Yankees sign key former Sox reliever!

[jacksonianmarch]

...from the 2007 championship team. Yankees sign Manny Delcarmen to a MiLB deal. I remember when everyone and their mothers where spooging over this guy being the next Papelbon. Now, he and Okajima are fighting for a pen slot on a team without a pen opening

[example1]

There was a lot to like about Manny Delcarmen. He was a bit of a disappointment but served well for awhile there. He wasn't a Joba or Phil Hughes level disappointment, but he was a disappointment.

[jacksonianmarch]

I see what you did there, lol. Hughes is definitely a disappointment. Not sure you can throw Joba in that equation. The injuries are holding him back, but he's been a quality setup man since converting back at the beginning of the 2010 season. He was having an all-star level campaign last yr before injuring his arm.

 

Let both of those be warnings to you, though. f***ing around with a good thing is not a good idea. Yo-yo-ing players between relief and rotation can leave you with dead arms and shattered dreams

[Station 13]

I forgot about him. He had 3 plus pitches for a reliever (FB at 95-97, curve and change). His change was filthy.

 

relievers are volatile like they say.

[Meh]

Gammons was his biggest fan boy. I think he said he was going to be the new Mo about 7 years ago. Can't complain about a minor league deal tho

[SCM33]

Delcarmens problem is 2-fold.....

 

His control with his offspeed pitches is poor and his fastball is too straight.....when he gets behind in the count, he is a batting practice pitcher.

[Spudboy]

I always liked Manny Delcarmen. He grew up in Boston (Hyde Park, I believe). There was definitely hype about him. And why not? Local grown talent always gets attention because it is a good story. He was always a nice young man and very competitive. I hope he finds his way back to MLB. Even if it is with the Yankees.

[jete02fan]

obviously he's had his problems(mostly bouts of wildness)...hopefully he can put it together, still has a pretty good arm, and is still on the productive side of 30...

[ibot2much]

Somebody in Ny must think the Yankee pitching staff can work well with him...they have had some success with some younger pitchers...not so much with overpaid whatevers like Burnett