Per Peter Abraham, the Yankees have promoted Alfredo Aceves to the bigs today, sending down Anthony Claggett. Much has been made about the Yankees’ lack of a long reliever on the roster this season, and Aceves will certainly fill that role. I think promoting Aceves at this time makes sense given the possibility of a rain delay today (which could cause the Yankees to pull Hughes after a long delay, even if it’s only a few innings in), and he could be nice to have while the Yankee rotation is pitching inconsistently. However, I think the importance of a long reliever in general is overrated, but it could be helpful in a rotation with 2 young pitchers in Joba and Hughes starting back to back.
Aceves is coming off an excellent start, pitching 8 shutout innings and striking out 6 while allowing just 3 hits and a walk. On the season, he is 2-0 with a 3.80 ERA, and 18 strikeouts against 5 walks in 23 2/3 innings. Opposing hitters are batting just .202 against the Mexican Gangster.
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What this tells me is that trying to patch together the 5th-7th innings hasn’t worked, and they’re going with a long man that they hope will allow them to use everyone else differently.
Also, Girardi said today that Bruney’s still a bit away, I’ll guess he still has some soreness in there. So they had to implement Plan B.
Again, Melky strikes out in a critical situation against Boston.
my man melky won da last game give him a break.