The Yankees are in it deep and, as a fan, I’m freaking out. A-rod is out until the middle of the season (despite the fact that ESPN’s resident blowhard Curt Shilling inexplicably thinks he’s out for the year) leaving the Bombers with a distinct lack of third basemen. In the last couple days the best options, Jeff Keppinger and Eric Chavez, have signed elsewhere and the team is left digging through the free agent scraps. Right now, Kevin Youkilis, whom the Red Sox, a team that lost 90 games last season, discarded as unworthy of a roster spot, is the best option. Didn’t we just cut Casey Mcgehee? Can’t we get him back? Why does our GM insist that Eduardo Nunez isn’t a third basemen? Isn’t everyone a third basemen if we don’t have one?
Meanwhile, while everyone is focused on third, the Yankees still don’t have a catcher or a right fielder. As of now, the catcher is going to be decided between an open competition between Austin Romine (less than 50 career games above AA), Eli Whiteside...
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Off The Bench:
PLAYERS:
Jeff Keppinger,
Eric Chavez,
Kevin Youkilis,
Casey McGehee,
Eduardo Nunez,
Austin Romine,
Eli Whiteside,
Chris Stewart,
Brian Cashman
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays
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