Comments on: July 4th vs. The Blue Jays

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:20:08 +0000

all that being, said, wang looked really good up until that homer

By: Tresh Fan

Tresh Fan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:34:07 +0000

@ MJ:
like Dizzy Dean, perhaps.

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:53:30 +0000

I wonder if Wang’s shoulder injury came up from something mechanical he was doing wrong this year. It would also explain why he wasn’t getting the results as in years past. It seems like his career is unraveling before our very eyes. Sad.

By: Steve Lombardi

Steve Lombardi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:47:23 +0000

LOL Tresh Fan – either that, or, he’s talking to the Cubs looking to reacquire Casey Fossum…

By: Tresh Fan

Tresh Fan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:45:30 +0000

Oh, not to worry…

I’m sure Cashman has Tom Glavine on speed dial.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:26:15 +0000

Phil is more valuable in the rotation, especially as Wang may not be back. He hasn’t really been ‘back’ all year. It’s nuts to look for a bandaid fix. Phil needs innings and the Yanks need Phil in the rotation.

By: Evan3457

Evan3457 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:11:30 +0000

Mitre is a band-aid, of course.

The tough decision will be between stretching out Aceves, and losing him as a longman, or stretching out Phil Hughes, and displacing the guy who’s doing the best job in setup relief, and reopening the 8th inning hole.

Ideally, they could bring up Melancon again, make him a 6th/7th inning guy, use some combination of Robertson, Bruney, Coke for the 7th and 8th innings, use Aceves as the long man behind Hughes and Joba, and leave mopup to Tomko, and the 9th inning for Mo.

But I don’t know if Melancon is ready; last time he was up, he showed he wasn’t.