Bleacher Report - Articles by Kevin Rozell

Are the Yankees Getting Their Money's Worth?

Kevin Rozell — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:36:45 -0400

Found this interesting read on Gritty and Clutch, and I thought I would share it with you guys. He wanted to see if the Yankees were getting their money’s worth as a whole, and player to player. The graph brings up a interesting question though. Why are Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera so deep in the red?

Mariano Rivera has 36 saves (only 1 BS) and a 1.90 ERA so far this season. He is making $15 million this season. He is by far the best closer in the game. Mitre has more value than Rivera? Isn’t this analysis flawed?

And Alex Rodriguez? This chart doesn’t speak to A-Rod’s actual value to this team. Anyone who watches the Yankees play knows that they are far better with A-Rod on the team. He changes the whole game, because his presence in the lineup changes the way the opposing pitcher pitches to the batters around him.

You can’t measure Alex purely on statistics. It’s even harder to judge Alex because he has missed so much time this season due to injury. There is no way he would be able to live up to his true value when he has only played in 88 of 121 games so far.

This chart says that the market value of their production is lower than what they are being paid.

Reading the comments on this article brought up another interesting point. The idea that value cannot be measured solely by stats is so true. You can’t measure the impact A-Rod has on other players in the lineup, or the fear he strikes in pitchers.

It’s hard for any player to “live” up to their contracts, because so many players are getting overpaid these days. The market competition to land certain players drives up the prices in these contracts. Owners are willing to overpay for starting pitchers because there is such a big need to a team’s success.

Take it for what it’s worth..

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Muhammad Ali to Be Honored Tomorrow Night at the Stadium

Kevin Rozell — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:02:37 -0400

(Zell's Pinstripe Blog)

Muhammad Ali, AKA Cassius Clay, The Greatest, The Champ, The Louisville Lip will be honored in the Bronx tomorrow night. The Yankees will pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion and 1960 Olympic gold medalist before tomorrow’s Yankee-Red Sox game.

One of the finest moments of his career was when he defeated Ken Norton in a 15-round decision to retain the heavyweight title at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 28, 1976.

Ali will be in attendance, along with Joseph Cinque, president of the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, to present Yankee Stadium and Yankees managing general partner/co-chairperson Hal Steinbrenner with the academy’s “Six Star Diamond Award”. The award is given for excellence in hospitality.

Source: Yankees Are Still in on Halladay

Kevin Rozell — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:30:27 -0400

(Zell's Pinstripe Blog)

It looks as if the Yankees are still in the Halladay sweepstakes. It’s funny how officials said early on they wouldn’t land him, and now we sit here and hear we shouldn’t count them out. With Wang out and the rumors swirling around that the Red Sox are making a push for Doc you know the Yankees are paying close attention.

From NY Baseball Digest:

Our main Yankees source down in Tampa informed us on Tuesday afternoon that the Yankees are not, I repeat, not out of the Roy Halladay Sweepstakes. “Don’t count them out” is what we were told. “They are monitoring the situation and waiting patiently.”

So the question here is, is Brian Cashman waiting in the weeds like he did with Mark Teixeira, ready to pounce, or is he content to stand pat.? Two thing to remember here. They have not denied that they are still interested in Halladay and have also not told J.P. Riccardi no when it comes to any deal. We’ve been told that the possibility of the Red Sox swooping in and getting Halladay might have finally caught the Yankees attention. It will be very interesting to see what happens with all of this trade talk as the clock ticks down to PM on Friday.

I can’t say that I think they will get him, but I’m sure that they are involved. You can never count the Yankees out.

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Joba Chamberlain Is Not Fit for Role Right Now

Kevin Rozell — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:12:09 -0400

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jeter, SS	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	.287
Damon, LF	4	1	1	1	1	0	4	.295
Gardner, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Teixeira, 1B	4	1	1	0	1	1	5	.200
Matsui, DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.292
Cano, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.366
Posada, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.275
Swisher, RF	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	.312
Cabrera, M, CF-LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.327
Pena, 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.269
Totals	34	7	12	6	5	3	15
BATTING 2B: Teixeira (3, Ortega), Posada (6, Speier), Pena (1, Speier). HR: Damon (4, 3rd inning off Ortega, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Jeter 2; Damon 4; Teixeira 2; Matsui; Cano; Posada 2; Swisher; Cabrera, M 2; Pena 3. RBI: Matsui (9), Damon (10), Jeter (12), Cabrera, M (9), Pena 2 (2). 2-out RBI: Matsui; Jeter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano; Pena; Damon; Teixeira 2. GIDP: Cabrera, M; Teixeira. Team RISP: 5-for-11. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Cabrera, M (2, 2nd base off Ortega/Napoli). FIELDING DP: (Pena-Cano-Teixeira).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Burnett	7.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	5.40
Coke (W, 1-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.72
Rivera (S, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.79

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pettitte (W, 2-0)	6.2	5	1	1	0	7	0	0.79
Marte (H, 4)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.40
Veras (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80
Ramirez, E (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13

Bleacher Report - Articles by Kevin Rozell

Are the Yankees Getting Their Money's Worth?

Muhammad Ali to Be Honored Tomorrow Night at the Stadium

Source: Yankees Are Still in on Halladay

Joba Chamberlain Is Not Fit for Role Right Now

Celebrating Lou Gehrig's Famous Speech 70 Years Later

A-Rod Dating Kate Hudson?

Pitching Matchups for the Tampa Series

Randy Johnson: Notches 300th Victory

Yankee Stadium Demolition Photo Update

A-Rod Must Be Laughing…..

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Yankees-Angels: A.J. Burnett Looks to Make It Three in a Row

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Yankees-Angels Series Pitching Matchups

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