"That's not the case this spring for a few of the Yankees' key cogs, each of whom is instituting changes to his game to help him overcome a down year in 2010.
A.J. Burnett and Derek Jeter are the two most prominent players in this category, each of them making significant mechanical adjustments to bounce back."
Jeter had a subpar year by his standards.
A.J. Burnett had a subpar year by Jeff Weaver standards.
Jeter and Burnett are not in the same category.
"Burnett took the mound Saturday against the Nationals, his third start of the exhibition season. Although he saw his spring scoreless streak snapped at six innings, Burnett was encouraged by his outing after giving up two runs on two hits in four innings. He struck out four and didn't walk a batter, giving him nine innings without a walk this spring."
Yay.
I will bet $10 million that A.J. Burnett walks at least two batters in the first inning he pitches in the regular season.
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That's a helluva bet.
Even though I expect AJ to struggle with walks this season (when does he not?) not even I find it that impossible that he gets through the first inning with less than two.
I'm not saying it's unlikely, because it's not...but I'd look for impossible before proposing a hypothetical ten million dollar bet. ;)
Maybe ten million yen.
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