[新聞] Quantrill & Stanton will go

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/sports/baseball/30notebook.html
From NY Times:


Quantrill and Stanton May Be Let Go Thursday


By TYLER KEPNER
Published: June 30, 2005

BALTIMORE, June 29 - The veteran relievers Paul Quantrill and Mike Stanton
appear to have pitched their last games for the Yankees. Hoping to make their
bullpen younger, the Yankees could release or trade both on Thursday.
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Paul Quantrill set a club record with 86 appearances last season, but he has
a 6.75 E.R.A. this year.

Quantrill and Stanton shook hands and exchanged hugs with teammates and club
personnel after Wednesday night's rainout at Camden Yards. Quantrill would
not comment after leaving the clubhouse, and Stanton said, "You can read
between the lines."

Manager Joe Torre, who kept the clubhouse closed to reporters for about 15
minutes after the game was called, said he had spoken with General Manager
Brian Cashman about reducing the Yankees' pitching staff to 11 from 12.

"We're going to have to talk through it and figure out what we'll do before
Friday," Torre said.

On Wednesday, the Yankees promoted the right-hander Jason Anderson from Class
AAA Columbus and sent down outfielder Kevin Reese. The move gave the team 12
pitchers, and it was necessary for two reasons: Wednesday's scheduled
starter, Mike Mussina, was ill, and the setup man Tom Gordon was unavailable
after working two innings Tuesday.

Torre said he wanted to return to 11 pitchers and was eager to promote a
backup infielder, Felix Escalona, for Friday's game in Detroit. When asked
before the game if the presence of Anderson and another recently promoted
reliever, Scott Proctor, could affect the roster spots of veteran relievers,
Cashman said, "That's always an option that we have."

It was not immediately known which player besides Escalona would join the
Yankees' roster, but Colter Bean has been dominant at Columbus, with 47
strikeouts in 39 innings. Bean, a right-hander, pitched two innings for the
Yankees in April.

The Yankees held a six-hour organizational meeting on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.,
evaluating their talent in the minors and the majors. Some in the
organization say that with Quantrill and Stanton struggling, it makes sense
to give younger pitchers a chance.

"The young guys, they need regular work," Torre said before the game was
postponed. "We just want to see what options we have and how much depth we're
going to have."

The Yankees drafted Anderson in 2000 and included him on their opening-day
roster in 2003. They traded him to the Mets for Armando Benitez that July,
and Anderson bounced to Cleveland before the Yankees claimed him on waivers
last June. He limited opponents to a .189 average at Columbus, with nearly a
strikeout per inning pitched.

Billy Connors, a confidant of George Steinbrenner, the team's principal
owner, worked with Anderson to help him first get to the majors. Since
Anderson returned to the Yankees, the pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras
has helped improve his mechanics.

"I've never really walked a lot of guys, unless I'm in the big leagues," said
Anderson, 26, who has more walks than strikeouts over 29 major league games.
"I'm pretty much the same pitcher now, just with better location."

Quantrill, 36, earned Torre's trust last year in his first season with the
Yankees. He set a club record with 86 appearances, but his effectiveness
waned as the season went on, the result of pitching through a knee injury he
sustained opening night.

This season, Quantrill has been an afterthought. The less he works, the less
sink he has on his pitches, and the results have been terrible: a 6.75 earned
run average in 22 games, with a .361 opponents' average.

Stanton, 38, allowed a game-ending homer to Baltimore's Brian Roberts on
Tuesday. He has a 7.07 E.R.A. in 28 games, and with a diminished fastball, he
is no longer effective against right-handers. Stanton has still been tough on
left-handers, who have 6 hits in 34 at-bats against him.

Mussina Under Weather

Despite Wednesday's rainout, Randy Johnson will start as scheduled on Friday
in Detroit. Mike Mussina had spent the previous two days at home to attend to
his children, who had food poisoning, and he became ill. He did not warm up
in the bullpen Wednesday night because of the rain but hopes to stay sharp on
Thursday.

"I'll probably throw a little bit tomorrow," said Mussina, who had not slept
much the last two nights. "Hopefully, I'll feel good enough to go out there
and do it."

Deserving of Promotion

Brian Cashman said outfielder Melky Cabrera earned his promotion to Class AAA
Columbus and was not being shown off for other teams. Cabrera, 20, is
considered one of the Yankees' top prospects.

"We don't have to showcase him," Cashman said. "Other teams like him and we
like him. We're just moving him up the ladder. My understanding is that he is
more advanced at age 20 than Robinson Cano was. We're moving him up because
he can handle it."

Brown Start Penciled In

Joe Torre expects Kevin Brown to make his next start Tuesday at home against
the Orioles. Brown, who is on the disabled list because of a strained back,
threw 50 pitches from 90 feet on Tuesday in Tampa and said he felt strong.

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