Chien-Ming Wang was expected to start for SWB tonight, as the Yankees were hoping to see his improved sinker manifest itself in a game after he had displayed it in a bullpen session before team officials. However, with Joba Chamberlain bruising his knee and the bullpen going 8.2 innings last night, those plans have changed. From Mark Feinsand:
Chien-Ming Wang will be back with the Yankees for Friday night’s game against the Phillies.
After Joba Chamberlain’s first-inning knee injury drained the bullpen on Thursday night, the Yankees ordered Wang – who was on his way to Pawtucket to pitch Friday night for Triple-A Scranton – to turn around and head back to New York, according to a source.
The Yankees will have Wang in the bullpen Friday night as a long reliever, the source said, though the plans beyond that haven’t been determined.
Wang could be on standby in case Chamberlain’s bruised right knee prevents him from making his next scheduled start on Tuesday in Texas. Assuming Chamberlain can make his start, Wang would likely be slotted into the rotation on Wednesday or Friday.
It seems like Wang would fill the Alfredo Aceves role for the next few days, as Aceves has thrown almost 6 innings over the last two days. Assuming that Wang is not needed for a large chunk of innings against Philadelphia, I would expect him to split Monday’s start versus Texas with Phil Hughes, and then take Phil’s spot in the rotation the next time around. Wang will likely replace Jon Albaladejo on the roster, with Angel Berroa being an outside possibility.
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Good By Jn Albaladejo and thank you for playing. I like Wang tonight as long man. I certainly hope Burnett goes the distance but I cantstand albie anymore way to inconsistent.
This sounds like a pretty solid plan if they do in fact just have him as a BP arm for this evening. We’d hopefully be able to get a look at Wanger at the Mlb level without having to move one of this weekend’s three scheduled starters.
Aleviates some of the concern regarding the depleted pen as well… kudos.
I hope they don’t send Hughes back down….he has nothing to prove in AAA. He’ll go there and be dominant like always. He needs to take his lumps with the big club, either out of the pen or as the fifth starter.
Disagree. I always hear this idea, but there is a difference between having something to prove, and having something to work on. He has nothing to prove, but he needs to get more consistency with his location, and he can do that just as easily in the minors as majors. The coaches there can see whether he is hitting his spots more consistently.
Love this move. I want to get a good look at Wang in some short stints before we hand him his starting job again.