The Yanks clean house!!{players released}

[Yankyfan]

Boy some of the names here suprised me.Dane Del A Rosa,Sean Kreamer,Andy Edwards and Adam Wheeler.These guys being released suprised me.Here are the others as per BA.Rich Barkley,Adam Bomer,Amahad Stephens,Edwin Cabreara,Raul Dominguez,Carlos Levy,Louis Romero,and Willie Vasquez.Del A Rosa and Kreamer are 2 big guys i thought would get more time to season this year but I guess not.

[38Special]

2005 age as of April 1st in ( )

(23) RHP Richard Barkley - Free agent signing out of Frontier League. Did very little for BC or SI.
(25) RHP Alan Bomer - only pitched twiced after being drafted in the 4th round of 2002. I'm guessing an injury
(22) RHP Dane de la Rosa - Drafted in lower rounds of 2002, didnt pitch until 03 because of back problems. Probably didnt look good in Mini Camp or such, because he did good in the GCL (at least enough to garner a chance to pitch above rookie league)
(23) RHP Andrew Edwards - Drafted in 03, did not play until 04. Pitched crappy for SI. PP had him as the yankees #50 prospect, but i can understand them not keeping him around.
(25) RHP Amad Stephens - Free agent signing out of Frontier League. Pitched alright for BC, but very old for the league.
(21) RHP Adam Wheeler - Drafted in 01, accomplished very little in 3 minor league years. Only pitched 6 innings this year, which leads me to believe that there was an injury
(21) RHP Edwin Cabrera - Dominican signing from a few years back. Has done very little, went on restricted list because he left the team for some reason around mid summer. No loss
(23) RHP Raul Dominguez - Played in DSL in 03 and put up pretty good numbers if i remember. Hit decent average in GCL this year, but no power whatsoever. Also old for league
(21) RHP Carlos Levy - Dont know anything about him, but he did squat in the GCL this year
(21) LHP Sean Kramer - Drafted in 26th round of 2004, got spanked around at SI.
(21) C Luis Romero - Useless for two straight years in GCL
(21) SS Willie Vasquez - 4 years playing ball in America and couldnt crack a .235 BA. No loss.

i dont find any problem with any of these, except De La Rosa (but i dont know his whole story)

[Sam2448]

I would have liked to keep Edwards and La Rosa. PP made Edwards seem like he had some good stufff. I guess it was exaggerated or maybe they just don't have a place for him. De La Rosa is a mystery to me.

[Matsui55]

Not a single player on that list to make me even lose an ounce of sleep over them.

Edwards and DeLaRosa were D&Fs who just didn't pan out. Actually, Edwards was a try at the 5th year senior loophole. This guy has a great arm, but has no idea where the ball is going. At his age (23), and the fact he couldn't even find an ounce of success at low A ball- time to save the roster spot for a younger prospect.

DeLaRosa hasn't been healthy in 2 years- no use waiting on him.

I actually thought the Yanks released Bomer last spring. Whatever.

LHP Kramer may have been the draft pick, but I still think after seeing both pitch that Shaun Parker is better. That said, don't reserve a set of pinstripes for Parker either.

[mbn007]

Like it was stated above, none of these moves will cause any anxiety. I doubt the word prospect will ever be associated with any of these guys.

[Yankyfan]

I don't like letting big young lefties go so soon.So keamer was a suprise . Dane must have an injury they think will never let him progress.He was hitting mid 90s in CC and i read he wasn't doing it since being drafted.