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Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Marte, Fossum, Melky
Marte Injured:
Well this explains a lot. Yankees’ LHP Damaso Marte has been placed on the DL because of a sore elbow. He came out of the WBC with his left elbow sore but pushed through it. However, it has now caused him to land on the DL. Marte, the second-highest paid player in the Yankees bullpen (Rivera’s no. 1), holds an 0-1 record and a crazy-high 15.19 ERA. Anthony Clagget (should be better than his terrible MLB debut) has been called up to take his roster spot.
Yanks Sign Casey Fossum; Sharp in Triple-A Debut:
The Yanks signed LHP Casey Fossum to a minor-league deal after he was released by the New York Mets. Since he cleared waivers before he was released and the Yankees signed him as a free agent, Fossum does not have to be added to the 40-man roster. He was mainly signed as a fill-in in Scranton’s rotation as he takes the spot of Phil Hughes (who goes today against Joe Saunders).
Casey made his Scranton Wilkes-Barre debut yesterday and it was sharp. Even with a pitch-limit, he went 3 2/3 innings, only allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 2 walks, and K’d 4.
Melky Takes Over Center:
Melky Cabrera’s hot start, combined with Brett Gardner’s slow one, has led to the 24-year old Cabrera overtaking Gardner for the Yankees’ starting center fielder. He has taken over the same position that lost just a couple weeks ago.
So far this season, Cabrera is hitting .321 with 4 HRs (including one walk-off one) and 10 RBIs. In that same time Gardner, is only hitting .222 with no homers (although you can’t expect them), only 4 RBIs and 5 stolen bases (he should have a lot more than Derek Jeter who’s currently tied with him). Will see how long this move lasts
Update: Players Hopping the Shuttle
Some call-up news; The Yankees have decided to call-up David Robertson and Angel Berroa. They are most likely replacing Chien-Ming Wang and Cody Ransom.
But an even more exciting call-up: apparently Mark Melancon is being sent to Fenway as well as he will either be replacing (hopefully) Steven Jackson or Brian Bruney.
You also have to count in who will be getting sent down when Phil Hughes gets called up.
I agree with RAB that Eric Duncan (who’s hitting .362 so far) should be called up instead of Berroa, who has played a total of .1 innings at third and didn’t touch the ball on that play.
Bits and Pieces: Jackson ‘n’ Jackson, Swish/Nady, Melky
Austin Jackson (Right) high-fives Hall of Famer, Reggie Jackson (Left) after hitting a grand slam on Tuesday.
Jackson ‘n’ Jackson:
As Yankees’ top prospect, Austin Jackson, was rounding the bases on Tuesday, Reggie Jackson was feeling like a proud-papa. Reggie has taken it to himself to help and support Jackson throughout his minor-league career, attending to numerous games at each level that he has reached. “Its a good thing,” Austin said after the game. “He comes back and works with me in the cage and gets me back to where I need to be when I’m struggling a little bit. It’s good to have a Hall of Famer working with you.” Jackson was reassigned to minor league camp after the game, making his grand slam a bittersweet-victory.
Girardi: Nady is starting RF:
Joe Girardi announced this week that “if we were to break (camp) today, Nady would be my right fielder.” This comes as disappointing news to Nick Swisher, who has had a very odd off-season. He was dealt to the Yankees in the beginning of the year as part of a 4-player trade and was informed that he would be the club’s starting first basemen. Once the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira however, it became apparent that Swisher would instead battle Xavier Nady for the right field spot. After now losing that job to Nady, Girardi will have to work hard to find at-bats for Swisher.
However, I strongly believe that Swisher should be the right fielder, not Nady. He is better in basically every category. Nady will hit about 25 HRs and drive in over 100 runs. Swisher will hit 25-30 HRs but will probably not reach the 100-RBI plateau for he is willing to take a walk in a RBI situation. However, that too is another one of his strengths: his eye. Swisher has one of the best eyes in the game (see the book “Moneyball”) and works deep into counts, a trait of recent successful Yankee teams. Scouts also say he is the better baserunner and fielder. This basically means that the Yankees are choosing the worse hitter, fielder, baserunner, eye, and power-hitter to play right field for them…..wait what??
Yanks Looking to Get Melky-Dealty:
Earlier this off-season, the Yankees attempted to trade Melky Cabrera for Mike Cameron of the Milwaukee Brewers and after it seemed like a deal was imminent (so close that I even added Mike Cameron to the Yankees roster in MLB ’08 The Show) the talks were broken off. A couple months later, they were renewed again. However, they too were broken off. Well now Melky is still out there and the Yanks are looking to deal him (just not for Cameron). The most likely suitor at the moment are the Chicago White Sox who would most likely use Cabrera as their starting CF.
Bronx Rumors 100th Anniversary
Well, it’s finally here. This is Bronx Rumors’ 100th post!!! To celebrate this event, we have created another means of receiving Yankees news via Bronx Rumors. I am pleased to announce that Bronx Rumors will have its very own Youtube channel which is up and running now! There, we will post videos that have to do with Yankees news. These will include weekly videos of game highlights, up-to-date news and rumors, and tributes to great Yankees. If you would like to, subscribe to us or add us as a friend on Youtube! The first video will be posted this weekend so look for it here! However, these videos will not be posted on the websites themselves, only Youtube (Twitter and Facebook will give video updates and links to the videos). I hope you enjoy!
Week Overview: A-Rod Admission and Other Yankee News
Hey Yankee fans. I’m sorry for not posting for a while, I’ve just been really taken back by all this new news springing up. But I gotta cover it so here it goes; a quick summary of the events that have taken place lately and my thoughts on them:
A-Rod’s Admission:
Alex was very emotional during his interview with ESPN‘s Peter Gammons. He admitted to taking steroids in 2003 and perhaps even years before. A-Rod listed being young, stupid, and feeling an enormous pressure after signing a giant deal with the Rangers, as his reasons. I, along with many players including former Yankee, Jason Giambi, am glad to see Rodriguez come clean with this. It would’ve been much worse had he done what Roger Clemens did, and flat out deny it. Instead, he chose the clean, virtues path of admission. It will allow people to forgive him easier, something I hope all of you do.
First Days at Camp:
At the beginning of the off-season, Yankees GM Brian Cashman had one thing, or rather person, on his mind: CC Sabathia. Sabathia helped the Yankees reach their goals of better pitching, getting younger, and adding some life to the clubhouse! His, and A.J. Burnett’s (’cause lets not forget him), signing(s) represent two things: hope, and anxiousness. Immediately after Sabathia’s signing was announced, every Yankee fan had one thing on their mind: I wanna see him pitch! Well that day finally came this week, as Sabathia took his first pitch in a Yankees uniform, in a bullpen session at, newly renamed, George M. Steinbrenner Field. It was a great moment that again made Yankee fans anticipatory for another date: April 6th.
Other Yankees News and Notes:
Alfredo Aceves withdrew his name from consideration for a chance to play for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. He will instead be at Yankee Camp for all of Spring Training.
Chien-Ming Wang, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera are all recovering from their recent surgeries quite nicely; Wang took a bullpen session today and Jorge and Mo will be ready for Opening Day.
The Yankees signed Brett Tomko to a minor-league deal.
Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada and other members of the Yankee team will, literally, stand by A-Rod during his press conference on Tuesday in Tampa.
Teams Avoiding Boras
With Mark Teixeira being the only exception, most baseball teams (including the Yankees) have been avoiding Scott Boras clients. In fact, Teixeira is really the only Scott Boras client to sign this winter. CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett had different agents, and both Manny Ramirez and Derek Lowe (Boras’ top free agents left) haven’t signed. The most likely reason behind this is the economy. Boras always advertises his clients to be worth more than they are. However, now teams don’t have the financial stability to go that high. Derek Lowe is a great example of that. Lowe is probably worth somewhere between $13mm-$15mm a year (Mets offer is 3-years, $36mm). However, Boras has been trying to get him between $16mm-$19mm a year, its just not happening. Boras needs to lower his demands, because he needs to realize that teams just aren’t going to pay that much.
He’s getting lucky with Manny Ramirez as now that the Giants are in it too, he can produce a bidding war between them and the Dodgers. The cool thing about that, is that which ever one gets him, pretty much gets the division.
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