Comments on: LaTroy Hawkins says it best

By: River Ave. Blues | ‘Spring Training don’t mean sh*t’

River Ave. Blues | ‘Spring Training don’t mean sh*t’ — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:11:08 +0000

[...] He allowed seven hits and two unearned runs while walking three and striking out three. But as he said on March 24, “Spring Training don’t mean [...]

By: Joey h

Joey h — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:49:24 +0000

Shows a good hard nosed character on his part. i like it.

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Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:19:05 +0000

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By: mustang

mustang — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:32:09 +0000

I just don’t understand why they just don’t use Igawa. He is a second left-hander and the times i seen him in long relief he hasn’t been that bad. Your going to send Igawa down to AAA his value isn’t going to go up down there. Maybe if your lucky he can go on a run like Small’s did a few years back and you can dump his ass.

By: RollignWave

RollignWave — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:11:18 +0000

wait, Teddy Ballgame is a left handed hitter! surely Melky is the next Micky!

By: E-ROC

E-ROC — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:11:41 +0000

Claudio Vargas would be a nice back up plan in case injury happens.

I think Ohlendorf has control problems when pitching multiple innings so I guess that’s why he’s seen as an 8th inning candidate.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:55:11 +0000

Why can’t Ohlendorf be the long man? After all, he was a starter up until last year. And he’s had a much better spring than Rasner or Karstens.

By: Manimal

Manimal — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:51:21 +0000

Ask Scott Patterson and Morgan Ensberg. It matters.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:50:19 +0000

I was kidding… I think he has a good shot to play significantly this season, and will be productive if given at bats.

By: blah

blah — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:50:19 +0000

I agree completely. I don’t think it makes any sense to take a long reliever just for the sake of having a long reliever, at the expense of sending down better pitchers.

Even if the Yanks have to bring in Karstens or Rasner for long relief, there is a good chance that those guys will get beaten up and the Yankees will be forced to call on other relievers to finish the game.

The only value of carrying Karstens or Rasner is that you don’t waste your other relievers on mop up innings where the game is already out of reach. But I don’t see how you make a roster spot just for that role.