May
04

Yanks recall Al Aceves

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You’ve probably heard by now, but just in case: The Yankees have recalled RHP Alfredo Aceves from AAA Scranton. To free up room on the 25-man they’ve optioned RHP Anthony Claggett. This gives the Yanks a long man, though they probably don’t much need one at this point. I have a feeling this move is in anticipation of a rainout tonight. Aceves would probably start one game of a doubleheader tomorrow. That would keep the rotation on regular rest. If they were to go Hughes-Joba tomorrow, they’d have to find another starter to fill in on Saturday in Baltimore, since they wouldn’t dare throw either on three days’ rest. If the game gets called tonight, look for an Aceves-Hughes doubleheader tomorrow.

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  1. pat says:

    Oh man, a joba/phranchise doubleheader would be sweet.

  2. ledavidisrael says:

    Whats the official word on IPK???? Do we have a time table?

  3. AMS223 says:

    why wouldnt they start aceves against Baltimore…not saying that these games are must wins, but I’d want the best 2 pitches possible going against boston, especially after the last series against them.

  4. So, we’re looking at possibly

    Mon 5/4 – PPD
    Tue 5/5 BOS – #1: Hughes v. Lester, #2: Aceves v. ???
    Wed 5/6 TBA – Joba v. Sonnanstine
    Thu 5/7 TBA – Burnett v. Niemann
    Fr 5/ 8 @ BAL- Pettitte v. Guthrie
    Sat 5/ 9 @ BAL- Sabathia v. Eaton
    Sun 5/10 @ BAL- Hughes v. Uehara
    Mon 5/11 – off (skip Joba in the rotation)
    Tue 5/12 @ TOR- Burnett v. ???
    Wed 5/13 @ TOR- Pettitte v. ???
    Thu 5/14 @ TOR- Sabathia v. ???

    and back home again v. Twins, Orioles, Phillies

    Push everyone (other than Hughes) back a day and line up Joba’s turn with the dark day in the schedule? How much skipping is too much skipping for Joba?

    • Moshe Mandel says:

      Joba will not pitch Wed. They aren’t pushing the vets off another day. They would hold him off until Saturday.

    • Slugger27 says:

      i would rather skip this start for joba (if we do indeed get rained out tonight)… move burnett up to wednesday and everyone else up a slot

      • If we do it that way, it’s:

        Mon 5/4 – PPD
        Tue 5/5 BOS – #1: Hughes v. Lester, #2: Aceves v. ???
        Wed 5/6 TBA – Burnett v. Sonnanstine
        Thu 5/7 TBA – Pettitte v. Niemann
        Fr 5/ 8 @ BAL- Sabathia v. Guthrie
        Sat 5/ 9 @ BAL- Joba v. Eaton
        Sun 5/10 @ BAL- Hughes v. Uehara
        Mon 5/11 – off (skip nobody)
        Tue 5/12 @ TOR- Burnett v. ???
        Wed 5/13 @ TOR- Pettitte v. ???
        Thu 5/14 @ TOR- Sabathia v. ???

        Unless we’re skipping A.J. Burnett on the dark day, the 3 vets are going to be starting either the home games against the Rays on 5 days rest or the road series in Toronto on 5 days rest.

        You pick.

  5. Mike Pop says:

    If the game gets called tonight, I’d be more dissapointed than this guy.

  6. cult of basebaal says:

    another reason for bringing up aceves is that if they *do* start the game tonite, and for some reason there was anything other than a short rain delay, they wouldn’t have to have hughes go back out to the mound afterwards …

  7. Kevin G. says:

    Mon 5/4 – PPD

    Ugh.

  8. pat says:

    A roof on this new stadium would have been nice, whats an extra 400mil between friends?

  9. Marc says:

    I need this game to happen lol. I nearly died yesterday without the game. They took away the games for 6 freaking months and now they want to cancel back to back games!!

  10. [...] to River Avenue Blues, reliever Anthony Claggett was sent down to AAA for longman/spot starter Alfredo Aceves.  This is [...]

  11. Drew says:

    Wow, call up Claggett then send him down. What the hell is going on here? This pitcher thin is getting ridiculous. We obviously don’t need ANOTHER bullpen arm. What’s the over/under on Veras pitching today, I’d say 60%, I’ll take the over.

    • Drew says:

      *thing

      • You seem to be overreacting a little.

        We have options on these guys. That means we can send them up and down as much as we want (more or less) in order to flexibly construct a 25-man roster that most closely meets the roster needs of our team for every single game.

        We need a longman? Cool, send someone down and call one up. Then, a week later, we need another backup infielder? Send someone down and call one up. We got in a blowout and want to carry 8 bullpen arms to ease the strain? Send someone down and call some arms up.

        How is that bad?

        • Moshe Mandel says:

          Ask Joe Morgan- you need consistancy. All the changes, it makes you inconsitant.

        • Drew says:

          Calling up Claggett, letting D-Rob sit, sending Albie out for one out, I mean, at what point does this become detrimental to their growth. Maybe you can enlighten me, calling up Claggett for one day, then getting rained out and sending him back down only to recall another bullpen arm, how does this make any sense?
          I’m not overreacting as much as I am just confused on what the reasoning could possibly be with the latest moves after Marte’s placement on the DL.

          • Moshe Mandel says:

            Called up Claggett for Marte. Two straight rainouts means either rain shortened appearances or a double header. Enter Aceves.

            • Drew says:

              Claggett wasn’t called up to “replace” Marte though. He was called up to be an extra arm in case we needed that extra arm after using Edwar, D-Rob, Albie and everyone else in the pen. So if he’s the last man in the pen, why didn’t we just call up Al in the first place. This is my only issue with the recent move. Maybe Alf wasn’t available at the time, but if that’s not the case I really don’t get why he wasn’t here yesterday but he’s here today.

              • Moshe Mandel says:

                Because without the bad weather, they didnt feel they needed a long man. With the inclement weather, they feel that they do.

                • Drew says:

                  Yes I know, yesterday, bad weather, no?

                • whozat says:

                  Yes, but the specter of a double-header wasn’t there yesterday. Also, there were pitchers who hadn’t had a day off. Now, every arm in the pen has had a day off. If it’s almost a toss-up between Claggett and Aceves, something like every arm in the pen being available can change the calculation pretty easy.

              • whozat says:

                Yesterday, the need was for another middle relief option. Today, the more likely need is for someone to pick up after a lengthy rain delay in the early innings, or to spot-start in a doubleheader tomorrow.

                Different needs call for different arms.

          • steve (different one) says:

            here’s a question: when did Aceves last start?

            maybe he wasn’t available to pitch until today.

        • Matt ACTY says:

          How is that bad?

          Brian Cashman made the move, correct? Brian Cashman is bad GM. Therefore, every move he makes is bad. Simple enough for you?

    • whozat says:

      There was plenty of well-reasoned discussion about this throughout the thread.

    • pat says:

      Yanks just wanna bump errbody up a paygrade.

  12. Moshe Mandel says:

    Oliver Perez to the pen. if at any point you get upset about the state of Yankee pitching, just remeber that.

    • JohnnyC says:

      Takahashi (a career relief pitcher in Japan) goes into the Mets rotation in Perez’s place. Omar is definitely the sub-genius.

    • Moshe Mandel says:

      Oh, and jerry Manuel said he would rather shorten the game than have a better starter.

      • whozat says:

        That’s all the evidence I need. Joba to the pen! He’s the manager of an MLB team! He knows better than me!

      • Matt ACTY says:

        He’s gonna be changing his tune come October when the Mets are again stuck outside looking in. If they had gotten Lowe over the winter, they’d be in position to win that division easily.

        • steve (different one) says:

          agreed. no idea how you pass on Lowe for Perez.

          remember when people here wanted to sign Perez? chrikees.

  13. Hi, I'm Jerry, this is my associate Cornelius says:

    Are we getting this game in? Have they opened the gates?

    • JohnnyC says:

      Gates are open. They’re letting people in…but that’s the charm of the new Stadium — huge concourses so fans can get out of the rain. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get the game in tonight though.

  14. Drew says:

    At what point will we realize, as Mike A. pointed out the other day, that we just have too many arms out there?

    • Moshe Mandel says:

      Probably never, cause it ain’t true. If you start to get some good pitching, you can make a change. Until then, you need as many options as you can fit out there.

      • Drew says:

        How can guys get consistent work to keep them sharp when we have 7 arms to pitch the 6th-8th innings? It doesn’t add up.

        • whozat says:

          If they find themselves in the position that there’s too much consistently good relief pitching, then they’ll send someone down. Until then, they keep finding themselves needing to pull guys in-game because they’re sucking and run someone else out there. So you need all the options.

    • whozat says:

      When a better usage of that roster slot presents itself.

      Outside of the one time that they pinch hit Gardner for Ransom, I can’t recall a time that I thought “man, I wish they had a lefty pinch hitter with a terrible platoon split right here…”

  15. Drew says:

    Man. I’m gonna be mad if we don’t play!

  16. Nady Nation says:

    Just out of curiosity, why does everyone assume there will be a DH tomorrow? The weather is supposed to be shitty again, and we still play the Sawx several more times at home, so a DH could be scheduled for later in the season. Plus, just looking briefly, it seems like June 15th would be a solid makeup date. We’re between home series with the Mets and Nats, and the Sawx are between series at Philly and then going back to Beantown for Florida

  17. Drew says:

    Nothing like sitting one of our hottest hitters (Dek). Does Jorge really need a day off from catching after 6 innings off two days ago? WTF!!!

  18. yankeefan91 Arod fan says:

    On the weather radar it looks like it supposed to stop raining about 8.30 so the game should start around 9.00.

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