The Yankees currently have a full 40 man roster after
trading for Chasen Shreve and David Carpenter and signing Stephen Drew to a one
year deal worth $5 million. If New York wants to make any more moves this
offseason, for example adding Robert Refsnyder to the 40 man roster or hope
that Scott Boras gives us Max Scherzer in a package deal for the Drew signing,
someone will have to be designated for assignment. Luckily, or unluckily
depending on how you look at it, the Yankees have plenty of DFA candidates
heading into the 2015 season and Spring Training.
Jose De Paula is a left handed pitcher among a slew of
left handed pitching and may be the last guy on the depth chart and the bottom
guy on the totem pole making him one of the more obvious choices for
designation. Others include Gonzalez Germen who was acquired from the New York
Mets in a trade between the two New York teams, Eury Perez, Ramon Flores and if
we want to live in dream land Alex Rodriguez.
One man who is probably safe but could ultimately be
designated with the Drew signing in Brendan Ryan. Ryan is on the team solely
for his ability to play shortstop at a major league level. Drew can fill that
void as well as long as Jose Pirela is on the bench to back up at second base
(and everywhere else) in case of injury or an emergency.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)