Especially with Karsay coming back and Proctor looking like a keeper. The Yankee bullpen could be piled up with five effective pitchers when the playoffs start. Throw El Duque in there and it's the best bullpen you've ever seen.
Still looking for a lefty specialist, this is true, but it seems ridiculous to take a strength like Quantrill, Gordon, and Rivera and make it a problem. They pitch a lot of games. So what? That's because they're so damn good. Hopefully, one of them can remove the current leader for appearances from the Yankee record book. That would be Mike Stanton.
It's sort of like Torre complaining about all the homeruns. Because this supposedly means the offense isn't "versatile" enough. He wasn't complaining, I'd imagine, when Sheffield and ARod won the game with two swings last night.
I don't understand the notion that the Yankee bullpen isn't deep enough. It's "exposed" when the starting pitcher can't go five innings or Torre has to use someone besides Quantrill, Gordon, and Rivera.
I don't think there has ever been a Yankee team that was six deep or seven deep in the bullpen. Bullpens like that just don't exist. If you're a good pitcher, why would you ever agree to be #7 on the depth chart of the Yankees bullpen? You can get more playing time and more money -- maybe even get some saves and earn the big bucks -- playing for another team.
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