Who Gets The Call?
By now you've probably heard the news about Posada and the hairline fracture in his foot. He is headed to the DL. (Just a side note, how come nobody thought to x-ray or test this foot before yesterday?) That means the Yankees have to recall a catcher from AAA and that means there is a chance we could see Jesus Montero in the big leagues.
There are two reasons I believe we could see Montero. The first is, no matter what they do, the Yankees are going to have to add a catcher to the 40-man roster to get a catcher to the Bronx. So, they might just want to add Montero now, since he obviously will be on the 40-man in the near future.
The second reason is, Montero would have a chance to get some serious playing time right now. Obviously, he would backup Cervelli and catch, but you may have noticed the Yankees are running out of bodies on the bench. Montero could step in as a DH on most nights and with the Yankees scheduled to face two LHP's this weekend, albeit without the DH, they might want another righty power bat available.
However, there are very good reasons that he won't be promoted. First, he is hitting all of .230 right now in AAA with a sub-.400 slugging. Additionally, he was benched last weekend for not running out a ground ball. Throw in the fact that Miranda can DH and Thames is not expected to miss significant time and I would bet we will see Chad Moeller make his return to New York tonight.
One thing's for sure, the Yankees have two moves they are going to make today. I imagine the first one is Posada to the DL for Golson and the second is Melancon back to the minors for a catcher. Hopefully, the last two night's have cured the Yankees of their desire to carry 13 pitchers.
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Adding Montero to the 40 man roster would mean having to drop someone off of the 40 man roster. Who are you going to DFA? Additionally, calling him up to the bigs would start his arbitration clock.
Posted by: Euthyphro | May 20, 2010 10:34 AM |
Good point about the arbitration clock. That's another reason why they won't promote him. (And I fully expect them not to)
But, someone is going to have to be added to the 40-man no matter what. If I had to guess, I bet they put Nick Johnson on the 60-day DL to free up the roster spot. Best case scenario is for him to start swinging a bat in 4-6 weeks which is near the end of June anyway. Add in the rehab starts and he probably won't be back until right around the All-Star Break so the 60-day DL makes a fair amount of sense.
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May 20, 2010 12:17 PM
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No question that the back up catcher in this situation has to be a good defensive catcher, which would be Moeller.
With Swisher and Johnson out, you need Miranda as a back up 1B and DH. Golson would be the best defensive outfielder to fill Swisher's spot, but you need hitters. Let's hope they finally bring Weber up and that he hits like Roy Hobbs.
Posted by: Corey | May 20, 2010 01:35 PM |
I don't see Montero coming up either. I don't think we should endorse his not running out ground balls and overall struggles through a promotion.
Posted by: Dylan Murphy | May 20, 2010 02:28 PM |