An Interesting Decision
The Yankees announced tonight that they have added Morgan Ensberg to the 40-man roster. (In a shocking sidenote, Carl Pavano was placed on the 60-man DL to make room for Ensberg)
This essentially means that Ensberg is on the team and while I think that is a good thing, it makes me curious about the final roster.
We have learned the rotation (Wang, Pettitte, Mussina, Hughes, Kennedy) and part of the bullpen (Rivera, joba, Farnsworth and Hawkins) We also know that 13 hitters are going to make the team (Posada, Molina, Giambi, Duncan, Cano, Jeter, A-Rod, Ensberg, Damon, Cabrera, Abreu, Matsui and I am going to add Betemit)
That would leave three spots open and you would assume that at least two of them are going to pitchers, with three certainly a storng possibilty. If you pencil in a Traber and Karstens as spots 10 and 11 in the bullpen, do you assume the Yankees are going to go with someone like Ohlendorf or does Ransom or Lane make the team on offense? The depth is pretty good with a bench of Betemit, Molina, Ensberg and Duncan (assume Giambi at first) so going with 12 pitchers wouldn't be as damaging as usual.
But, it will be a very interesting week to see how things play out, three spots left.
Comments
Were I given a vote? I would add the arm to the starting day roster.
I don't see many of the starters ready to eat large amounts of innings when the season opens. I also see season-long innings limits on three of them. So adding an arm would seem the way to go. IOW, I agree with you about the "strong possibility".
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March 22, 2008 01:44 PM
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Mitchell-
I think there are two things that might keep them from breaking camp with that extra arm. 1- If Matsui's knee isn't 100% and they are unsure of how much he can do in the field and 2- the suspension situation with Cabrera and Duncan. If those guys are gone the first couple of games I could see the Yankees carrying an extra outfielder just in case.
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March 22, 2008 01:58 PM
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If they bring an extra outfielder to start the season, then Gardner certainly deserves the spot. He's had a great spring and has the speed and mental attitude necessary to add to the team.
Posted by: Corey | March 24, 2008 07:11 PM |
I agree Corey, but I think the Yankees want him to play every day which he obviously wouldn't do in the bigs.
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March 24, 2008 09:27 PM
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