That’s a HOF left side of the infield there…

HOF of defensive replacements!  Woo-hoo!

The fact that the Blue Jays announced they were shutting Morrow down for the season AFTER making this start against the Yankees is pretty annoying.

Eh.  Maybe he won’t be that motivated then.  Kinda like your last day at work before vacation?

Toronto and Morrow are our daddies.

Maybe he won’t be that motivated then.

Morrow don’t have to be motivated to make the Yankee bat wilt. He could have a huge turkey sandwich for lunch, be ready for his nap, and I’d assume he’ll no hit the Yankees.

Toronto aka 1961 Yanks is our daddy

Total number of Ks for Morrow

20?

11 straight balls by Morrow (per GD).

Not enough Wheaties this morning, Teix.  But good enough.

I have a feeling the fact that this is a day game is going to piss a lot of people off later.  Pending the outcome, of course.

Teix: good at baseball.

Cano’s been a little cold lately.

This is the complaint thread, right?

I have a feeling the fact that this is a day game is going to piss a lot of people off later.

Bad for the business side of things?

“It is high, it is far, it is gone, no its not”

“It is high, it is far, it is gone, no its not”

Per Gameday I am not sure Morrow has thrown more than two or three pitches that were actually in the strike zone this inning.

Why would you announce you’re shutting a pitcher down before his last start?

[12] Sterling missed the call on Jorge’s ball by that much?

SSS, but Berkman seems to be hitting the ball better since coming off of the DL.

Yankees = Warning Track Power

Blue Jays = HR Derby Finalists

[14] I suppose the thinking is, if they announce it ahead of time it covers them no matter how Morrow pitches.  If he pitches poorly, it doesn’t look like they are making a knee-jerk reaction.  If he pitches well, they can say, “we said ahead of time it’s in his best interests”.  I’m not saying that is necessarily a *good* reason.  But there are worse ones, like using a Magic 8-Ball.

15 Tex

I don’t like Kearns’ chances against a righty with stuff as good as Morrow’s.

[19] I know, my joke didn’t come across very well…your post didn’t show up until after Posada grounded out to pitcher…

[20] I don’t like Pena’s chances in general.

I don’t like Pena’s chances against a pitcher above A-ball.

Pena should bunt in this situations.

I like Granderson v2.0.

Kevin Long for MVP!

Yeesh, they really ought to pull Morrow now.

What’s Kevin Long paid?

Kevin Long, genius?  Or the geniusest of geniuses?

Teixeira sucks.  Fire Kevin Long for ruining his swing between his two ABs today.

/complaint thread

Wot th’??  I thot this was a day game, not a dawn patrol!?

So, second and third no outs in the first and they can’t get any runs across???

[32] They scored one run but left a on runner on third with less than two outs.

Mike 21:  I’m at work and not hanging on his every word and I know there was another long fly ball to end the inning so I thought that was what you meant or I would’ve got your joke unless I was in a coma in which case please don’t pull the tube since my mind is working, sort of.

Damn, can’t even get in a good complaint anymore. :(

Does Nova get the chance to throw >80 pitches today if he stays on his game?

In the previous thread someone pointed out that Fangraphs has Gardner at 4.6 WAR.  I looked at this a few days ago, and he was at 4.1 (or maybe 4.2) - and if I recall correctly they had his fielding component at 12 runs.  Now the latter is at 17.  Unless he spent several days playing so shallow that he handled all the gbs that Jeter missed, I suspect they have a bug (or fixed one silently), which is annoying.  BBref had him at 0.1-0.2 WAR less a few days ago, now the delta is 0.6.

Cano really helping out Morrow there.

Hip Hip

Oh god.  I just thought of a possible Sterling call for a Berkman HR.  “Sir Lancelot!”

Anyway, Lance seems to be hitting this time around.

Ramiro!

Pena has his OPS over .500!

I never doubted Pena.

Nope.

Doesn’t a Ramiro Pena two out line drive base hit automatically require immediate shutdown?

Two straight days of empty Yankee Stadium.

Shut this down, Cito!

Doesn’t an Eduardo Nunez two out infield single automatically require immediate shutdown?

Doesn’t an Eduardo Nunez two out infield single automatically require immediate shutdown?

No shut-down, please. I’m enjoying Morrow’s work.

“Nunez is out, no they called him safe” then Suzie added it was a good call

Gah.  Still, things are going well.

Two straight days of empty Yankee Stadium.

It’s definitely not empty.  There are just as many people walking around as there are in the stands right now.  New stadiums are more like malls or amusement parks with all the different distractions they have.  Isn’t there a museum attached to the stadium now?

[36] One of the fangraph writers tweeted something like “After the UZR update…”.  I guess he was implying totals aren’t updated daily?  Not sure.

Not a good start to this inning.

Doh.  Groundballs, pls.

Is there a reason why Nova is not getting strikes called on pitches thigh high and right over the heart of the damn plate?

[54] The umpire feels bad about calling so many balls against Morrow?

[51] Makes sense, thanks.  Still think there should be a notice somewhere obvious.

In play, run(s).  Sigh.

[54] Gameday sure thinks ball three to McDonald was a strike.  Are you watching on TV?

Well, at least the run scored on an out.

That inning ended a lot better than it began. Nova is hanging in there.

Oooh, time to go (early release for holiday weekend).  I get to go listen to Sterling & Waldman in my car!  Yay!

Oh, wait…

I don’t think that’s what the Jays had in mind for Morrow’s last start.

[54] Gameday sure thinks ball three to McDonald was a strike.  Are you watching on TV?

Yeah, seems like low strikes aren’t getting called.

[58] That was his point, I think.  He wants robots.

“Oooh, time to go (early release for holiday weekend).”

Does that mean no pay for the rest of the day, or just extra holiday?

I like Gardner’s OBP Jesus impression this month.

.000/.429/.429

Nick Lives!

Suboptimal inning, that was.

[60] Meanwhile, Ivy in Boston gets early release for the hurricane.

A coworker came and saw I was watching gameday, handed me some forms, and told me I was on my own for travel authorization.  I *think* he was kidding?

Any chance Nova goes 6?

[51, 56] My memory says that UZR is updated weekly, but that may have changed this year.

I disapprove of this move.

I approve this move.

I win!

Wow Girardi with another super quick hook on Nova.

Berkman is master of the cheapies today.

I’m sorry.  Berkman, infield hit?  Berkman?????

Wow Girardi with another super quick hook on Nova.

I don’t really think so. He hadn’t thrown a whole slew of pitches, but he also wasn’t pitching that great, the tying run was on base, and Overbay had doubled off him just last inning. Also, it’s September, so he can afford to be a bit more profligate with his relievers.

The Brian Tallet portion of this game has sucked. Why is everybody swinging at the first pitch?

I’m not surprised about the hook on Nova.  He’d thrown 76 pitches and had two on.  He was not as sharp as the last outing.  it looks like he’s on a ceiling of ~80 pitches.

I thought a little confidence shown to Nova now could pay dividends over the rest of the season, especially in light of how unreliable AJ and Vazquez are.

[76] I guess that makes some sense.

It would be nice if the offense started trying again.

I’d rather they win the game than buck up Nova’s confidence. I like Nova well enough and think he might even be of use in the bullpen come October, but he’s just not that important to the team’s success this season.

he’s also at a total of 163.2 innings for the year now.  his previous high was 148.2 in A+ two years ago.  He’s their best #5 with Andy out, but he’s young and they’re protecting him.

I’m not so sure about pulling Logan for Robertson with the immortal Johnny Mac stepping to the plate. McDonald is garbage.

Did I wake up in October?

Has Robertson fallen this far on the depth chart already?

Has Robertson fallen this far on the depth chart already?

I actually think this was Joe saying “Let’s hold them right here with the good relievers.” Also, assuming he retires Molina quickly, Robertson is good for another two or three batters in the seventh.

Walking Molina is inexcusable.

Well, that’s just terrible. How can you walk Molina?

How do you walk Molina?

Never, ever walk Molina.

Ever.

Love them free bases…

I would rather Robertson throw a batting practice fastball to Molina and give up the game-tying homer than walk him. That’s egregious.

Is he trying to pitch his way that far down on the depth chart?

Robertson made that about a hundred times more difficult than it had to be.

Is Robertson the new 6th inning guy?

I believe McDonald, Molina, McCoy is the easiest three batter sequence you can face in the American League.

/not hyperbole
//seriously

he’s also at a total of 163.2 innings for the year now.  his previous high was 148.2 in A+ two years ago.  He’s their best #5 with Andy out, but he’s young and they’re protecting him.

Pretty sure this is dead on.  There’s a non-zero chance they’re going to need him to make five or six more starts this year, which would potentially put him at what, 190 innings on the year?  He’s only 23, and that’s a big jump from his previous high.  I’d expect him to be limited similarly in every start for the rest of the year, although hopefully they don’t make a public pronouncement about it so all the pitching coaches in the media can’t mock it.

I believe McDonald, Molina, McCoy is the easiest three batter sequence you can face in the American League.

The Mariners and A’s might be able to gin up something to rival that stretch, but it’s gotta be in the discussion.

It would be nice if the Yankees scored a bunch of runs and turned this into Mitre time.

I’d say Cervelli, Pena and Jeter is the easiest.