The majority of ESPN Baseball Experts/Prime Time Game Announcers such as Tim McCarver, et al., every chance they get, all agree Yankee problems are specifically in the starting pitching department. There are too many question marks to even begin to put the Yankees ahead of the Red Sox, Texas, and the Phillies. Outside Sabathia, beating teams like Minnesota, Oakland and Kansas City and Baltimore, is nothing to brag about. Don't let those victories fool you. These are teams that they are supposed to beat. So, we shall see. The recent success of the "problem pitchers" the Yankees present as possible Division Champs or Wild Card winners, is nothing more than a real crap shoot! I can't wait for the upcoming Red Sox series! $$$$$
Stats might say the yankees are as good or better than rangers running, but we have eyes. Nobody runs as good as the rangers top to bottom. Imo, between these 3 teams in the playoffs, its just gonna boil down to who is swinging the bats better at the time. As a ranger fan, id rather face the red sox, because other than the rangers dominating the yankees in playoffs last year, the yankees have the rangers number. I personally don't think the sox have the consistency with the bats this year to beat either the rangers or yankees, but hell who knows. If we knew, wed be rich and wouldn't be debating the topic at the RX forum.
Mink- I'm not a Red Sox fan. I'm a handicapper. If you are going to make remarks regarding me, keep it honest. What is honest is I was 14-1 today in MLB, what were you? Good Luck!
P.S. That included straight plays and (RL's) prop bets! I let my handicapping do 80 %of my talking! Good Luck!
P.S. That included straight plays and (RL's) prop bets! I let my handicapping do 80 %of my talking! Good Luck!
Last time Chubby Chub Colon worked against Rays, the radio guys were saying he throws about 95% fastballs and therefore relies totally on location to get over.
I think that strategy has long term success up until about AA.....god bless the man for raking a few more million on behalf of his family
my record today? i dont play + 2.5 reverse RUNLINES on favorites, and i dont lay 5000 to win 400 .... i have a 90-35 record and in my eyes and a lot of other posters here i am the best baseball capper here and i will put my capping and baseball smarts to the test against you any day of the week....
hamilton chavez cruz over gardner grandy swish???????????????????????? wow.....
arod is much much better than beltre my friend, arod is one of the best hitters in all of baseball
kinsler and cano tied? look at the numbers my friend
moreland over tex? wow.... 35 homers 100 rbis and moreland is better?
texas BP better than yanks? do you LOOK AT NUMBERS???????? yankees BP has best era in baseball, MORE saves, an all star setup man and the yankees 7th inning guy saved 42 games last year
player A 20hr 58 RBI hitting .240
player B 21 HR 87 RBI hitting .305
you think kinsler = cano ??
player A 16-46-.279
player B 35-95-.250
moreland better than tex???????
andrus 3-45-.270
jeter 4-50-.290 andrus better than jeter????????
278 5 31 league leader in steals
270 15 67 yankees OF
290 35 98
302 16 69
310 5 23
262 26 78 texas OF
yovit 280 - 4 -29
martin 230 15 - 53 you think texas better at Catcher? comical
yankees pitching ranked 3rd best in baseball
texas 5th
yankees 6 games better record than texas... please stop
player B 21 HR 87 RBI hitting .305
you think kinsler = cano ??
player A 16-46-.279
player B 35-95-.250
moreland better than tex???????
andrus 3-45-.270
jeter 4-50-.290 andrus better than jeter????????
278 5 31 league leader in steals
270 15 67 yankees OF
290 35 98
302 16 69
310 5 23
262 26 78 texas OF
yovit 280 - 4 -29
martin 230 15 - 53 you think texas better at Catcher? comical
yankees pitching ranked 3rd best in baseball
texas 5th
yankees 6 games better record than texas... please stop
NYY bullpen > Tex bullpen
Soriano to Robertson to Mo is greater than the two Texas set up men (Oliver, adams?) to Feliz.
You tripping dude?
Teixeira > Young.,
You tripping again dude?
Young has that lofty average, yes, good contact hitter, the only thing Young does better than Tex is hit for average.
Young is mediocre fielding firstbase man, Tex is on another planet defensively, not even close.
Tex has superior power numbers.
Comparing Rodriquez to andrus is like comparing two question marks, both have been hurt all year.
I will take my chances with a healthy Rodriquez though.
Torrealba and Martin is a wash, give me Torre for average, give me Martin for power, both are very good in all areas as catchers.
Grandy is a MVP candidate, however clear edge to the corner outfielders with Cruz and Hamilton with Texas.
Kinsler is not Cano, sorry, ask yourself this? What does Kinsler do better than Cano?
He hits 50 points lower, has fewer power numbers, lower on base percentage, both play solid defense.
Only thing Kinsler does better than Cano is steal bases.
Rangers have the superior starting rotation
I agree, player for player yanks are better than rangers and I'm a ranger fan....good thing baseball isn't one on one or the rangers would get beat. It's a team sport and as of right now, the rangers are the defending American league champs. Beat us in a playoff series and we will happily pass the torch as we always have, but right now the rangers look like a pretty tough ball club to beat come playoffs.
agreed on all... andrus over arod is comical that he even brings it up, arod is the cleanup hitter for one of the best offenses in football look at his numbers and he has missed 2 months of games this year
texas Sp superior to yankees might be a stretch...
sabathia >>>>>> CJ wilson
nova >> ogondo
matt harrison > colon
holland > garcia
hughes > whomever their 5th starter is
also SP ERA is lower for yanks, so the numbers back it up
yankees won 2 years ago, yankees won the season series this year, ill tell you the rangers were a better team last year but that is because they had a guy named cliff lee as their ace who carried them over the yankees winning 2 games out of the 4 the rangers won
cliff lee is not a ranger now so the yankees have the btter team, but as you saw in my previous posts....i said rangers are better than the red sox and i think are just a tad behind the yankees... i think they are great so dont get me wrong here but i think the BP of the yankees and the better lineup puts them ove the top
