New York Yankees: Three Pitchers Brian Cashman Would Not Have Drafted

Posted: 7th March 2010 by Perry Arnold in MLB
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Three of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history have a lot in common. Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mariano Rivera each were great. Ford is in the Hall of Fame, Rivera is a lock for it, and Guidry would have made the Hall if injuries had not shortened his career. Number 16 is permanently attached to the wall in Monument Park in Yankee Stadium. So is Number 49. Number 42 will be there as soon as he retires. All three of these guys were big game pitchers. All three of them played their entire careers only with the Yankees. And all three of them would probably have been passed up in the draft by Brian Cashman were they coming onto the major league scene now or in the past five years or so. Whitey Ford was 5'10" and weighed 178 pounds. Ron Guidry played at 5'11 and weighed only 161 po ...

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