Steinbrenner: Mr. American Yankee

By dfunzy on 7/13/10 3:22pm
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George Steinbrenner died this morning of a heart attack. He was eighty years old.

I have been nearly a life time New York Yankee fan and so when I read on the Internet that George Steinbrenner, the guiding influence behind the team since 1973, died this morning about 6:30 am, I had to stop and pause.

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New York Yankees Roster

By colormejosh on 3/7/10 1:43am
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NO. NAME POS
91 Alfredo Aceves RP
63 Jonathan Albaladejo RP
90 Wilkins Arias RP
86 Jeremy Bleich SP
64 Andrew Brackman RP
34 A.J. Burnett SP
24 Robinson Cano 2B
29 Francisco Cervelli C
62 Joba Chamberlain SP
76 Reegie Corona 2B
98 Colin Curtis RF
68 Wilkin De La Rosa SP
82 Grant Duff RP
71 Christian Garcia SP
11 Brett Gardner CF
41 Chad Gaudin SP
-- Jose Gil C
27 Greg Golson CF
66 Reid Gorecki LF
14 Curtis Granderson CF
92 Kyle Higashioka C
60 Jason Hirsh SP
73 Jamie Hoffmann RF
65 Phil Hughes RP
17 Kei Igawa SP
2 Derek Jeter SS
26 Nick Johnson 1B
97 Brandon Laird 3B
48 Boone Logan RP
43 Damaso Marte RP
80 Zach McAllister SP
39 Mark Melancon RP
53 Juan Miranda 1B
45 Sergio Mitre SP
83 Jesus Montero C
40 Dustin Moseley SP
74 Hector Noesi SP
75 Ivan Nova SP
94 Eduardo Nunez SS
61 Chan Ho Park RP
19 Ramiro Pena SS
46 Andy Pettitte SP
85 P.J. Pilittere C
20 Jorge Posada C
47 Royce Ring RP
42 Mariano Rivera RP
12 Mike Rivera C

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New York Mets Roster

By colormejosh on 3/7/10 1:42am
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NO. NAME POS
65 Russ Adams SS
21 Rod Barajas C
44 Jason Bay LF
15 Carlos Beltran CF
90 Travis Blackley SP
4 Henry Blanco C
63 Shawn Bowman 3B
22 Jolbert Cabrera 2B
94 Kiko Calero RP
23 Chris Carter RF
1 Luis Castillo 2B
2 Frank Catalanotto LF
67 Mike Cervenak 3B
13 Alex Cora SS
3 Chris Coste C
78 Ike Davis 1B
64 Elmer Dessens RP
36 R.A. Dickey RP
93 Jack Egbert RP
45 Kelvim Escobar RP
6 Nick Evans LF
61 Clint Everts RP
62 Jesus Feliciano CF
25 Pedro Feliciano RP
27 Nelson Figueroa RP
-- Wilmer Flores SS
43 Josh Fogg SP
12 Jeff Francoeur RF
10 Andy Green 3B
50 Sean Green RP
11 Anderson Hernandez SS
80 Luis Hernandez SS
66 Mike Hessman 1B
18 Ryota Igarashi RP
35 Mike Jacobs 1B
40 Eddie Kunz RP
68 Bobby Livingston SP
32 Arturo Lopez RP
33 John Maine SP
47 Jay Marshall RP
26 Fernando Martinez RF
19 Gary Matthews Jr. CF
76 Jenrry Mejia SP
48 Pat Misch RP
70 Carlos Muniz RP
28 Daniel Murphy 1B
-- Neal Musser P
71 Mike Nickeas C

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AFraud ?

By jemanji on 5/1/09 11:14am
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ARodARod

The usual interesting thread at Mariner Central, wherein TopCat alertly points out that ARod could wind up accused of tipping pitches AS FAVORS TO ENEMY HITTERS -- DURING OFFICIAL GAMES.

This dude is really threatening to pull a Mike Tyson-level spiral down the toilet bowl here.

Ban him forever?  Throw him in a wood chipper?  Make him disco with Derek Jeter next Monday?  Send him to Seattle to get boo'ed for the next eight years of purgatory?  Or just let him try to play through his hip and watch his scheduled 950 home runs turn into 650?

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POTD Gary Sheffield

By jemanji on 3/31/09 10:46pm
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Toss:  The Tigers release Garry Sheffield.

Chop:  Just in case you were wondering about whether he could help the locals any more, no.  Sheffield is 40 now, and last year he did (finally) have his dropoff season (from 6+ runs per game to 4.4).

Sheffield first came up with the Brewers as a super-hyped 19-year-old, and I remember him arguing with the Brewers about which position he'd play.  Also vividly remember Dave Neihaus reporting this, and in response to the idea of a 19-year-old asserting himself to an organization, saying with extreme disgust, "What. Is. Next."

There aren't many guys who've played a full 20 years and yet stay underrated, but Sheffield has.  He's got a career 141 OPS+ ... multiply that by 20 or so, now ...

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Don't Mess With Perfection

By jemanji on 2/28/09 7:39pm
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The Yanks find themselves with a superfluous Nick Swisher and unable to find a deal they quite can pull the trigger on. 

Will Carroll once wrote at a July 31 deadline, after everybody passed on the deals available:

One front office executive noted his frustration.

“Everyone’s locked in on their own guys, scared to death to make the trade Minaya did in Montreal. [Ed. note: the 2002 deal that brought Colon and Tim Drew to the Expos for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.] The Dodgers scuttled a deal they had, the Angels won’t budge, and you can’t get Minnesota to even talk about their second-tier guys. Nothing’s happening. I wouldn’t be surprised if teams close up shop early and start trying to figure out who will clear.”

As we noted above, it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Two Closers?!

By jemanji on 2/16/09 2:53am
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KRod AND JJ Putz?  Slap me silly, leads are going to be fun in Shea...

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Net Present Value and the 2009 Yankee Contracts

By jemanji on 2/12/09 3:44am
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In Excel, the syntax works like this:  =8+NPV(10%,9,10,11,12) where 10% is typical baseball salary inflation, and 8,9,…,12 represent a typical 5/$50m contract.   The 8 represents the first year; the 9, 10, 11, 12 represent the future years adjusted against a 10% free-agency inflation rate.

Since free agency first began, it has averaged 10% inflation per year.  This year has been down for many players (though not for Raul Ibanez, for example), but that's only a hiccup.

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One particular form of salary inflation, is found in roto keeper leagues — if available talent sinks, and cash rises, then you can and do see $20 J.D. Drews go for $30 or more –  our gives a little primer on this concept.

There are times when you not only can pay $30 roto for J.D.

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