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Advance Scout Micro-Advance Scout: Yankees, July 26-28
No time to assemble a Scout report this weekend, but please feel free to refer to last week's Yankees Scout for more player-by-player info. I've thrown in a couple of links with this week's lineup and pitching outlook.

Enjoy the Insurrection!

* Here's the latest on Jason Giambi's very scary bout with an intestinal parasite.

* The New York Daily News has reported that the inability of the Yankees' farm system to pique the Diamondbacks' interest in a trade package of minor leaguers for Randy Johnson has, er, piqued Boss George such that scouting director Lin Garrett was demoted.

Probable Batting Orders

vs. LH

8 Williams
6 Jeter
DH Sheffield
5 Rodriguez
9 Sierra
7 Matsui
3 Clark
2 Posada/Flaherty
4 Cairo

vs. RH

8 Lofton/DH Sierra
6 Jeter
9 Sheffield
5 Rodriguez
2 Posada
7 Matsui
DH/8 Williams
3 Clark
4 Wilson/Cairo


Pitching Probables

Monday: RH Vazquez vs. Douglass
Tuesday: RH Hernandez vs. Lilly
Wednesday: RH Lieber vs. Batista

Bullpen Usage

Long: Padilla R, Proctor R
Short: Heredia L, Prinz R
Setup: Quantrill R, Gordon R
Closer: Rivera R
Posted by Mike D on Monday, July 26 2004 @ 03:39 AM EDT.
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_Mick - Monday, July 26 2004 @ 03:51 PM EDT (#48733) #
Bad time for Douglass to catch the Yankees. After two relatively embarrassing losses to Red Sox Nation, the pinstripes will be out to tattoo someone.
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Mike Green - Monday, July 26 2004 @ 03:54 PM EDT (#48734) #
Rivera's on pace for a career-high 80 appearances this year. After a rough weekend, I'm imagining that Torre gives him a fair bit of rest for these games. Heredia's been hit hard, so Torre doesn't have a great left-handed option either.

Blue Jays motto for the series: deep into counts. Frank Menenchino has been doing a good job of that all season, so he'll probably get a fair bit of playing time.
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Mike Green - Monday, July 26 2004 @ 04:01 PM EDT (#48735) #
Mick, that's a Yankee fan talking. I say, "kick 'em when they're down". If Douglass throws strikes and doesn't worry about the Yankee mystique, he'll be fine. Despite their record, the Yankees this season are far from a great ballclub. A good one, yes. A team that has the best shot of any to win a World Series, probably. But, definitely, playing over their heads.
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