Don't Let The Door Hit You....
According to Peter Abraham, the Yankees have made their first cuts of spring (already??) and Eric Duncan is one of the four. (Eduardo Nunez, Austin Romine and Jesus Montero were the others)
Ok, so the Yankees cut two catchers who are years away, a shortstop who is 20 and hasn't passed A-ball yet and their former first-round pick Duncan on March 2nd? If the fact that Duncan was left off the 40-man and exposed to the Rule 5 draft wasn't enough to convince you that the Yankees think he has no future, this should. Then again, I have to imagine that Duncan did something in camp that warranted this move. Maybe he hit on Girardi's wife? Seriously, up until 2007 this guy was probably one of the top prospects in the system and now he gets farmed out after two games? Someone please shed some light on this one because this destroys any remaining trade value Duncan might have had.
(BTW- Duncan went 1-1 in his lone AB and he is 23 as compared to most of the other NRI's in Yankees' camp. Seriously, what did he do?)
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Look at all of the NRIs on the team who either play third, DH, first, and some outfield. Shelley, Betemit, Ensberg, Giambi, Lane, Damon, Matsui...there wasn't any room for him. All of those guys have some what of a better track record or some success at the MLB level. Pete Abe also said that the main reason was that there wasn't enough at bats for everyone during Spring Training.
Posted by: Tripp | March 3, 2008 01:00 PM |