The New York Post reports that the Yankees will demote Melky Cabrera

douglas · Aug 15, 2008

The New York Post reports that the Yankees will demote Melky Cabrera to Triple-A and waive Richie Sexson prior to Friday's game.
According to the newspaper, Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom will be called up from Triple-A to fill their spots on the roster. Cabrera is hitting just .242/.296/.337 in 117 games and Sexson has hit .221/.321/.381 in 96 games overall, including .250/.371/.393 with the Yankees. Gardner has hit .296/.414/.422 with 37 steals in 94 games at Triple-A and could see significant action in center field depending on how the Yankees choose to deploy Johnny Damon, making him a worthwhile pickup in AL-only leagues.
Source: New York Post Related: Richie Sexson

bookie · Aug 15, 2008

What happened to Melky?
SOB killed me last year with a lot of clutch hits.

billsfan · Aug 15, 2008

I Love Melky!

douglas · Aug 15, 2008

Did not deliver ...........

Biggamer3 · Aug 15, 2008

Bout time

krk1030 · Aug 15, 2008

Good he sucks. Hitting .240 is always bad, but it's even worse when you have no power or speed.

5teamparlay · May 19, 2010

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/394206-stats-melky-cabrera-is-batting-195

Former Yankees and Current Braves Melky Cabrera Is Batting .195

by Bronx Baseball Daily
<SMALL>Senior Analyst</SMALL> Written on May 19, 2010

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Melky Cabrera was a homegrown, high spirited player, with knack for big hits late in games so it is only natural that fans be upset when he left. Many fans even held it against Javier Vazquez during the offseason and into the season swearing that the Yankees would regret the deal.
Well we’re getting close to the end of May here and Vazquez only has a couple of decent starts under his belt, but I think it’s safe to say the Yankees are not regretting trading the Melk-Man. Here are his numbers so far:
37 G, 113 AB, 10 R, 22 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 0 SB, 1 CS, 14 BB, 15 K’s, .195 BA, .283 OBP, .230 SLG, .514 OPS, 40 OPS+.
Pathetic.
Naturally this is only about a month and a half worth of baseball and he can still turn his season around, but that doesn’t appear to be happening anytime soon as he has been hitting an even worse .125 over the last week.
Yes, the Yankees have paid a lot of cash for Vazquez and they also gave up 19-year-old prospect Arodys Vizcaino in the deal too, but I keep hearing that they would have “been better off with Melky” and that just isn’t true. Not only would Melky be delivering sour milk to Bronx residents, but he would probably have kept Brett Gardner from playing everyday too.
Melky was/is a decent outfielder, but he was certainly nothing special and was easily replaced. It’s time that some fans started realizing that.