Pitching Options

Mark Feinsand does a nice job of running down some of the minor league pitching options for the Yankees when they look for a starter on Thursday (or Friday even).

Scranton righthander Dan Giese (2-2, 1.13 ERA, nine games, six starts) could be a candidate, as he made his last start on Saturday and would be lined up to throw Thursday on regular rest. That would leave Rasner to open the Mets series.

Chase Wright (5-1, 2.54 ERA), who pitched for Trenton on Friday night, also could be given a shot, as could Dan McCutchen (4-2, 2.15), who was scheduled to be the Thunder’s starter yesterday.

Basically, the Yankees are trying their best not to give Kei Igawa a start. A minor leaguer could pitch on either Thursday or Friday. Darrell Rasner could likely pitch on Thursday which would mean that the random starter would start on Friday against the Mets. Or, the random starter could pitch Thursday, allowing Rasner to start on Friday. IPK will pitch today and could possibly return in time to pitch on Friday if he has a great outing. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out, and it could tell us a lot about Kei Igawa’s future.