Yesterday afternoon I asked on Twitter what our followers thought the team should do when Chris Capuano comes off the disabled list and presumably returns to the starting rotation in the Bronx. Should the team move Capuano to the bullpen and essentially have two long men? Should the team send Chase Whitley down to Scranton to stay stretched out as a starter? Should the team send Adam Warren back to the bullpen essentially erasing David Carpenter from manager Joe Girardi’s binder? Should Warren stay in the rotation? Well you guys and girls had your say yesterday and now it’s my turn as I reveal my plan for the return of Chris Capuano.
The most logical thing to do honestly is to send Chris
Capuano packing in a salary dump to a team like the Los Angeles Dodgers or the
New York Mets. While the team does not have a plethora of starting pitching
options the team does have Whitley, Bryan Mitchell, Luis Severino within
striking distance of the major leagues and enough journeymen starting pitchers
and reclamation projects out there to survive until June or July and the
trading deadline. Realistically speaking the team will more than likely once
again send a superior player in Whitley down on the farm and keep Capuano for
insurance purposes and for a possible upgrade over Warren. Warren would take
his spot back in the 7th inning of the bullpen while Carpenter would
likely be traded or designated for assignment. The team could always stash
Chasen Shreve down in Scranton along with Whitley but that leaves essentially
just one left handed reliever, I don’t count Andrew Miller since he isn’t used
in lefty reliever type situations, in the pen.
I agree with sending Whitley down to AAA if he isn’t going
to keep a roster spot because he needs to be stretched out and gives New York
much more value as a starter then he does as a relief pitcher. Also I believe
that despite him pitching well this season Warren is better suited out of the
bullpen. Warren struggled late in 2014 due to overuse but coming into the
season preparing to be a starting pitcher and getting stretched out for a
possible 100 pitches every 5th day would prepare Warren for the long
haul and for the grind that is September and possibly October. Capuano, while I
personally do not like him and what he brings to the team, makes a lot of sense
as the Yankees 5th starter providing innings and keeping the team
close enough to win every time out.
Whether my plan comes to fruition or not remains to be seen but
having too many suitable and good pitchers and not enough places to pitch them
all has never been a problem in the past and will continue to be a good kind of
problem to have going forward.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)