Comments on: Injury updates from Brian Cashman

By: SAM

SAM — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:02:46 +0000

Bernie is toast. He WAS a great Yankee but there is no place for him on the team. Unless I missed something he also has failed to return phone calls by both Cash and Torre. The Yankees owe him nothing..harsh but true.

By: asburyboss

asburyboss — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:40:18 +0000

humbertohater…Dave Wells, Mariano Rivera and Curt Schilling are three easy examples of guys that had arm troubles in the minor leagues at a young age and turned out OK.

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:11:35 +0000

Quite frankly I wish that Cashman was aboard that ship that has sailed rather than Bernie Williams.
Cashman has turned into Hard Hearted Hannah.

By: kasey

kasey — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:45:31 +0000

- i hope abreu’s healthy in time to start the season. that oblique thing kept pujols down a while and those injuries tend to re-aggravate themselves pretty easily. abreu’s a big piece of the puzzle, and they’ll need the whole team healthy all year if they’re going to hang with the red sox and blue jays.

- this isn’t a “do or die” year. maybe in terms of torre’s contract, but what else is at stake? if they don’t win the series it’ll be exactly like every year since 2000. none of those years were do or die years? they’re the new york yankees. they’re going to win the series again before we’re all six feet under. many, many times, in all likelihood.

- “that ship has sailed” were pete’s words, not cashman’s. ever hear the tom petty song “time to move on”? they extended bernie the invitation to come to camp and earn a spot on the roster. he declined. end of story. it’s sad that it had to end that way, and i hope both sides can bridge the gap before any more damage is done, but melky deserves a shot. it’s time for this team to get younger and move forward.

By: Vic Vega

Vic Vega — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:38:46 +0000

Interesting. So Bernie wouldnt even have a chance if Abreu went down? I guess Cash really does want to move on.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:56:10 +0000

Cashman’s comment on bernie sounds a little negative… “that ship has sailed” Is he now not even an option? I hope they aren’t setting themselves up by giving a true yankee the cold shoulder. Bernie’s numbers were better than Melky’s and this is becoming a do or die year.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:39:42 +0000

Sanchez most likely will end up a reliever, but still has potential to be a good starter. Inflamation although not, good, isn’t a devastating injury. The good news is that he doesn’t have ligament damage. Wait till he returns before killing the guy.

Abreu one is tricky. Its the same type of injury that caused Pujols to miss about a month last year. It takes time to heal, so the Yankees should not rush him back at all, especially since Melky is here, and with the Off days at the start of the year, the Yankees can do with say Thompson as the backup.

By: Master Wangkee

Master Wangkee — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:30:50 +0000

Injuries and control. Sanchez will end up as a late-innings reliever…not that it’s such a bad thing considering the crop of young arms who will be filling the starting staff in the next few years.

By: randyhater

randyhater — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:45:24 +0000

“People smarter than you and me say he is a top prospect.”

Speak for yourself. The guys in Detroit, who seem to know a thing or two about young pitching, flushed this guy and two other live arms for the privelege of throwing bags of money at a gimpy malcontent with a steriod hangover.

The guys been on the DL 8 times in the minors and had his arm cut before that right out of high school. If there’s a successful pitcher in the major leagues with the same history speak his name.

Sorry if a hard dose of reality brings you down, friend. As to what else is gonna suck this year, try Springsteen’s next album.

By: asburyboss

asburyboss — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:26:28 +0000

randyhater…why would you be THAT negative? Are you just bsuting balls? How about you change your name to “HumbertoHater” now that RJ is gone.

The guy started the Futures Game last year. People smarter than you and me say he is a top prospect.

Why the negativity?

people go on the minor league DL ALL THE TIME…especially top prospect, young pitchers. Teams use it to keep the guy at the level he is but limit his workload. It allows them to promote someone else and take some starts.

What else is going to suck this year? It’s a blast havin you around