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Discuss.

1 Out -   213
2 Outs – 212
0 Outs – 211

The symmetry here is eye-catching. What does it mean? I don’t know – if it means anything other than it being a cool split.

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Thoughts on this list?

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Hint: He’s under contract for the next five years with the New York Yankees at a salary around $23 million per year.

However, when you look at the Yankees over their first 38 games of 2011 and 2012, they’re pretty much at the same place.  And, last year, they ended up in first place by the end of the season. See the stats…

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Pitching:

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Call me crazy, but, I suspect the Yankees were looking for a little more production from him than that…

Maybe he should just give up switch-hitting and only bat right-handed?  Could it be any worse than what he’s doing now?

As you can see, A-Rod has his best production (OPS) when his team is ahead in the game or when the game is somewhat out of hand (meaning there’s a difference in the score of five runs or more).  And, A-Rod has his “worst” production in “Late & Close” situations or when there are two outs with RISP. 

Note that his career numbers in ”Late & Close” situations or when there are two outs with RISP are very good.  It’s just that he’s so much better, production-wise, when his team is ahead in the game or when the game is somewhat out of hand.  And, that’s why some probably consider him to be someone who pads his stats with garbage time production.

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TRAA                           TRAA     FRAA     RCAA      PA
1    Robinson Cano                33        6       27      681
2    Curtis Granderson            29       -6       35      691
3    Brett Gardner                22       22        0      588
4    Nick Swisher                 19        6       13      635
5    Mark Teixeira                15       -2       17      684
T6   Andruw Jones                 11        3        8      222
T6   Alex Rodriguez               11        2        9      428
8    Russell Martin                8       18      -10      476
9    Jesus Montero                 5       -1        6       69
T10  Brandon Laird                -1        1       -2       25
T10  Gustavo Molina               -1        0       -1        6
T12  Francisco Cervelli           -2        1       -3      137
T12  Greg Golson                  -2       -1       -1       12
T12  Austin Romine                -2        0       -2       20
15   Chris Dickerson              -3       -2       -1       55
T16  Eric Chavez                  -6       -2       -4      175
T16  Ramiro Pena                  -6        0       -6       46
18   Jorge Posada                -12        1      -13      387
19   Derek Jeter                 -21      -24        3      607
20   Eduardo Nunez               -22      -16       -6      338

RSAA                           RSAA      BFP    BR/9 IP     IP
1    C.C. Sabathia                36      985    11.30    237.1
2    David Robertson              24      272    10.26     66.2
3    Mariano Rivera               17      233     8.36     61.1
4    Luis Ayala                   14      233    12.38     56
T5   Freddy Garcia                12      626    12.27    146.2
T5   Ivan Nova                    12      704    12.30    165.1
7    Cory Wade                    10      157     9.30     39.2
8    Bartolo Colon                 7      694    11.77    164.1
9    Joba Chamberlain              5      110     9.73     28.2
10   Boone Logan                   4      185    12.96     41.2
11   Lance Pendleton               2       62    12.86     14
T12  George Kontos                 1       24    10.50      6
T12  Raul Valdes                   1       28    13.50      6.2
T12  Jeff Marquez                  1       18    11.25      4
T12  Rafael Soriano                1      164    11.90     39.1
T12  Aaron Laffey                  1       50    16.88     10.2
17   Buddy Carlyle                 0       34    14.09      7.2
T18  Brian Gordon                 -1       46    14.81     10.1
T18  Hector Noesi                 -1      247    13.90     56.1
20   Sergio Mitre                 -4       30    23.63      5.1
21   Scott Proctor                -6       62    25.36     11
22   Amaury Sanit                 -7       40    23.14      7
23   Phil Hughes                 -12      334    13.86     74.2
24   A.J. Burnett                -17      837    13.33    190.1

Of all these players, which ones are you most interested in, or concerned about, now, in terms of what their production will be in 2012 – and why?

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And…

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Last season, Swisher was between Jeff Francoeur and Torii Hunter in terms of production. And, over the last three years, he was between Michael Cuddyer and Ben Zobrist.

Nick Swisher is a nice player. He’s not a great player. And, he can be replaced, if the Yankees opt to make that call.