Comments on: Yankees don’t view Eduardo Nunez as option to replace Curtis Granderson http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cackalackyank http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448911 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:55:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448911 Yep, that was a surprise to me too. The only reason I can think of was the left handed bat, and I guess he felt he needed a bigger raise than NYY would give. Ibanez really played a whole heck of a lot more in the field than ever intended because of the Gardener injury and did not disgrace himself. It is probably a trick of the imagination, but he made that .221 average look a lot better than it was because it just seemed some of his hits were of that rare “timely” variety. I totall agree about Hafner, he has not had a “healthy” season in @ five years.

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448907 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:38:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448907 Eduardo Nunez = Hands of Stone.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448738 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:40:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448738 It might have been news the first 12 times Cashman said Nunez wasn’t going to play a position other then SS. At some point point regurgitating the same news over and over is Insane.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448722 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:07:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448722 Because if they didn’t report it, and it later came out that Eduardo Nunez was not an option to replace Curtis Granderson, you’d be sitting there scrolling down yet another eighty-post comment section bemoaning the decline in journalistic integrity.

Better just to report it and get it over with.

]]> By: imbetterthanyou http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448690 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:00:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448690 It’s mind boggling why they did not resign Ibanez. He is not an everyday starter but CAN play the field , can play in NY, and can be clutch. Signing Hafner as a last resort was a waste of time since he is made of glass and can’t play the field.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448664 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:54:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448664 oh they still have Ramiro Pena, his name is just Cito Culver

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448651 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:28:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448651 I can’t tell you how happy I am that no matter what happens, the Yanks won’t be calling up Ramiro Pena this season. Joy.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448641 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:51:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448641 Please keep posting Nunez stories, so I can keep linking this .gif. Look at that defensive prowess from Nunez (and Ramiro Pena @3B!)

http://i.imgur.com/4lyFPPh.gif

best part is that was declared a hit!

Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Fukudome to 3B; Johnson to 2B

]]> By: cackalackyank http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448634 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:23:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448634 As everyone else has said this is not a surprise…especially since the NYY have said that they are sticking Nunez at SS and nowhere else. Nowhere else would seem to me anyway, to include him not being a fourth outfielder. When we look at Almonte, Rivera, etc I really have to say this is visible proof of what a lackluster offseason it was in New York. Yes, Rivera,Kuroda, Pettite and Youkilis were signed. But there is probably the thinnest bench in recent history. In fact recent might be the the only part of that comment that is stretching it. While it seems like the NYY have 50 pitchers in camp the OF options are a bad joke imo.

]]> By: hushbrother http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448632 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:21:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448632 As a Red Sox fan I highly disagree with this decision, I think Nunez would make an excellent temporary, maybe even full-time, replacement in LF.

]]> By: southofheaven81 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448608 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:38:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448608 Eduardo Scissorhands’ best stretch at the plate was when he filled I. For Jeter almost every day for a couple months in 2011. He’s terrible in the field but as an everyday batter he’s got some pop.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448606 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:31:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448606 I’d rather give Almonte a look-see. Soriano isn’t winning any gold gloves out there either.

]]> By: heyblueyoustink http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448601 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448601 ” a cat with three legs and a lobotomy ”

Is there any other kind of cat? Aside from Andres Gallaraga?

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448599 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:08:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448599 This surprises no Yankee fans. He hits like a backup infielder. We never really rag on that (except when he gets overexposed because Joe keeps giving A-Rod and Jeter half-days off instead of using a dedicated DH) because it’s his glove that’s not up to the job. But that doesn’t mean we don’t also realize he’d be preposterously overexposed as an every day corner outfielder. It’s either muddle through with someone like Zoilo Almonte (who I have no real faith in) or see what the price tag on Soriano is.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448598 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:01:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448598 Really? HIs defensive prowess doesn’t outweigh his lack of plate discipline? The guy’s like a cat out there…a cat with three legs and a lobotomy, but a cat nonetheless.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/yankees-dont-view-eduardo-nunez-as-option-to-replace-curtis-granderson/comment-page-1/#comment-448596 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:58:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=300365#comment-448596 “Yankees don’t view Eduardo Nunez as option to replace Curtis Granderson”, seriously why is that even news.

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