At a time when the Yankees needed that extra something to arrive, they found their answer in Shelley Duncan. Recently brought up from the minors to provide some added relief for the everyday players, Duncan displayed his massive power and intense eagerness to become a permanent component of Torre’s squad. After three homers in his first too games, albeit versus a sub-par Devil Ray pitching staff, he made the case for yankee management to keep him in the big leagues a little while longer. More importantly, he’s an older guy who has paid his dues, so the Yankees squad has been very receptive to his maturity, likeable personality, and immediate production.
Although Kevin Thompson has shown sparks of talent as a utility player, however since the teams is already flooded with outfielder talent (sans Abreu’s wall incidents and Damon’s mediocre arm), the Yankees will really benefit more with Duncan’s bat if he continues at this pace, or something close to it.
The disposal of Wil Nieves was a slight upgrade with Molina as the new backup. Hopefully, Mussina isn’t thrown off with a new catcher or having to return to work with Posada. Regardless of who is catching for him, he’s missing his command of the plate.
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