Mitre Likely to Join the Rotaton

Obviously the signing on Sergio Mitre did not get as much press as those to acquire Teixeira, Burnett, and Sabathia, but this seemingly minor signing at the time might end up to be an huge lift.

Mitre, 28, pitched an absolute gem tonight for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Mitre threw eight brilliant shutout innings against Buffalo. He allowed only six hits and didn't walk a batter, while striking out five in the effort. Furthermore, it only took him 82 pitches and had an absolutely insane 15-4 groundout to flyout ratio. That is vintage Chien-Ming Wangesque right there.

With the bullpen struggling a bit lately, and the fact that Alfredo Aceves is not fully extended to pitch a lengthy game, it seems very likely that Mitre will get his next start, with Aceves going back to the bullpen, being a continuing to be a brick wall.

Velocity-wise, Chad Jennings says that Mitre was sitting 91-92 mph.

Peter Abraham spectulated regarding this as well:

You can bet he’ll be in the rotation as the fifth guy. That will allow them to use Aceves in the bullpen. Girardi said they needed to talk about it over the break but Mitre had to have impressed today.

A Bigger Bust than Pam Anderson

More very interesting news in the downfall of former #1 overall draft pick Matt Bush. The former Padres farmhand was arrested for drunken driving, amongst other things. But before the cops arrested him, they had to lift the crying Matt Bush into his car, while he was crying. This was the second time that Bush was arrested this year; the first time he was arrested for assaulting lacross players while screaming the now infamous, "I'm Matt F***ing Bush."

Fortunately, there is video of the whole circumstance, from FoxNews:

Game 88 @ Anaheim

Another game that was winable but lost. This time CC Sabathia did a mediocre job on the mound allowing 5 runs, and the Yankees were only able to pick up two runs off of two bases-loaded-nobody-out situations, which were the reasons they lost this game.

This was a bad way to enter the All Star Break, now three games behind the Red Sox and being swept by the Angels in a 3 game set.

In other news, Sergio Mitre had another good start tonight, so it may make sense to put him in the rotation at the expense of Alfredo Aceves, or if the Yankees are willing to be bold, Joba Chamberlain. I'm saying that it might be for the best for Joba to go the minors, not the bullpen. (I'll post a minor league post later tonight or tomorrow morning.)