Down on the farm

Following on from PH34’s comment on our distinct need for a long reliever/spot starter, how about the numbers Darrell Rasner’s putting up in Scranton!?

W    L     ERA     IP      H     R    HR   ER     SO     WHIP

3     0    0.72     25.0   13    2     0     2       21     0.72

Surely only a matter of time before he sees some time in New York…

Yankee thoughts

 

1 – How is it that the Yankees can justify having the most used bullpen(by innings pitched) and not have a long reliever? Seems a little odd.

 

2 – I think we should all just give Kyle Farnsworth a break. I personally just think he likes giving Mariano Rivera save opportunities.

 

3 – Shelley Duncan is currently hitting .271 with 4 homers and 11rbi’s in 13 games at Scranton. His slugging is .646 and his OPS is 1.046. With Giambi struggling so badly, what message does this send to young players? Is it a case of no matter what Duncan does, he isn’t going to get time at 1st with the Yankees because that seems to be the way this is playing out. With Giambi gone next year would it not at least make sense to platoon the two of them?

 

4 – It was great to see Johnny Damon swinging a hot bat again. If his slump had gotten any worse i would have been advocating a call up for Brett Gardner. Gardner is carrying on all his good work from spring training, batting .333 with a .400 OBP and a .567 slugging% at AAA.

 

A small, but consequential milestone for Wang

With last night’s win, Chien Ming Wang notched up his 50th of his career. Depending on how you look at it, this could be considered fairly significant in comparison with some of the team’s all time greats.

Wang’s 50th win came in just 68 decisions, which is the fastest a Yankee has ever reached that win total in. However, if you look at it in terms of starts, he’s just eclipsed by Ron Guidry, who got his 50th win in just 82 starts (as opposed to Wang’s 85 starts).

Whether you look at it in terms of decisions or starts, it’s a damn impressive feat. To be compared to someone like Guidry at any time in your career has got to be considered a pretty big compliment