It only took until the Yankees had completely played themselves out of contention, but Alfredo Aceves is making his first start in place of Darrell Rasner tonight. They’ll still lose in some terrible manner because they’re playing the Angels, but at least it’s one less Rasner start to watch. Aceves is no baseball Jesus (that would be the child who keeps hurting himself named Phil Hughes) but he should be a better backend starter than Rasner. Aceves is a control pitcher with a low 90s fastball and also throws a cutter, changeup and curveball. He’s more of a flyball pitcher than a groundball pitcher which can be dangerous but he is less likely to be terrible than who he’s replacing in the rotation.
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Here’s some really important news, the dumb home run apple at Shea is going to be replaced at Citi Field next year by an equally dumb new one. Hopefully they keep the same old “EV’RY BO-DY CLAP YO HANDS!”
I still hate the Angels with a burning passion.
