Who Is Next?
The Yankees have done a smart thing and called up Josh Towers from Scranton. To do so they had to release Kevin Cash, but clearly they need the bullpen help right now.
That leaves eight players on the 40-man roster who are currently not with the big club. One of those is Ian Kennedy who we won't see this year and one is Andrew Brackman who is currently impersonating Nuke LaLoosh down in A ball. Christian Garcia is hurt and so is Wilkin De La Rosa.
Of the final four, Brett Gardner is reahbbing and should be back Monday. Shelley Duncan, Juan Miranda and Anthony Claggett are part of a playoff-bound Scranton club and therefore we probably won't see them until after the IL playoffs.
What remains to be seen is if the Yankees will use September to add Austin Jackson to the 40-man roster. In the past they have done that with top prospects, but the 40-man roster is pretty full. Would they release a player just to get Jackson in the bigs? We shall see.
