It is definitely a small world and I don’t believe in
coincidences, I’ve said that a few times on this blog before, and it’s
definitely not a coincidence that the Yankees decided to hold on to Bryan
Mitchell at the trading deadline. The Seattle Mariners were prepared to trade
second overall pick Dustin Ackley to New York for the Triple-A right hander but
the Yankees declined. Instead the Yankees traded catcher Peter O’Brien to the
Arizona Diamondbacks for Martin Prado and the rest is history. David Phelps
left Sunday night’s game with elbow inflammation and he had reportedly been
dealing with the inflammation for three starts or so before leaving the game.
Coincidence? Probably not, the Yankees knew they may need Mitchell sooner or
later.
Mitchell may be in line to join the revolving door that has been the Yankees
pitching staff this season as David Phelps is being placed on the 15 day DL. It
is worth mentioning that Phelps pitched two stellar stars with the
aforementioned inflammation and had a great start going in Texas in the start
against Yu Darvish before losing his grip halfway through the game. The Yankees
sent Phelps for an MRI and an evaluation and the ulnar collateral ligament is
intact so there is always that bit of good news. Phelps will be out at least a month with the injury, two weeks of rest and two weeks of rehab, and the Yankees have yet to announce a starter for this Friday. Why not Mitchell?
The Yankees are hoping this is a quick two week rest and two week rehab program but if this goes how any of the other injuries we have had this
season I am not holding my breath. The Yankees season may be over anyway as
Phelps has been one of the Yankees best starters this season since Masahiro
Tanaka, CC Sabathia, and Michael Pineda have gone down. I’m not trying to be
pessimistic and honestly I am generally an optimistic kind of guy but I also
deal in realism and this hurts the Yankees chances realistically.
Stay tuned…
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