As most of you have probably noticed, the site wasn’t updated regularly this past weekend while I was off with my friends celebrating my own birthday. Over the three years of the site this has become somewhat of a regular thing. I typically never miss much in the middle of April, but this time around a new pitcher came and went before I could even notice him – Aaron Laffey.
Laffey, a 31-year-old lefty, was claimed off of waivers from the Seattle Mariners to be a situational reliever. They even pushed Freddy Garcia to the DL to make room for him despite the fact that a DL trip for Garcia was probably not necessary. With just Boone Logan as the only other lefty in the pen, this made sense.
What doesn’t make sense is that less than a week after getting him, the Yankees designated him for assignment, according to Chad Jenning of the Journal News. This was done to make room on the roster for the recently healthy Alex Rodriguez.
The entire thing makes me wonder if...
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