04/15: Mussina AND Pavano Head to the DL
Posted by: James
Is that the Yankees rotation or a M.A.S.H. unit? Right now, it looks like the latter as Carl Pavano and Mike Mussina have joined Jeff Karstens and Chien-Ming Wang on the 15 day DL. Both players have been disabled retroactively and Chris Britton was called up from AAA Scranton to take one spot (and to shore up a very tired bullpen). Right now, it seems that it is up in the air as to who will take the other spot (and Mussina's starts).
Chase Wright keeps getting mentioned but is it really a smart move to promote someone to the bigs all the way from AA? Especially when you're talking about a pitcher who is really only beginning to harness his stuff? I don't think so. If it was up to me, I would probably just take a shot with Matt DeSalvo...but if I remember correctly, DeSalvo's no longer on the 40 man so someone on the 40 man would have to be waived to bring him up. Hmmm...decisions, decisions (oh, Wright's already on the 40-man so if they brought him up, no one gets waived).
If you don't know that much about Chase, here's an interview with him over at Scout.com, a profile on him from EJ and his career stats.
Chase Wright keeps getting mentioned but is it really a smart move to promote someone to the bigs all the way from AA? Especially when you're talking about a pitcher who is really only beginning to harness his stuff? I don't think so. If it was up to me, I would probably just take a shot with Matt DeSalvo...but if I remember correctly, DeSalvo's no longer on the 40 man so someone on the 40 man would have to be waived to bring him up. Hmmm...decisions, decisions (oh, Wright's already on the 40-man so if they brought him up, no one gets waived).
If you don't know that much about Chase, here's an interview with him over at Scout.com, a profile on him from EJ and his career stats.
