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Bronx Bound- Week Three

In the search for a spot starter, am I crazy to suggest Daniel McCutchen? He struggled to locate his curve last season, so he spent the time really working on his change, which enhances his 2- and 4-seam fastballs (low 90s). Now he's got both pitches working and is off to a hot start.
Going AA to MLB isn't that rare for a starter, but he's not on the 40-man, so you'd have to put somebody through waivers.

It looks like they've got top reliever Mark Melancon on a very aggressive pitching schedule- 2IP every third day.

For all you Dellin Betances fans, his BB:K ratio now stands at 15:28 in 20.1IP.

Austin Jackson collected a hit in each game this week, while Jose Tabata has taken the opposite approach- 3 multi-hit games, no other hits.

I was at the SWB Yankees (AAA) game last night. Brett Gardner (he of the 83% SB success rate) was caught stealing in the first. Shelley Duncan was at bat with one out, Gardner on second and Castro on first. In a 3-2 count the runners took off. The pitch sailed in, and Duncan started for first. The umpire stepped away from the plate, which usually means a ball, and the runners slowed down. The catcher threw to third, and then the umpire called strike three. They had trouble with that ump all night, and then the firstbase ump blew a call when Chris Stewart beat out an infield single but was called out anyway (I think because he signaled "safe" as he crossed the bag).
Pitcher Age Level G IP H BB ER K
Jonathan Albaladejo 25 AAA 1 1.0 1 1 0 0
Dellin Betances 20 A 1 10.0 8 7 2 12
Chris Britton 25 AAA 2 2.2 2 2 0 6
JB Cox 23 A+ 3 3.0 3 1 1 1
Alan Horne 25 AAA DNP - - - - -
Jeff Marquez 23 AAA 1 5.1 8 2 5 6
Daniel McCutchen 25 AA 1 7.0 4 2 0 4
Mark Melancon 23 A+ 3 6.0 4 0 0 4
Scott Patterson 28 AAA 2 3.0 3 2 0 2
Edwar Ramirez 27 AAA 1 1.0 0 0 0 0
Humberto Sanchez 24 DL - - - - - -
Jose Veras 27 AAA 3 3.0 1 2 0 6
Eric Wordekemper 24 AA 4 4.0 1 2 1 3
Hitter Age Level AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS
Colin Curtis 23 AA 28 9 3 0 0 4 7 1 1
Brett Gardner 24 AAA 26 8 1 1 0 3 6 1 2
Austin Jackson 21 AA 27 9 2 1 0 6 3 0 1
Jason Lane 31 AAA 25 7 2 0 0 2 6 0 0
Juan Miranda 24ish AAA 22 6 0 0 1 5 4 0 0
Jesus Montero 18 A 25 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Cody Ransom 32 AAA 25 3 1 0 1 2 5 0 0
Jose Tabata 19 AA 29 6 2 0 0 3 5 0 0