With Pettitte officially back, Sardinha is out

Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees ... found this 12/9/2007 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]

Andy Pettitte officially accepted arbitration with the Yankees, which puts him back on the 40-man roster. To make room, OF Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha was designated for assignment. Sardinha appeared in 10 games last season and was on the postseason roster. The Yankees are running out of mariginal player to take off the roster. At some point soon they’re probably going to ... [link]

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Yankees DFA Sardinha
Published 12/9/2007 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha has been designated for assignment following Andy Pettitte's decision to accept arbitration, according to Peter Abraham. ...

Recharged with lots of news
Published 12/9/2007 by JMM at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... when he refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees no longer had a use for his services which is sad, because he’s a really nice guy. I wish him good luck. Also, Bronson Sardinha has been DFA’d to make room for Any Pettitte on the 40-man roster according to PeteAbe. Abraham also muses that Carl Pavano could be the next Yankee to lose his spot 40-man. ...

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