Maybin

to dead centerfield.  Looks like he can hit the ball in the air.

He looks awful in the field.. Just kidding has to get used to corner OF..

he's a superstar in the making but I'm not sure how much success he can sustain at this level..

I guess .270 6 17

sustain at this level so early in his career*

Clemens is a big baby kind of reminds me of Paul O'neal..

Just because your old A** couldn't get one by a 2 day rookie doesn't mean you have to hit him... it should be a wakeup call that you don't deserve the money your getting..

Clemens should be suspended again for throwing at a batter it couldn't of been more obvious.

If you don't and leave the ball over the plate your average at best.

0-2 and he was trying to hit him. great logic

quite the improvement over yesterday, probably one of the worst debuts ive seen from a rookie. at least 3 runs he was defensively responsible for because of  horrible play in the OF, several stranded at the plate and then running into a ball he bounced off the plate.

... like a rookie early with that blunder in the field. It looked like he was really wanting to make a big play to prove he belongs and was pressing.

Hes looking a lot more comfortable after that single on the hit and run. Good call by Leyland to call that.

The homerun was a bomb to center. And he hit it off a splitter which I thought was pretty impressive for him (even though Clemens missed it up by a little bit).

1.) I havent seen enough to know if it really is a valid comparison, but Maybin looks a lot like Vlad at the plate, IMO. He seems like his swing can get to pitches outside the zone a bit and hes got the size and looks like he has some serious power. I wouldnt be at all surprised if thats the type of output Maybin will be able to put out as he matures.

2.) It looked like, in the 3rd AB, that Clemens/Posada may have found a spot to exploit. He couldnt lay off the high fastball on 0-1 and was clearly going to go after it again on 0-2 until he realized it was coming at him and got beaned. Maybin looked good against lower fastballs and splitters, but I havent seen him against a curve or slider.

You can see the hype though when hes out there. He has all the tools to be an elite player. I really think hes going to be a superstar.

He still has a ways to go though. Expect a long adjustment period with a lot of Ks soon though. If he works through it though, hes going to be awesome.

hahah j/k, he doesn't set up like Vlad.  He looks a bit like Beltran.  A lot of young hitter have trouble with high one.

That should be very interesting.  You guys rag me too much about Gomez, his stock has dropped in my eyes a lot due to the Hand injury.  Many of you guys here said that Maybin would be the slap hitter due to his groundball hits.

didn't look foolish but was overpowered by a 95 MPH fastball.  2nd pitch was a borderline strike IMO.

This guy is supposed to have a plus arm? In the 6th inning there was a groundball hit to LF and he had the ball in very short LF with A-Rod not even to 3B yet and his throw was weak and offline. The next hit was another poor throw

... and taking video of his ABs to look them over during commercials)

Maybin:
Fielding blunder: Still looks very nervous. Seems like he wants to make big plays to prove himself. Needs to get comfortable and just play the game. Let the plays come naturally instead of trying to force himself to be able to make a big splash right away. Let his talent take care of him.

AB1: Took a good pitch for a called strike 1. Looked more comfortable at the plate.
Singled through 2B on a hit and run with a 0-1 count. Did a good job of going the other way with a splitter and slapping it through a hole. I like the call for a hit and run there. Knowing Maybin is pressing it was smart to get him to just focus on making contact at all. Hopefully this will relax him at the plate and in the field.

AB2: Took first pitch for a ball. He swung and fouled the ball down the first baseline on pitch 2. On the third pitch he drove the ball deep over the centerfield fence. It again looked like a splitter low in the zone, a little higher than Posada wanted it. Maybin took off out of the box, seeming pretty excited, but I don't know that he knew it was out. That was a bomb though.

NOTE: Maybin has done a very good job about getting to splitters low in the zone. I haven't seen any breaking pitches out of the zone to see if he'll chase them, but he seems to be able to stay on pitches with a lot of downward movement.

AB3: Took first pitch again for a strike. Looks like McClendon really wanted him to relax at the plate. Probably told him to go up there looking to take the first pitch every time. Second pitch is a high fastball that Clemens blows right by him. I get the general feeling that pitchers with good fastballs are going to be able to attack him there effectively for now. If he can adjust though, given his size/strength, he's going to hit some absolutely monster home runs when he gets ahold of those pitches. For now I get the feeling that its going to be a bit of a hole in his swing. Clemens and Posada must have seen it too, because they came back up and in with a fastball on 0-2. Unfortunately for the Yanks, it came in too far and hit Maybin in the wrist for an HBP. Until it started coming too far in, it looked like Maybin wanted it. I get the feeling that high fastball is going to be an issue going forward for him.

Maybe not. In looking at it again, he wasn't far behind it and was pretty on it location-wise with his bat. Im curious to see what happens when pitchers attack him there more.

AB4:
Rivera blew him away. He look that first pitch again for a strike. I feel like its good right now to get him to take his time and do this though it probably isn't helping him much being behind 0-1 each AB. Took the second pitch low and away for ball one. The 1-1 pitch was right on the corner and at the knees and he took for strike 2. Finally Rivera put another 95 mph cutter low and away and Maybin swung through it. Didn't look real bad in the strikeout, the 1-1 and 1-2 pitcher were beautifully placed by Rivera.

I was at the Z's game tonight and saw Mike Pelfry and Joe Smith. Pelfry impressed me with his fastball (fast and well located) and seemed to have an average/ slightly below average change up which he used well. His slider, while it looked like a good pitch, was  probably not thrown for a strike all night, as a result several balls were smoked off of him.  Joe Smith impressed me. His sidearm delivery was good and he had excellent speed for a sidearmer and he had some just nasty pitch (curveball?) on which he struck out the last batter he faced, i don't think I saw him face a lefty though. Disclaimer- I'm not a scout, just a fan and thought i'd give my impression and missed the first inning where Pelfry got bombed.

Austin Jackson, is 2 month older, in the same A+ league as Maybin, and putting up better numbers.

I knowh he's slumping lately but with only a bit to go in the minor league season he'd have to completely bomb to the finish to finish significantly worse than Maybin.

I'm not saying Jackson = Maybin, but could there be a chance that a Yankee prospect is a bit underrated ? o_O

that arm is poor

0-3 with 3 K's against Smoltz.