The Yankees called up relief pitcher Boone Logan on June 15th to replace Sergio Mitre, who was placed on the DL. The left-hander Logan was chosen over righty Jonathon Albaladejo, who is also a reliever. On the surface, Albaladejo looks to be a better choice than Logan. Albaladejo has an ERA of 1.14 with 41 strikeouts in 31.2 innings in Triple-A. Logan, on the other hand, has struggled in the majors this season, with an ERA of 5.06, 7 walks, and 6 strikeouts in 10.2 innings. However, Logan has done almost as well in Triple-A this year as Albaladejo, albeit in a limited number of innings. Logan's numbers are: 1.32 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. Plus, Albaladejo, since he is right-handed, is a bad fit for the Yankees' current series against the Phillies. Philadelphia is a dangerous, although slumping, team and has six left-handed hitters (including two of their best players: Ryan Howard and Chase Utley) and a switch-hitter. The Yankees, who had only one left-handed reliever (Damaso Marte) before Logan's call-up, wanted another southpaw to help neutralize the lefties and keep the switch-hitter away from the short porch in right field.
On the other hand, the Yankees could have called up lefty Kei Igawa. He would have been the perfect guy to neutralize all those Philly power hitters.
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