[Highlander]

Weekly Report

Current Record- 7-4

Place in the Standings- 1st Place, 1 game ahead of Toronto and Baltimore

Actual Record of the 1998 Yankees- 6-4

A 5-1 week kept us right on track. The only loss was a surprising slug fest between Randy Johnson and David Cone- a 12-6 score was definitely not expected in that game! We won the next two from Seattle and then swept the A’s in a 3-game series.

Highlights for the Yankees this week include…..

- David Wells pitched 6 shutout innings in a 7-3 win over Seattle to clinch the series and pick up his 2nd win of the season

- The 1st game of the A’s series ended up split between two days because of rain. El Duque worked the 1st 5 innings (he actually pitched on each day) and gave up no runs. He was replaced by Darren Holmes who pitched another 3 shutout innings. Lloyd gave up a run in the 9th to ruin the shutout, but it was a well-earned 8-1 win. Strangely, the runs were all scored by different players….with leadoff man Derek Jeter the only player who didn’t score.

- The second game of the A’s series happened right after the conclusion of game one and was another impressive 9-2 win. Bernie Williams went 3-3 with 2 walks, a double, a HR, 3 runs and 2 RBI.

- In the final game of the A’s series, the Yankees continued to pile on runs in a 12-4 win. Derek Jeter made up for not scoring in that game the day before by going 5-5 with a HR, 4 runs and 3 RBI.

- Not surprisingly, with the barrage of runs they put up against Oakland, the Yankees finished this week with the most runs scored in the league at 72.

- On the League Leaders lists, David Wells is currently 2nd in ERA at 1.35. Also, Chili Davis is one of 5 players in both leagues with a hit every game of the season so far. Three of them are on the Angels! (Tim Salmon, Jim Edmonds and Garrett Anderson)

Down on the Farm

The Clippers are off to a 3-1 start in AAA. New acquisition, Esteban Loaiza has one of the wins with 7 strong innings. Offensively, Shane Spencer is already pushing for playing time with the big club as he has 3 HR in his first 11 AB!

None of the other minor leagues have started up yet…I’ll mostly focus on Columbus and who may come up during the season….but I will mention the lower leagues at times.

Around the League

Edgar Martinez of the Mariners was the AL Player of the Week, hitting .538 with 4 HR and 7 RBI

Larry Walker of the Rockies was the NL Player of the Week. He hit .464 on the week with 2 HR and 8 RBI.

The last of the “bigger” free agents was signed this week. SP Alex Fernandez was signed by the Montreal Expos.


The other teams at the top of the standings along with the Yankees are-

AL Central- Kansas City Royals at 7-4, 2 games ahead of the White Sox

AL West- Anaheim Angels at 10-1, 2 games ahead of Texas

NL East- New York Mets at 7-5, a half game ahead of Philly and Atlanta

NL Central- Chicago Cubs at 9-4, 1.5 games ahead of the Reds

NL West- Colorado Rockies at 7-6, a half game ahead of pretty much every other team in that division!


This week sees the Yankees welcome the red hot Angels for a 3-game series and then another home series against the 5-7 Tigers. The Angels really seem to be playing way over their heads, so hopefully we can cool them off.