I’ve mentioned the group of Yankees’ righty relievers vying for several spots a few times. Well, Manager Girardi announced his 25-man roster today. And the winners are…
Losers, for now: Edwar Ramirez, Jose Veras, Darrell Rasner, and Scott Patterson, who came out of nowhere this spring training and dominated.
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Tagged: Brian Bruney, Jonathan Albaladejo, New York Yankees, Ross Ohlendorf, Scott Patterson
Its been awhile. You look great. Here are some links as a reward for your patience.
- Ross Ohlendorf: Yankee reliever second, cattle rancher first
- Didn’t realize that Byung-Hyun Kim was on the Pirates. Despite the fact that his team won in 2001, I’ve actually always felt some pity for BK.
- George Sherrill is off to a good start in Baltimore.
- Man, I hope Armando Benitez makes the Blue Jays’ roster. He’d be absolutely destroyed in the A.L. East.
- Juan Rincon is hoping to bounce back this year. He’s only had one good year in his seven-year career; I’m not so optimistic.
That’s all for now. AL Preview coming soon…
Categories: post by johnstevens
Tagged: Armando Benitez, Byung-Hyun Kim, FJM, George Sherrill, Juan Rincon, links, Mike Celizic, predictions, Ross Ohlendorf
The Yankees avoided salary arbitration and signed Brian Bruney to a one-year, $725,000 contract. Bruney had a disappointing 2007 after a short, successful stint with the Yanks in 2006, at which time he had a killer mustache. Should Bruney re-grow said mustache for the 2008 season, it will be a very interesting bullpen battle between him, Jose Veras, Edwar Ramirez, Chris Britton, Ross Ohlendorf, and Jonathan “Dejo” Albaladejo.
Prediction: The pitchers that emerge from this group will be better than Scott Linebrink and Octavio Dotel this year.
Categories: post by johnstevens
Tagged: Brian Bruney, Chris Britton, Edwar Ramirez, Jonathan Albaladejo, Jose Veras, mustaches, New York Yankees, Octavio Dotel, predictions, Ross Ohlendorf, Scott Linebrink
