Chad Gaudin
Forgot to mention the Yankees traded for Chad Gaudin last night. This trade costs them the infamous PTBNL and about $100,000 in salary.
Gaudin's numbers have been awful this year, but one thing that does intrigue me about Gaudin is his striekout rate. He has struck out a batter per inning this year. That's impressive and it does show that there is a talented arm somewhere in there. If someone can figure out how to teach him to control his pitches, you would really have something.
For $100,000 and a PTBNL, it's certainly worth it for the Yankees to try.
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Yep, I can't see any downside to this pickup. He's someone else for Girardi to throw out there either as a starter or out of the pen. You're absolutely right - if he can learn to control his breaks, he'd be a really good pitcher.
I'd love to listen in to one of his side sessions with Eiland. "OK, let's just throw strikes. Well, OK then, that's just something for us to build on. Now let's try to throw a strike this time ... hey, could someone get that ball for us" ...
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August 7, 2009 09:54 AM
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