4.35 PM: Some really interesting going-ons today
1) The White Sox and Padres had worked out a Jake Peavy deal, but it looks like Peavy didn't like the idea and used his NTC to get out of it.
2) The Brewers and Padres pulled off a Tony Gwynn Jr-for-Jody Gerut trade.
3) The Minnesota Twins are currently up on the ChiSox 20-0 and there's still another inning to play.
4) Yankees lineup, from @Yesnetwork:
Jeter SS
Canó 2B
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Swisher RF
Cabrera LF
Cervelli C
Gardner CF
I'm not entirely sure why Canó is batting second, but I am assuming Johnny D is just getting a night off.
4.50 PM: I'm always wrong. From LoHud:
Josh reports that Phil Hughes will get another start. Hughes will start Monday in Texas. Chien-Ming Wang will pitch a minor league game tomorrow.
“We just want to see him have the stuff he had in the bullpen,” Girardi said.
Johnny Damon wrenched his neck jumping for Adam Jones home run yesterday. He is sore but Girardi hopes its only one day. “He’s a little sore.”
It doesn't seem like Damon's hurt too bad, but even so there's no being too cautious, especially with a neck.
5.40 PM: There's a rumor going around that Phil Hughes has asked to go to the bullpen when Wang returns to the rotation. If/when I get this from an official source I'll say so. For now, it might just be pointless rumblings.
5.42 PM: Now I'm hearing it was Girardi per WFAN.
5.57 PM: Phil Coke is a game time decision after getting hit on the shoulder yesterday.
7.03 PM: Yeah, old news now, but Peavy officially rejected the trade.
7.17 PM: Joba kind of couldn't get out of the way of an Adam Jones liner; he's in the game now, but we'll see if there are any effects.
7.19 PM: It looks like the Yankees are going to go to the bullpen. We have to hope that Joba's injury is not serious. And that the Yankees can piece this together with the bullpen.
7.31 PM: Guess Robbie's okay hitting second out of the line up.
7.41 PM: Melky is so clutch. Even lets the runs score before getting tagged out. 4-0 Yankees and Aceves and co. have some breathing room.
7.48 PM: I don't know which of the Yankees scouts signed Aceves, but he deserves a huge bonus check.
7.57 PM: Robinson Canó has three RBI and it's only the second inning. That ball probably doesn't get out at the old park, but it is at least a gapper.
8.11 PM: Ken Singleton asked Michael Kay if he remembered Ramiro Mendoza and then corrected that to Mario Mendoza, but an Aceves/Ramiro Mendoza comparison here seems more apt.
I'm not sure how much longer the Yanks let
8.14 PM: The longer we go without hearing about Joba, the more I worry.
8.27 PM: Can we give Aceves a medal here? And how the heck did this team go so long without a long man, given what Aceves has done? It's like Ramiro Mendoza spawned.
8.35 PM: Looks like Aceves is coming back out to start the fifth. I can't say I'm entirely fond of this idea. He's thrown 50 pitches so far. I know he's a starter, but he threw two innings last night
8.37 PM: And I am wrong yet again. Albaladejo is in. And he promptly serves one up to Brian Roberts. Now 6-1 Yanks.
8.40 PM: Only an eight pitch inning there. I can live with Roberts' solo HR, especially if the Yankees can tack on. Also, it means Albaladejo should be okay for the sixth, too. And then would you go Veras-Bruney-Mo? Or Veras-Bruney-Bruney? Or Veras-Bruney-Tomko? Or any combination thereof in which you can stay away from Phil Coke who is slightly injured?
8.49 PM: I know it's a bandbox, but as long as the Yanks keep hitting absolute bombs like that, I'm okay with it.
9.02 PM: And now it's a 7-3 game as Wigginton has a PH double. Albaladejo really needs to get the last out here before Baltimore gets any closer.
9.04 PM: That works. Yanks head to the bottom of the sixth with a four run lead. This would not have happened if the Yanks needed 8 innings from the pullpen as recently as three weeks ago.
9.11 PM: Word from YES is Joba X-rays are negative and he has a bruised right knee. That could have been so much worse.
9.15 PM
You see where that "I" is supposed to be in the big Mac sign?
Pujols took that out.
And A-Rod grounds out with the bases loaded. So unclutch.
(Photo credit Matthew H Leach/St Louis Cardinals)
9.20 PM: Markakis with a solo shot and now 7-4 Yankees. Albaladejo is likely gassed, but I'm not sure you can trust Veras with a three run lead. Guess we're gonna find out.
9.32 PM: Yankees could have used a run there but it was not to be. Somehow they have to fashion six outs out of the remaining relievers and I don't know if they go to Mo after a four out save last night, albeit a 14 pitch only appearance.
9.41 PM: Veras worked into and out of trouble there. The Yanks will go to the ninth with a three run lead.
9.48 PM: George Sherrill looked good there. It is now up to Mo. We'll see if there's any effects from last night.
