2009: Chad Gaudin was brought to the Yankees during the beginning of August in order to shore up the starting rotation and provide some bullpen help as a long reliever. With the problems that Joba Chamberlain was having and with his pitch count starting to add up, Gaudin came in and pitched well for the Yankees. The Yankees were 9-3 when Gaudin pitched in the game whether he was a reliever, starter, or starting in tandem with Joba. He finished with an ERA of 4.64 but during his time with the Yankees he posted a solid 3.5 ERA. But, it would be difficult to describe him as an impact player. He gave up 3 or more earned runs 13 times and gave up nearly as many hits, 146, as he had innings pitched, 147.1.
Gaudin certainly was not brought in to be a game changer. His most famous moment during the season was when he was the only man left in the bullpen during the playoff series against the Angels during the infamous binder saga. He did his job and, as I have said in previous player previe...
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