Today’s lineup is below. Game on TBS for those who like me, don’t get YES.
Yanks 88-63, 1 up on Baltimore for the A.L. East lead. 2 games better than their Pythagorean record. OPS+ 110, ERA+ 108 (100 is average).
BA/HR/RBI SB/total att. OPS+
1. Jeter DH .321-15-57 9/13 117 3292 career hits
2. Suzuki LF .284-9-51 26/31 98 2592 career hits in U.S.
3. A-Rod 3B .278-18-56 13/14 117 2893 hits, 647 HR
4. Cano 2B .295-30-79 3/5 138 .211 in last 23 games.
5. Swisher 1B .260-21-83 2/5 116 134 K
6. Granderson CF .230-39-94 9/12 115 183 K, team record.
7. Martin C .204-18-48 6/6 87 Will he end up off the interstate?
8. Ibanez RF .228-17-56 3/3 98 See below.
9. Nunez SS .276-1-8 11/13 92 76 at bats.
Kuroda P 14-10, 3.26 ERA+ 128
As a Yankee, Ichiro is .335-5-23, 11/14 and an OPS+ of 128. With Seattle it was .261-4-28, 15/17 and 84. Big difference.
Granderson is hitting .182 in his last 45 games. See Cano above.
Ibanez had the 2 HR yesterday, but is .202-8-28 since May 30th (79 games).
Sometime next year, A-Rod should get his 3000th hit and also pass Willie Mays on the all-time HR list.
Condolences to Yanks’ GM Brian Cashman, who lost his dad yesterday.
You can see the slumping bats…
YANKEES WEEKLY TV SCHEDULE (EDT)
MON - SEP - 24 - at Minnesota - 8:10 PM - YES
TUE - SEP - 25 - at Minnesota - 8:10 PM - MY9
WED - SEP - 26 - at Minnesota - 1:10 PM - YES
THU - SEP - 27 - at Toronto - 7:07 PM - YES
FRI - SEP - 28 - at Toronto - 7:07 PM - YES
SAT - SEP - 29 - at Toronto - 1:07 PM - YES
SUN - SEP - 30 - at Toronto - 1:07 PM - YES