New York Yankees Make Roster Decisions
by Brandon C. on Mar 28, 2011 5:39 PM EDT
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PrintThe Yankees have inched closer to the opening day roster being finalized, as Romulo Sanchez, Jesus Montero, Justin Maxwell, Austin Romine, Doug Bernier, Ramiro Pena, Mark Prior, and Ronnie Belliard have all been demoted, excluding Belliard, who was released, Sanchez, who has been sold to an unknown team in Japan, and Prior, who will play for the Hi-A Tampa Yankees.
- Austin Romine will start the season in Double-A, and top catching prospect Jesus Montero will start in Triple-A. Romine told reporters that he is "confident you guys will see me again," while Montero said he is "going to do my best in Triple-A and get the little things done to be ready to go to New York."
- Gustavo Molina will start the season with the New York Yankees. What a horrible sentence! I, for one, would like the Yankees to claim Max Ramirez off waivers if he is still available. Ramirez would be a definite upgrade over Molina.
- Doug Bernier will likely be the utility infielder for Scranton, so don't expect to see him in the majors unless the prospects in AAA all under-perform at the same time.
- Justin Maxwell being demoted to AAA does not necessarily guarantee that Chris Dickerson will start the season in the majors, as Nunez and Jones can both play the outfield.
- Ramiro Pena will start the season in AAA, meaning that Eduardo Nunez has won the competition and will be the utility infielder for New York. Glad to see the Yankees made this decision.
- Curtis Granderson will play in minor league games the next two days and is still a possibility to play on Opening Day.
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I hoped Sanchez would get us a back up catcher that is not Gustavo Fauxlina, bench jockey guru.
Does this mean Dickerson’s injury isn’t serious? He looks promising! (small sample size)
oh wow I must have missed this: Pena got sent down
that means Eduardo made the team!! Fantastic! I was certain they’d go with Pena just because.
It’s all in the post now, refresh the page!
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Lets go Rangers!
R-U! R-U! R-U! R-U!
how is Dickerson going to be with the Yankees?
They already have 25 guys, Nunez can play the outfield too (i think) and Andrew Jones is obviously staying
Did I forget a player? I’m going to re-count the roster now.
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Lets go Rangers!
R-U! R-U! R-U! R-U!
C-Martin, Molina
1B-Teixeira, Chavez
2B-Cano
3B-Rodriguez
SS-Jeter, Nunez
OF-Gardner, Granderson, Swisher, Jones
DH-Posada
SP- CC, A.J., Hughes, Nova, Garcia
RP- Colon, Logan, Chamberlain, Robertson, Soriano, Rivera, _
That makes 25, you are correct. I forgot Sir Andruw Jones. Guess Dickerson isn’t making the club unless the Yankees carry only 11 pitchers, which is extremely unlikely.
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Lets go Rangers!
R-U! R-U! R-U! R-U!
The little _ after Rivera is the 25th player, it was meant to be a longer _ therefore representing a blank. If the Yankees go 12 pitchers that is the 12th.
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Lets go Rangers!
R-U! R-U! R-U! R-U!
yanks 25/40
I’m not exactly connected to Yanks transaction wire, but it seems as though they haven’t added Colon and Garcia to the 40 man yet. They’ll need to have Colon added before Thursday, but Garcia can wait till next week…gives them an extra outfielder (Dickerson?) if Granderson needs a few days off. They’re still a pitcher short if Feliciano goes on DL, Is anyone left or are they all in minor league camp?
by steelerwheeler on Mar 29, 2011 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions
This sucks.
You never want a guy that’s batting .100 as a backup catcher
Having seen him a few games last year,
I’m pretty sure that the entire reason he has a professional baseball career is because his last name is Molina.
Good move for Montero
He needs regular playing time, hopefully he rakes in April and gets quick call up.
by upstateNYYFan1984 on Mar 28, 2011 5:55 PM EDT reply actions
My hopes right now is that he ends up like Posey
Called up while hot in May and becomes a permanent addition. It’s a lofty hope, but Montero was always ranked higher than Posey (plus he’s about 3 years younger.)
by Monotonousblob on Mar 28, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm glad that Nunez is finally getting a shot
Pena had his, let’s see what Nunez can do in an expanded role. As for Molina, I think I’d rather see Posada catch and someone else DH. I know it’s a really small same size but Molina is 29, is barely a AAA catcher, and has a career OPS+ of -19.
Max Ramirez! I don’t want to see Posada catch, and I certainly don’t want to see Molina catch. Why not sign Chad Moeller even? If it’s really a 4-6 week injury for Cervelli, the Yankees should just get a stopgap player that knows what his purpose is.
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Lets go Rangers!
R-U! R-U! R-U! R-U!
which is why Fauxlina is the surprise catcher
though i definitely would prefer Max Ramirez! Get. Him.
i think if molina had a better spring hitting
he would be on the team, but the fact that he hit .250 hurt his chances
"Wait ur a girl?" -YanksVikes ignorance about The Melkman
yes
"Wait ur a girl?" -YanksVikes ignorance about The Melkman
Ramirez
remember when Texas had a trio of young catchers (with Teagarden and Salty) and it seemed like overkill to have three stud catching prospects… sounds familiar (and a bit scary).
What about
Chad Moeller? Didn’t the Rockies cut him?
I predict Montero will be back up by the all start break and will take over the role of starting catcher…
Maybe Molina will surprise us
and bat over .125
You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.
Frankly, I'd rather see Nunez
as backup C, even though he’s never played there.
You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.
Evan Longoria’s home ransacked
An AK-47 rifle, which the sheriff’s office said was legal and belonged to Longoria, was also taken from the home.
Would’ve prevented the burglars from getting away if he would’ve planted some landmines.
I wonder if they danced through his home security system using Capoeira
"Game's the same, just got more fierce." ~ Slim Charles
by Captain_Mick on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
every time something like this happens, I like to think
“What if that was A-Rod?” People would be freaking out if they found out he had an assault rifle in his house. I wonder how much flak Longoria will get. Probably not much, since people are aware that he owns powerful weapons.
by long time listener on Mar 28, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
wow, that's totally true.
it’d be ALLL over espn and we’d seen signs at games this year referencing it
by MichaelGGBGrabow on Mar 28, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
But really
I’m all for second amendment rights, but who the hell needs an AK?
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
Molina stinks
I just hope Jesus tears it up in Scranton so he can join the big league club quickly.
by BitterSportsFan on Mar 29, 2011 12:19 AM EDT reply actions
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