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Joba's Potential Replacements Advance,Cox to AAA & Melancon to AA
Published 5/13/2008 by Bronx Liaison (noreply@blogger.com) at Bronx Liaison
... JB Cox, were each given a promotion to AA and AAA respectively. Cox is the more advanced of the two, mostly because he has logged more professional innings before going down with his elbow injury. Melancon probably has the best stuff, however, and may have the better make-up to pitching in the eighth inning. Whatever the case may be, both Cox and Melancon have the stuff and mentality to contribute to the Yankees big league pen this summer. From the SWB Yanks blog: The Yankees on ...

Game #40 - New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays
Published 5/13/2008 by anaconda at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... For those of you keeping tabs on the TJ kids, the always astute Chad Jennings reports that J.B. Cox has been promoted to Triple-A Scranton and Mark Melancon has been promoted to Double-A Trenton.  Also, ...

Game 40: Hunting for .500. Again.
Published 5/13/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... Game Notes: Melky Cabrera is 3 for his last 19 and is hitting just .205/.244/.359 in May…Robinson Cano has hit in seven straight games. He is 9 for 25 during that span and has seen his average climb by .040…Mark Melancon has been promoted to AA, J.B. Cox is now in Scranton and Alan Horne is nearing a return. Chad Jennings has the news and a mea culpa of sorts. ...

Cox, Melancon promoted
Published 5/13/2008 by Eric Schultz at Pending Pinstripes
... Sorry for being MIA for the past few days, it’s finals week for me and I have a lot going on.  After tomorrow afternoon, I will be done and back doing recaps, analysis, and maybe talking some about the draft.  Chad Jennings is reporting that JB Cox has been promoted to AAA, with Mark Melancon moving up to AA to fill his spot.  It seems like the Yankees have these guys on the fast track despite their relatively recent elbow surgeries, and they have performed very well up to this point. ...

Yankee doodles — ’cause the Yanks aren’t dandy
Published 5/14/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... The Yankees shuffled some pitchers around in their minor-league system, promoting JB Cox and Mark Melancon. I wouldn’t read much into those moves. Fact ism with 13 guys on the big-league staff, and Phil Hughes and Jonathan Albaladejo on the disabled list the Yankees AA and AAA affiliates have simply been strapped for pitchers. ...