Ryan Pope designated for assignment among flurry of moves
ByVia Mike Ashmore and Mark Feinsand, the Yankees have cleared space on the 40-man roster for Jesus Montero and Scott Proctor by designating Ryan Pope for assignment and placing Justin Maxwell on the 60-day DL. Think about that, Pope got DFA’d for Jesus.
In other news, Chad Jennings and Joel Sherman report that both Lance Pendleton and Raul Valdes have been called up in addition to Brandon Laird, Chris Dickerson, Montero, and Proctor, so the Yankees have plenty of pitching available tonight. Jack Curry says Hector Noesi and Aaron Laffey are next line for a call-up, but they have to wait for the ten-day period to expire before coming back to the bigs. Montero, by the way, is in the lineup tonight. He’s batting seventh as the DH, and has already caught a bullpen session.
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Can’t wait to see what Montero does. I’m not expecting much right now though.
Uh, Ryan Pope designated?
WTF???
Without Jesus, the pope is nothing!
Jesus hath risen, no more need for a Pope.
Not sure what the point of bringing up Pants or Raul Valdes is.
When Jesus goes 5 for 5, and the Yanks are up by 11.
I thot Laffey was DFA’ed when they sent him down, or does he still have options?
He had at least the one option. The original report that he was DFA’d turned out to be wrong.
Andrew Brackman needs a call up!
2 HR TONITE FOR JESUS AGAIN LESTER… YEEAAA
I had A dream Last Night Montero Went Deep To Center Field Off Lester Hope Dis Dream Can Come A Reality
He is risen…
Anything short of 4-4 with 4hrs will be considered a bust!
Pedro Gammons
So, we gain a Jesus and lose a Pope.
does that mean Montero doesnt qualify for post season play since they didnt use one of the 60 day DL guys?
Hes Still eligible hes on the 40 man roster
Jesus is still eligible, because the 60-day DL spots can be used to exchange guys not on 40-man as of 8/31.
“Pope got DFA’d for Jesus.”
My coworkers are looking at me strangely for how much I enjoyed that. Thanks a lot.
THAT Scott Proctor????
No, the other Scott Proctor that fell victim to Joe Torre’s bullpen management.
so the Yankees have plenty of pitching available tonight.
And there’s a very good chance they’ll need it too.
I’m predicting a lot of comments on the game thread tonight. Over/under will be 1,200?
1,200? More like 12,000.
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So the bullpen is going to have three lefties soon.
I hate September baseball.
today is my birthday and Jesus is on the team! what a present!