Yankees Release Humberto Sanchez

I wonder if they will try and resign him as a FA? His injury must be really bad.

Just to add to it, Sanchez was acquired from the Tigers in the Sheffield trade after the 06 season.

I understand why the Yankees would want Mark Melancon on their 40 Man Roster but in all seriousness they really need another position player other than Juan Miranda that they can bring up when needed.

The one place the Yankees can be exposed is w/ regards to organizational depth among infield position players. We ust don't have quality bats anywhere above AA w/ the exception of maybe Shelly Duncan and Juan Miranda who are 1B. It just irks me because I really thought Nomar would've been a great finishing touch to a great off season.

I'm not scout but he looks like such a big, lumbering kind of player I tdoubt he could play 3b. Eric Duncan is a 3b by trade who moved to LF/1B when Arod was acquired. He's a former 1st rnd pick who never really came thru on his potential. He's off to a good start at AAA and might get a shot if they need someone else before Arod comes back.

Yanks have pretty good pitching depth at AAA and AA but the health issues of Sanchez and Alan Horne are definetly dissapointments. I always thought that if healthy Sanchez could've been a potential closer since he seemed to lack the ability to stay healthy as a starter.

Well the only reason why they released him was because he was always injured. Keep in mind that he has pitched much at all since 2007. He was sent to extended ST because he was having arm troubles again, otherwise he would be pitching in AAA. Who's going to trade for a prospect that may never pitch?

"It just irks me because I really thought Nomar would've been a great finishing touch to a great off season."

Speaking of Nomar, he isn't really hitting better than Cody Ransom was before he got hurt.

And, if A-Rod's injury is serious/he'll miss a lot of time, I could see the Yanks and A's working out a trade for Nomar.

You have any bullpen arms you can thrown in along with Nomar?

It may have worked against the Yankees with the Royals starting out so well. Teahan probably is not available now, or he would have been a good option and could have covered 3B and corner OF spots for them for years to come if KC had made him expendable.

Tired BP's will do that YFS78. I was enjoying the 14 inning marathon on Wednesday the Yankees played when they went through the entire game and everybody had to pitch and labor, they just need rest is it and a starter to pitch deep a couple of games. Boston needs it also. Ramirez and MDC have both been appearing in nearly every game of late and are both dearly in need of rest IMO, yet only trust Wakefield has been going over 7 innings with 2 CG's so far (1 rain shortened 7innings) to rest them and the rest have been lasting only around 6 at best and even with the deep BP, they have been called out early several times already before the 3rd inning to bail out both Penny and Matsuzaka. The surest thing to kill a good BP is to over use it and Boston and NY is getting close to it already.

"The Yankees could be releasing a lot of guys after the butt kicking the Red Sox administered to them today."

Please midtown, lets not start a flame war. We know the shoe can be on the other foot in another 8-9 days in Yankee stadium.

MDC, Ramirez and Papelbon have done really well so far this season, but saw on Yahoo website that both Ramirez and MDC were both projected to go well over 100 innings if this kept up, which we both know is impossible in this day and age and for them to stay effective. The starters need to go longer, period.

I wasn't trying to get onto you earlier midtown, didn't want several other of the Sox fans that sometimes post here and are not very "nice" is a good word to fan the flames any and work with your words and start some kind of war here.

Ok ...well let me clarify my statement for you little, itty bitty bear. I can currently say that the Yanks entire pitching staff sucks since we have the highest team era. But chances are, that over time, a staff anchored by the likes of CC, AJ, Pettite, Joba, Wang, Mariano, etc will eventually gravitate more towards the front of the pack vs the back of the pack.

What's happening now is that very few members are pitching up to their standard level of play.

Here's a great point. As of today @ 1:22 am, AJ Burnett now has a hot and stickin' 5.47 era. Someone who hasn't watched any games might say that so far he's a bust. However, 8 of his 15 era came in todays game bloating his previously stellar era of 3.20 to what it is today (5.47). The team's staff is better than what it's showing but they sure are sucking as of late.

"If you watch the highlights, in the eighth inning, Pedroia was tagged out at second, but the umpire called him safe. The Red Sox would only drive him in with one out."

That was Ellsbury that the call was missed on, but i get your point. Things like that happen.

In game one, who would have thought that the Yankees would have gotten 2 broken bat singles and a couple of 90ft infield hits, of which 2 led to runs? Things like those above are part of the game and will always happen, teams have to over come both kinds of adversity and move on.

midtown, the yankees only have 4 starting pitchers on the 25 man roster because it is unnecessary to call the 5th starter up until he is scheduled to start. This allows for the team to carry an extra bullpen arm until then. this is common practice among all teams when a starting pitcher goes on the dl, so thats the reason there are only 4 starters on the roster right now, hughes will be called up after monday's game and robertson will most likely be sent back down

"And, if A-Rod's injury is serious/he'll miss a lot of time, I could see the Yanks and A's working out a trade for Nomar."

If A-Rod is going to be out a long time, why would the Yanks go and trade for a guy that hasnt had a healthy season since 2003?

If they trade for anyone, theyd be smart to offer up a prospect for Adrian Beltre or maybe give St.Louis a call on Glaus perhaps? While theyre on the phone with Seattle maybe offer a B grade prospect into the same deal and grab Washburn or Bautista for some rotation / bullpen security? I dunno.

Let's be honest, right now, the Yankees arent in a position to just slap a tie wrap on things and hope theyll hold, they need to get out the welding rig and put something strong in place so they can gain some momentum.

"According to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch, the Yankees have released right-hander Humberto Sanchez."

But I thought he was an superelite talent that will win 300 games and save the world?
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I know by your name that you probably hate all things Yankees so I won't bother to go toe to toe with you, but there's a big difference between a prospect not fufilling his potential due to a possible career ending injury VS just not realizing his potential due to under performance. When he was healthy (back in 2006) he was easily one of the top 5 prospects in the game w/ a dominating 95 mph fastball w/ sink. He's only pitched 17 innings in professional baseball since the end of the 2006 season. It's a shame.

6'6 230 lbs born and raised in the Bronx. Story seemed to write itself.

"He's the second coming of Derek Lowe, and that's a good thing."

Exactly right and a 3rd coming along the lines of a Bob Stanley, only Masterson throws 3-4MPH harder than both Lowe and Stanley ever did, with the same repertoire of pitches.

I hope the Sox don't trade this guy when they go fishing for a young slugger later this summer, he's just far to valuable to the team.

Was Bowden's call up only to give the BP a extra arm tonight, or was it to also showcase him some more for a possible trade?

"Was Bowden's call up only to give the BP a extra arm tonight, or was it to also showcase him some more for a possible trade?"

The way I understand it is Bowden will be sent down in the morning to make room for Lugo. Basically he was just there to give the rest of the guys in the pen the night off. But virtually any appearance in the majors by a prospect right now is a way to showcase. If any of Boston's young arms are trade bait, it's Bowden. Masterson is just too valuable as a swingman, Bard is cruising, and we still have Buchholz as an extra arm. But right now the offense is on fire, the bullpen is fine, and the starting staff has plenty of reinforcements in the not so distance future...

"I'd still rather trade him than either Buchholz, Bowden or Bard. Tazawa and Hagadone are keepers as well."

There will be shock in Sox land when the FO makes the move for the young slugger. Reddick and Anderson are a year + away and really think they are looking outside the organization for somebody that will cost a couple of the top guys and Bucholz and/or Bowden + will be involved. I just hope that Bard for one is not going anywhere and that both Bowden and Bucholz are not included, just one of the 2.

The Sox are really loaded with OF prospects that can hit with Reddick, Kalish, Westy, Hissey and even Daeges, but are pretty limited on infielders with pretty much just Anderson that is a real hitter at High A ball or above and am thinking that they will be looking for a 1B, 3B, or even a good hitting young SS that they can get with the abundance of young pitching they have.

Really, who would like to see JJ Hardy in a Sox uniform, if the cost is not prohibitive?

"But I thought he was an superelite talent that will win 300 games and save the world?"

Noooooooo duh.. you should keep up with the times man, its Hughes, Kennedy and Joba now. Theyre all completely capable of going 20-0 with an ERA under 1.00. MLB is actually thinking about giving out 3 Cy Young awards in the AL this season.

Ok going off topic but when are the dumb Yankees gonna get it threw their thick skulls that signed Mark Teixeira and C.C. and A-rod spending Hundreds of millions of dollars that all that DOES NOT WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS!! I repeat DOES NOT WIN CHAMPIONSHIP!! You need to use your minor leauge and kids that you have developed in your system I would not be surprised if the yanks dont make the playoffs and i wouldt be surprised if they signed Brandon Webb to a 6year 175 million dollar deal next year and if they signed Jason Bay to a 8 year deal 210 million and or if they got Matt Holldiay and Rich harden for 6 - 7 years I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED!