Gaudin: 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Rodriguez: 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Ramirez: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
I don't know if you can argue that any of those guys deserve a roster spot, especially considering the A's ran out of position players in the ninth inning on Tuesday. Of course, some of the position players didn't exactly make a case for why, when Suzuki and then later, Crisp and Ellis, come back, they shouldn't themselves be demoted.
But Jesus. I have about zero respect for Yankees management. After all, it seems like year after year they spend the most money per win of any team in any sport. But it looks as if Gaudin and Ramirez shouldn't just have been released, but possibly tarred and feathered as well.
Rodriguez is only twenty-three, so he has two to three years before he can be considered a bust--although it appears as if it will take him two to three years at least to get command of his fastball. Then again, though, maybe throwing 100 and being known as wild is not necessarily a bad thing. I mean, not that wild, but still.
That would have been the perfect opportunity for Mazzaro. Why would you start him or demote him rather than bring him into that situation, in which it would appear innings were not at a premium?
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