Monday, May 11, 2015

#Untuck2?


Remember when the New York Yankees and their fans thought that the sky was falling above Yankee Stadium each and every night after Mariano Rivera tore his ACL in 2012? Many don't remember that anymore after Rafael Soriano came in and untucked his shirt 42 times after 42 saves essentially saving the Yankees season in 2012. Soriano is still out there on the free agent market and with the teams unwillingness to call up Jacob Lindgren, trust David Carpenter or keep Chris Martin healthy is it time to #untuck, again?

Soriano has not pitched a professional inning this season after falling out of grace and losing his closer role in Washington in the second half of 2014 and even though he is a Scott Boras client you would think that money would not be an issue at this point. Any deal Soriano signs would be a prorated deal and would likely come closer and closer to the league minimum with every day that Soriano is a free agent. Soriano comes in as a veteran with experience pitching in New York posting these stats in his career season of 2012:

Year Age W L ERA G GF SV IP H R HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9
2012 32 2 1 2.26 69 54 42 67.2 55 17 6 24 69 187 3.32 1.167 7.3 0.8
Soriano has been linked to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cleveland Indians, the Seattle Mariners, the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Dodgers of late so the Yankees would not be without their competition but if the team puts their mind to something they tend to get their man. Would it be worth it to try a reunion with Soriano? Honestly probably not but if the team isn't going to trust Carpenter or call up Lindgren or even Luis Severino then why not, he gives the team a great chance to win when Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller are off for the night.

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