WHY IS MILLWOOD STILL LIKELY?

	"At this point, the contract is less important than the situation. Kevin is looking for the best opportunity." --Scott Boras

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Look, Kevin Millwood is an innings eating pitcher that for some crazy reason, the Yankees are fascinated with. According to SI's Jon Heyman, the Yanks offered him a contract after he threw at UC-Irvine earlier in the week. Another report about the offer is HERE.

Millwood wants a Major league deal. As we know from earlier this winter, the Yanks offered him a minor league deal and he rejected it. In the meantime, they picked up some once great group of pitchers, Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon and Mark Prior, all with big time injury and all working their way back. Millwood, probably has the best health record of them all, which is why the Yanks find him somewhat appealing.(photo: espn)
But, as this very moment, my question is why? Why are the Yankees still pursuing this guy? There's nothing wrong with stockpiling pitchers, true, in fact, I like that, especially being in the position the Yanks were in all winter. I assume they feel that even though Ivan Nova, Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia pitched well this spring, trouble's coming. It makes sense. Maybe there is just a feeling of being extra safe in getting an innings eater like Kevin Millwood on the roster, putting him in the 4th or 5th hole and using Colon or Garcia as a long man. Then they could put Nova in the number 5 hole and ditch Sergio Mitre. This is me just rambling, but I'm just trying to understand this, and I can't.

Look, I firmly believe that Millwood's record with the Orioles last year was because of who he played for. Yes, he is getting older and he doesn't pitch like he used to and didn't down the stretch for the Orioles, so yes, it was a combination of things, but I don't feel like that 4-16 record would be a Yankee problem like it was an Orioles problem. The offenses are quite different and there would have been more wins and less losses for sure.

This soap opera's not over with Millwood. Not sure why but let the Yanks do what they must, I have faith in them. The fans have been wrong before. There's a method to Miyagi's (I mean Cashman's) madness.

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