Spring training began yesterday with the Yankees falling 5-4 to the Phillies at Steinbrenner field and we got our first look at some Yankees and Phillies starters and prospects. We saw even more Yankees prospects and more Phillies starters today as the Yankees beat the Phillies 7-3 in Clearwater.
We got our first look at Bartolo Colon and he went two innings with 2 Hits, 1 BB and 1 ER with no K's. People have been talking about how good Colon looked and while he didn't give up a lot and did hit 93 on his fastball, he has been pitching in the Winter league and so i expected him to be way ahead of the Phillies, but there is a lot more spring training to go and the Phillies are very good.To me through Colon could likely be the odd man out behind Garcia and Nova, but would he accept a AAA assignment.
Joba and Robertson both looked very good with Joba pitching a perfect 3rd with 1K, while Robertson K'd 2 and gave up a walk. These guys are going to be looking to win the primary RHP/7th inning role and I think they will make it hard for Girardi to choose.
Maxwell had a nice catch in the outfield, Curtis once again looked lost at the plate and Andrew Jones had a weird stolen base attempt where he kind of flopped toward second.
The Highlight of yesterdays game was Jorge Vazquez who won the Winter League MVP and went 2-2 Yesterday with a Home Run and 1-1 Today with a Home Run. He looked really good and he is making a case to be a solid piece of trade bait for the Yankees and i expect that we will see him if Tex or A-Rod get hurt as he can play 1st and 3rd.
Today Ivan Nova started and he looked great pitching two perfect innings with 2 strike outs and he kept the ball down and on the ground. I have to agree with Jack Curry that he looks like he could be 4th Starter , but one spring training start doesn't mean anything and he will have to keep it up for all of spring training and hopefully for the whole season.
Logan and Mitre were effective but a little shaky, especially Logan who seemed to be getting behind in the count on every batter.
Dellin Betances wowed everybody today with 3k's and 1 BB in an inning of work and was hitting 97 on the gun. His command wasn't great for his one BB, but the batters had no chance against him on his 3k's. He also credited Montero with his great outing and the two seemed great together. Speaking of Montero he impressed everybody with a great broken bat single that had a lot of power behind it and Yogi Berra said he looked good behind the plate.
Domenic Brown did not look good for the Phillies at all as he went 0-5 with 4 K's and that has got to make people with the Phillies a little nervous and look to Ben Francisco who looked good at the plate. If he has a good spring while Brown continues to struggle then he could possible earn the Starting RF job.
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