Giants? Compete?

FA Signings

2yrs. J.Affeldt

2yrs. E.Renteria

1yr. B.Howry

1yr. Randy Johnson

Rumors

Giants showing interest in Manny Ramirez

Giants showing interest in Joe Crede

季後消息多 希望明年進季後

Lineup:
LF F.Lewis
SS E.Renteria
RF R.Winn
C B.Molina
CF A.Rowand
3B P.Sandoval??
2B K.Frandson??
1B T.Ishigawa??

Pitchers:
SP T.Lincecum
SP M.Cain
SP R.Johnson
SP N.Lowry/J.Sanchez
SP B.Zito
CP B.Wilson

Wang!!!(節錄)

He has never thrown a no-hitter, like Clay Buchholz, or had a shutdown performance in the World Series, like Josh Beckett. He never captured the imaginations of Yankees fans as an electrifying rookie, like Phil Hughes, and he is not as accomplished as Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte or Curt Schilling.
But there is no pitcher in the majors with as many victories as Chien-Ming Wang since the start of the 2006 season. He is efficient and dependable for the Yankees, a quiet, stoic and steady presence in their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox. When the teams met at Fenway Park on Friday for the first time this season, it was Wang who took over.
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“He’s become the ace of our staff, there’s no doubt about it, and tonight he pitched as well as anybody could pitch,” Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said. “He seems to be refining his repertoire on how to attack hitters, and that’s a great thing. Right now, he’s at the top of his game.”
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“I feel especially good about this one because I threw it in Boston, and before, I didn’t do very well in Boston,” Wang said through an interpreter. “So I think this is my best game so far.”
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“They just didn’t look comfortable,” Giambi said. “Boston is almost an exact mirror team as us — guys who take a lot of pitches, take their walks and do a lot of damage by hitting home runs. He threw a lot of strikes and caught them off-guard.”
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Wang used 93 pitches to silence the Red Sox, who had seen 212 pitches Thursday against Detroit. He faced two batters over the minimum, and for eight and two-thirds innings, Boston’s only hit was a fifth-inning homer by J. D. Drew that just eluded Bobby Abreu at the wall in right-center field.

Coco Crisp added a bunt single with two outs in the ninth, but Dustin Pedroia lined to left to end the game. It was the fourth career complete game for Wang, who is 3-0 so far and 41-13 over the past three seasons. He called this start the best of his career.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/sports/baseball/12yankees.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin

旅外球員

4/2 Yankees' First Victory in a Season of Lasts
“You get seven from Wang and one from Joba and Mariano,” catcher Jorge Posada said. “That’s what we need to do all year.”
Wang allowed six hits and two runs in seven innings, and Chamberlain struck out his final two hitters in the eighth, twirling and punching the sky after pumping a 97-mile-an-hour fastball past Frank Thomas.
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Wang, who was blitzed twice by Cleveland in the playoff loss last fall, was shaky in spring training as he developed his slider and changeup. But he was sharp on Tuesday, using the slider for his two strikeouts and his usual sinker for most of the rest.
Girardi kept him in with two out and a runner on third in the seventh, and Wang need just one pitch to get an inning-ending grounder from David Eckstein.
“You want to look a guy in the eyes and see what he has,” Girardi said. “And I liked what I saw.”(NY Times)
王建民開季第一場獲首勝 投球內容扎實 7.0IP 6H 2ER 2BB 2K 滾飛比13-6 維持一般水準 春訓打不好的陰影已經過去了 現在目標邁向二十勝

4/2陳偉殷日職首勝使巨人吞開季五連敗:
巨人は今季初の完封負けを喫し、開幕からの連敗が球団史上最多の５に伸びた。中日は五回に谷繁の二塁打で先制、効果的に加点し４連勝。チェンはプロ初勝利。(讀賣新聞)
投球內容: 5.2IP 1H 1K 2BB 0.00ERA

4/3郭泓志披掛上陣 投三局無失分(巨人對道奇)
The Dodgers announced less than 20 minutes before game time that Hong-Chih Kuo would start on the mound in place of Chad Billingsley due to the threat of inclement weather. (ESPN)
The idea was to have Hong-Chih Kuo, in his first regular-season appearance since his fourth elbow operation, warm up fast and pitch until an anticipated rain delay. Torre said he personally notified Giants manager Bruce Bochy of the reason for the late change and Bochy thought it was such a good idea, he did the same thing with his scheduled starter, Tim Lincecum, tabbing Merkin Valdez instead.
Kuo gave the Dodgers three scoreless innings.(Dodgers.com)
投球內容: 3.0IP 1H 3BB 3K 0.00ERA

4/1,4/2 胡金龍四月一號打出一支安打 二號代跑得一分但一打數無安打
總計: 本季 AB:2 H:1 R:1 AVG:.500

Wang's 新聞(節錄自MLB.com)

Wang draws prestigious start
Right-hander final Opening Day starter in Yankee Stadium
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Chien-Ming Wang missed his chance to pitch last year's season opener, but this assignment may prove even more prestigious.
The right-hander will be issued the ball for the final Opening Day in Yankee Stadium's 85-year history, drawing the March 31 start against the Blue Jays.
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Ranking second in the American League with a 2.75 home ERA and tying for third with 10 home wins, Wang is a logical choice to get the start in New York. His 21 wins in 33 Yankee Stadium starts over the last two seasons are the most home victories by any big league pitcher since the beginning of 2006.
He may have some added motivation as well. Wang missed last year's season opener after straining a hamstring during conditioning drills in late March -- he still remembers watching from his Tampa apartment as Carl Pavano drew the start for the Yankees.
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"The two losses make me want to do even better this year," Wang said. "I want to make the coaches trust me even more in the future."
Girardi said that Wang's balanced and relaxed personality lends itself well to an assignment like Opening Day, and that he was glad Wang needed one month to get over his October disappointment.
"That tells me that he really cares and he wants to get better," Girardi said. "That actually excites me. I think he will continue to improve."

Wang's spring ends on down note
Girardi feels hitters were too comfortable with right-hander
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
With his last five innings of the spring in the books, Wang was given an exhibition loss in New York's 4-0 defeat to the Phillies at Bright House Field, but he also has something important to carry into the regular season.
The Phillies hit Wang around in the second inning for four runs on four hits, a frame that could have had much less damage if both Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez were able to turn double-play balls. Regardless, Yankees manager Joe Girardi thought Philadelphia batters were digging in a bit too much as the inning went on, and gave Wang his read upon returning to the dugout.
"Joe told me they were too comfortable," Wang said. "I didn't pitch inside enough."
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"I thought he had a decent spring," Girardi said. "I thought today was his best day, which is good. [The pitchers are] developing arm strength and they're developing stamina during Spring Training."
And, once in a while, they get to hit. The Yankees played with National League rules for the first time on Wednesday, meaning that Wang actually had to grab a bat and dig in against Phillies starter Brett Myers for a couple of plate appearances.
To Wang's credit, the skills he last tested in a June Interleague series at San Francisco hadn't betrayed him; like Billy Crystal, at least he made contact. Wang popped a bunt over the mound for the final out of the second inning and was thrown out on another bunt in the fifth inning.
The infielders needn't have worried, even in the situation with two outs. With Opening Day looming near and any injury disastrous, the Yankees' instructions to Wang were extremely clear. "No swings," Wang said. "Just bunts."

MLB 王建民新聞

Wang will start Opening Day for Yanks
Right-hander coming off back-to-back 19-win seasons

One year ago, Chien-Ming Wang got his hopes up to pitch on Opening Day before suffering both an injury and ultimate disappointment, forced to watch from a Tampa apartment as his team went north without him.
Barring a catastrophe in Wang's final start of Spring Training, he will finally get to find out what a season opener feels like. Yankees manager Joe Girardi confirmed Friday that Wang has been tabbed as the Opening Day starter, set to face the Blue Jays on March 31 in New York.
"He's earned it," Girardi said. "He's won 19 games the last couple of years and he's thrown the ball well the last couple of years. I'm comfortable starting him Opening Day."
The start will come on Wang's 28th birthday, one year after a strained right hamstring cost him most of April before he rebounded to tie a career high in wins for the second consecutive season, going 19-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 30 starts and establishing a career high with 104 strikeouts.
"I'm very happy," Wang said. "This is my first time on Opening Day. For me, it's big. I'm very excited.
"It shows that the coaches trust me. I still have a lot to learn."....
Wang hasn't had a whole lot of success this spring -- in four Grapefruit League starts, Wang is 2-1 with an 8.44 ERA in 10 2/3 innings.
But his track record speaks volumes: He has won more games than any other big league pitcher (38) over the last two years and leads the Majors with a .745 winning percentage in that time span, though he suffered two losses in the Yankees' first-round playoff exit against the Indians last October.
Wang has said that it took him a month to get over the playoff losses, in which he was roughed up for 12 runs and 14 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Pitching on three days' rest in the deciding Game 4 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium, Wang did not retire an Indians batter in the second inning.
"The two losses make me want to do even better this year," Wang said. "I want to make the coaches trust me even more in the future."
Girardi said that Wang's balanced and relaxed personality lends itself well to an assignment like Opening Day, and that he was glad Wang needed one month to get over his October disappointment.
"That tells me that he really cares and he wants to get better," Girardi said. "That actually excites me. I think he will continue to improve."
(http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080321&content_id=2449201&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)

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