Nelson Figueroa a Yankee
By Mike Silva ~ April 19th, 2012. Filed under: New York Yankees.
It looks like former Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa just signed a Minor League Deal with the Yankees.
He informed everyone of the news over at Facebook.
Looks like the Yankees brought him in for pitching depth with the injury to Manny Banuelos,
I spoke to Nelson on my radio program last year. He is a local kid from Brooklyn that is easy to root for.
Don’t be surprised if he winds up in the big league bullpen at some point.
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April 19th, 2012 at 11:55 am
“Don’t be surprised if he winds up in the big league bullpen at some point”
Then his signing has nothing to do with Banuelos.
April 19th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
I could see him taking a turn in the rotation in Scranton, but I doubt he would be used as a starter in the Bronx….
April 19th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Banuelos’ long term future is as a reliever, although I don’t think the Yankees were considering making the change so early.
You never know, though, especially with the Yanks.
April 19th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
The Yankees are about 3,500 seats short of a full house every game now and the new season-ticket campaign is a bigger bomb than Yankees cologne and perfume, so they figure Nelson’s rather large and boisterous family will fill those vacant spots each night.
April 19th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Really?
The Yankees signing of Nelson Figueroa to AAA was a marketing decision designed to sell tickets?
How old are you? 12?
April 19th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
If he makes an appearance in the Bronx, it will be as a mopup man at best.
April 20th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Your abysmal lack of a sense of humor is rather sad, Raul.