Open Thread: Rasner hits the Pacific League
ByAs Saturday night dawns on the East Coast, the Yankees have made a minor move this evening. Not quite content with Darrell Rasner’s performance last season, the Bombers have, at the right-hander’s request, sold him to Japan.
The Yanks are getting $1 million, and in return, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Pacific League will sign the former Major Leaguer to a two-year deal. In 2008, Rasner made 24 painful appearances — 20 of which were starts — filling in for various injured and demoted members of the Yankee rotation. He went 5-10 with a 1.54 WHIP and a 5.40 ERA. Opponents hit .293/.354/.454 against him.
Fun trivia fact about Rasner: His last Major League win came on July 12. Ouch.
For Yankee fans, this ensures us no Darrell Rasner appearances next year. I’ll feel a lot better when Sidney Ponson is shipped to Japan too.
Meanwhile, use this as your open thread. Discuss the Hot Stove League, the college football games or whatever else comes to mind. Just play nice.
wierd.
they didn’t want Igawa?
would you?
Igawa still has a few years and a bunch of money on his deal.
this is allowed? not some kinda prank or something this time? haha.
Players can’t be traded to Japan but if they ask to go a MLB team can strike a deal. Too bad we didn’t get a 51 mil posting fee. Although a million for Rasner might just be the equivalent.
hahahahahahaha 1 million? Its just one more million for CC.
Good luck Ras. Show them your tiger style.
Peace out Rass and good luck for ya in the future.
–long time reader, first time poster–
how about trading for Nick Johnson for bench? clearly, Bowden wants to dump him and most likely going with Willingham as his 1B due to his surplus of OFers. I believe if Nick is a bench player, he might
actuallystay healthy. if Matsui decided to call it quits next offseason and go back to Japan, Johnson could be the new DH.welcome! Why not throw a couple million at him, he could come back, but we just got rid of a 1b/DH and quite frankly we need some production AND defense there. He just doesnt fit Cashman’s youth movement.
thanks for the welcoming.
I see what you mean. He’s turned 30 in September, he could be a low risk-high reward factor but with his plate knowledge, you could easily replace Abreu’s bat on and off the bench. if he could be have for cheap, Cashman should pull the trigger just like the Swisher deal.
“if he could be have for cheap, Cashman should pull the trigger just like the Swisher deal.”
How does adding a positionally limited injury risk help the Yankees?
I’d rather give those ABs to Miranda. He costs nothing and has shown great pop and plate discipline against righties. I don’t think that the difference between his potential numbers and Johnson’s potentially superior numbers against lefties justifies using a 40/25-man roster spot.
I mean, if he’ll take a minor-league deal…sure. But I don’t see the purpose of using a roster slot on NJ.
he had a few good starts, but im not sad to see him leave.
surely we could have gotten something in a trade for him.
Like who Omar Vizquel ?
we could have gotten Betemit back!
the giants definitely would have swapped barry zito for him
Ya and if we threw in IPK and Melky we probably could of got one of Cain, Sanchez, Posey or Madison
“Could OF” or “could HAVE”?
Thats kinda funny
If nothing else Ras was a guy who has mlb experience, nothing great by no means but he has a good mentality. Good luck Ras
shame what happened to a former 1st rounder (supp.) after his shoulder injury
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Darrell.
That’s uncalled for. Rasner was by all accounts one of the real good guys in the clubhouse and he worked his tail off to get better. He just doesn’t have a ton of talent. You can’t find a single beat writer who doesn’t speak highly of him and wish him well.
“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Darrell.”
Yeah, nice guy you are. Typical spoiled Yaaankee fan.
Rasner, a guy who was not factored into the rotation last season, gave the Yankees a shot in the arm in May, where he was their best starter over the course of that month.
Overall, he gave the Yankees more quality starts than they could have imagined, and probably should have had about 10 wins if he got better run support. Was a tremendous clubhouse guy, gracious to reporters, and tremendously gracious to the Yankees on his way out the door.
Certainly doesn’t deserve that comment, but what do you expect from the armpit section of the the Yankee fan base.
rasner was definitely not the best pitcher on the yankees by any stretch of the imagination… but he gave up 3 earned runs or less in 12 of his 20 starts, he wasn’t terrible. he was a useful guy to have around and did better than our other options (kennedy, ponson to name two).
while his 5.40 era was expected, and nobody should have had any expectations of him, he still gave yankee fans headaches every time he was seen on the lineup card
yes he could have been worse, but at the end of the day, u never want to see the team u love have raz as their starting pitcher
or you dont want to see him start for the opponent in the game you lose
i agree that id rather see other people pitching for the yankees, but when he was brought to the team he was expected to fill a certain role – AAA starter, potential long man out of the pen – and he filled those roles very well. we got what we expected and we cant ask for much more than that.
ahhhh! we could’ve gotten betemit back.
After his homecoming in Oakland it just wasn’t the same.
so clearly its just retribution for kei
also how bout them Terps
huge win of unc
i can’t believe they lost… i was pullin for em
Good game tho
You know as a throw i you gotta think he has some value, however little that might be…But in that ballpark you’d think it’s possible for him top put up season’s of 4.80 era which would make him a serviceable back end guy.
shoulda used him in the Peavy deal……joke
ha-ha.
You know as a throw i you gotta think he has some value, however little that might be…But in that ballpark you’d think it’s possible for him top put up season’s of 4.80 era which would make him a serviceable back end guy.
Maybe but I doubt he would be the difference between the deal getting done or not
So with a rotation of CC Burnett/Lowe Wang Joba Pettite.. How many wins you think we gett from them ?
105, even with the rays and sox looming and health permitting
glass half full?
half empty
and no bats added either
CC: 18-20
Burnett: 15-16, probably the same for Lowe
Wang: 15-16, probably
Joba: 14-15
Pettitte: 12-14
I totally pulled those numbers out of my ass.
So we make the playoffs ?
wang’s getting 19
Yeah, Wang looked a bit light to me. He gets a ton of decisions because he tends to go deep into games by keeping his pitch count low.
Don’t forget Wang MISSED A MONTH in 2007 and STILL got 19 wins.
Yeah, and it’s funny how most of those decisions are wins, isn’t it?
Joba probably won’t pitch enough innings to get 14 or 15 wins. Other than that, looks reasonable.
yeah, but he’s a stud, so he could get 14-15 wins
Joba will get 15 wins in 16 starts
makes sense.
lol
You forgot the two wins he’ll pick up because the other team was too scared to show up.
Yeah that ran through my head.
I’m not sure on Wang getting 19 again. If he can keep striking dudes out–which would be fantastic–then yes. But if he keeps getting “too many” ground balls then he’s screwed ’cause of the Yankees atrocious IF defense. That’s why I don’t want Lowe to be a Yankee. I know Burnett isn’t fantastic, but he strikes dudes out. The Yankees need more strikeout pitchers.
Atrocious is going too far. They should be fine next year, and with a new 1B they should improve substantially.
I,ve read/heard that Lowe doesn’t really wanna go to NY but his initial first choice would be boston.
Then we should let him go.. Does his stuff scare you in the AL ? I dont think so… But he is money in the postseason
I’ll be honest, for at least one season in the AL East, would Derek Lowe be that much better than Andy Pettitte? I mean I understand Pettitte didn’t pitch great down the stretch and Lowe did but is Lowe really better than Pettitte? seriously, I really don’t think so and Pettitte is LH which helps albeit he’s older but by only a year.
I agree plus its not a long term commitment
And I view Andy right now as more of a #4 starter at this stage of his career. So would you give Lowe a 3-4 year contract to a guy I might view as at best a #3 guy but most likely a #4 guy? I really do think Pettitte can bounce back and have a solid 09 season and besides look deeper into the #’s he wasn’t as as people protrayed him.
PS: I am just fuckin anxious right now with the yanks signing CC. Come on CC, sign with us, you will love it.
Im anxious too bout CC… I do want Pettite back and def would take him over Lowe.. We save money and its less risky for us.. CC AJ Wang Pettite Joba ? I loved what moose did for us this year but I cant give him more than a 1 yr with an option which he will want 3 right ? So I would probably let him walk and get the picks.. The thing I dont get is how do we view Hughes ? Signing these 2 guys ? Maybe we want Hughes for 2010 to be dominant when Andy leaves ?
no worries. the yanks really have no competition except a measly 100 million dollar offer.
Well I seriously doubt Hughes would be pitches in AA for the whole season in 09 especially if he’s lighting it up. Shit always happens. Heck wouldn’t be surprise if he start the season in the rotation (of course that most likely won’t happen)
But what if we sign CC PEttite and AJ.. Hughes is dominating we go to a 6 man rotation ?
seriously doubt that there would be a 6 man rotation.
Hughes can probably be a long man and sort of piggy back, trade starts with Joba. Both of them will be on innings limits next year and you never know and one might get injured.
A six man rotation would be beyond stupid. There can be arguments made that a five man rotation is “too much” since it already takes starts away from your best pitchers. A six man rotation would simply take more starts away from good pitchers.
Although I wouldn’t be against a 6 man rotation for about a month, if it’s main goal was to weave out the last guy for the definitive 5 man rotation.
I’m not anxious for 2 reasons, 1st of all because i’m sure he’ll sign. 2ndly, i have a very bad feeling about this contract. My gut feeling tells me we’re in for a major disappointment. . .
If it ain’t obvious, i’m talking about CC here. . .
i would rather see 3 years of moose than 4 or 5 years of aj or lowe..
Agreed.
Well at least he’s not some no namer that will come and dominate the Yankees
This assumes the Yanks re-sign Andy.
would the yanks sign sabathia and lowe or burnette and still get mussina back or will they not want to seem like jerks to pettitte because he clearly wants to come back
i doubt they place any stock on looking like a jerk
alright not jerks, but a bad organization by leaving one of their premier pithchers from their world series teams out on the free agent market.
i still just dont see them placing any significance on the fact that he was on the dynasty team… they already gave him an above market deal in 07 with a player option… i think that was all the loyalty that they owed him
all that said, id love to see him back for 10-12 mill
Oh, c’mon already!
You want them to bring Wells and El Duque back too? They’re both looking for jobs.
the next open thread should be a burnett vs Lowe debate.
I’ve been thinking about it in my mind and I really can’t think of which would be more valuable.
just use this one.
Burnett — more potential and you dont know what your gonna get.. Real injury risk but better potential than Lowe
Lowe–Know what your getting, gives ya 200 or so innings.. not a huge risk to get hurt.
I take AJ because I have what is known as a “man crush” on him and his style of pitching.. I think he fits the Yanks better and I would really enjoy watching him start every 5th day.. I do think he is a huge risk but I think he could and should give us sub 4 ERA’s
Keith Law said that Burnett is the type of guy who performes well in less pressurized situations/environments and there been people in baseball who have called burnett the “S” word. I wonder would he ever come to place like NY if the money was equal?
I dont agree with that.. He said he would of loved to been traded to the Cubs and be somewhere where baseball is loved and focused on around the trade deadline… I see him taking the money with a team that are true contenders though because thats what he believed Toronto to be
IF the Yanks sign CC and Pettitte, then you’ve got CC, Wang, Pettitte, Joba, _________. I see AJ as a higher-upside play than Lowe. With CC, Wang and Pettitte already in the fold, to me that breaks for the higher-upside play.
So you rather AJ?
Lol yeah. I’ve been beating that drum for a while. Sorry if my comment was vague.
Wouldnt you love to see AJ dominate the Sox for 8 innings ? Just pure dominant pitching like 10 ks 3 hits Id rahter see that than an outing of 5 innings 3 run ball from Lowe
I’ll take wins no matter who they sign, of course. I just think AJ would contribute more than Lowe would.
Why not Sheets? I feel like the question should be Sheets or Burnett. Lowe shouldn’t even be in the question, you don’t know when his numbers will completely fall off, he pitched in the NL West, and he doesn’t even really want to be in NY apparently.
Um maybe because he is a TJ surgery candidate.. but that’s just me………….
Because Ben Sheets can’t stay off the DL. He’s really less an “injury risk” than he is an “injury certainty.”
From an attitude standpoint, he’s been compared to Kevin Brown.
“I take AJ because I have what is known as a “man crush” on him and his style of pitching..”
The guy just posted a 1.42 ERA against the Yankees this past season, but his overall ERA was 4.07. Imagine what his ERA will be if he DOESN’T get to face the Yankees?
Around what Pettitte’s was.
Also, go look at what Burnett does when it’s NOT a walk year!
Yeah, he’s a MONEY pitcher, alright. He pitches well when there’s the threat of losing it.
You do realize, Chris, that the only people still checking two-day-old threads are you and the owners of this site? Your outrage will go unappreciated if you continue to post in threads from Saturday night that have since fallen silent.
I know.
I still like getting my 2 cents in.
And it’s not all outrage. I had to defend Daryl Rasner from those who didn’t appreciate that the guy gave the Yankees more then they anticipated.
Maybe Darrell Rasner can give the Yanks a scouting report on Yu Darvish.
he would say hes a stud.
but who isn’t compared to rasner. zing!
Rasner– “Well comparing him to me ? He’s George CLooney and Im Steven Seagal”
i wouldn’t think that’s a fair comparison.
Darrel Rasner was a real competitor. I liked his grit. Very nice hard working man.
well it didn’t translate to many wins, 5 was it.
I actually think he had nine overall.
5, 9… Whatever. I wish him all the success in the world in Japan and I’m happy to not see him starting for the Yanks in ‘09.
5 wins in 2008. 9 wins in his MLB career.
Yeah that is obviously what I said. Hence the ” I think he had nine overall”
Just clarifying where Steve got the 5 from, since he was also correct.
Guess which blog got linked to in Law’s chat yesterday.
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/.....t_id=23581
Lohud ?
it’s RAB
good guess though
What bout bringing Cairo back for a utility role ?
Hell No. I’ll take Betemit over Cairo anytime (yes, I know it ain’t saying much but still)
I still say Nick Punto lol
Punto isn’t so bad. Just keep him away from anything that’s made from wood, like a baseball bat for example.
nick punto is a great defender, and would have value in a utility role. he’s basically jason bartlett with less offense, however scary that sounds.
“he’s basically jason bartlett with less offense, however scary that sounds.”
Oh God Yikes. LOL.
Hey Blyleven has a liking to Hughes.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27717033/
he also likes a AAA 31 year old reliever who was drafted in 1998 and is now on his 5th team.
If Blyleven isn’t voted into the HOF this year, I will go all Achilles on everyone and slaughter 3,701 people in honor of Blyleven’s strikeout total.
how can he even intimate that Hughe’s injuries were a result of having a low pain threshold. A mlb team doesnt put you on the DL for 3 months unless they see something structurally wrong on tests, Also there was never one report about him exageratting his injuries in a pavano like manner
Hey anyone have a logical opinion on why the MLB should or shouldnt have a salary cap ? Why does it make sense for the NFL and NBA to have salary caps but MLB does not ?
I don’t think there should be a salary cap in any league for this reason/question/statement:
Why should the owner be allowed to make as much money as possible, but not the player?
As for the first question… It’s clearly a very complicated issue, but I’m anti salary-cap because I don’t believe it’s necessary and I think the real, meaningful consequence of salary cap is that owners make more money and players make less. I think it’s strange that some (I think many) people identify with owners over players and for some reason are more bothered by players being paid their market value than they are with owners making tons of money, failing to invest in their teams, raising prices on fans, yadda yadda. There is not one organization in sports that cannot put a competitive product on the field. There will always be some teams that make more money than others, but there is no team that cannot compete.
The second question I think is a little misguided. You’re making an assumption that it “makes sense” for the NFL and NBA to have salary caps but that it does not make sense for MLB to have one, or that that is the general consensus.. I don’t see it that way. I think if you’re pro salary-cap in one sport, you’re probably pro salary-cap in all sports.
Not to be snarky, but because baseball has a much better players unions than the NFL of the NBA and has for a long time
Not to be snarky, but that’s not an answer to either of his questions.
maybe because there is such a wide range of player salaries, and draftees take such a long time to make an impact. And there is 50 rounds.
The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement ends in a two years I think. The league might not have a salary cap after that. I like salary cap, though I don’t think it’s necessary. There is parity in both leagues, though I get tired of watching the Royals and Pirates lose early and often.
The Royals and Pirates are bad because they’ve been two of the most poorly-run organizations in MLB for the last 20 years or so, not because of money.
they get good draft position but make bad picks. Rays on the other hand, did a good job of drafting.
As far as I’m concerned, the only league rising in fans and moolah is MLB. Even NFL has been effected by the economy.
And I agree with Eric, give money where money is earned.
Never happen — the Players’ union is too strong.
In fact, it’s not a stretch to say that the MLBPA is the strongest labor union (funny as that sounds given their income) left in the US. They have never had a player cross a picket line. That’s why there’s no salary cap in baseball, and all contracts are fully guaranteed.
But hypothetically speaking…I think salary caps are overrated. Say what you will, but MLB has actually shown greater parity (in terms of its championship) than either the NFL or the NBA over the past decade.
Does the “soft” cap in the NBA really achieve parity at all? If you look at the list of teams to win the championship since the cap came into effect, it looks very short to me. All it really seems to do is encourage you to build a team of low salary guys around one MVP caliber player who you likely got in the draft.
The cap in the NBA really is to help teams keep their Superstar player in one city. Can you imagine if the NBA use the system like the MLB use, guys like Duncan, Garnett and Kobe, as soon as they hit the market teams like SA and Minnesota wouldn’t have a chance to afford them.
what the soft cap does well in the NBA because it realy seperates those teams who have good managment from those who have bad. As long as there are teams willing to take on bad contracts – Knick – than other well run teams can thrive. Does it really create competitive balance? it doesnt once you put together a great team, but the problem is it is very hard to put together a great team with salry caps looming because the purpose of the soft cap is to keep stars from leaving teams by making the playing ground unequal. it also penalizes teams for stupid decisions for years after those decisions were made. the knivks are still paying for trading eweing that last year becasuse he turned into expensive players who turned into more expensive players.
Having a cap in a league with garunteed contracts does not work because a team can get buried for 5-10 yearsunder bad contracts.
it only works well in the NFL becasue they can cut player
how about signing furcal and jeter to cf
His range decrease, it didn’t increase. And his leader ship as a short stop is unlike any other.
If he is such a “leader” then for the sake of the team he should know they aren’t going to find a better hitting center fielder, and furcal gives them a better defence
A. That was Dumb.
B. How could he be involved in on the mound discussions
C. He is still a good shortstop
Why in the world would you think he is a CF.
“B. How could he be involved in on the mound discussions”
I’ve never heard that one before. Points for creativity, but I think that argument’s a bit of a stretch.
how about not.
That would be solid idea….if ya playing MLB The Show 09 on PS3.
step…away…from..the…controller!
Jeter either stays at SS for a few more years or goes to LF when Damon/Matsui go in 2010 if they have a replacement.
if the yanks traded johnny damon, who would lead off?
Gardner? Maybe Jeter.
Jeter, he has great splits leading off I believe…
As first batter of the game:
.354/.408/.561/.969
Leading off an inning:
.336/.391/.530/.921
Batting in 1 Hole:
.315/.389/.471/.859
if Jeter leads off then whose going to bat 2nd?
That…I do not know, haha. Maybe Gardner if he can drive the ball a little better and keep up his good eye at the plate.
You could make an argument for Swisher as well. The speed isn’t there but if you can walk 90+ times, you’ll be valuable at the top of the order. Men on base are men on base. I could see something like this:
Jeter
Swisher
Tex (hopefully?)
Rodriguez
Posada
Matsui
Nady
Cano
Gardner
With Jeter (decent on base skills) and Swisher (great on base skills) at the top of the lineup, the 3/4 hitters would have ample opportunities to drive in runs. Speed at the top of the lineup is overrated, IMO. It’s more important to simply put guys on base. Swisher at the top of the lineup makes sense to me.
i think ppl are sleeping on matsui in the lineup… if we dont sign tex, i like him as a 3 hole hitter… left handed, good obp, track record of being a solid run producer… hits for average… not a lot of Ks, still got some pop…
of course, this is predicated on him being healthy
Of course, none of this happens if Damon isn’t traded, and I’m sure he won’t be. In that case, I would like this lineup
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Swisher CF (i’ll take it….i guess)
Rodriguez
Tex (again, hopefully)
Posada
Matsui DH
Nady RF
Cano
Swisher isn’t a #2 hitter or a leadoffhitter, which Ozzie seriously misused him and by doing so, messed up his numbers.
Swisher, in his career, has spent more time in the #2 hole than any other spot in the lineup. Let’s just hope this year was an aberration in his performance.
If not, we have an albatross who is unplayable and untradeable with his contract.
captain for sure
Lohud:
Noted Yankees fan LeBron James was asked tonight if he thought the Yankees would sign CC Sabathia, who is a friend of his.
“We’re gonna get him,” James said. “Absolutely.”
It’s official CC is a yankee.
Hopefully LeBron is a Knick by 2010.
Hellz Yea !! Bring em to the Bronx Lebron… What does King James have to say bout Texieria ? lol
I love when LeBron says “We”
The amazing thing about this story is the fact that the trade took place at Rasner’s request. What put this idea in his head? Rasner might have been able to hang around in the majors a few more years (Pirates maybe Washington again), and become eligible for a major league pension. I wonder if he got the idea from talking with Igawa or Matsui.
Rasner is suppose to be a real good team guy, I wish him nothing but the best.
requesting being sold to japan says a lot about how he liked his time here
No, not really.
The Yankees had 37 men on the 40 man roster. They probably will add Horn, Cox and Garcia to protect them from Rule 5. That puts them at 40. But they want to sign at least two or three free agents (they need at least two starting pitchers and might want another bat). Unless they make a 3 for 1 trade, that means cuts. Rasner would probably be the first pitcher to be cut. This happened to him last winter, so I’m sure that he and his agent could do the math. Of course, he could have signed a minor league deal again. But really there is no assurance that he would ever make it back to the majors. He is not cut out to be a regular starter and the bullpen looks pretty full now. He could probably help the team as a spot starter / long man at some point during the season. But realistically, he is not going to be one of the best 12 pitchers in the organization for much of the year unless there are a lot of injuries. So Japan makes some sense for him.
I’m probably late on this but the Bill James projections are up on FanGraphs.
As far as I’m concerned, I wouldn’t go near A.J. He profiles too closely to past free agent busts (Wright, Pavano, etc). He thrown 200 innings 3 times, two of which were in walk years. A little worrisome. no? Yes, his stuff is absolutely filthy, but is hasn’t translated consistently. Prior to last season, you would have been aghast at the idea of throwing huge money at him. Does one year really sell you? If I were to roll the dice on an injury-prone pitcher, I’d do Sheets or Penny (or both) first.
im kinda surprised sheets isnt being talked about more….
same with penny
I would give Penny a minor league deal but thats about it
Your Burnett bias aside, would you rather give Burnett 4/60 or Penny 2/15, or even 1/10?
Well obviously Penny because of the young arms we have and we save 45 mill
But Penny is coming off a bad injury and just didnt look right towards the end of last year..
Do you realize that is ACTUALLY impossible as hard as it is for you to grasp that we can’t go out and sign every FA on the market? Sheets situation is obvious, the guy has a long sheet of injuries and is probably going to need TJ surgery soon.
Well the Yankees have already said they’re going after AJ. He’s advocating going after Sheets OR Penny instead of AJ. So he’s not exactly saying to go after every single FA pitcher. He’s saying, I’d rather swap player X or Y instead of the guy we know they are already targeting.
Couldn’t agree more.
This is how I see it.
Burnett is a pitcher with filthy stuff but somehow has a 4 ERA in a very tough division. He is prone to injury and can be a bit streaky. Some success against the Sox.
Lowe is a work horse pitcher who had a good ERA in a bad division. 200 IP is guaranteed. I think he would equate to Burnett kind of numbers minus strikeouts.
Without the extreme health risk Burnett brings. And big market and postseason experience.
Anybody get the T-Mobile G1. I did I’m looking for someone to get me started on this whole smartphone thing. I don’t really know much esp with unlocking its potential. If anyone is tech savy please let me know.
try to get the new Blackberry Storm.
Burnett has filthy stuff and is a proven AL East pitcher who is also younger than Lowe.
Lowe last pitched in the AL 4 yrs ago and is a groundball pitcher.
4 years deals for both of them make AJ 36 and Lowe 40. Who thinks Lowe will be a #3 type at 40?
You sign AJ for 4 and Pettitte for a yr.
That’s a nasty rotation with guys like Hughes waiting in the wings for the inevitable injury.
Keith Law says he hasn’t heard Lowe from the Yanks, so that is probably coming from the Lowe camp.
I must admit that surprised me, because we’ve been hearing Lowe from day 1 here in NY.
We have way too many “Steve”s around here.
Steve, steve, Steve H. Its confusing.
Does anyone think that Wang should pitch opening day despite most likely signing CC?
No