Again, Why?

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 15, 2008 3:13 PM EDT

The Yankees have demoted Melky Cabrera, waived RIchie Sexson, and promoted Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom. I'm going to ignore the Melky/Gardner swap and focus on the Sexson/Ransom swap.

Sexson was brought in to hit lefties. He's done so, with an OPS over .800 against lefties as a Yankee, but they waived him to make room for Cody Ransom. Ignoring the fact that I wasn't aware he was still in the majors Ransom has a MLE translated OPS against lefties or .745. Obviously he may outhit that, but Sexson was doing exactly what they wanted and still gets cut.

This isn't quite 30+ waivers claims, but I'm not sure what could potentially be gained from this swap.

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Cody Ransom….how I hate thee.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 15, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

Future Tense

“The plan is likely to be to play Johnny Damon in center as much as possible with Xavier Nady and Bobby Abreu flanking him. That will allow…”

finish the sentence. My version: “about an extra run every three games, if things go well.”

Their version: “the Yankees to use Wilson Betemit as DH more regularly, at least until Hideki Matsui (knees) returns.”

Mine makes more sense. Guess that tombstone on the Post yesterday provoked a reaction. The reaction was to lower their hitting ability (Betemit v Sexson against LHP) and weaken their already-dubious defense (Damon in center; why not just have traded for Griffey?).

by klhoughton on Aug 15, 2008 4:22 PM EDT reply actions