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March 13, 2008
Spring Battle For Bullpen Jobs
Some spring training stats for Yankees pen men coming into today's action:
PLAYER W L S ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER
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B Traber 1 0 1 0.00 4 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0
S Patterson 0 0 1 0.00 4 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0
R Ohlendorf 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0
H Phillips 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0
K Igawa 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0
C Britton 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 0
J Karstens 1 1 0 1.80 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1
J Albaladejo 0 0 0 3.85 3 0 0 0 4.2 7 3 2
S Henn 0 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1
D Geise 0 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1
B Bruney 0 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2
J Veras 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2
D Rasner 0 0 0 10.13 3 0 0 0 5.1 6 6 6
E Ramirez 0 1 0 10.15 4 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 3
PLAYER W L S ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER
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M Rivera 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0
L Hawkins 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 0
K Farnsworth 0 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1
J Chamberlai 0 0 0 4.16 2 1 0 0 4.1 4 2 2
Let's assume that Karstens gets the job as long man in the pen and Traber gets the lefty-specialist slot. Who should get the last spot in the pen? Patterson? Ohlendorf?
Here's a dark horse, of sorts: Kei Igawa.
For what it's worth, last year, batters hit .235 against Igawa during his first 25 pitches in a game and they hit .353 against him during pitches 26 through 50. Maybe Igawa can be a useful one-inning middle reliever and a mop-up long-man to be used in blow-outs?
A use for Kei Igawa, outside of a daily reminder for Brian Cashman on ways to throw away $46 million - imagine that!
Posted by WW Staff at March 13, 2008 12:33 PM