Rumors: Yankees Stepping Up Pursuit of Justin Duchscherer

If there is a starter on the free agent market with a questionable injury history the Yankees are apparently in on him. Well they are supposedly “stepping up their pursuit” of one questionable starter, former A’s starter Justin Duchscherer according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN. Duchscherer, 33, has suffered a myriad of injuries and even clinical depression that has derailed a once promising career. From 2004 though 2006 he was a successful reliever for the Oakland Athletics. Across those three seasons he put up a 2.80 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, a 7.4 K/9, and 2.3 BB/9 over 237.2 innings. Still a reliever in 2007 he was limited to just 17 games thanks to a biceps strain and a right hip strain. His season came to an end when he was forced to have labrum surgery. Duchscherer started the 2008 season as part of the A’s rotation, but was limited to only 22 starts in part because of an inflamed biceps in April of that year. He got over it though and have an impressive yea...