Afternoon Links, 8/24

Written by Greg Fertel | 24 August 2010

Last night, I attended the Staten Island game with Leonora of The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte, and she put together a much better post about the game than I did. We say a bunch of the same things, but she has a good video of Burawa and some good pictures as well. Go check it out.

Jeremy Greenhouse at Baseball Analysts discusses contrasting swing zones, and I found the first one to be awesome:

CC Sabathia has said that he won't be opting out of his contract, and Ben Kabak of River Avenue Blues discusses that and the decision Joe Girardi has at the end of the season. When Sabathia was originally signed, I figured him exercising his opt-out clause would be good news for the Yankees. That would have meant that they got three exceptional seasons from him and wouldn't have to pay for any of his decline phase. At this point, I'm not sure if I still agree with that.

Mike Axisa discusses Ivan Nova's first start and how the rotation shapes up going forward for the Yankees. I hadn't thought about Nova's innings limit, but Mike has. I wonder how they'll use him going forward; Right now, I'd prefer to see Nova over Vazquez. At least he can throw the ball harder than 86.