Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Tits On A Bull

As it stands now, the Yankees 5 starter is Sergio Mitre. Odds are that someone will outshine Mitre in spring training (hopefully).  Mitre is not the answer for this rotation.  He is nothing more than a mediocre spot starter.  The organization could stand to give Andrew Brackman and Dellin Betances close looks come spring.  With Mitre slotted in as the fifth starter, no one is expecting much from his turn in the rotation anyway.  Might as well see what our young talent can do.  

So what do you do with Sergio Mitre?  Maybe the bullpen is the answer.  It's possible he can serve as a middle relief guy out of the pen. He is certainly better equiped for that role than starter. However, the Yankees did acquire Mark Prior on a minor league contract.  Low risk, high reward.  If Prior makes as good a comeback as he is expecting himself to make, then you need to give him that bullpen spot.  

So if Prior can return to form, you have Mariano Rivera, Rafael Soriano, Joba Chamberlin, Dave Robertson, Boone Logan,  Mark Prior and at some point Demaso Marte will be healthy again.  And until Marte becomes healthy, you can have which ever rookie that didnt win a starting job get some work in the pen. So from where I'm standing, Sergio Mitre has become as useless as tits on a bull.  He no longer serves a purpose to this team and I would not be shocked to see Mitre not make the team out of spring training.  

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