Let's Give Posada His 12 Million
The way Jorge Posada is playing these days, he definitely deserves another year in pinstripes at 12 million in 2007.
Posada is the Yankees hottest hitter right now, supplying some much needed RBI power with the absence of two perennial 100 RBI men: Sheffield and Matsui.
He is also providing strong leadership to the troops. Last night, he told Cano that the young sophomore was standing too upright when he tried to turn his double plays. Drawing upon his own experiences as a second baseman in the minor leagues before switching to catcher, Posada explained that Cano had to bend his knees and get his feet more settled before he tried to throw the ball to first.
We've all noticed how sharp Mussina is this season. But few people know that Posada is one of the primary reasons for Mussina's resurgence as a top pitcher.
During spring training, Posada noticed that he could see Mussina's fingers wrapped over the ball in a unique way whenever he threw his changeup. When Posada went to bat against Mussina, he used this tell tale sign to crush a Mussina changeup into center field.
Later, Mussina asked Posada in the dugout how Jorge was able to time that changeup so well. Jorge explained what he was seeing with Mussina's fingers. With this feedback, Mussina changed the grip on his changeup in a way that the batter has virtually no chance of guessing that it's coming.
And that's why Mussina has had batters swinging early on his changeup over and over again so far this season.
Like I said, let's give Posada his 12 million for 2007.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
Posada is the Yankees hottest hitter right now, supplying some much needed RBI power with the absence of two perennial 100 RBI men: Sheffield and Matsui.
He is also providing strong leadership to the troops. Last night, he told Cano that the young sophomore was standing too upright when he tried to turn his double plays. Drawing upon his own experiences as a second baseman in the minor leagues before switching to catcher, Posada explained that Cano had to bend his knees and get his feet more settled before he tried to throw the ball to first.
We've all noticed how sharp Mussina is this season. But few people know that Posada is one of the primary reasons for Mussina's resurgence as a top pitcher.
During spring training, Posada noticed that he could see Mussina's fingers wrapped over the ball in a unique way whenever he threw his changeup. When Posada went to bat against Mussina, he used this tell tale sign to crush a Mussina changeup into center field.
Later, Mussina asked Posada in the dugout how Jorge was able to time that changeup so well. Jorge explained what he was seeing with Mussina's fingers. With this feedback, Mussina changed the grip on his changeup in a way that the batter has virtually no chance of guessing that it's coming.
And that's why Mussina has had batters swinging early on his changeup over and over again so far this season.
Like I said, let's give Posada his 12 million for 2007.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
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