Before We Consider Brian Cashman For Yankee Employee Of The Month...

Just who is advising him or is this his own plan?

Curry notes that by moving Banuelos up the ladder, the Yankees “will determine if he can be late-season addition.” Our own Cliff Corcoran worries that it means he’ll be stuffed into a situational role that will lead to Joba Chamberlain-like treatment down the road: “Prediction: Manny Banuelos will be a stretch-run LOOGY, Yanks will think his “stuff works best” in that role, rinse, repeat, waste.” However, Curry suggests the possibility that the phenom could start, with Ivan Nova and/or Phil Hughes moving to the bullpen. That said, Banuelos is just 14 innings off his career high of 109 frames, and he threw just 89.2 last year including 25 in the Arizona Fall League. Given his age, it would rate as a surprise if the Yankees pushed him much further than another 50 innings this year.