Comments on: Stat of the day: facing the Bombers http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185749 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:41:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185749 Not “may be.” Cashman specifically referenced his performance against the Yanks.

]]> By: dirtdawg55 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185564 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:20:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185564 Those great stats against the Yanks may be why they signed him. Hated that signing from day one. AJ has been long on potential and short on actual production since the day he arrived in the league. His early years in the NL fooled everyone.

The way he is ending his last two years is troubling. If the Yankees lose big it is inevitably because he is on the mound. Two more years of this is going to be painful to watch.

Time to set the five man rotation at CJ, Colon, Hughes, Garcia and Nova. At least they give us a chance to win every night. AJ does not.

]]> By: Ari Collins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185555 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:41:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185555 Burnett’s ERAs from best to worst:

3.30
3.44
3.48
3.68
3.75
3.98
4.04
4.05
4.07
4.70
4.79
5.26
5.31

Without looking it up, which were his two FA years?

Truth is that his four best years were when he was younger and in the NL. I don’t know about you, but that makes a better case to me than the idea that one very good contract year (the 3.44) and one okay contract year (the 4.07) means he’s a contract year pitcher.

Same idiot arguments were made about Adrian Beltre, who’s putting up his 7th 20 HR non-contract-year season.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185490 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:34:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185490 AJ’s history. He does not give a team fair value for its money.

2011 9 & 10 with Yankees
2010 10 & 15 with Yankees
2009 13 & 9 with Yankees
2008 18 & 10 with Blue Jays-Exercised opt out clause and signed for big bucks with Yanks
2007 10 & 8 with Blue Jays
2006 10 & 8 with Blue Jays

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185485 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:07:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185485 By the way, AJ is stinking out the joint tonight. Yankee fans want his head on a platter.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185484 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:06:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185484 Check out AJ’s history. In his 2 pre free agency years he had an excellent season. I have had both the pleasure and the displeasure of watching him pitch for the Jays.

]]> By: banksatdixie http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185459 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:27:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185459 There is absolutely zero evidence to back up this farce, but thanks for giving your expert psychiatric analysis.

]]> By: ditto65 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185449 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:15:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185449 No, Trev, you’re an armpit.

]]> By: ditto65 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185448 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:14:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185448 No, you’re an armpit.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185404 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:08:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185404 AJ is usually at his best in a contract year. In his lst season with the Jays he was playing for a contract. Thus the big performance against the Yankees. Now that he has the big bucks, he does not have to up his concentration level.

]]> By: mianfr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185394 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:54:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185394 So A.J. Burnett’s lousy statistics with the Yankees are entirely a function of not facing them!

Yay!

]]> By: trevorb06 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185383 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:46:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185383 Also, I’m sure Ollie would rather stay out of the MLB than play for the best team in baseball because they have the worst fans.

]]> By: shanemcdowell http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185382 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:45:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185382 The Liriano and Washburn numbers stand out to me. Good ERA, bad W/L. Not sure about Washburn, but for Liriano, that’s a testament to how regularly the Twins have been shut down by the Yankees over recent years.

]]> By: trevorb06 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/26/stat-of-the-day-facing-the-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-185379 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:43:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=81784#comment-185379 Most of those pitchers are probably pretty happy they’re not playing for a team that plays in an armpit of a city with armpits for fans.

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