Yanks Told Wang Not To Do Normal Work On Legs

According to Andrew Marchand on yesterday's Michael Kay Show, Brian Cashman told him that the Yankees told Chien-Ming Wang not to do his normal leg exercises this off season while he rehabbed his injured foot. Cashman also admitted to Marchand that it was probably a mistake and it's probably led to his lack of velocity and slow start.

Cashman also said that they told Brian Bruney to do the same. Unlike Wang, Bruney's velocity was fine when he was healthy, but Cashman did say that the lack of leg strength could be the cause of his elbow problems.

Wang's agent Alan Nero told Marchand that Wang is upset that he was told not to work on his legs, but he'll do whatever the team asks.

This leaves me with one question: What the hell is wrong with the Yankees medical department?

Not only does this team get ravaged by injuries every year, but now they have no idea how to handles those injuries. Cashman blamed the mistake on the team’s lack of experience with that kind of injury, which is absolutely pathetic. For a team that has as much money as they do you'd think they'd invest some of it on competent medical staff.

(hat-tip to River Ave. Blues)