Yankees Sign Russell Branyan
He receives a minor league deal and an invitation to Spring Training.
Branyan hit .197 with 5 HRs last season for the Diamondbacks and Angels. He has 8 home runs in 47 at bats in Yankee Stadium.
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 1:17 PM EST reply actions
Good lord, that one he hit off of Javy…
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Feb 8, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
86 MPH, straight as an arrow right down Broadway.
lol Javy
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Ha!
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
I was there. I didn’t think it would ever land.
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by Frank Campagnola on Feb 8, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Aceves
Gaudin
Hughes
AJ x2
Vasquez
Marte
Not exactly our best out there…
by MichaelGGBGrabow on Feb 8, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Is Marte on a team?
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by Brandon C. on Feb 8, 2012 1:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nope.
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Feb 8, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
I need a job like this.
He became a free agent at the end of the 2011 season after the Yankees declined his 2012 option and paid him a $250,000 buyout.
by MichaelGGBGrabow on Feb 8, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
I love it even though I probably shouldnt
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by Brandon C. on Feb 8, 2012 1:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Remember Morgan Ensberg?
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by Brandon C. on Feb 8, 2012 1:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I remember Austin Kearns
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Too far
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by Brandon C. on Feb 8, 2012 1:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I remember reading some story about how he and some other minor leaguers were robbed and almost killed in a hotel room.
by MichaelGGBGrabow on Feb 8, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I saw his first ML home run in person
It was off Cone in 1999 at the old YS. Whenever he came up to bat, the people around me would make fun of him. “Russell Who?” Haha. Then he crushed a home run, and some people who were sitting nearby — Indians fans, and probably family members, if not members of Branyan’s family, looked at the guys who were making fun of him and said “Russell BRANYAN!” The joke was on them, because the Yankees won in the 9th when Brosius hit a two-run single with the bases loaded.
by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions
I thought they should've signed Branyon every year for the past 5 years.
his swing’s made for the stadium and he likes to walk a lot, so he fits. Not only wouldn’t I be surprised if he makes the team but I wouldn’t be surprised if he hits 20+HRs as the full time DH.
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i like him too
when he hit one off the mohegan sun bar in cf i thought they would get him right away
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the first bold prediction of the season
by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Only the title was bold
The rest was regular font.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
I see what you did there.
Just once I'd like someone to call me "Sir," without adding, "You're making a scene."
Yup, I agree. I really like the signing.
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Feb 8, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
It doesn't change the pursuit of Ibanez, Damon, or Matsui according to MLBTR
But it does for Chavez, who I thought was retiring anyway.
i'm ok with this
a bench of Jones, Branyan, Nunez and Hall sounds like a pretty strong thing to have. I could see them still signing Ibanez to a MiLB deal and a ST invite to compete, however Branyan does offer the fielding flexibility that the Yankees seem to prefer.
So.....potential nickname
Raisin Branyan? Anyone?
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 2:14 PM EST reply actions
I'll wait until it looks like he might make the team before I spend too much energy on a nickname
“Insane in the Branyan” is an early candidate, though.
by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oooooh that's good!
Two candidates already!
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
I'm OK with it
Why not? On a minor league deal it’s fine. He’s shown lots of power and it’s worth a shot to see if he still has it.
I’d still prefer Damon, so hopefully it doesn’t change their pursuit of him.
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I believe that's what we call
….a steal.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Well obviously we wouldn't get back anything good for AJ
However the Pirates are definitely a team that would have nothing to lose by picking up AJ if we paid a good portion of the contract.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t budge until they threw in Hanrahan and gave us back Kartsens and Tabata!
by MichaelGGBGrabow on Feb 8, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Scranton Wilkes Barre looks like they will be loaded this year.
by designatedquitter on Feb 8, 2012 3:03 PM EST reply actions
Can’t wait.
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
maybe my twitter timeline won't blow up with this signing like it did yesterday with Hall
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 8, 2012 3:20 PM EST reply actions
Article going up tomorrow morning about him.
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by Frank Campagnola on Feb 8, 2012 5:42 PM EST reply actions
“Deep to Center: The Russell Branyan Story”
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by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
If this continues I’ll take the most rec’d/appropriate one and use it as the title.
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by Frank Campagnola on Feb 8, 2012 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
"Russ-ty Trombone: Will Branyan Make Sweet Music for the Yankees?"
by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 8:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
"Insane in the Branyan: Is He Gonna Blow Our House Down? Underground?"
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Feb 8, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Non Roster Invitees:
Banuelos, Bernier, Burawa, Cedeno, Curtis, Daley, Garner, Gil, Higashioka, Marshall, Miller, Molina, Murphy, Nix, O’Connor, Pope, Sanchez, Stoneburner, Vazquez, Warren, Whelan, Whitley.
Branyan, Okajima, Hall, Wise, Delcarmen
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Feb 8, 2012 7:08 PM EST reply actions
Jesus leaves, Pope takes over
Read your Bible.
by long time listener on Feb 8, 2012 8:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Mop depth.
At least he’s not holding a 40-man spot like last year. He’s an organizational guy at this point.
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Feb 8, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Chase Whitley and Matt Daley look interesting if we actually had space for them and they can lower their walk rates (Whitley’s jumped astronomically last year). Oh well.
It didn’t jump really astronomically. He actually lowered it from last year to 3.6. He had a 1. 9 BB/9 in Tampa but it rose once he went to Trenton, but that was a small sample size
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by TheRealSlimShady on Feb 8, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
The Yankees should sign Austin Kearns just to piss of Brandon.
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