Yankees lose a prospect
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Right-hander J.B. Cox had surgery performed on his elbow a few days ago by Dr. James Andrews.
It was not Tommy John surgery as some sites have reported. Brian Cashman said that Cox had a ligament repaired but not replaced, which is what Tommy John surgery is.
This is less invasive surgery and Cox may not necessarily miss the entire season.
Another highly touted young reliever, Mark Melancon, had Tommy John surgery this winter. Now the Yankees will focus on developing Kevin Whelan, one of the players obtained from the Tigers for Gary Sheffield.
I was told today their plan is to use him as a middle reliever in Class AA so he can better learn how to pitch by going mutiple innings. If all goes well, he could become a closer down the road.
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glad to know it wasn’t TJ. Thanks for running that down.
cox is a lot better han tj
Damn, but I think even ligament repair surgery takes about 6 months, so this season is probably not going to ammount to much at all for him. Glad its not TJ, but bad bad news.
thats great news he may miss the season but at least he should be healthy enough to participate in instructs this fall and pitch next year
couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Why do we think that he isn’t a nice guy?
He rubs some people the wrong way he doesn’t like to talk to fans on gamedays etc so he is seen as a jerk and the “altercation” didn’t help his image
I haven’t met a single person who went to Trenton last summer and didn’t leave thinking JB Cox was a gigantic prick. But he’s our prick. Get well soon, JB.
Two wishes from me tonight:
1) A rapid recovery for JB Cox, so that we see him back on the mound healthy this year.
2) A box with Villone’s HOME address on it in front of his locker in the morning.
3) A rapid recover for Wang and/or Karstens so that Rasner doesn’t have to make more than 1 start in April. (Chances are there’s no hope he won’t start on the 8th.)
Okay, so that’s 3, but I’ve never been accused of being a math teacher.
you are a math teacher.
One start doesn’t make Rasner a bad pitcher. I have no problem with him as our 5th to start the year.
It’s one start.
Check out Gooden’s 1996 stats and starts before his no-hitter.
For one game, anything can happen.
Looked it up. On April 19, 1996, Gooden lost. After that game, he was 0-3 with an ERA of 11.48. He also gradually improved after that game as he progressed toward May 14th and his no-hitter.
I can only imagine what blogs would have been like on April 20th, 1996.
One game is 1/162 of a season. It is not the WHOLE season.
[...] * Pete Abe at Lohud reports that J.B. Cox will go under the knife due to an elbow issue. Although he may not miss the entire season, a healthy Cox may have contributed to the bigclub’s bullpen should his slider be needed down the stretch. After Mark Melancon needed Tommy John surgery last year, it is disappointing to see another potential bullpen stud end up on the operating table. [...]
Rasner is a pretty good pitcher. He just had a bad outing. Santana went 5 innings, gave up 8 hits, 4 walks, and 4 runs in a losing effort yesterday. It happens. Villone was a pretty good pitcher. He’s just finished as far as they Yankees are concerned. Henn, 11+ years younger, gets the nod, and rightfully so. Plus the Yanks save $2.5 mil. Sounds funny right? Save? Like they need to save money, but Cashman is tightening the purse strings.
Villone was given every chance possible to show that he had something left. By this time it’s obvious that keeping him on the roster would be a waste of money. Villone will likely catch on with another team. Probably with a minor league/incentive laden contract.
dont forget that garcia got tommy john surgery around the same time melancon did….hopefully humberto will not follow
yeah whats the word on Humberto Sanchez? It seems like we got damaged goods from the Tigers
“yeah whats the word on Humberto Sanchez? It seems like we got damaged goods from the Tigers”
Nah – the Yankees knew he was an injury concern. They took him because of his vast potential should he stay healthy. Whelan was a good deal sweetener as well.
Man, pitching is bad for you.
Tom Humberto is side throwing he had elbow problems the Yankees are changing his delivery so he can throw injury free. I know people don’t see it but our pitching core is stacked you’ll see by the mid-summer what I mean.