Kennedy's descent means the ascent of lefthander Kei Igawa, the $46-million "investment" who likely will start in Kennedy's place Friday or Saturday in Detroit. Igawa has been pitching relatively well for Scranton; he's 3-3, 3.86 after allowing four runs in seven innings against Durham yesterday.Then there are these quotes from George King's article:
"He's doing OK and obviously, for Kei, it's important that he attacks the strike zone," manager Joe Girardi said.
“He is the leading candidate,” Joe Girardi said before the lefty went seven innings, allowed five hits, four earned runs, walked four and fanned eight against Durham yesterday. . . .
“That’s the way we are leaning right now,” said GM Brian Cashman.
This should be interesting, in 14 major league games (12 starts) Igawa is 2-3 with a 6.25 ERA. He's never faced the Tigers.
The most important thing for Igawa is to keep the ball down, which he had trouble with last year. Hopefully he can give them a decent start, and just keep the Yanks in the game.
What do you guys think about Igawa getting another shot?
3 Comments:
I have no problem with it, Kennedy isn't getting it done and who else are you going to pitch? You have a lot of money invested in the guy, might as well find out what he has this year.
The Yanks have to see if they can get something out of Igawa worth 46 mil. If he pitches well he could find himself has a long reliever once Joba takes his spot in the rotation. Or...he could retain that 5th spot making Rasner the long reliever. I suspect this subject will be talked about extensively throughout the month of may.
I agree with the both of you. I just hope he doesn't get hammered.
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