Cut Bruney – TRade Farnsworth.

Bruney will probably make the team – someone likes that guy – or he gets traded for a token A player.

KArstens – long relief

Ohlendorf – low and hard and no walks.

Albaldejo – Girardi likes the sinker – ground ball for DP’s – he makes the cut.

TRADE FARNSWORTH

You don’t win championships with your 25 man roster. You win them with your 40 man roster.

The Yankees have several very intriguing options in case guys on the parent club are injured or underperform.

First time we have been able to say that in a very long time.

No walks, lots of K’s and very few hits. There is no trick there (ala Edwar) and no mindless, aimless heaters (um, you know who that is). I don’t get why there are ANY doubters left, he’s GOOD at any level because of his…and I’ll say it again…wait for it…wait for it…..FASTBALL COMMAND. Why are we even debating this again?

His problem has always been consistency. If Eiland and Girardi can find a way to harness his stuff, the guy can be a factor in the bullpen.

They gave him a guaranteed deal for a reason. They don’t want to give up on him.

Its now up to him to back up today’s performance with another dominant outing the next time he works.

A few other observations from today.

I get a charge out of Ortiz giving Pettitte a stare when he got dusted. He better get used to it because he’s going to get pitched tighter from now on by Yankee pitchers.

He also better can the staredowns because, if the Yankees have Chamberlain, Bruney and Farnsworth on the staff, all three guys have no problem knocking him on his butt.

I also think Hughes has some gangsta in him. He’s another kid who isn’t going to be intimiadated by staredowns.

I think the days of unretaliated HBP’s are over.

You want to wear armour and crowd the plate like Ortiz, you are going to get pitched tight. They aren’t going to put it on a tee for him.

If Tavarez wants to make Yankee hitters target practice, as his rep has been his entire career, then Red Sox hitters are going to get nailed.

We have already seen that Girardi leaves nothing to chance. He is as subtle as a punch in the face.

Billy Traber definitely has this team made. What’s neat about his story is, if he can be a solid lefty specialist, this isn’t some 38 year old guy hanging on. He’s only 28 and can be successful in that role for a long time.

Cashman took a shot and it paid off for him. Something folks should remember when they slam the guy on personnel matters.

I don’t get excited about wins and losses in ST because they are meangingless. I do get excited when I see a team preparing itself the right way to start the season.

Conditioning has been excellent. They are demanding strike throwing from their pitchers and are having good AB’s. They are backing up their teammates.

What I like most of all is Girardi is holding Heath Phillips to the same standard as Andy Pettitte. In other words, he doesn’t expect less because a guy is not one of the core players or a career minor leaguer. That’s how you set a standard for the entire team to follow.

They are doing all the right things to get ready for this season.

Just have to stay healthy the next two weeks and not leave their games in Tampa.

This team has the chance to be much better than the so called “experts” think.

Its a nice mix of youth and experience and I really like what I see from the pitching staff.

Its gonna be fun watching this team play this year.

bullpen:

Rivera
Joba
Farnsworth
Hawkins
Karstens
Traber
Patterson

it may be, very solid.