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Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 7:41 am
by AllstonRockCity
Obviously, this is early as test results have not come in yet, but with opening day less than 4 weeks away, the pop Mark Teixeira felt in his wrist is going to be a problem. I don't think its a stretch to assume that he will open the year on the DL.

Now, the fun part. How will they replace him?

First off, let me say that there is no way they can replace his bat in that lineup. However, someone is going to have to stand next to 1st base and step into the batter's box when their turn comes. But, they have a couple options:
- Assuming Tex is on the DL come opening day Dan Johnson, Matt Diaz, Juan Rivera and someone else are all going to make this team.
-Dan Johnson and Juan Rivera seem an easy fix as they can play 1B, but is the other D.J. the everyday answer? I think not.
-Also, with Granderson out, I'm sure the brass were envisioning a River/Diaz platoon until the Grandy-man returned.
-Youk could move from 3B to 1B and Eduardo Nunez could handle the hot corner
-More likely than not, its going to be a combination of all of the above that leaves us with:

D.J., Rivera, Nunez and Diaz all getting more ABs than were originally projected. Nunez would pick up some extra eligibility as well. If the Yankees decide against starting the year with 13 pitchers, who else makes the team? Melky Mesa?

Big time issues in the big apple. Other than Cano, this was the 1 injury NY really needed to avoid.

Again, this is way early, but since we are only going to be lied to between now and Opening Day, I thought it might be fun and helpful, to get a consensus on how we all think this will shake out.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 11:14 am
by Captain Hook
Unless there is something major beyond the strain they won't have to replace him

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 1:18 pm
by AllstonRockCity
Time will tell, but MRI's aren't free and Cashman is "very concerned".

I've never heard of a player "feeling a pop" in his wrist and it not being something major. Soreness is one thing, a "pop" is another animal altogether.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 3:47 pm
by pisani@hughes.net
why wouldn't cashman be concerned? all you have to do is view that cashman interview last night to see that his 13,600 foot fall from grace was funny. look, the yankee dynasty of sorts is definitely on it's last "LEG". and, if you really want to be funny it would be considered an "arm and a leg". yeah, grandyman's forearm and the rest of the walking wounded.

anywho, i noticed that we have a breakdown of possible replacements for TEX if happens to be out for a length of time, still i wouldn't "fantasize" too much with either scenario. also, the yankees won't move NUNEZ or YOUK from their appointed positions this yr. and, the other conglomerate of non-fantasy GODS are not relevant especially if you have consortium of "stiffs" manning FIRST BASE.

MJP

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 4:57 pm
by Todd Zola
8-10 weeks on the shelf

Time to cut Cano's R and RBI

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 5:37 pm
by Captain Hook
:D Bump up Juan Rivera

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 6:34 pm
by deansdaddy
Time for the Indians to offer them Jason Giambi for a box of baseballs :lol:

Seriously though - Youkilis to 1B and Nunez to 3B seems the best solution - With Rivera covering LF til Granderson comes back.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 7:03 pm
by AllstonRockCity
deansdaddy wrote:Time for the Indians to offer them Jason Giambi for a box of baseballs :lol:

Seriously though - Youkilis to 1B and Nunez to 3B seems the best solution - With Rivera covering LF til Granderson comes back.
+1

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 9:48 pm
by aburt19
Todd Zola wrote:8-10 weeks on the shelf

Time to cut Cano's R and RBI
The wins for Yankees starters might be affected as well due to fewer runs being scored.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 9:56 pm
by Todd Zola
aburt19 wrote:
Todd Zola wrote:8-10 weeks on the shelf

Time to cut Cano's R and RBI
The wins for Yankees starters might be affected as well due to fewer runs being scored.
Thought about this -- still thinking.

I usually base the Pythag on a weighted average of runs and then make an adjustment when projections are stable and use projected runs -- but this season I'm carrying a few extra players per team to help those in the NFBC Draft Champions competition. This is an issue since the runs scored could be summed automatically but that would now include the extra players.

I may do the math by hand -- still thinking about it.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 11:36 pm
by Captain Hook
deansdaddy wrote:Time for the Indians to offer them Jason Giambi for a box of baseballs :lol:

Seriously though - Youkilis to 1B and Nunez to 3B seems the best solution - With Rivera covering LF til Granderson comes back.
The only thing wrong with this scenario is that Nunez is a butcher in the field

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 6th, 2013, 11:48 pm
by Todd Zola
Captain Hook wrote:
deansdaddy wrote:Time for the Indians to offer them Jason Giambi for a box of baseballs :lol:

Seriously though - Youkilis to 1B and Nunez to 3B seems the best solution - With Rivera covering LF til Granderson comes back.
The only thing wrong with this scenario is that Nunez is a butcher in the field
Not to mention the plan was already to have Nunez spot Jeter at SS versus LHP, allowing the Captain to DH.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 8:25 am
by AllstonRockCity
Todd Zola wrote:
Captain Hook wrote:
deansdaddy wrote:Time for the Indians to offer them Jason Giambi for a box of baseballs :lol:

Seriously though - Youkilis to 1B and Nunez to 3B seems the best solution - With Rivera covering LF til Granderson comes back.
The only thing wrong with this scenario is that Nunez is a butcher in the field
Not to mention the plan was already to have Nunez spot Jeter at SS versus LHP, allowing the Captain to DH.

That's why this is the fun part.

Against LHP wouldn't it make the most sense to have Youk 3B, Nunez SS, Jeter DH, Rivera 1B, Diaz LF ??

RHP = Pronk DH, Youk 1B, Jeter SS, Nunez 3B, Rivera LF

I still remember those 2 months in 2005(??) when Dan Johnson was a man on fire and nothing could stop him. My, how times have changed

Nevermind the fact that NY was already dangerously thin in their rotation, now with a lineup that looks like this for April and some of May, it's going to a rough spring in the Bronx. With BOS looking pretty crappy themselves and BAL sure to regress, this division looks like a 2 horse race between TOR and TB.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 11:28 am
by aburt19
It's going to be hard to predict the batting order too. With Granderson and Teixeira both out, that's two from the middle of
the order. For the 3, 4 and 5 spots in the order, Cano is certainly in one of those slots. But for the other two spots, who knows?
Do they hit Youkilis 5th or does Rivera get a shot? Do they drop Jeter to 3rd?

At this point I'm not sure that the Yankees know what they are going to do. It may be that the batting order changes almost
daily based on whether the starter for the other team is right or left handed.

In addition, Gardner and Suzuki will probably have the green light to steal because the Yanks may have to play small ball
for the first 1-2 months of the season. They sure can't depend on the HR as much as they did last year.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 11:30 am
by Todd Zola
It wouldn't shock me if they brought Gardner up top and went Gardner, Jeter, Ichiro, Cano and let then run wild at the top.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 4:34 pm
by pisani@hughes.net
getting back to the yankee woes i would suggest avoiding most of their team as i do not have a good feeling about the teams' prospects for the season. look, if i only follow my advice before my drafts then i've accomplished something. the club will be influx for a time and trying to anticipate what GIRARDI and CASHMAN are going to do is like pulling teeth with a crane. the exercise is futile unless we can get a few of these injured guys late in the draft, (on the cheap).

note: youk and nunez are not going to be moved all around the infield especially with JETER being monitored at SS. the plan is for jeter to DH against righties and NUNEZ to stay at short those days. and, if jeter has some soreness what have you he will have nunez to sub-in for him. YOUK's situation is not similar because other then NUNEZ none of the youngsters or dudes in camp have any major league experience at 3b. so, it would be stupid to move them him back over to 1b. matt diaz and dan johnson can handle that platoon with RIVERA staying in left. the yanks might carry the cuban or one of the kids for the other outfield spot (melky mesa) as a 4th outfielder.

i got all this from watching the yankee network and unless there is a change in their plans they'll stick to this course of action.

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 9:01 pm
by RandyKutcherHair
Obviously Tex is tumbling down draft boards. I'm in a 12 team slow mixed draft and it's round 8 now. We have 1 DL spot and a few bench spots. Where are you guys willing to consider taking a flier on him?

1b's still on the board are:
Reynolds, Laroche, Morneau, Hosmer, Ike Davis, Konerko and Morales.

EDIT: Tex just went off the board at 8.8

Re: Big pop for Big Tex

Posted: March 7th, 2013, 10:52 pm
by AllstonRockCity
pisani@hughes.net wrote:getting back to the yankee woes i would suggest avoiding most of their team as i do not have a good feeling about the teams' prospects for the season. look, if i only follow my advice before my drafts then i've accomplished something. the club will be influx for a time and trying to anticipate what GIRARDI and CASHMAN are going to do is like pulling teeth with a crane. the exercise is futile unless we can get a few of these injured guys late in the draft, (on the cheap).

note: youk and nunez are not going to be moved all around the infield especially with JETER being monitored at SS. the plan is for jeter to DH against righties and NUNEZ to stay at short those days. and, if jeter has some soreness what have you he will have nunez to sub-in for him. YOUK's situation is not similar because other then NUNEZ none of the youngsters or dudes in camp have any major league experience at 3b. so, it would be stupid to move them him back over to 1b. matt diaz and dan johnson can handle that platoon with RIVERA staying in left. the yanks might carry the cuban or one of the kids for the other outfield spot (melky mesa) as a 4th outfielder.

i got all this from watching the yankee network and unless there is a change in their plans they'll stick to this course of action.
You mean the network that they own and control? The one where they spin the stories the way they want. Great source :roll: