Interesting Move
The Yankees DFA'ed Anthony Clagget today and added "Fast" Freddy Gonzalez to the roster. Clagget was a guy who probably was going to be removed from the 40-man after the season anyway, righties who are 25 with low strikeout rates are plentiful, so don't worry about losing him.
Gonzalez on the other hand has only one skill, he can run and run very well. Now, baserunning ability is important and a stolen base in the postseason can be very important, but how will the Yankees shape the postseason roster?
As I mentioned here, the Yankees can take 11 pitchers and 14 position players becasue of how the roster was set August 31st. Thanks to Nady's injury, they can add Gonzalez to the postseason roster without a problem. They can also add Gardner, who wasn't on the roster August 31st since he was hurt. What they cannot do is add Ramiro Pena or Francisco Cervelli since they weren't on the roster August 31st and there were not any injured infielders on the 40-man (though I suppose they could try and reclassify Pena as an outfielder)
You would have to think that they are looking at Gonzalez because they plan on carrying 14 hitters. That means we have a mini-battle right now between Duncan and Gonzalez. One gives you a power bat, the other speed. You could make a good argument for either one, let's see what happens over the next few weeks.
