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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Team Goat - 08/24/2007: Sean Henn

Who couldn't have seen this coming? Besides Torre and Cashman, that is.

So, I'm sitting there, watching the game, and as soon as Henn is summoned, I know it's over. I mean it's get-up-out-of-your-seat-and-head-for-the-exit-to-try-and-beat-the-crowd over.

One has to wonder what Chris Britton could have done in that situation. Well, one has to wonder because that's all we can do.

How mant consecutive awful appearances does Sean Henn need to make before he's back in the land of Dunder-Mifflin, Mr. Cashman?

Henn now has a 6.10 ERA. He's given up nine runs in his last four innings of work. His WHIP is 1.67. He has an ERA+ of 70. His VORP is -1.9.

Look at his splits; incredibly, there is no situation in which he is a good pitcher.

He is bad against righties. He is bad against lefties. He is bad at home. He is bad on the road. He is bad at night. He is bad during the day.

But seriously, he's the only lefty, so that means you keep him up there, right?

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posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 10:53 AM 1 comments

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Team Goat - 08/21/07: Mike Mussina

No question on this one.

Mussina was downright awful, unable to get through the second inning in his worst start ever as a Yankee. The bullpen didn't help, as the Yankees did come back and score runs, but you can't bury your team that far down and expect to win.

It has to be time for Britton and Bruney to replace Villone and Henn. Yes, I'm aware they're the only lefties, but neither is used as a "left-handed specialist," and handedness doesn't mean as much as ability.

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posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 9:31 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Team Goat - 08/20/07: Luis Vizcaino, Joe Torre

Two goats contributed to the latest Yankees loss.

Vizcaino: 0.2 IP, 2H, 1 ER, allowed 2 iherited runners to score

Torre: No major problems with Torre's bullpen management this time, unless one wishes to get incredibly nitpicky. Bringing Vizcaino in was probably the smart move. However as previously mentioned, Torre set up his lineup in such a way as to give his team a handicap when it came to scoring runs. For what it's worth, lefties went 2-for-13, righties 4-for-7 against Moseley. Pretty much what should have predicted had Torre looked at his splits.

Labels: goats, joe torre, luis vizcaino, torre is dumb

posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 8:52 AM 0 comments