I'm sure some of you are asking, "Really Greg, a Kei Igawa post!?!??!?!?"That's understandable. In fact, I'm asking myself the same question as I write it. But, it's a Sunday--a generally slow blog day--and it's spring training. This is the time for the underdogs to get a little press.Joe Lapointe of the NY Times wrote a piece this morning about Igawa's third camp in pinstripes and how he's trying to latch on to the big club in any role. Here's more from Lapointe:Despite having two seasons left on a five-year, $20 million contract and despite retiring all five hitters in his spring debut Friday, Igawa is mostly out of sight and pretty much out of mind. He is rarely mentioned in conversations about the fifth slot in the starting rotation, a competition that involves as many as five candidates.“That’s as it should be,” General Manager Brian Cashman said of Igawa’s diminished status. “He’s got to try to reinvent himself. He hasn’t lived up to w...
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