the roster, the Yankees do not have remotely enough pitching.

Can we trade you four of our marginal arms for one of your good ones and then throw in Giambi?
Seriously, the Chris Britton’s of the world are a dime a dozen. Still only 25, the 280 pound behemoth still has time to be the first 300+ pound pitcher in the majors.
Stated above – “I hate seeing Chris Britton on the Scranton shuttle. He has too many walks but I think he can pitch in the big leagues.”
That’s the point – he walks too many hitters. You can’t be a relief pitcher and walk hitters. A starter can get away with a few walks, but a relievers first job is to throw strikes.
That is why Britton is always on the Scranton shuttle.
There are too many arms in the bullpen on this team right now. There are 8 relief pitchers on the current active roster. Isn’t that insane? You don’t need Britton and Veras on the roster together – they are the same type pitcher as is Farnsworth and Hawkins. How many of those type of guys do you need?
Dump a few of them and bring up more guys who can play a position – like Brett Gardner or can play some specialty offense like pinch run (for Giambi or Molina), steal a base and play good defense.

The Yankees pitching is not the problem. Too many pitchers is the problem.

What are the Yankees going to do when they bring up Kennedy? Can’t send down Igawas – he is now their “long man.”

but Girardi’s statement today reads…”I could see using him (Igawa) in long relief,” Girardi said. “However we need him, we’ll use him. Right now, he’s going to go to the bullpen. I don’t know if I would use him left-on-left. It’s something we’ll think about.”

Also – “I see him (Igawa) as a starter more than anything,” Girardi said. “That’s just my opinion. I think the investment was for him to be a starter, and I think for the organization … we’ll probably try to continue to work on that at some point.”

I read “investment” in that second quote as “We (Cashman) paid a bunch of money for this guy and we are going to shove him down your throats (as we have with Giambi) to get our money’s worth.”

But you can never trust anything Girardi says because I have finally realized he is Brian Cashman’s hand puppet and Cashman is really running this team on the field. Why would any sensible baseball manager need 13 pitchers on his staff?

Notice how many times Girardi is quoted as saying about a potential roster change or starting rotation change as “that is something WE need to discuss,” or “WE haven’t had a meeting yet to discuss this move…” and so on.

Joe Girardi should tell Cashman I don’t want this overpaid lefty who can’t get anyone out to be on my team anymore. And why would Igawas need

Igawa should be released immediately and Kennedy should get the last 24 starts from that spot in the rotation – good or bad.

Would you take this stat line for Gardner if he played part time for the Yankees:
112 AB 29 R 30 H 2 2B 1 3B 0 HR 13 RBI 14 SB 0 CS 18 BB 13 SO .268 AVG .378 OBP .384 .298 SLG?
He would have been giving Damon a rest in left field, Melky a breather once in a while in CF and Abreu some time off in right. Damon and Abreu are 34, as is Matsui. Gardner could also pinch hit for a Gonzalez or Molina when they are playing, pinch run and steal a base for Giambi and Molina or even Matsui late in a game. How many times this year have the Yankees hit into a double play and killed a potential rally, especially late in games? Seems like a couple dozen. Stolen bases late in games can be very effective. Dave Roberts sure prove that. A stlen base elimiantes the double play threat.
The Yankees have more than enough pitchers but not enough players who can do the little things that Gardner can do.
Those numbers I mentioned above are what Jacoby Ellsbury has done this year. Now, I know that Ellsbury is mostly starting, but he has played LF and CF and filled in defensively. He also has hit three homers this year – something I eliminated from the above Gardner numbers.
I also know that Gardner has never played in the majors, but Ellsbury never played their until last year, but at least he got the chance to show what he can do. While Ellsbury was highly touted out of college and was a first round pick, Gardner was also a college star and taken in the 3rd round that same year.
His speed game in offense could provide the spark the Yankees need – filling in here, filling in there, playing good defense. I know a Yankee coach who goes to Tampa each year after the draft and he said Gardner was one of the fastest guys he has ever seen and is a weapon. The game of baseball is to score the most runs in each game – not to have the biggest names in the lineup. Many times a speedster can generate a few runs in a game by himself.
If the power game (and waiting for the 3 run homer) is gone with the absence of Arod and Posada, why not go with more of a speed game?
The Yankees just don’t have the balls to use Gardner when the chips are down.

has over 1200 at bats in the minor leagues, including over 300 in Triple A. Ellsbury had just over 1000 minor league at bats and 363 at Triple A.

It is time.

oh my gawd roger is in georges box