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Friday, May 17, 2013

Pinstriped Bible: Albin: Is Ichiro done?

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posted 9 hours ago by Repoz to sabermetrics, yankees | 20 comment(s)

The Yankees are only a month and a half into Ichiro’s new contract, and it already looks like they will rue the day the two sides reached a deal. Well, perhaps the business side of the organization is pleased, but I digress. Ichiro is hitting .239/.280/.328 through 145 plate appearances, and finally broke a 22 at-bat hitless skid last night. At this point, it is hard to be optimistic about him going forward.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Ichiro is scuffling. From 2011 through 2012, Ichiro ...

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1. Smyly Smile (Walewander) posted on November 08, 2012 at 09:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, they are still a couple years off, but OF is one of the strengths of the Yankees system. People like Austin and Williams a lot. And Slade Heathcott, who sounds like the singer from an 80s British hair metal group.

2. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on November 08, 2012 at 09:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Swisher's a good player, but he's entirely replaceable even in a weak free agent market. Torii Hunter for instance would project to give you most of, if not more than Nick Swisher as a better price with fewer guaranteed years.

3. Double-Spin Mechanic posted on November 08, 2012 at 01:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Must be tough having limted budget for the first time.

4. GregD posted on November 08, 2012 at 04:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is it possible that his loss would create an ass-shaped hole in the Yankees roster?

5. Walt Davis posted on November 08, 2012 at 05:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

C, RF, DH/bench, 2 rotation slots

The two rotation slots look easy to fill and even on 1-year deals (Pettitte and Kuroda) but then expecting a full season out of Pettitte is risky. I'm not sure they have much choice but to re-sign Martin although Napoli would be interesting.

6. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on November 08, 2012 at 05:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Must be tough having limted budget for the first time.

Yes, what a pity. My heart bleeds for them.

7. madvillain posted on November 08, 2012 at 05:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yes, what a pity. My heart bleeds for them.

Take the socialist crap over to the political threads. This one is for baseball.

8. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on November 08, 2012 at 06:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

On the plus side, that means the players the Yankees would have signed get less money to play somewhere else. Everyone wins! Except the players, but, you know, #### 'em.

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Pinstriped Bible: Albin: Is Ichiro done?

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