I was at Yankee Stadium for his last appearance. The out of shape slob got winded running in from the bullpen and then hurt himself during his warmups. He never threw a pitch that night or ever again.
I am baffled at what gave the FO hope that he would regain velocity. Was he throwing harder last September? When a pitcher has been injured, don't they usually audition for teams? Masterson obviously has nothing. I can't imagine what they thought they were getting.
What strikes me is the inflation in Dumpster Diving. The going rate used to be $5 million for the likes of Smoltz and Penny. $9 million is ridiculously high for a Dumpster Dive. Ben establishing a new market value.
We need him to be our hammer, because we have nothing else going for us. It wasn't a bad start, but not a typical top of the rotastion guy -- just too many hits and too many balls in the air.
This one would have been worth staying up to watch, but I turned in. Nice win. So so appearance by Porcello. HE looked more like a #3/4 tonight than a #2. The team got it done. Panda came through. Go get them tonight. Kimmi, keep the mojo going.
The A's are a bad team. We shouldn't lose to these guys.
Didn't Ogando used to be a starter. Maybe they should consider putting him in the rotation. It might be an improvement.
Craig went down to make room for Bradley. I looked it up. Luis Jimenez got sent down to make room for Victorino. I didn't realize that guy had been up.