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Davidoff: Yankee sign Al Aceves to minor league deal

The Mexican Gangster wears pinstripes once again. The Yankees have signed Al Aceves to a minor league contract, according to Ken Davidoff. The contract includes a July 1st opt-out. He will join the Triple-A Scranton rotation for the time being.

Aceves, 31, allowed five runs in ten innings with the Orioles this spring. He opted out of contract when he was advised he did not make the team. Aceves had a 4.86 ERA (6.35 FIP) in 37 innings for the Red Sox last season, spending most of the year in Triple-A. The Yankees will carry David Phelps, Adam Warren, and Vidal Nuno in their big league bullpen, so this move replenishes some rotation depth. Aceves has not been effective in a long time. I wouldn’t expect a return to 2009 glory anytime soon.

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Mandy Stankiewicz says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:36 pm

If by ‘rides’ I hope you mean ‘not on a mountain bike.

lightSABR says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:37 pm

Uh… Didn’t see that one coming.

TWTR says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:37 pm

Yeah, well, they’re covered if a fight breaks out.

JGYank says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:38 pm

Always liked him for some reason and was disappointed when they let him go. Nice to have him back I guess and it adds depth.

hey now says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:49 pm

More importantly, Alfredo Aceves’ wife is now back in the organization:

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/fil.....aceves.jpg

Hey, now!

Mikhel says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:43 pm

I am not sure if they still are married. I am gonna ask though, a good friend lives a few blocks from Alfredo Aceces in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico (his dad usually attends games every weekend, he was a very good player in his time and the reason why Alfredo is nicknamed ‘little bigfoot’ since his dad was ‘el paton’ or ‘bigfoot’).

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dkidd says:

March 28, 2014 at 5:56 pm

we’re gonna party like it’s 2009

Cuso says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:02 pm

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1-xGuEkdLw

vicki says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:06 pm

love it; called for it early in the off-season. ace is crazy-emotional, but he just turned thirty-one; it’s not that he just forgot how to pitch. can we blame him for being so unhappy in boston?

Randy Keisler says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:11 pm

2011 I’d say was a lot better than 2009. I doubt he will be anything great but a decent depth signing. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him up sometime this year

vicki says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:26 pm

sure, if you’re only looking at era+. but his k/9 and bb/9 were better in 2009, and the kicker was his flexibility on a championship team. i still consider him an honorable mention for mvp. among a number of others, naturally.

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KennyH123 says:

March 28, 2014 at 6:19 pm

One of Cashman’s more boneheaded decisions letting this guy go in the first place. No reason whatsoever. I know he was hurt, but in 09 he was 10-1, could start or relieve, got big outs and cost nothing. Letting him walk to Boston was inexcusable.

BFDeal says:

March 28, 2014 at 7:31 pm

He had one good season after he left. One.

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- Greg c says:
  
  March 28, 2014 at 9:53 pm
  
  Yeah, and he was paid $650,000 for that 1 year. That’s all it took was a 1 year MLB contract close to minimum, but that was considered too much of a commitment.
  
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