After last night's
"meltdown du jour" by
Joe Kelly, coupled with the unavoidable over-use of
Matt Barnes (43 IP) and
Hector Velazquez (54 IP), it behooves
Dave Dombrowski to get a set-up guy at the trade deadline. As pointed out by
MassLive's
Christopher Smith, since June 1st, Kelly has a 9.98 ERA—17 ERs in just 15.1 innings of work. And, opposing hitters have a .920 OPS against Kelly over that span. Add to this equation the utter uselessness of
Tyler Thornburg, and the trade deadline recipe is clear. Even though the sub-par outing by
Drew Pomeranz highlighted the need for a
starter as well, the bullpen void is greater.
Alex Cora needs to have a slam-dunk option to precede
Craig Kimbrel. Clearly, the Yankees just got even better than they already were in that role with the acquisition of
Zach Britton. So the situation becomes all the more desperate.
Do it, Dave!
