Comments on: World Series offensive breakdown

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:41:06 +0000

Yeah… Posada aka Let me get caught in a run down.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:50:54 +0000

I’m not worried about Posada’s guns. He is a solid seasoned postseason player and with the Core 4, there will be no stopping the Yankees.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:47:28 +0000

A mess? Geez. Loyalty knows no bounds. Good luck with that Silver. I’m placing my Greens on the Yankees.

By: Eric Schwartz

Eric Schwartz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:46:54 +0000

Brandon, Posada is still an solid offensive player, but you are reaching on his defense. Mike Schmidt had a column today where he summed it up perfectly.

“Behind the plate the Yankees have concern about stopping the Phillies’ running attack, for sure. Posada is not the guy. He’s closing in on a Hall of Fame career, but the green light will be lit from the get-go. Posada has serious postseason and career experience, compared to Ruiz, who only has last year’s run in October. I just feel, right now, Ruiz is better defensively. Not offensively, of course, but the two are too close to call.”

By: SilverAndGreen

SilverAndGreen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:34:36 +0000

You must be kidding me, thinking the Yankees pitching is deeper. They use three starters because they don’t have four and outside of Rivera their bullpen is a mess. You will find out just how bad the Yankees pitching is when the Phillies put up 6-8 runs a game and put this thing away in 5!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:11:49 +0000

Eric, do you just make this stuff up or are you basing it on facts? Jorge Posada is just fine. He has good numbers and is a clutch player. He knows how to bring it when it’s needed. The Yankees use Molina for Burnett yes, but not because of any shortcomings. Plain and simple: Burnett is more comfortable throwing to Molina.

While Damon’s arm may not be the strongest, he has his bat and knows how to hustle out there. He usually gets replaced in the late innings with Gardner who comes in for his speed on the bases. Ibanez is injured and you HOPE he’ll be playing during the home games.

I’m fine with Swisher defensively. He has made some terrific plays and his bat is strong.

Again, the Yankees pitching runs much deeper than the Phillies. They’ve got much stronger starters and much deeper bullpen. No question.