The Final Yankees Postseason Roster for the ALDS

We debated and debated. In the end the Yankees decided to take 11 pitchers and leave speedster Freddy Guzman off the roster.

I don't particularly love this move. I know the Twins have a lot of lefties, but the division series is 5 games and the Yankees have a ton of off days so you really don't need that many pitchers. With Joba working as a short man out of the bullpen and able to get both righties and lefties, you figure that Joba, Hughes and Rivera will get a majority of the bullpen outs. You don't need 11 pitchers if that's the case.

What that does mean is that Chad Gaudin is on the postseason roster as the long man, Damaso Marte is the second lefty out of the bullpen, and Fransisco Cervelli made the postseason roster as the third catcher. But if you're going to take a third catcher, isn't the point of doing so so that you can pinch run? And if you are going to pinch run, don't you need a guy like Guzman on your bench?

It will be interesting to see if the omission of Guzman ends up burning the Yankees. If they end up bringing in Brett Gardner for defensive purposes or start him in center, this could a glaring omission for a team that will have the wheels of Jose Molina, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada on the bases late in games instead of Freddy Guzman.