Feliciano Avoids Surgery, Boone Logan is our Man

By Sean P. On April 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Injuries, Player Analysis

 

Word came in yesterday that will avoid having surgery and undergo a “conservative shoulder strengthening program” for the next 6 weeks. Originally it was thought Dr. James Andrews would concur and recommend season ending shoulder surgery for the lefty specialist so this comes as a bit of a surprise.

I would still seriously doubt the Yankees ever see him in a game this season though. For now the Yankees will have to go forward with . Looking at just his overall career numbers, one can get pretty frightened. For instance last season he had a gaudy 2.93 ERA but his FIP was 3.73, experienced the best BABIP of his career and had a fluky HR/FB% while still walking 4.5 batters per 9 innings.

Sounds awful. Look at his career splits though.

See the problem here? Look at the innings! They keep using him against right handed batters, which is baffling. Even Girardi last year used him for 22.1 innings against lefties but 17.2 INNINGS AGAINST RIGHT HANDED HITTERS. WHY JOE, WHY?! The fact that Logan was so good against left handed hitters last year (1.87 FIP, 12 K/9) obscures how awful he was against right handed hitters (6.08 FIP, 4.08 K/9).

Logan will always be a little frustrating because he walks people really regardless of which side of the plate they happen to stand on. However he’s clearly a decent LOOGY. Let’s hope Joe only uses him as such this year.

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3 Responses to Feliciano Avoids Surgery, Boone Logan is our Man

  1. oldpep says:
    April 19, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    I think the guy the owner signed is going to end up doing a whole lot more for the Yankees BP than the guy the GM signed.

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  2. Steve S. says:
    April 19, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    It’s worth a shot. Wang and Marte rehabbed from shoulder injuries and pitched again that season. If he goes under the knife, he may not pitch again for a year, if ever. For me, this has as much to do with the length of rehab from surgery as it does whether or not it may actually work.

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  3. YankeesVine » Blog Archive » New York Yankees News & Notes: 4/20/11 says:
    April 21, 2011 at 4:55 am

    [...] the subject of LOOGYs, The Yankee Analysts have some scary news, both about Pedro Feliciano and Boone Logan. I mentioned this in my latest Fire Girardi post, but [...]

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