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    • Yanks Bring In Tomko

    Posted by on February 13th, 2009 · Comments (6)

    Via Bryan Hoch:

    The Yankees agreed to a Minor League contract with Brett Tomko on Friday and invited the veteran right-hander to Spring Training.
    Tomko, who turns 36 on April 7, split last season between the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres.

    He was 2-7 with a 6.30 ERA in 22 combined games (10 starts). Tomko began the campaign with Kansas City before being released on June 20. Tomko signed with San Diego a week later but was released again on Sept. 1.

    In his 12 Major League seasons, Tomko has compiled a record of 95-99 and a 4.68 ERA in 368 games (260 starts) with the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Royals.

    Via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, worst RSAA marks in baseball, 2002 through 2008, all pitchers with at least 500 IP:

    Pitcher	 	RSAA	   IP
Casey Fossum	-85	737.2
Josh Fogg      	-84	1100.0
Adam Eaton	-82	878.0
Brett Tomko	-76	1105.1
Mike Maroth	-73	918.0
Shawn Estes	-70	688.1
Jeff Weaver	-69	1121.2
Scott Elarton	-68	559.0
M. Hendrickson	-65	977.2
Eric Milton	-63	759.1

    And, hey, Tomko is also thirty-seven years old!

    Yeah, I know, he’s a NRI…but…still…

    Seems like a total waste of time to me.

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    Comments on Yanks Bring In Tomko

    1. sean mcnally
      February 14th, 2009 | 12:33 am

      Scranton probably needs bodies.
    2. thenewguy
      February 14th, 2009 | 2:19 am

      Seems like a total waste of time to me.
      ————

      I would agree, but, at this point, I’m not sure there is such thing as “a waste.” So, it may be a “0″ on whatever scale, but it’s not a negative.
    3. Steve Lombardi
      February 14th, 2009 | 8:45 am

      The fact that somebody has to wash Tomko’s uniform after workouts in Tampa, and the fact that any sandwich that Tomko eats from the post-game spread after exhibition games is one less sandwich for someone who can actually help this team, makes it a waste, and a negative, IMHO.
    4. thenewguy
      February 14th, 2009 | 10:25 am

      The fact that somebody has to wash Tomko’s uniform after workouts in Tampa, and the fact that any sandwich that Tomko eats from the post-game spread after exhibition games is one less sandwich for someone who can actually help this team, makes it a waste, and a negative, IMHO.
      ———-

      Haha. That’s true. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or free roster invite.
    5. Raf
      February 14th, 2009 | 10:46 am

      The fact that somebody has to wash Tomko’s uniform after workouts in Tampa, and the fact that any sandwich that Tomko eats from the post-game spread after exhibition games is one less sandwich for someone who can actually help this team…
      ————-
      lol

      Anyway, it’s not that big a deal. As I pointed out @ Bronx Banter, teams invte the flotsam & jetsam of MLB to ST all the time. Remember when Jim Palmer came out of retirement? Or when the Yanks invited Sid Fernandez to camp? Or even further back, Steve Howe and Len Barker?

      Take a flyer on them, if they show nothing, they get released, or sent down. Players will ask for their release sometimes so they can hook on with another team.

      I wouldn’t read too much into it.
    6. Evan3457
      February 14th, 2009 | 1:41 pm

      It almost certainly is a total waste of time.

      So what? The cost is almost negligible.

      Hey, maybe the Yanks will make him the #5 starter, and move Joba to the pen, and Hughes back to Scranton! That oughta make some people happy.

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