If the Yankees keep playing like this, the priority of waiver claims will become irrelevant.

but Boston, Detroit, Chicago and L.A. are not going to let spending some money outside their budget get between them and a World Series, are they?

Time will tell, but I’m sure they will need the ok before they add anyone of significance.

Then again, Canseco in 2000 still has me shaking my head

Running down a list, the pitchers who might pass through waivers include:

Justin Duchscherer, Oakland
Doug Davis and Jon Garland, Diamondbacks
Oliver Perez and Livan Hernandez, Mets
Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo, Reds
Gil Meche, Royals

Not saying all of them will, but it only takes 2 or 3 of them to get a decent deal.

I’m thinking Arroyo, who’s not worth his contract and who has another overpriced year left. He can be Andy Pettitte next season. Davis is a 2nd possibility.

They’re not great, but they’re probably better than Mitre, I’d think.
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Sox and Angels might have better records than the Yanks by then, so their claims won’t matter. Detroit’s rotation is now full. I doubt they’ll risk claiming any of them. White Sox rotation is now full with the acquisition of Peavy. So, yeah, there’s a decent chance a decent pitcher could slip through waivers in this economy. It’ll only take one team to call a waivers bluff for a bad contract to put a stop to it.

I’m sure that whatever pitcher Cashman considered would have cost too much in young talent. He properly refused to give up the future for a middle of rotation guy. Right now, their starting rotation is better than BOS and TB.

According to Ham, the Mariners wanted AJack for Washburn. I’m glad that the Yankees didn’t do that.

The truth is that with all the injuries to their pitching prospects and Hal’s (understanaable) reluctance to add payroll, Cash didn’t have a lot of flexibility.

What they need to do is shift Hughes to the rotation and rely more on Melancon.

I’m starting to really question Cashman. They’re little things really, but Hairston and Ransom (presumably) on the roster at the same time is maddening to me. I guess Cairo and Enrique Wilson weren’t available? And it seems clear to me that something is bothering Aceves- he was really stalling between pitches out there- but instead of disabling him and letting him heal, he’s out there in a position to get rocked and blow a big game.

And I understand a lot of the payroll is tied up in the starters, but again, Ransom and Hairston?!?!

And my God Posada was brutal out there tonight. It was like watching my D-league softball team kick the ball around. It’s one thing to lose, but that’s two games in a row with poor at bats and terrible defense, and that’s maddening.