THANKS FOR THE APOLOGY

We wrote a piece here on Bleeding Yankee Blue last week about an A-hole who called me the N-word.  And it was weird and it was uncomfortable and they were ripping my product,  a product I put out back in September 2010 by myself and along the way, we built a mini-empire of incredible writers and an even more wonderful audience that reads #BYB every single day.  The piece was called NO A-HOLE, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A YANKEE.  I'm not going to rehash what was said to me, because at this point it's old hat.  There's also a significant development.  I received this note from the same individual last night.

"Bro you have turned me into a BYB reader! im sorry about that email i sent you. yall do good stuff and just had to be straight now."

Now look, the power of the pen is an incredible thing and not only that, there's a lesson here;  You gotta read.

That means, people see headlines all the time, and they rarely read articles and so, BYB readers will get blasted for a piece they slave over and we're blasted because of the headline and not the actual article.  Remember, the headline gets the audience in the door.  We are hoping that when you see the headline, you think, "Well, I've love to learn more about that" or "Interesting, what's this about?" and they read it and comment and maybe we have a banter on social media.  That's how it works... or, that's how it's supposed to work.

Couple that with the hate that we receive and me making sure everyone knows about it.  I was told by loyal BYB readers, "Don't let that stuff get to you, keep doing what you guys do at BYB" and "Ignore the haters".

@BleednYankeeBlu The hate you deal w/ on the daily cuz of your love 4 the Yankees boggles the mind. I adore you, that's all that matters. 😉

— Allyson (@HBMomof2) April 20, 2016

Well, this is all true, but the power of the pen always wins.  First off, I put my feelings into 98% of what I write here and so, if I'm feeling attacked, you're gonna know about it. Remember, BYB is built on emotion.  That's why I let you all know what was said or written to me, especially if it pisses me off.  In the end,  it's not embarrassing to me... the reality was, it was embarrassing to that individual.

Look, I just wanted to share that note I received this morning.  What it means to you is there's progress.  We just got another reader.  And if it means I have to go one by one to gain audience, so be it... that's important to me.

Anyway, I had to get that off my chest.

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Thank you all for your support. Thank you for being terrific and loyal readers.

And to that person who had a change of heart. Thanks for your honesty and thanks for crossing the street.  I think you'll like it here.  I know several folks that do.



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THAT'S WHY HE'S 'NASTY NATE'

Nathan Eovaldi ran the table last night... and good for him.

Eovaldi flirted with a no hitter. As MLB.com writes:

"Eovaldi was trying to become the first Yankees pitcher to throw a no-hitter since David Cone's perfect game on July 18, 1999. That bid ended when Mazara grounded a single through the left side. There have been 10 no-hitters in the regular season in Yankees history in addition to Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series."

He was most effective because he was moving the ball around, changing speeds, using different pitches and being creative.  The Yankees no doubt are thrilled about that and so, they will long to see that again.   Nate went 7 innings gave up 7 hits and 2 runs.  He struck out 6.

Betances and Miller followed and Miller got save number 5.

The Yankee run scoring went like this:

In the third, Jacoby Ellsbury homered. Thank God. Be sure to read AS ELLSBURY GOES, SO GO THE YANKEES which is out feature today!

That was followed by Teixeira doubling home Carlos Beltran.

In the 6th, Starlin Castro homered.  And those are the Yankees 3. The Rangers scored 1 run off of Betances.

Good work, nice win.

Final: Yankees 3 - Rangers 1

I leave you with this.  A hilarious highlight reel of Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus who apparently have a sibling type relationship and my oldest son told me about it, and it's absolutely funny to me.  Enjoy:



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PHIL COKE IS BACK! NOW WE'RE CONTENDERS!

Quick note about a former lefty that I always loved when he was in New York, but he was traded away to the Tigers a while back and we got Curtis Granderson.  His name was Phil Coke.

Well Phil Coke's back.  It's being reported by several, but we'll choose CBS Sports on this:

"The Yankees signed Coke from the Atlantic League on Monday, Mike Feinsand of the New York Daily News reports. The left-handed reliever will report to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre."

Now I just find it funny because no question Nick Swisher and Coke will be crapping around out there in Scranton, talking about old times, winning it all in 2009 and all that.

Can Coke help us? Well, much like Dan Lucia wrote in SOMETIMES SHOTS IN THE DARK HIT THEIR TARGET , a team takes a chance on certain players to see if they have anything left.  Sometimes it works out, sometimes not, but you don't know unless you try.  Plus, if the Yankees are going to pool all their money for the Bryce Harper free agency day, then they gotta do stuff like this.

Anyway.  Welcome back Phil. I didn't want you to go in the first place.  I hope to see you up in the Bronx soon!

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JAMES KAPRIELIAN TO THE DL

Go ahead, kick us while we're down...

Not a great start to the season.  ARod is slumping, the Yankees aren't terribly good and now their prospect sensation is hurt and going to the DL.

I'm not too happy about the start of the 2016 season.  Reports are that James Kaprielian will go to the DL because there was some swelling in his throwing elbow.

According to several sources, but we'll go with The YES Network on this one:

"...the team announced that right-handed pitching prospect and 2015 first-round draft pick James Kaprielian will be placed on the minor league disabled list after an MRI revealed elbow inflammation.

There is no timetable in place for Kaprielian's return, and he is set to undergo "conservative" treatment comprised of sufficient rest followed by a throwing program."

And that's all we got.  Now, we have speculated here about the Yankees and their minor league system for a while now. I'm not sure why these kids get hurt so often.  Chase Whitley, Manny Banuelos, Ty Hensley,  Andrew Brackman (Remember him?) come to mind in recent memory.  Now Kaprielian.  I'm not sure if it's just dumb luck or if these guys are pushed or if it's something that Steve Hayward and Mike Cocco has spoke about in our BYB features recently, arm strength.

"Steve Hayward: 'Pitchers need to be conditioned to pitch, not pitch to get conditioned.'"
 (From: SAVING ARMS: A BYB FEATURE)

"Cocco: 'You need to know your players, some players are good with 60 pitches, while others struggle at 40. Understanding the players limits as well as the point in the season and arm condition is also a key factor. Early in the year, we may limit the player to 40-60 and once the arm is in condition, we expand that to 50-70 and so on. For pitchers and even position players, keeping the legs in shape is also critical, more times than not, the legs give before the arm gets tired. Pitchers throwing 40+ pitches per game need to have strong legs and good cardiovascular conditioning.'”  (From STRENGTHENING ARMS: A BYB FEATURE)

You gotta wonder if the fact that pitchers are not strengthened early on is a big part of this these days.  Anyway, I find the whole thing very interesting.

Just wanted to fill you in.  Get well soon James!

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WHEN IT COMES TO AROD, MAYBE I WAS WRONG

Look, I've got absolutely no problem admitting when I am wrong. When it comes to the Yankees, I don't like being pessimistic. I know guys go through slumps. They work through them. They sit with the hitting coach, figure out where they are going wrong, and get back into a good rhythm. It happens all the time in baseball. It's part of the game. So when someone like Alex Rodriguez starts hitting poorly, I saw it for what I thought it was; a slump.

I figured he needed some time to get it together. I wasn't going to call him out because of his age, and I wasn't going to write him off as finished. I'm still not really ready to. Not because I'm a huge fan girl, but because I appreciate his work ethic and how much effort he puts into being ready for the game. But... I very well may have been wrong.

Alex left Sunday's game with a possible oblique injury. According to the New York Daily News, the results of the MRI came back negative. Still, it's not a simple injury to bounce back from. Joe Girardi is concerned about the possible injury.

"Any time someone leaves with an oblique, you're not really optimistic because they take a while depending on the severity of it. When players physically feel ready, I still don't think they have the strength that they had before. It takes some time to get that back.

 I worry. Hopefully, whatever it is, it's really, really minor. He said he didn't feel that bad when he left to get the MRI."

Again, I don't really like being pessimistic. The MRI came back negative. I'm not a medical professional, but I'm going to assume that that means whatever stiffness he feels isn't too serious. He'll probably be benched a game or two, just as a precaution to prevent it from getting worse.

The only thing I am certain of is Alex's .145 BA. If rest is what he needs now, rest him. The truth is that we could use Alex in our line-up. He is 40. He's had a string of injuries. Another one wouldn't be a huge surprise. We're struggling offensively. This could be a setback for us. Hopefully, all he needs is rest.

--Erica Morales BYB Senior Writer 
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PEDs ARE BACK & MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DOESN'T CARE!

Last season the Toronto Blue Jays became a surprising powerhouse in baseball after the trade deadline. I remember looking at the Yankees 7 game lead and wondering if it was going to be enough. After the Jays picked up David Price they now had a deadly combination of pitching and hitting.

We all know what happened last year but Price wasn't the only contributing factor.... The Blue Jays new first baseman Chris Colabello made a persevering rise to the Major Leagues last year. He rose from the independent leagues and was a cast off of the Minnesota Twins that suddenly became a new fan favorite. He gave Jays fans hope for a new exciting future and he was productive. That was last year.

This season Colabello started the season going 2 for 29 with one RBI. The timely hitting and 15 home runs from last season are gone. It's been a rough start and an interesting stat to look at now that he tested positive for Turnibol, a performance enhancing drug on Friday. Interesting enough, it is now looked at as a "rare" drug but Colabello isn't the only known user. Just 10 days previous to his positive test Daniel Stumpf of the Phillies also tested positive for the same drug. So what is Turnibol?

It is a steroid that used to be popular from the 1960's-1980's that is now considered hard to get. It is also ingested orally and not injected. In a baseball world post Biogenesis and a year long suspension for Alex Rodriguez the message still isn't being taken seriously.

A year away from the game or a lengthy suspension without pay is not teaching these players a lesson. Next year they will just come back and play again. They will play a game and earn lots of money. They will earn a salary that pays more than any other sport and in the mean time they are just on an extended vacation. There is no consequence that they seem to care about.

After the news broke out Colabello made a statement and it made me angry. Here is what he said:

"On March 13, I got one of the scariest and most definitely the least-expected phone calls of my entire life. I was informed by the players' association that a banned substance was found in my urine. I have spent every waking moment since that day trying to find an answer as to why or how? I would never compromise the integrity of the game of baseball. I am saddened more for the impact this will have on my teammates, the organization and the fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. I hope that before anyone passes judgment on me they can take a look at the man that I am, and everything that I have done to get to where I am in my career."

So let me get this straight; Colabello has no idea how this drug got in his system? It's just a freak coincidence after another baseball player was suspended for the same drug, too. Are we supposed to believe that this magically showed up in the water you were drinking or you were framed? Give me a break!

This epidemic is on Major League Baseball, plain and simple. They need to take accountability for all of the illegal drug use and start taking this seriously. If a player takes these drugs, he is admitting that he no longer believes in his talent or hard work and that the only way they can compete is by cheating! Integrity means nothing to this game and that rules are made to be interpreted and are merely suggestions. If Major League Baseball doesn't step up and let these players know that there are consequences to their actions America's famous pastime will be tarnished and we will be giving young impressionable kids a poor example.

I like that Major League Baseball finally took a stand with Jenrry Mejia and gave him a lifetime ban after failing three tests, but it shouldn't take three failed tests. They need to reform the way they treat punishments for offenders. I for one agree with Casey's idea in PEDs HAVE DESTROYED THIS GREAT GAME OF BASEBALL that was written back in 2013. I think a public service announcement is a beautiful thing. It's time to make these players stand up, and talk about what they did, own up to it and play it regularly for years to come.

"Hi Boys and Girls, my name is (INSERT VIOLATOR HERE), I play for the (INSERT TEAM HERE), but I tested positive for drugs and cheated. I am now suspended for (X NUMBER) of games. What I did was wrong. Don’t be like me. I am not a role model. A role model works hard to achieve their goals.” 

It's time to take baseball back, and if Major League Baseball wants to look reputable again they need to stand up and be accountable too. It's time to send a real message and show some authority. We want to see some reform here and it's time for baseball to stop looking the other way and show that they have some integrity. All eyes are on you Major League Baseball officials....so what are you going to do?
 

   
--Jeana Bellezza, 
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IT'S A SMALL BALL WORLD AND I WANT IN!

Yankee fans are frustrated and I get that.  Despite winning two in a row against the basement dwelling Tampa Bay Rays, we continue to be aggravated and rightfully so.  Our record is pitiful, our hitting with runners in scoring position awful and Mark Teixeira (.218), Chase Headley (.159) and Alex Rodriguez (.132) have the lowest batting averages of the veteran force; if you would call it a force. But, I want to share a glimmer of hope, my people.  And it goes like this... Joe Girardi took a risk! There I said it.  He finally came to grips with the fact that in order to play in today's game, we have to take on a different mindset.  It's a small ball world and we need to be in this world in order to win.

My brother, Paul, is as big of a Yankee fan as they make them.  He and I took on a Brooklyn 10K today in step brother (NY Mets) territory.  Our pre-race discussion went like this:

"The Yankees are really terrible," Paul
"Yes, but did you see (Jacoby) Ellsbury steal home?" Me
"Finally, Girardi gave the call." Paul
Sparkle, glimmer, happy place

When you look at the way teams like the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals and Houston Astros are playing, you see the trend.  You hit aggressively, you run aggressively, you hit again and you don't leave runners in scoring position.  You play the small ball.  O's top hitters Manny Machado, Mark Trumbo and Joey Rickard have more than youth in common.  They all get lots of hits and they all score runs either on their feet or with their bats.  Watching the Royals play the Birds this weekend has actually been entertaining and I don't like either team.  But I like what they are doing and I like the excitement they bring to the game.

It's about time that Girardi get things going with some aggressive play calling instead of always playing the numbers.  Explore your talents and let the players do something with it.  And if they are not doing anything then I agree with the ESPN report on Saturday evening: Give them some bench time.  This nonsense with slow starts and it's only April is just ridiculous.  These guys are not even coming close and the worst of them all is Rodriguez.  "Having Rodriguez in the middle of an already-weak lineup more often than not brings the Yankees' offense to a grinding halt. It's not helping Mark Teixeira, batting in front of him, because there's no reason for any opposing pitcher to give him anything meaty to hit, hence Teixeira's team-leading 13 walks. And it's not helping Brian McCann, who often hits behind him, because he's often left to lead off an inning after ARod has made the final out," stated ESPN.

So, do the Yankees bring up Nick Swisher who is hitting the hell out of the ball and bench A-Rod. Honestly, yes.  We need some small ball hitting and Swisher is hot right now and frankly, A-Rod is not.  It's a small ball world and it's time for us to enter or hover on the outside looking in while everyone else steps up their play and leaves us in the dust.

--Suzie Pinstripe, BYB Senior Staff Writer
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SOMETIMES SHOTS IN THE DARK HIT THEIR TARGET

It kind of baffles me sometimes when I see fans complain about their team... in our case the Yankees, especially when it comes to going out on a limb and signing certain guys. The guys I’m talking about are "minimal salary, minor league contract, non-roster invitee" kind of guys. All the organization is trying to do is see if they can hit a target in the dark, and you know what? There's nothing wrong with that.

Each off season and through the course of the regular season, our Yankees sign young and old players and give them an invite to spring training, or in a more recent case sign Nick Swisher off the street and send him to Triple-A. The goal? To see if he's got anything left.  All of these little moves that cost next to nothing really carry no risk.  All they are doing are trying to fill holes.  Should there be an uproar? Not really.

Look back to 2011. The Yankees signed a pitcher to a minor league contract, good for $900k in the Big League’s if he was on the roster. It also included an opt-out if he wasn’t on the Opening Day roster.  Bartolo Colon ended up starting 26 games for the Yankees that season, pitching 164.1 innings and sporting a 4.00 ERA.

These kind of things happen when you take chances. Sure, some don't work out, but many times, they can.  Look at a guy like Scott Kazmir, a guy that did not pitch in the majors in 2012 but Cleveland gave him a shot in 2013 when they signed him to a minor league contract. He, very similarly to Colon, started 29 games, threw 158 innings and compiled a 4.04 ERA.

Look at Ronald Torreyes.  I'm a fan! Ronald Torreyes transactions can be found HERE. Yes, all 15 of them over the past 12 months. He was on the 40-man roster heading into spring training and carried no real risk but with potential reward. He earned his spot on the roster and has helped the Yankees to several wins over the first week. He was just one of the ‘bums’ over a month ago.

My point here is that the Yankees, and all other teams in all sports, sign guys who have potential to help the club. Some help as fillers in the minors while others compete for jobs in the Bronx. Some pan out and some opt out and some end up disappearing.  While most of these signings don’t pan out to be much, every so often an inexpensive gem is found and that shot in the dark hits its target.

Well worth the gamble if you ask me!

 
 --Dan Lucia
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YANKEE BABY STEPS

It was a walk off, and it was dramatic.

Brett Gardner was able to win it for the Yankees today in the first Yankee walk off of the season.  And you know what?  While the world is not perfect... winning 2 in a row is much better than losing 7 out of 8.

Masahiro Tanaka went 7 innings for the Yankees today.  He gave up 5 hits and 2 runs and looked real good  today.  Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller each pitched 1 inning and held the Rays from scoring again, and in the process, Miller got the win. That's right, the win... because of that glorious walk off.

Here's how the runs scored...

In the first, with ARod up, there was a wild pitch and Carlos Beltran scored. Then in the 4th and 5th, the Rays scored a run.

The Yankees knotted it up 2-2 when Brett Gardner singled in Brian McCann.

Then, in the bottom of the ninth, Gardy hit a solo bomb and just like that, the Yankees would win it.  Hot Damn!

2 in a row.  Can they make it 3? Let's see.

Final: Yankees 3 - Rays 2

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THE NICK SWISHER INTERVIEW

Hey, this is big news...

 

 

This comes over the wire from YES Network to us here at Bleeding Yankee Blue:

"YES will air an interview with Nick Swisher during today’s Yankees pre-game show (12:30 pm ET)."

Swisher says that how he handles adiversity is a good lesson for his daughter:

Swisher also expresses his excitement over the prospect of rejoining the Yankee while relaying some words of wisdom he received from Derek Jeter during Swisher’s first Spring Training with the Yankees.




I wouldn't normally put something like this up because it's just an interview and Nick isn't a memeber of the New York Yankees big team yet. But he has such drive, and people love the guy... hey, I had to give you this little nugget.  Thanks to the YES Network for sending this along.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: NICK SWISHER 



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WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL? HARDLY!

I was taking a break on Friday when I decided to catch up on my Twitter feed and found the most interesting exchange. It was actually a few exchanges, between Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News and a few opinionated Yankee fans. I say interesting because I thought it captured how Yankee fans, in general, are feeling.

Look, dropping seven of eight to fundamentally bad teams at home is hard to take. Believe me, I get it. I'm watching these games too. While I can appreciate how good it feels to just vent, some people clearly are losing perspective or never had it to begin with. This particular statement got my attention. "It's not even remotely an exaggeration to say this is the worst team in the American League. May not even be close." Okay, we may not have the look of a World Series contender right now. But to say we're the worst? Feinsand answered it better than I ever could. "A huge exaggeration, actually."

So which Yankee fan doesn't feel like this right now? Losing sucks and it's hard to avoid the temptation to make such statements. A bunch of us are just about ready to call for Joe Girardi's firing. Many more of us recall how George Steinbrenner would not have tolerated this and would have demoted or fired somebody by now. By the way, George did exactly that and fired Yogi Berra 16 games into the 1985 season, long considered one of the worst moves he ever made, but I digress. It's funny how the same folks were excited when we started 4-2 and were scoring 8 and 16 runs a game. Even before the season started we were bragging about the back end of our bullpen being the best in baseball.

Baseball is often a game of trends and streaks. It's not the team that makes it to October that wins the World Series. It's the team that gets hot in October. Those teams sometimes start the season poorly or go cold for a period of time somewhere in the middle of the season. Every player goes through a slump at some point. You hope that others will pick him up. Sometimes they don't, sometimes a group of players go into a slump at the same time, and sometimes you drop seven of eight.

By now you have heard the parallels with past Yankees teams. In 2005, they started 5-9 and made the playoffs. The same happened in 1997. It's why I don't buy into the thinking that this team is bad because of a 14-game stretch. I thin the Yankees have some serious issues to address, but they also have a  lot of good players to work with here. Think about that after you're done yelling at your TV after another disappointing loss.  I am not ready to give up on this season. Neither should you.

--Ike Dimitriadis, BYB Senior Staff Writer
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DAMN I'M NICE!

Quick note and a continued conversation about our #BYB buddy, Doug Stroup.

When we last left him, he was nice enough to tweet both #BYB and the New York Yankees about him being at a Yankee game wearing his Bleeding Yankee Blue shirt.  Read THE YANKEES 'LIKED' #BYB TODAY for more, but in a nutshell, the Yankees obviously 'liked' #BYB for a moment.  No idea is it's a low level Yankee hack or just the Yankees or, whomever... it doesn't matter... I was happy and so, I did the right thing...

I sent Doug our brand new #BYB Shirt.

Look what my friend Casey sent me!!! @BleednYankeeBlu #BYB #TGIF #LetsGoYankees please! pic.twitter.com/otDsGgG2pk

— Doug Stroup (@dougstro) April 22, 2016

He, in turn, Wore it to Yankee Stadium... and the Yankees won... which is just freaking amazing.

So what's the point of this? Well... this: If you guys are interested in the new Bleeding Yankee Blue shirt, you can buy it now by Clicking HERE and going directly to the store.

I just want to thank Doug Stroup for being loyal.  There are a ton of places that Doug could go every day for Yankee news and opinion. But he doesn't. He come to us and we love it.

Thanks Doug...



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