The Yankees like to think of Alfredo Aceves as a 2009 version of Ramiro Mendoza. Mendoza was a jack of all trades on those late '90s Yankee championship teams, appearing as a starter and as both a long and short reliever for the team.When Aceves relieved CC Sabathia in the second inning of Sunday night's game against the Marlins in Florida, I was expecting a Mendoza-like long relief outing. Instead, Joe Girardi pulled Aceves after 2 and 2/3 innings, in favor of Brett Tomko who eventually let the game get out of hand. Aceves had given up only 1 hit and had struck out a batter. He didn't appear to be fatigued at all. "Fatigued" seems to be a controversial word in Yankees Universe these days. Questions arose as to whether Alex Rodriguez really was fatigued after he was seen at a South Beach night club with Kate Hudson over the weekend. Did they not want another "fatigued" player on their hands?Seriously, though, if Alfredo Aceves really is today's Ra...
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