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Odds And Ends: Yankees, Pedro, Mets

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [May 2, 2009 at 9:44am CST]

Links for Saturday morning...

Some Yankees fans are frustrated by the first month C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira spent in pinstripes, but Torii Hunter would be happy to add them to the Angels, according to Matt Gagne's article in the New York Daily News.
Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun writes that the Orioles continue to deny interest in Pedro Martinez.
MLB.com's Marty Noble reports that Omar Minaya now says the Mets have an "edge".
Noble adds that Oliver Perez could conceivably be asked to accept a minor league assignment if he pitches poorly today.
ESPN.com's Peter Gammons discusses teams' recent appreciation for a strong defense.
Gammons spoke with on GM who suggested we're in a golden era of second basemen in which players like Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley, Robinson Cano and Aaron Hill hit well at a "defensive" position.
ESPN.com's Tim Kurkjian asks why the Rangers have always been offense-first.
Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun reports that the Blue Jays are scouting high school pitcher Shelby Miller.

Comments

CC and Tex always start off slow.

Please disregard the idiot Yankee fans that make the real ones look bad.

Anyone who knows anything would know that Tex always has a rough April, and Sabathia, even when bad, is giving the bullpen a rest.

I'm not even really a Yankees fan, I just defend them because people blindhate them.

Go Rays n.n

Posted by: venn177 | May 02, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Don't forget the O Dog, Gammons!

Posted by: BlueBlooded | May 02, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Why are the Rangers always offense first...?

Hrmmmm, has he been to the launch ramp that the Rangers play at in Arlington?

Posted by: xethicx | May 02, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Its ONLY April...I urge Yankee fans to just be patient (HA!) to see how the season develops...if they are not good by mid season id be concerned...but they are both slow starters and look where the Yanks are despite everything..
I admit they should be better than this, but thats been the same story for years, unable to reach their potential..
And Arod isnt even back yet...the lineup will be great once he is back, but Pena at 3rd has been a pleasant surprise...

Posted by: TripleHHH | May 02, 2009 at 11:26 AM

I also wanted to add Pedro as a Yankee might not be a bad idea for depth like the Red Sox who has tons of starting pitching, more depth than anyone that I can recall for the longest time. He might be useful to the Yanks ?

Posted by: TripleHHH | May 02, 2009 at 11:29 AM

Enough Torii Hunter crap.. He talks and talks with little truth to anything said.. He would make a good used car salesman.

Posted by: MagikLair | May 02, 2009 at 12:07 PM

Ransom was a bust for them, and from what I've been watching, Pena seems to be doing pretty good.

Posted by: venn177 | May 02, 2009 at 12:17 PM

If this doesn't prove the east coast bias I don't know what is. We're in a golden age of 2B but there's no mention of anyone left of Texas. Orlando Hudson is probably the best defensive second baseman of the bunch and still manages to hit over .300 but because ESPN only requires selling papers not actually reporting news, the East Coast teams get the spotlight and the West Coast teams get the shaft.

Maybe after the Dodgers win the series this year they'll remember there's two whole divisions they've long forgot about.

Posted by: GScott | May 02, 2009 at 01:39 PM

And if the Mets have an "edge" then baby kittens have mean streaks.

Posted by: GScott | May 02, 2009 at 01:46 PM

GScott...no doubt about that whole fact. The western teams get no coverage at all. The only reason we are seeing any Dodger coverage is the Yankee-Torre connection.

But with the Dodgers rotation right now, I think I am sorta happy they are flying under the radar right now. ;)

Apparently Kuo just admitted his arm is fracked and is on the DL.

And to all those "fans" out there pushing Oliver Perez for both the Dodgers and the Braves while the rest of us were saying "you have got to be kidding me", I guess now they know. And Minaya's taste in players has done in the Mets yet again. He has been worse than Colletti by miles and miles.

Posted by: grumpy3b | May 02, 2009 at 02:29 PM

Yeah, I agree. Too much is being made of CC and Tex. From watching CC pitch with Cleveland he really seems to get better as the weather warms up and he gets his innings in.

Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | May 02, 2009 at 03:18 PM

Yeah, I agree. Too much is being made of CC and Tex. From watching CC pitch with Cleveland he really seems to get better as the weather warms up and he gets his innings in.

Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | May 02, 2009 at 03:18 PM

Small sample size. Although if the minor league assignment is on the table, Ollie is doing plenty today to justify it being assigned to him. Packing the bases every inning doesn't bode well.

Posted by: melonis rex | May 02, 2009 at 03:51 PM

Yeah against Ollie I would bluff aggressive and watch 3 pitches. Its not quite a bad signing yet but it will be determined.

Posted by: RoyOswaltSteroidFree | May 02, 2009 at 05:40 PM

Throw B-Rob in there too, GamGam.

Posted by: dorfmac | May 02, 2009 at 07:28 PM

"We brought in different guys who have been involved in some winning, and there's a presence about Sheffield," Minaya said. "He has a presence about him."

That quote from Minaya in the Noble article is CLASSIC. Sheffield has a presence about him all right, like he thinks the game radiates all around him and his attitude shows it. Give him another month until he starts stomping and pouting about playing time for the umpteenth time.

Something about NY teams always ending up with the head case types.

Posted by: johns | May 03, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Sheff has been a great teammate so far. He has done everything asked and said all the right things.

"And Minaya's taste in players has done in the Mets yet again. He has been worse than Colletti by miles and miles."

Lol.

As for Ollie, he will be okay. You can argue about the signing, but the big mistake was letting him pitch in the WBC, where he went two weeks without throwing a pitch, then threw about 80 pitches in a start. He has had no spring training. In a month or so, he will be okay. He will still be erratic, but he will be the erratic Ollie that we are used to, right now his release point is crazy inconsistent, his velocity is down, and his command his awful, even for his usual standards.

Posted by: nrmax88 | May 03, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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