Injuries getting worse, so go get Dye

[jacksonianmarch]

Granderson is out for another month at least with a severe strain of his groin.

 

Randy Winn is proving to be a great glove but a weak bat in the OF at this time.

 

Marcus Thames is proving to be a destroyer of all things lefty and a misser of all things righty.

 

That is the spawn of our LF conundrum. Now, things get worse.

 

Nick Swisher was yanked today due to a bicep injury. He's said to be day to day, likely to miss a few games, but this should probably be a bit of a wake up call.

 

If Gardner breaks a hand stealing or Swisher's injury is more serious, the OF depth behind him is ridiculously thin. Trading away Jackson may have landed us a franchise CFer, but it also dealt away any major depth we had at the AAA level. Golson is a 5th OFer at best. The only OF stick in AAA worth mentioning is David Winfree, a 24 yr old OFer with moderate pop, but no patience and is already on his second organization. Sounds like a 4th OF type to me.

 

So, with about 30 games to go before we get Curtis back, we need someone capable of playing full time in the OF or maybe part time DH when the occasion rises. And that man should be Jermaine Dye. Yes, he might cost you $2-3 million, but if he could OPS .800 or even .750, he'd be worth his weight in gold. Cause watching Ramiro Pena in this lineup due to the lack of a true DH should be appalling, this shot should be fired. Why the hell not? His defense is horrible, yes. Put him in RF at the stadium or DH him on the road. A drunken midget can play RF defense in Yankee stadium, why not Dye? All I am saying is that the rash of injuries has led to a significant weakness in what looked like a pretty ironclad plan. Well, time to shore up the hole with a veteran bat capable of adding some thunder at the bottom of the order. Do it Cash.

[jacksonianmarch]

Looks like the injury brigade is starting to abate.

 

Swisher is swinging from both sides of the plate without pain, so we averted a disaster there. And Granderson is playing in AAA right now with an eye towards next week. Having Posada out until the middle of June hurts a bunch, though, as he and Cervelli could have made a good C/DH opportunity while Johnson was out. Might be time to start talking about Montero coming up, should Posada need more time than advertised. Montero is starting to swing it a bit, with an .889OPS over the last 10 games. What is more impressive is the 6 walks in that time. Maybe, just maybe, he would translate that into some big league production for us.

[riverside sluggers]

Randy Winn not supplying offense, shocking

[diony]

No reason to callup a 20 year old catcher with below average defense that is struggling at AAA.

[Divinity]

Yankees will most likely make a deal next month for a OF/DH before the trade deadline when team's that are out of it are looking to dump some payroll

[riverside sluggers]

Yankees designated outfielder Randy Winn for assignment.

After getting all of 13 at-bats in April, Winn was OK while helping to fill in for Curtis Granderson this month, hitting .250/.351/.354. Still, the Yankees opted to keep Kevin Russo over him. They'll start looking for a more imposing bench bat at some point.

[MDF3530]

Granderson is out for another month at least with a severe strain of his groin.

 

Randy Winn is proving to be a great glove but a weak bat in the OF at this time.

 

Marcus Thames is proving to be a destroyer of all things lefty and a misser of all things righty.

 

That is the spawn of our LF conundrum. Now, things get worse.

 

Nick Swisher was yanked today due to a bicep injury. He's said to be day to day, likely to miss a few games, but this should probably be a bit of a wake up call.

 

If Gardner breaks a hand stealing or Swisher's injury is more serious, the OF depth behind him is ridiculously thin. Trading away Jackson may have landed us a franchise CFer, but it also dealt away any major depth we had at the AAA level. Golson is a 5th OFer at best. The only OF stick in AAA worth mentioning is David Winfree, a 24 yr old OFer with moderate pop, but no patience and is already on his second organization. Sounds like a 4th OF type to me.

 

So, with about 30 games to go before we get Curtis back, we need someone capable of playing full time in the OF or maybe part time DH when the occasion rises. And that man should be Jermaine Dye. Yes, he might cost you $2-3 million, but if he could OPS .800 or even .750, he'd be worth his weight in gold. Cause watching Ramiro Pena in this lineup due to the lack of a true DH should be appalling, this shot should be fired. Why the hell not? His defense is horrible, yes. Put him in RF at the stadium or DH him on the road. A drunken midget can play RF defense in Yankee stadium, why not Dye? All I am saying is that the rash of injuries has led to a significant weakness in what looked like a pretty ironclad plan. Well, time to shore up the hole with a veteran bat capable of adding some thunder at the bottom of the order. Do it Cash.

Um, did you see Dye patrolling right field for the White Sox the last few years? He can barely move anymore.

[Lester82]

jermaine dye... lol lol

[26 to 6]

jermaine dye... lol lol

Exactly.

[Divinity]

Dye would not help this team, when players remain free agents after the season starts, there's usually a reason for it. Now that Granderson's back they DFA'd Randy Winn, as Kevin Russo will now stick as a super utility player