I wrote a piece for The Faster Times about Bronson Arroyo’s very candid USA Today interview, where he copped to using supplements, andro, and amphetamines. His father even weighed in and said in the article that his son started using supplements at the age of five! Unreal.
I’ve never been much of a Bronson (or, as A-Rod calls him, Brandon) Arroyo fan, but I applaud his candor. He didn’t just talk about PED use – he also talked about baseball’s spending. Yankee fans will be particularly interested in this tidbit:
“People don’t own teams to lose money,” he said. He suggested that “if you ask any owner whether they would rather make $20 million and come in last place or lose $20 million and win a World Series, there’s only one guy who honestly would take that championship: George Steinbrenner (of the Yankees). Nobody else.”
Hmmm. Arroyo cleared waivers earlier this month. Would I be surprised to see the Yankees try to trade for him as a No. 5 starter, especially given that Chien-Ming Wang could be out for a year? No, I would not.
Arroyo has a ridiculous contract. And while I respect his truth-telling, I don’t want him as a Yankee. But I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody in the Steinbrenner family looks at that quote and thinks that Arroyo would be a great fit for the Yankees.
Could he be a better fit as a No. 5 starter than Chad Gaudin or Sergio Mitre? Of course. But he’s also owed $11 million next year. Yikes!
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In other news, how about that Yankee walkoff victory yesterday? No matter what the odds, this team just keeps on coming back!
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez both got hit hard – literally – in yesterday’s game. Should they have pulled a Youk?
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