Around the Horn with the Yankees

Randy Winn is dead weight. Once a serviceable major league he can now neither hit nor field. The ball he failed to catch last night, how overmatched he’s looked at the plate against all sorts of pitchers, and the ability of a kid like Kevin Russo to play outfield and infield suggest to me that Winn could be–and frankly should be–released once Granderson is back. Winn seems like a good guy, but he’s just clogging up a roster spot at this point.

I know Derek Jeter is hitting something like .360 with RISP this year, but why does it seem like he hasn’t had a big hit in six weeks?

15 hits in 10 innings, 5 of them homers, 7.20 ERA–do I have to see Chan Ho Park again in anything but a mop up role ever again?

Pelfry looked great last night–with command to both side of the plate to match his good stuff. Hughes looked so-so. Control was ok but not great. Fastballs were decent, but he seemed to be spotty with his curveball and his changeup was useless. Still he managed to keep the Yanks in the game. Unfortunate the offense, which left 13 men on base, didn’t give the kid much of a chance.

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