Another Yankee Leaving

Highly touted prospect Ian Kennedy was sent down to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre due his lack of anything except poor performances in the majors this year. Coming into the season Kennedy was looked to make a difference in a young rotation which included Hughes and Kennedy. The time has come for the Yankees to take a honest look at their highly paid roster and see what they can do to stop the bleeding because if they don't do anything, the other AL East teams will open up a huge lead that the Yankees won't be prepared to close come September.

Owners who were hoping Kennedy would provide some nice depth to their rotations for the 2008 season must be a little disappointed but be honest with yourselves, Hughes and Kennedy are both rookies who haven't yet taken the ball on a regular basis in the majors. Hopefully owners will see Kennedy and also Hughes come back to the Yankees in 2008 and provide some nice fantasy value. Don't get me wrong, they both will return in 2008 unless they stink it up in AAA.

Rich Hill

Rich Hill of the Cubs was demoted by coach Piniella to AAA-Iowa. The struggling southpaw was out of whack with his control this season (18BB's in 19.2 innings) and a trip to the minors hopefully will change his confidence and his control. The idea is to send him down and have him work in a less stressful environment so he can get comfortable with his dominating stuff which led to an impressive 2007 season. In 2007 he went 11-8, 195 innings, 183K's, with a 3.92ERA.

Owners who have Hill should be a little angry about his results this year after a great 2007 season. Advice for owners is to keep Hill on your bench and watch a few starts of his in AAA. If he has a few strong starts he will be back with the big team sooner than later.

Jon Lieber will replace Hill in the rotation. Just telling you this information even though Lieber doesn't deserve a spot on your fantasy roster.

To get more information about AAA-Iowa and Rich Hill please head to Minor League Baseball - AAA Iowa.