Written by Greg Fertel
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11 May 2008
Scranton and Trenton's respective games were rained out.
Tampa and Charleston both had the day off.
As some of you have probably noticed, Low-A Charleston prospects Abe Almonte and Wady Rufino have been missing in action for a couple of days now. This is because both players were placed on the DL: Almonte had a lower body injury while Rufino had an upper body injury. Abe and Wady join
Jairo Heredia, Brandon Laird, Adam Olbrychowski,
Austin Romine,
Brad Suttle, and Ryan Zink as those who are currently on the DL for Charleston. The injury plague certainly has hit the Yankees organization, from top to bottom, in full force. It's really unfortunate, especially considering that many of the prospects who've been hit are highly touted and extremely good in what they do.
In time, all will be well. We can't forget that the baseball season is still relatively young and that there is a lot of baseball left. However, like EJ mentioned in the comments section in the previous post, I think it's time to question the organization's medical and strength/conditioning staffs. This is the second year in a row that many prospects and major leaguers in the Yankees organization have been plagued by injury. I'm personally starting to get annoyed with all the injuries, because I'm getting the sense that they are all related in some way shape or form.
Then again, maybe the organization really needed the day off. That way, the players can rest and shake off the aches and pains they've been having to deal with up until this point.
In the meantime, Happy Mother's Day to all!
