With Chad Tracy now in the system and Garret Atkins on the radar, as well, the Yankees may have solved their bench depth issues for the time being. I don't have a great deal of confidence in either player, but I cannot bash such a low-risk, moderate-reward sort of move.Though many seem to believe that Vazquez would have been on the move if the Lee debacle had ended more favorably, I'm of the mindset that Hughes would have been moved to the set-up role, strengthening both the rotation and the bullpen. While Hughes has been very good this year, his late-season and postseason value will likely be in relief anyway, considering his innings limit and such. That being said, I cannot help but think that the Yankees will look to improve their bullpen prior to the July 31 trade deadline. In my mind, the team has plenty of internal options worth considering - Sanchez, Nova, Melancon, Ring, and Schmidt, for example - but none have received much of a shot thus far, and the season is past...
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