The Yankees have re-signed Sidney Ponson to a minor league contract in an attempt to add some depth to the pitching staff after the Wang injury. Ponson was released by the Rangers on Monday for being a disruption to the team due to his off-field problems. It’ll be nice if he can put all that behind him because other than that he was pretty good for Texas thus far this year. He was 4-1 with an ERA under 4, and if he can keep that up he may turn out to be a great option for us while Wang is out.
Currently the pitcher is being sent to Scranton where he will likely make a start or two. Brian Cashman made it clear that Ponson was starting in the minors to make his way into the bigs. He will probably be called up in a few days to start in the bigs, perhaps against the Mets on Friday (in one of the doubleheader games.)