......ah shucks.....if we only had Prado and Phelps we would be 10 games in first place...... This is gonna be fun- GO YANKS!
And before anyone tries the usual bullsh!t about upsetting a game thread and goes crying to the Mods.....my first post #2 was TOTALLY relevant to the OP, my second post #10 was a reply to my RELEVANT post #2.......my third post #12 was a reply to the RELEVANT game thread topic, as was my post #23, #28 and as for my post # 30....you'll just have to excuse me for a proper response to people gleefully insulting me. Take it or leave it. They like to "play", but they don't like to hear those which don't hum along with their OFTEN INCORRECT assessments and prejudices...lol....which are constantly repeated. Fair play- listen to the music.
Crapuano, shouldn't even be in the Majors, IMO...... Hell, he shouldn't be in AAA ball, either, maybe AA but more like A+
If I would have posted sbout what I really felt about. The decision I would have been destroyed!!!!! Joe girardi
It's all on you, Joe. The whole world knows that this guy is not a major leaguer, yet you think you have the magic touch. Not with this loose cannon on your staff. What a f'kin' diseaster. Not even a full inning and already down 5-0!!!!!!!!!! and it could get worse.
