From the AP: Left-hander Damaso Marte and the New York Yankees agreed Wednesday to a $12 million, three-year contract that includes a club option for 2012. Marte coming back, annoying on a personal level but not terrible. Signing a relief pitcher to a 3 year deal after last year where it was said over and [...]
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Stop Using Mariano In Tied Games!
Mariano Rivera is probably the greatest relief pitcher of all time, and he also is usually excellent in tied games. This season, though, not so much. And that means he should not be put in them anymore! Usually I would just say “small sample size”, but this is how he’s done in tied games this [...]
Damaso Marte's Yankees Debut
“Advice Number One: Strike out Ortizinator.” Hey, he did it! – D. Marte relieved J. Veras – D. Ortiz struck out swinging I hope Girardi isn’t tempted to use Marte as a LOOGY because he is too good for that, plus the Yankees gave up too much in the trade for Xavier Nady + LOOGY.
