Where Are My World Series Rings Yankees???

Kei Igawa was once regarded as one of the better pitchers in the Japanese baseball league, and considered one of the good to great Japanese baseball exports. Sad to say, that has not been the case, as this guy as been horrible every time he has stepped on the mound.

This guy has been so horrible, when the discussion of who to bring up from Triple A affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he is no where near consideration, even as horrible as the health of the Yankee pitching staff has been.

He's almost as horrible as Carl Pavano, expect for his reasons for being off the roster have been pitching-related, not injury. His stat line as a Yankee reads:

Two seasons, 16 appearances, 2-4 with a 6.66 ERA. Pathetic!!!!!!!!


Jaret Wright

Contract: Three years, $21 Million

Jaret Wright was once a highly touted prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization and a key cog for the team's run to the 1997 AL Pennant and World Series berth. After two bad years and five injury plagued ones, Wright found what seemed to be his niche during the 2004 season in Atlanta, going a solid 15-8 with a 3.28 ERA.

He parlayed that success into a freshly minted contract and a newly stitched Yankees jersey. However, Brian Cashman should have taken the hints from the Atlanta scouts when they didn't extend a contract offer to Jaret, as he returned to his previous form.

He hit the mound for the Yankees just 13 times in 2005, going 5-5 with 6.08 ERA. He followed that with some improvement, going 11-7 with a 4.49 ERA. However, after that season he was no longer able to call himself a New York Yankee, as he was traded to division rival Baltimore. His stat line as a Yankee reads:

Two seasons, 43 appearances, 16-12 with a 5.29 ERA. Run out of New York!!!!

 

In the end, there are plenty more infamous blow-ups that involve bad players(Hideki Irabu, to give one example) But the point of the matter is there have been no World Series championships won since 2000. In New York City, that is unacceptable.

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