Posada To The DL
WFAN is reporting that Posada is headed to the DL with a hamstring strain.
This is the worst possible news for the Yankees and now they have to, have to make a trade for a new catcher. Posada is 37, he is not going to catch 120 games a year anymore and Austin Romine and Jesus Montero are in A ball. The Yankees never should have let it come to this, but they have and now Cashman has to figure it out.
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It would be great if they could finally do something, but my guess is that Cashman simply offers Kevin Cash to Girardi. I can't see Cervelli coming up. At least A-Rod is reportedly returning later this week. His bat will help replace Jorge's.
The 40 man roster moves will be interesting, as always.
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May 5, 2009 03:48 PM
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Peter,
That comment I made the other day about the Yankees not having much in the bullpen (other than Mo) all these years? Ditto for the bench. It has been inexcusably weak for years. I mean, Molina is a nice defensive catcher, but his "hitting" is atrocious. And it's not like the Yanks couldn't have known that maybe -- just maybe, mind you, -- it might be prudent to consider having a serviceable backup for a catcher on the wrong side of 35 years of age. They spend millions on high-profile free agents and then neglect the bench.
Posted by: Greg | May 5, 2009 05:35 PM |
Greg- It's a great point and I can't figure out why. Why spend all that money on position players and then nothing on reserves? Now, I will say they went into the season with Nady and Swisher both on the roster (thankfully) but the infield and catcher backup situations were not handled correctly.
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May 5, 2009 06:19 PM
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