Jose Veras has been strong for the Yankees in the bullpen as well, but the Yankees are now going young in relief now. Another reliever is Danny Giese, who was a starter’s sensation on the minor league AAA WB-S Yanks, touting 24 innings with less than a 2.00 ERA.
Other recent prospects to make a strong showing this year for New York are Brian Bruney, featuring a 1.59 ERA in 11 innings of relief, Chris Britton who has a major league ERA of 1.55 in 54 innings, and Brett Gardner whose bat has been red-hot during the current seven-game win streak that has landed the Yankees two games instead of seven just weeks ago.
All of that equates to some combination of major potential and unllimited possibility for Toronto.
For NY, just imagine a Yankee rotation which goes: Halladay, Pettitte, Chamberlain, Chien Ming Wang, and Mike Mussina; plus a bullpen of Giese, Rasner, Ramirez, Marte and Rivera.
George always said, "It's all about good pitching. Pitching. Pitching. Pitching." Of course he likes his offense too.
Other names the Yankees have allegedly shown interest in are AJ Burnett (140 innings with a 4.60 ERA) and Mark Teixeira. He is in his last year of his contract, and the Braves may look to cash in with a trade before it’s too late.
Finally, the Yankees also discussed a Barry Bonds acquisition but have not commented on whether or not they’ll commit. Bonds is asking the league minimum, and the Players Union is in the process of filing a grievance against the MLB for collusion by owners to keep Barry from playing.
Also seemingly banned is Roger Clemens, who is another listed Free Agent whose market is way down and may be in the grievance as well.
The worst of all performance enhancers were not drugs, like greenies which were legal until 2003 along with HGH and Steroids.
It was Major League Baseball changing the ball composition, lowering the pitching mounds, and lessening the distance to the fences by about 75 feet on average; all of which undoubtedly “enhanced performance.”
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