Comments on: Yankee Season Turning Sour

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By: Dating

Dating — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:50:25 +0000

Posada's diva-like turn in last night's game puts a sour note on a
solid career. May 15, 2011 – Kenny Rogers imprinted the cultural lines of
knowing when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, when to walk away and when to
run. …

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By: Tom K

Tom K — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:48:23 +0000

I agree, they didn't think it, and there was some talk about switching which, as I recall, came down to leaving Granderson in CF because they didn't want to move him between CF and LF when Gardner sat (presumably, against lefties.) The thing is, if either of them should sit against lefties, it's increasingly obvious that it shouldn't be Gardner.

So there was a little more thought behind it than I suggested initially, but it still comes down to, who plays CF as between the two depends more on their offense than their defense, which is silly but pretty typical.

By: tomwatson

tomwatson — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:39:10 +0000

Well I might take the vastly superior RBI numbers over the SBs, but they're
essentially the same player – Frenchy's got a better arm than Grandy and is
three years younger, but Grandy's faster. Their BA is three points apart.
Both prone to long slumps and hot streaks, too. They're basically above
average outfielders, “plus” guys in the Yankee broadcasting parlance. I
maintain it's almost clinically insane how the Yanks overrated Granderson's
ability, though. He's good, will never be great, and will soon be 30 – a
productive part to a big payroll team. And Damon was – is – a champion
player, totally clutch.

By: JasonChervokas

JasonChervokas — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:39:17 +0000

Granderson hasn't had Damon's career, but he's had at least as good a career as Francoeur.

Similar totals actually in similar service time. Grandy's are slightly better actually--higher career BA, more HR, fewer RBIs since Grandy was hitting leadoff, but Grandy w/ more SBs and R. Granderson is 3 years older.

In terms of the three, its instructive to compare 162 game averages:

Francouer: .268, 20 HR, 91 RBI, 80 R, 4 SB
Granderson: .271, 24 HR, 71 RBI, 103 R, 17 SB
Damon: .288, 16 HR, 76 RBI, 112 R, 28 SB

Damon's obviously a champion, clutch, hits righties and lefties, capable of wearing a pitcher out with tough at bats--the other two players haven't done those things. But Interesting career averages. Damon and Granderson's are very similar--though Damon's average HR numbers are below either of the other guys'. Francouer, hitting lower in the order, has been a better RBI man but otherwise is behind the other two in all categories.

By: tomwatson

tomwatson — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:43:28 +0000

Granderson's a good player, I wouldn't say he's fine – he hasn't, for
example, had Jeff Francoeur's career and he's quite a bit older – Grandy's a
slight “plus” outfielder as the tired, hackneyed Yankee broadcasters Leiter
and O'Neill would say. To compare him to Johnny Damon is a raw insult to
Damon. What a horrendous off-season the Yanks had – boneheaded move after
boneheaded move – yet their talent's still very deep and they'll be WC faves
all summer….

By: JasonChervokas

JasonChervokas — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:35:55 +0000

I don't think even the Yanks thought Granderson was a better CFer than Gardner, they just didn't want to ask him to change positions. But I agree, Gardner is better.

By: Tom K

Tom K — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:57:24 +0000

I disagree on just one point: the Yankees aren't missing their centerfielder, his name is Brett Gardner and he's doing just fine.

Because he's hitting, only now — following a dopey, unspoken, time-honored tradition — will the Yanks acknowledge that he's a much better defender than Granderson, and leave him in CF when Grandy gets back. Or at least I hope they will.

Nothing against Granderson, he's a fine player who might even hit LHP someday, and plays an adequate CF. But no baseball man worth his salt could really start him in CF with Garder in LF over a full season . . . unless, of couse, Gardy stops hitting, in which case everyone will agree to pretent that Granderson's the better fielder again, after all.