Carl Pavano

Phil Hughes, who's been pitching really well lately, will go against Carl Pavano. Let me park on these 2 players for a second.

Phil Hughes - He's got a tremendous chip on his shoulder right now. Chien Ming Wang is knocking on the door for his old spot in the rotation before he went on the DL.  Can he continue to perform? It's questionable whether Joba will make his next start because of his knee. Do you think if Joba ends up on the DL, that both Hughes & Wang will be in the rotation?

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lousy free agent signings that Cashman has made in recent years - Latroy Hawkins, Kyle Farnsworth, Carl Pavano, and Kei Igawa, among others - and it's easy to see how the Yankees were not able

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Sheets ($10.1M)Johan Santana ($16.9M)Pedro Martinez ($11.8M)Andy Pettitte ($16M)Mike Mussina ($11M)Carl Pavano ($11M)Matt Morris ($10M)Greg Maddux ($10M) Barry Zito ($14.5M)Chris Carpenter ($10.5M)Vincente Padilla ($11M)Kevin Millwood ($10.3M) AJ Burnett ($13.2M)Roy Halladay ($10M)

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Kyle Farnsworth might be Brian Cashman's worst free agent signing, even more than Carl Pavano. At least Pavano had the excuse of injuries.

Joe Girardi's comments about Farnsworth is making him seem a bit silly.

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Cashman has made too many terrible free agent signings - Kyle Farnsworth, Carl Pavano, Latroy Hawkins, to name a few - hasn't made any good trades, and only in recent years has stood up to Steinbrenner in regards to not giving away young, talented players. Well, I'm not sure if that counts as much, since Steinbrenner was clearly not as as lucid in recent years. Anyone can push around a senile old man. Also, taking a flyer on washed-up has-beens like Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon doesn't take any skill. Anyone could have picked them up - the Yankees just got lucky that the two of them happened to have a good second half that season.

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