yankees scoutingreport
Starter RHP Shane Greene (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1/3 IP)
Overview Mid-level prospect who reached AAA and Majors for first time this season.
Repertoire Fastball (92-94 mph), Slider (top secondary pitch), Change (according to BA)
K Pitch Unknown… Although it’s a good bet he’ll use his hard slider vs righties
vs Tribe First appearance vs Indians
Key Matchups Kipnis: .309 vs RHP’s fastballs… Santana: .074 BA vs RHP’s sliders
Source: ESPN Stats & Information

The Yankees are in town for a four-game series, starting tonight (and tonight’s game will be nationally broadcast on ESPN).  This isn’t exactly the “Evil Empire” of old, there are a number of new names.  Take tonight’s rookie starting pitcher, Shane Greene for example.  He’s had a fair amount of success in the minors, and may do very well against an uneven Indians offense.  But even NJ.com ran a story with the headline “Who’s Yankees’ Shane Green?” because he’s not exactly a household name.  During a very brief appearance out of the bullpen earlier this season (1/3 of an inning) he allowed no earned runs, but walked three.  I honestly have no idea what to expect from the guy.

For the Indians, Justin Masterson is pitching tonight.  He hasn’t looked great all season, but his last two starts have been pretty tough to watch.  He struggles to find the plate, he gives up a lot of hits…who knows what tonight will be like.  He has decent career numbers against the Yankees (3.30 ERA and they hit .254/.316/.299 off of him), but as I mentioned, this is a Yankees team with a number of different names (like offseason pickup Brian McCann, for instance, who has struggled some this season).

I’m not sure what we’ll see on the field tonight, but one thing I feel almost safe betting on – there will be a fight in the stands somewhere tonight.  I’ve yet to attend an Indians-Yankees game (either at Progressive Field or Yankee Stadium) where I didn’t see a fight breakout between fans.  I don’t know what it is, but the fans get pretty worked up.

Lineups:

Indians:

Jason Kipnis, 2B

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Michael Brantley, CF

Carlos Santana, 1B

Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B

Nick Swisher, DH

David Murphy, RF

Yan Gomes, C

Chris Dickerson, LF (More on Dickerson)

 

Yankees:

Brett Gardner, LF

Derek Jeter, SS

Jacoby Ellsbury, CF

Mark Teixeira, 1B

Brian McCann, DH

Brian Roberts, 2B

Ichiro Suzuki, RF

Kelly Johnson, 3B

Francisco Cervelli, C

11 Comments

  • The Doctor says:

    if that was truly supposed to be a straight steal by cabrera, that might be one of the worst attempts i’ve ever seen.

    shocked that brantley didn’t follow that up by hitting a double – the tribe seems to be really good at getting XBHs right after having some mope get gunned down on the basepaths.

  • Kevin says:

    I don’t think this national coverage is going to help Justin Masterson on the free agent market this year. I wonder if we give a qualifying offer with him and if he accepts it. On the other hand maybe he has an Ubaldo like 2nd half oooo i like that one.

  • The Doctor says:

    sigh. what is there left to say about masterson? he’s just awful.

    • Sean Porter says:

      When have you ever stopped beating a dead horse before Doctor?

      • The Doctor says:

        it’s not even fun to complain about masterson anymore, that’s the problem – he isn’t doing anything new to complain about, it’s just the same thing over and over.

  • D.P. Roberts says:

    Wow, Santana just saved Masteron’s bacon. It’s too bad that Masterson is all out of bacon.

  • Gvl Steve says:

    Great play by Santana, but don’t tempt the fates by running Masterson out there next inning. I’ve been advocating he go to the bullpen for two weeks and still believe it needs to happen.

  • JimM. says:

    #tribe trivia answer: roberto hernandez?

  • Kevin says:

    So much fun looking terrible against the Yankees on national television.

  • SeattleStu says:

    masterson has no pride….hopefully he can find a few rolls of toliet paper in the locker room to clean out his pants….particularly nice touch at home v. bombers on national TV.

  • CherokeeJacket says:

    When was the last time the Tribe didn’t look hapless against a starter fresh up from AAA ? You’d think we were hitting against Cy Young in his prime or something.