Joba Chamberlain, one of four guys who are vying for the final spot in the Yankees rotation this season, along with Phil Hughes (whose emergence in the eighth inning was one of the primary reasons for their run), Sergio Mitre, and Alfredo Aceves (who was a crappy reliever), told reporters what he though of GM Brian Cashman’s offseason moves yesterday, and was generally very kind to them. Except forRandy Winn. (My thoughts in italics)
“I think Curtis (Granderson) is going to be great for us because he’s going to be in a different role than he was in Detroit,” said Chamberlain, perhaps alluding to the possibility of Granderson playing leftfield (Where Johnny Damon had similar numbers to what he’ll put up next year) . “Having Javy (Vazquez) come back and having something to prove, I think that’s going to be big for us, too (Remember last time, When he gave up that grand slam to Damon in Game Seven of the Greatest Collapse in Baseball History?). Nick Johnson being here, a guy that can get on base for us and do those things (if he can stay in the lineup for more than four days at a stretch), and Randy Winn’s been at the game a long time.”
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My favorite part of that whole thing was the last part. “Randy Winn’s been at the game a long time.” Not in the game, at the game. And all he can say about the guy is that he’s been around a long time. Like as if he just showed up at a game one day and never left, or he’s Milton from Office Space and they can’t get rid of him. This is the same Randy Winn that was the best player on those awful Devil Rays teams of the late 90′s and has been floating around stinking up the joint ever since. Last year Winn had 2 home runs, 51 RBIs and a .262 average, not bad, except for the fact that the guy he’s replacing (or who his signing shut the door on) had 24 bombs, 17 of those at home, where he won’t be playing any more, 82 RBIs and hit .282. You have no idea how excited I am to see him hitting in the two hole (hey-0) instead of Damon.
It’s good to hear that I’m not the only one who thinks the whole situation there in the New York outfield has been botched. But hey, I hope all those Yankees fans are excited for the dangerous Brett Gardner/Randy Winn duo out there in center.
Go Sox.
15 Days.
Done.
