Nate Eovaldi looked pretty solid in his Yankee debut today. Hit 98mph on the gun, which is obviously crazy given how early it is in spring training.
jon abbey said:A combined 5 4 0 0 0 7 from Pineda and Eovaldi today against what looks like a lot of the TB starters, especially nice to see 5 Ks from Eovaldi in 3 innings.
Wingack said:
I am trying to not get too excited about Eovaldi, but it isn't working.
Seems like a lot of good news in camp so far. Love the infield defense. Pitchers must be thrilled.jon abbey said:Yeah, supposedly the YES gun was 4 MPH too fast for the first Tanaka start, so 92 seems right.
The belief is that certain foods can reduce players’ inflammation, encourage healing and boost their immune systems, while unhealthy foods do the opposite. If the right foods can keep one player in the lineup for one extra day, and that player helps win a game, then why not?
“People really accept now the adage ‘You are what you eat,’ ” Sass said in a telephone interview. “So every time you eat or drink, it’s an opportunity to make your body stronger and healthier.”
In recent years, Cashman grew increasingly unhappy with the food that the Yankees were serving to the players, believing it was not in line with the latest research. So at the recommendation of the trainer Steve Donohue, Cashman hired Sass (and another nutritionist to oversee minor league players) to upgrade the Yankees’ health and performance through a better diet.
He also hired the former Yankees minor league pitcher John Kremer as a high performance science director to coordinate the departments that have an impact on player performance: food preparation, medical staff, coaches, scouts and the players themselves. Kremer’s task is to streamline communication and create language common for all the departments.
Sass is a big part of that process. She said she had 20 years of experience working in nutrition, including three with the Philadelphia Phillies and the last eight with the Tampa Bay Rays. She has also been working with the Rangers of the N.H.L.
After the Yankees hired her away from the Rays this winter, Sass met with the chefs at Yankee Stadium and at the team’s spring training complex here to learn what they served to the players and how it was prepared. She made general recommendations, but did not turn the Yankees’ cafeteria into an East Village vegan cafe, at least not yet.
The idea is to add healthy alternatives, educate the players about them, see what they like and then make adjustments. As a general rule, teams provide players with two meals per day: breakfast and lunch for day games and lunch and dinner for night games. On the road, opposing teams provide the food, and Sass said she might make general requests to those teams. For example: Always provide produce.
I'm on board with Lindgren. He gets righties out, too.jon abbey said:Esmil Rogers with a big fielding error leading to four unearned runs, but he has turned back into a pumpkin at a very bad time. It's looking more and more like Lindgren deserves to be on the team out of spring training, and I'm sure he would be if he was on the 40 man roster already. Maybe he will be anyway, we'll see.
Pitching two days in a row, Betances topped out at 89-90 mph with his fast ball today, according to MLB.com story. That can't be good.jon abbey said:Gardner's been good long enough that I'm not worried about him, save those hits for the regular season. I'm definitely dubious/worried about much of the rest of the lineup though (Beltran, Tex, Drew are the first to come to mind).
I'm actually a little worried about Betances, who hasn't been close to last year's dominant self so far.
By June, Bailey might be the closer with Miller and Betances in roles similar to 2014. But we will never see Betances as good as he was last year. Just hoping he isn't hurt.jon abbey said:And gave up a HR to one of his two batters. Miller was bad on his first back to back outing also. Andrew Bailey looked good again, though, at least.
Yeah, it just makes sense to have the two studs get more than three outs when necessary. Plus, why put pressure on the two studs by naming one of them closer?jon abbey said:I actually think that the hope of Bailey being ready to step in as closer by May or so is why they've been so nonchalant about naming Miller or Betances or anyone else as the closer this spring. They're going to want to see him get out guys in AAA for at least a few weeks first, though.