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Yankees Designate Aaron Laffey For Assignment

By Tim Dierkes | August 22, 2011 at 2:21pm CDT

The Yankees designated lefty Aaron Laffey for assignment, tweets Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger.  They'd claimed him off waivers from the Mariners on Friday.  Carig notes that Laffey was placed on optional waivers, meaning he remains on the 40-man roster and can be pulled back if claimed.

Laffey, 26, posted a 4.14 ERA, 5.1 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 1.4 HR/9, and 50.9% groundball rate in 45 2/3 innings for the Mariners and Yankees this year.

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  1. bigpat

    14 years ago

    (giggling like a schoolgirl)

    Reply
    • Isaac

      14 years ago

      Umm…why?

      Reply
      • bigpat

        14 years ago

        Because they just claimed him on Friday, and it seems like the Yankees are making moves just for the sake of being bored to this point. I just find humor in it, that’s all. 

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        • Isaac

          14 years ago

          Oh haha I guess so haha

          Reply
  2. Lastings

    14 years ago

    Certainly this is no Laffing matter for him.

    Reply
    • 95isover

      14 years ago

      Maybe it is a bit of a Laffey matter for him though.

      Reply
  3. TDKnies

    14 years ago

    I agree it’s funny what they’ve been doing, but it makes sense.  It’s like a kid at a candy store trying new stuff, deciding that particular candy sucks, and moving on to the next one to repeat the process until he gets something good.

    Reply
  4. D.j. Wilson

    14 years ago

    He really is pretty solid, he should be claimed again

    Reply
  5. Michael Stern

    14 years ago

    was the laffey claim intially to block the red sox, who had designated williams?

    Reply
    • mikhelb

      14 years ago

      Maybe it was an excuse to dump Molina, like they did years ago with Bruney, whom the Yankees didn’t want, so they traded him for nothing (well, a rule 5 draft pick that was returned to the Dodgers when the Yankees didn’t include him in their roster = Jamie Hoffmann).

      Reply
  6. S

    14 years ago

    Yeah, I think they picked him up just for the Twins series.  But I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept him.  Plus, teams stick guys on waivers just to check interest and test the water.  Half the league has been placed on waivers.  No big deal.

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  7. Jonathan Volk

    14 years ago

    This guy can catch a brake……how many times has he been DFAed?

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  8. Jonathan Volk

    14 years ago

    This guy can catch a brake……how many times has he been DFAed?

    Reply
  9. Vmmercan

    14 years ago

    Could be just to clear a roster spot for Freddy Garcia and he could be called back up once rosters expand….

    Reply
  10. fxx3605

    14 years ago

    what was the point?

    Reply
  11. fxx3605

    14 years ago

    what was the point?

    Reply
  12. Johnny S.

    14 years ago

    Their making room for Proctor, count on it, Proctor the doctor is coming back

    Reply
  13. CaseyBlakeDeWitt

    14 years ago

    They kept Valdes over him?

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