I’ll have the report later. I’ll miss today’s game because I have to work 1-5 today.
Yanks 26-16, 1st place by one game in the A.L. East. OPS+ 96 (100 is average), ERA+ 117. They are three games better than their pythagorean record.
Pronk comes back today at DH. Granderson goes to RF. Ichiro sits. Ichiro, at 39, unfortunately is looking more like a 4th OF, PR, Defensive replacement, backup OF right now. Besides a Wells/Gardner/Granderson OF looks better and makes the lineup stronger.
BA/HR/RBI SB/attempts OPS+ Comments Team leader.
Gardner 8 .261-3-15 9/12 98
Cano 4 .291-10-27 2/2 129 Last 12 games .204-2-8
Wells 7 .287-10-23 4/5 129
Hafner DH .260-6-18 1/1 140
Overbay 3 .259-6-24 0/0 107
Granderson 9 4 for 11 since coming off the DL
Nix 6 .231-1-9 2/2 65
Adams 5 4th MLB game. 4 for 11 so far.
Romine 2 18th MLB game, 6 for 38 so far in his MLB career.
Phelps 1-2, 4.33 ERA+ 96
Meanwhile, a deal. The Rockies have traded utility infielder Reid Brignac to the Yankees, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Brignac is a lefty hitter who can play 2B, 3B and SS (mostly SS). He is 27 and in 719 MLB at bats has hit .228 with 11 HR and an OPS+ of 63. His 162 g. average is .228-6-41. My guess is that Alberto Gonzalez goes for Brignac and that they work him in around Nix and Adams at SS and 3B. Brignac was hitting .250-1-6 for Colorado this year in 29 games and he played for the Rays from 2008-2012.