In Tuesday night’s ugly 10-2 loss to the Angels, there were some bright spots. Well, they were dim at the time, but looking back, they’re bright.
Those spots were the poor performances of Chad Gaudin and Chan Ho Park. Yes, that’s oxymoronic, but indulge me for a second.
Tuesday night, they combined for 2.1 innings, giving up 3 runs on 3 hits (1 HR), and 2 walks. Why is this good? Because it should signal the end for these two. They’ve shown nothing special at all in 2010 and there are at least two other guys who need to be on the Major League roster in the stead of these two. I’ve talked about them a lot recently, but Romulo Sanchez and Ivan Nova need to get their extended shots.
Both pitchers could provide depth out of the Yankee bullpen and the latter could take over should (when?) Sergio Mitre falter in replacing Pettitte. But, back to Park and Gaudin…
Gaudin was let go after Spring Training, much to my chagrin. And I was glad when the Yankees brought him back earlier this year. Park was a low-risk, medium reward bullpen move about which I was pretty ambivalent. Neither move has worked out and it’s time for the Yankees to cut and run like they did with Randy Winn earlier in the year.
While it’s true that neither one is going to get important innings, there’s no reason to keep them around as dead weight. It’s also easy for me to say this since it’s not my money being eaten if these guys let go, but the salary hits are ones the Yankees should be able to take with ease.
If nothing else, Sanchez and Nova have some upside left and if they screw up badly, they can be easily replaced due to their options and their very low salaries. Bottom line: I hope that these guys aren’t on the Yankees much longer.
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6 Responses to Park and Gaudin Need to Go
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I agree with everything except that neither will see important innings. A couple of early exits in a row coupled with the Yankee’s ability to score a lot of runs means these guys could be expected to hold leads after the offense rallies.
I don’t see what you’ve suggested happening, though. I think JoeG still wants to ‘get Park going’ and Cashman usually defers to his manager on personnel decisions.
keep 1 of these losers just to eat innings. i prefer to release gaudin. he walks too much. park has a better chance of getting into hot streak more than gaudin.
The Yankees still have a strong belief in the value of ML experience, the more the better, especially down the stretch when the team is fighting for the divison/wild card and in the postseason. So, like it or not, the kids are not going to be given a chance to prove themselves this year unless the wheels fall off for Gaudin and Park. (To rephrase slightly, unless the manager recognizes that the wheels have fallen off.)
I’d keep Park. He’s had some solid stretches and his xFIP is 4.09.
I will drive them to their new destinations. and buy lunch and dinner.
I don’t agree with you at least story about Park.
Park has a lot of experience and his records are still better than other bullpen.
He is not really special pictcher but he is still so stable and useful for yankees.
he knows how to skip bad situation in the mound, moreober he seldome let player walk to 1st.
He can keep 1-2 innings.
I am much sure that Park’s pitch are helpful for Yankees just like what he have done yet.