“Melancon and Cox should be ready for Opening Day” and other news
Pending Pinstripes —
Chad Jennings has the info from his conversation with minor league director Mark Newman on his fantastic blog,.
No big surprise, but Newman said Mark Melancon and J.B. Cox should be ready for the start of the season. Humberto Sanchez (left) will not be. All three are coming back from elbow surgery.
Melancon is a former University of Arizona closer who has already started pitching in instructional camp. Cox is a former University of Texas closer who was terrific in Trenton last season. Newman said, even if both are ...
We done here?
River Avenue Blues —
... That’s only 12 guys (not counting Miranda, who will start the season in AAA). Since we’re not going with 13 pitchers, there’s still room for one more guy on the roster. The Yanks have done plenty fine with one utility infielder for the past few years, so I’d hope they add an outfielder — unless Betemit is getting the bulk of the time at first. In which case having someone like Alberto Gonzalez on the roster would be useful. ...
Shaking Out the Opening Day Roster
Pinstripe Alley —
Chad Jennings has the details. Juan Miranda will start the year splitting 1B/DH with Eric Duncan. [Farm director Mark] Newman said the Yankees still have high hopes for Duncan, and he put Duncan's age in nice perspective. "Last year he was ...
Latest News and Notes
N/A —
... Chad Jennings of the SWB Triple-A Blog has some updates on Juan Miranda (will start the year at AAA), pitchers Mark Melancon, J. B. Cox (both should be ready for the start of the season after elbow surgery) and Humberto Sanchez (recovering a bit more slowly from elbow surgery). The Yankees also signed INF Nick Green to a minor league deal and are sill hoping to re-sign Bronson Sardinha. Dave Miley is also ...
Stoking the Santana fire
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... , behind Joba, Jose Tabata, and Kennedy. Sticking with the kid theme, Chad Jennings has updates on his Scranton Yankees blog regarding the status of J.B. Cox and Mark Melancon, who will both be ready for spring training (the usual hat tip to ...
