Thursday, December 6, 2007
Academic Exercises Can Be Fun!
Like crossword puzzles, chess and games of Scrabble, I enjoy a good brain teaser - so here’s one for you:
Assuming the Yankees are going into 2008 with a starting rotation of: Wang, Pettitte, Joba, Hughes, IPK/Moose - that’s six pitcher slots… to that add Mariano and you get seven guys.
From Pete Abe we get word that the following mess of humanity is likely to get invited to Spring Training for essentially open tryouts:
- Jonathan Albaladejo
- T.J. Beam
- Chris Britton
- Brian Bruney
- Matt DeSalvo
- Kyle Farnsworth
- Sean Henn
- Alan Horne
- Kei Igawa
- Jeff Karstens
- Jeff Marquez
- Ross Ohlendorf
- Scott Patterson
- Edwar Ramirez
- Darrell Rasner
- Jose Veras
- Steven White
- Chase Wright
And on top of that, the following Baby Bombers are coming off injury and might pitch their way into the mix if healthy: Humberto Sanchez, J.B. Cox and Mark Melancon
Add to that this list of available free agent relievers - which includes notables like: Jeremy Affeldt, Octavio Dotel, Jose Mesa, Arthur Rhodes, Ron Villone and Luis Vizcaino.
So, with the Winter Meetings over and that Santana guy still a Twin - here’s something to kill the time: build a bullpen. Ready? GO!
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