No Yankees yesterday, so only a report about the Dutchies in yesterday’s ST games. The Atlanta Braves stayed at the right side of the 4-2 score vs the Detroit Tigers. Andrelton Simmons got one basehit out of three at bats. Andrelton made an inning ending 6-4 force out when Victor Martinez grounded towards him in…
With Didi Gregorius out with a sprained wrist, Brendan Ryan stepped in at short and went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts and three runners left on base. His replacement Nick Noonan went 0 for 1. If there was any doubt about his position, Chase Headley helped his own case by going 3 for 4…
Against the Detroit Tigers the Yankees flexed their muscles with seven extra basehits, eleven runs on eleven hits in total. Jose Pirela hit a bases clearing triple in the first with runner on third and second. Rob Refsnyder hit his first homerun in the first inning and took Jose Pirela with him. A-Rod took him…
In a 4-1 victory over the TIgers, Didi Gregorius batted in the lead off position once again. He went 1 for 2 and his batting average jumped from a .100-ish to .200. In the third inning after Mason Williams hit a triple, Didi hit a sac fly to right field and recorded an RBI. In…
The Yankees left almost all big leaguers in Tampa when they headed to JetBlue Park to take on the Red Sox. The Sox on their turn started most of the Major Leaguers. Xander Bogaerts went 0 for 1, left a runner on base but drew a walk for the Sox. He grounded into an innning…
In a close game between the Yankees and the Braves, two Dutchies contributed to the score of their team. Andrelton SImmons went 1 for 3. He recorded the first two outs of the Yankees. Simmons himself grounded out to Didi Gregorius in his first at bat. In his first at bat (bottom 3rd), Gregorius belted…
The Yankees beat their divsion rivals, Tampa Bay, 4-3 and Didi Gregorius went 0 for 2. He got an RBI in the second inning. With the bases loaded he hit a 4-3 ground out that drove in Chase Headley. Once again the Yankees did what they are doing most this Spring Training: scoring decisive runs…
Adam Warren gave up a homerun to the first batter that he faced, Michael Taylor of the Nationals. The Yankees tied it in the third when Bret Gardner drove in Jose Pirela with a single. Pirela on his turn drove in Brian McCann in the fourth to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead. After the…
Yesterday, Didi Gregorius debuted as a Yankee. Joe Girardi put him in the lead off spot to be sure he would get some at bats vs left hander Kevin Slowey. Didi’s stats of last year show that he had some trouble with hitting lefties. In his frst at bat he hit a fly out to…
Curacao native Jair Jurrjens who signed a Minor League deal with the Colorado Rockies in November, has received an invitation to the Rockies Spring Training Camp in Arizona. After a long absence he had a rocky start (sorry for the pun) with the Rockies. In two starts he went 0-1 with a 10.61 ERA. After…
