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On the minor note, Martin is above the Mendoza line for the first time in many months
I was just going to say, i am finally over .200!
Just 3 quick thoughts. 1st) As the previous 2 posters point out Martin has just topped the .200 BA number. 2nd) Jones batting average if .203 just an 0 for 2 away from falling below the Mendoza line. Which he do do briefly last night. 3rd) Granderson is at 163 K's for the season just 6 below his record with the Yankess and 14 below his career mark of 174 he set with the Tigers in 2006. Also, his BA of .231 while bad enough has been is steady decline for the last 2 plus weeks. Which means he getting a hit about every 4.3 times AB that's not very good.
One final comment. Hopefully this win for the Yankees is the start of a turn around for the team for the month. They are going to need a bunch more if they expect to make the post season, because the O's and Rays are NOT going away.
We will see whether the are real Yankees in the tradition of Munson and Berra and Jackson ETC ETc or a bunch of rich guys in Pinstripes .
Granderson is doing very little to make me excited about giving him a giant new contract. Not only is he trying to lead the league in strikeouts, he misplayed one catchable ball badly, early in the game. Any time an outfielder comes in, only to spin like a dog with bladder problems before running toward the wall and having the ball go over his head – NOT a golden glove caliber play. Kuroda gave up runs, but he didn't get the best defensive help, either.
Tho I have to admit – walking Fuld? Pretty much the same "Huh" I get when the opposing team walks Martin or Stewart.
Same here. Fangraphs says he's worth -17 runs in the field this year. Also his wRC+ has been in steady decline before he fell off a cliff in Aug/Sept.
wRC+ by month: 150, 126, 114, 113, 78, and -73 so far in Sept.
Additionally, most of his value seems to come from taking advantage of the short porch in RF, as his home wRC+ is 124 compared to 101 on the road. This comes from his 21 HRs at the Stadium (.525 SLG%) vs 13 HR (.430 SLG%) on the road.
Perhaps a better option is to spend monies elsewhere on a power corner OF and move Gardy to CF.
I realize signing "role" players generally isn't a high priority for teams. But when I look at the bench for the Yankees this season especially late in the season Jones pops out a complete waste of money. Yes he's had some good games for example the Yankees/Red Sox series in Fenway back in early July but since then he has done practically nothing. According by my best estimate he will earn about $2.2MM +/- this season based on his Plate Appearance Incentives. I would love to see the Yankees go after Jeff Keppinger of the Rays come the off season. He's a FA much better against left handed pitches and much more versatile than Jones and may very well only cost about $1MM more per season than Jones after Jones incentives for this year are factored in. Just my opinion.