roberston called up*sent back down now

Pharmcat · Post #1 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:05 pm

to replace nady

ugh, why no melancon

Post #2 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:21 pm

Melancon will be coming soon, don't worry. Robertson is a bit more experienced so it makes sense for him to be the first option.

jeff1624 · Post #3 » by **jeff1624** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:58 pm

I like robertson, he misses bats.. Hope he succeeds..

Pharmcat · Post #4 » by **Pharmcat** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:12 pm

he got optioned down and miranda called up :banghead:

Post #5 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:14 pm

We knew that was coming, we needed to replace Nady with a bat rather than an extra reliever. Miranda has been incredible in AAA, even against lefties. I really thought he had a chance to win the 1B job this season if we didn't get Tex, so it will be interesting to see what he can do in limited ABs.

Pharmcat · Post #6 » by **Pharmcat** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:18 pm

veras over robertson is a disgrace

Post #7 » by **HCYanks** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:48 pm

Pharmcat wrote:veras over robertson is a disgrace

This. Veras isn't a useless reliever but there's no point to keeping him on the big league bullpen when there's better guys in AAA; I thought I heard Veras has at least one more minor league option left. Bringing up Miranda was a perfectly fine move, especially with Matsui's latest problem.

jeff1624 · Post #8 » by **jeff1624** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:02 pm

While I would have liked to see robertson stay up, but, there is no way he's more reliable than veras at this point. It makes me laugh how people here are so quick to change opinion/sides in an argument.

Before the season began NO ONE would have been saying that Robertson was a better pitcher than Veras... NO ONE.. 2 IP later and people switch sides.. give me a break..

Post #9 » by **HCYanks** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:05 pm

jeff1624 wrote:While I would have liked to see robertson stay up, but, there is no way he's more reliable than veras at this point. It makes me laugh how people here are so quick to change opinion/sides in an argument.

Before the season began NO ONE would have been saying that Robertson was a better pitcher than Veras... NO ONE.. 2 IP later and people switch sides.. give me a break..

That's not really true. Most people regarded Robertson as the 2nd or 3rd best relief prospect in the system behind Melancon and Coke and thought he would be a factor in the pen this year.

Veras put up a nice K-rate last season and was solid overall but I still see him as a poor-man's Bruney: a power pitcher with command issues. He'll be useful somewhere in the league but i'm not buying him as a successful reliever from year to year. It's true that all we've seen so far this year is a small sample size, but Robertson and Melancon have both been dominant in the minors for a couple years now and the fact that they're coming out blazing in 09 says that they're ready for the big league pen.

The truth is there's no definites here because all of these guys save for Mo and Marte (who might be legitimately falling off) have limited track records in the majors. My view is that keeping Veras up is holding the Yankees back from the best possible pen, though.

Post #10 » by **j4remi** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:05 pm

My hope is that they're gonna sell Veras...I really hope that's the plan.