The Return of Shelley Duncan

July 31, 2009 by Mike Axisa 43 Comments

Via Chad Jennings, the Yanks have called up Shelley Duncan. No word on a corresponding move, but most likely either Jon Albaladejo or Mark Melancon will be optioned out. Calling up Shelley also requires a 40-man roster move, but they can easily slide Xavier Nady or Chien-Ming Wang to the 60-day DL. Scheduled to face three lefty starters the next three games, expect to see Shelley get himself a handful at bats.

Charlie

oh, fuck. it better at least be albaladejo optioned
Tony

I want Girardi fired if Duncan plays even an inning of outfield defense.
- Manimal
  
  I think he plays better defense than Swisher…
  - C Bleak
    
    I concur
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
      
      You’re both wrong.
      - whozat
        
        cjennings agrees with them, for what it’s worth.
        
        On his blog the other day, Jennings said that Shelley doesn’t make it pretty, but he makes plays out there.
        
        Frankly, I think that same assertion applies to Swisher, though Swisher has more range than Shelley, so he’s more valuable on D.
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
        
        Frankly, I think that same assertion applies to Swisher, though Swisher has more range than Shelley, so he’s more valuable on D.
        
        That’s the operative point. Both Shelley and Nick are ugly but effective out there. Nick’s just both a little uglier and a little more effective.
        
        I Remember Celerino Sanchez
        
        Swisher’s range is underrated by Yankee fans. I know the metrics show he has great range, but I’ve been trying to see it “with my own eyes.” On Wednesday, against Tampa, he ran down a ball in foul territory and one in the gap that many RFs wouldn’t have gotten to.
        
        While Swisher will make an ugly play now and again, his range more than makes up for it.
        
        Tubby
        
        Watching Swisher track a fly ball is like watching a cat chase a laser pointer. I’d still give him the edge over Shelley though.
  - http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD
    
    Lol seriously?
  - Tank Foster
    
    No way. Shelley looks like Brad Garrett out there.
Brian

Yeah!!!!!! Shelley!!!!!!!!!!!
mryankee

Ok anyone out there think Casman will make a last minute deal? I cant see how they continue with AJ-CC-Pettite-Mitre and put Joba in pen at his innings limit-Someone tell me Cash wont let the sox trade for the pennant-via Halladay-Martinez-Gonzalez-I think this team has come to far for that
- Drew
  
  You do know there is a Trade deadline thread, right?
- Tank Foster
  
  Sox won’t get all three. They’ll get VMart, maybe…probably even.
C Bleak

My guess is he picks someone up at the last minute. Someone will call with a last ditch effort to give someone up to save money.
Tom Zig

I hope he autographs something with Red Sox suck.
mryankee

I know there is a thread but I wanted to discuss it herer, who cares about shelley duncan, he is a stiff. I hope Cashman pulls out a deal for Halladay at the last minute-anyone disagree?
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
  
  Okay, seriously, that’s just fucking annoying as shit. Stop it.
  - Tom Zig
    
    He tried to make it on topic.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
      
      No he didn’t.
    - I Remember Celerino Sanchez
      
      He dismissed the topic as not up to his standards. I don’t think that counts.
  - Russell NY
    
    You are miles ahead funnier than anyone else on this site haha
- whozat
  
  Here is where we’re discussing the Shelley move. The trade deadline thread is one down. Go discuss trade deadline topics there. There are rules here that we choose to abide by in order to keep this discourse civil and to avoid threadjacking.
- Jack
  
  Hush little baby don’t say a word…
- Steve O.
  
  Disagree.
- http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/413671602_daded72a81_m.jpg The Honorable Congressman Mondesi
  
  Use the trade deadline thread AND the reply button, please.
mryankee

Ok I woould not want to be accused of thread jacking-How can anyone be against the idea of adding Halladay? Obviosuly pending the correct package in return.
- Charlie
  
  just don’t respond to him
- Johan Iz My Brohan
  
  No one is against the idea of adding him, they are against the idea of having to trade the farm to get him. It isn’t worth seeing a guy like Montero become a beast on another team in your division and have to face him for the next decade.
- I Remember Celerino Sanchez
  
  mryankee, meet the reply button.
  
  Reply button, meet mryankee.
  
  I hope you two will have a long, happy life together.
  
  But, I hope mryankee will cheat on the reply button to spend some quality time with the commenting guidelines, so he will stop, for example, demanding to talk about Roy Halladay on a Shelley Duncan thread.
Muel

Shelley’s only being called up as a late-inning-defensive-replacement for melky in center.
Tony

Shelley Duncan reminds me of other “gritty” and “intense” players the Yankees allowed to overstay their welcomes based on the 3 weeks a player gets before the scouts catch up to him. I never wanted to see this guy again.
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
  
  If it makes you feel any better, he’ll probably be here for like two-three weeks tops. I doubt he gets more than 20 plate appearances.
I Remember Celerino Sanchez

What does the promotion of Shelley Duncan mean?

At minimum, since he’s out of options, it means he will be designated for assignment when Gardner is healthy. Most probably, he will be designated assignment before that when they need a spot on the 25-man.

They guy has proven in two trips to the Majors that he is not a big-league hitter.

Of course, I hope I’m wrong.
C Bleak

Why so much hatred for the 25th guy on the roster?
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside
  
  Tradition?
Rocky Road Redemption (formerly RAB poster)

He won’t be here long.
dc1874

…Duncan stronger arm than Swish…ALOT STRONGER…
Riddering

I’m more concerned about whether or not the combined enthusiasm of Shelley and Swisher will cause the dugout to explode during a game than whose defense is better.

Swisher’s.
Fat Francesa

IS it safe to say Shelly got a leg up on Swisher ?
EYEBEAR

Starting to hear buzz about Brian Bannister at the deadline…he’d be a nice pickup for the back of the rotation. I like the possibility of Heath Bell too, but I’m hearing there are a ton of teams in that mix so the price will be high.
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