Yankees sign Ponson to minor-league deal

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Pushed to get creative after staff ace Chien-Ming Wang went on the disabled list with a foot injury, Brian Cashman signed the unpredictable Sidney Ponson to a minor-league deal. [link]

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The purpose of Ponson
Published 6/19/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
The first takes on the Sidney Ponson signing continue to roll in, and they vary from " Don't like it " to " Why not ?" The Ponson Experiment, Part Deux will begin with a bullpen session in Scranton. As Dugout Central reminds us , Brian Cashman signed Ponson in 2006 after he was released by the Cardinals. Ponson pitched in five games for the Yanks that season (starting three of them), with poor results: a 10.47 ERA and 2.02 WHIP in just 16.1 innings. What Ponson does is give the organization a little more starting pitching depth at very ...

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