How patient will the Yanks be with Contreras?

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This guy is just horrible this year. Walking everyone, 7 homers in 19 innings, an ERA of 9.47. This Cuban's age is listed as 31, but he looks like 40. He's got to be at least 35. He could be over the hill already.

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Found a nice prop for his outing against Mulder for most strikeouts. From his record I figured he was likely to be pulled early, as he was. Two homers in the first innings when he was fresh?
 

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This guy is a train wreck!!!! To get to your question, I expect that if the team is playing well save for a bad outing from Contreras then they will be fairly patient with him. If the team is generally playing poorly and losing, then they will be less patient.

He has shown signs of having great stuff. As a result, he will get plenty of rope just like Weaver did. Weaver had EVERY OPPORTUNITY to succeed here in NY, he just couldn't get it done. The same is true of Contreras, he will have many more opportunities to play well. The problem here is that he does more harm than good when he has two AWESOME innings followed by three HORRIBLE innings. This inconsistency prevents the team from making a decision about how to handle him.
 

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Yankees send down Contreras to improve mechanics
By Janie Mccauley, Associated Press, 5/5/2004 21:36

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Jose Contreras was optioned to Single-A Tampa by the New York Yankees on Wednesday, a day after the shortest outing of his career.

The Yankees want the right-hander to work on his mechanics under pitching guru Billy Connors, the Yankees' vice president of player personnel.

New York recalled right-hander Bret Prinz from Triple-A Columbus to fill Contreras' roster spot.

The 32-year-old Contreras allowed six earned runs and four hits in two-plus innings in New York's 10-8 win over Oakland on Tuesday night. He said he had trouble locating his fastball.

Manager Joe Torre isn't sure what's wrong with the pitcher, who went 7-2 last year in his first major league season but is 1-2 with a 9.47 ERA so far in 2004. Contreras may pitch in a practice game setting, but the club wants him to ''relax'' first.

''It'll be about a week, to work on mechanics,'' Torre said. ''And hopefully not have to think about mechanics. I said all this to him and in a short period of time he'll come back up here and help us. We'll see how he comes through this Tampa thing. To me, his stuff is dynamite.

''He's disappointed, but he understands it's something he has to do. We have his full cooperation.''

Torre spoke to general manager Brian Cashman several times Wednesday about the move before making it official.

The Cuban pitcher, whose family is stuck in his native country, remains a bit of a mystery to the Yankees, but one trait is particularly frustrating. Contreras' tendency to change his pattern of aggressiveness during the game worries Torre.

''Right now, he's done some things he's been able to get away with,'' Torre said. ''Hopefully a week in Tampa will get him going. ... A lot of it depends how quickly he can do things and not have to think about doing things delivery wise.''

Contreras said he knew there might be a move after another sub-par outing Tuesday. He said his lack of control stems from his shoulder flying open during his delivery.

''I'm disappointed in myself,'' he said. ''After last night, I thought something might happen, because I haven't pitched well in five starts.''

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Watching him is painful at times...the best way to describe his character is the opposite of mentally tough. Once he let's on a baserunner the floodgates open.

Let's hope the trip south does him good. He was very good last year when he came back from playing in the minors.
 

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