The Silva lining??

Reports out of Chicago indicate the Yankees scouts have been looking at Carlos Silva.  Yes, the same Carlos Silva involved in that fight last week with teammate Aramis Ramirez.  Both the Yankees and the Nationals had scouts on hand yesterday when the Reds played the Cubs and Silva started.

Silva had another terrible outing giving up 4 runs, with 5 hits over five innings.  That was coming off his last appearance where he gave up 8 runs to the Angels last week.  Last year he went 10-6 with a 4.22 ERA with the Cubs.  During his last full season in the American League he posted a 6.46 ERA.

Silva is due 12 Million this year, but Seattle is still contributing about 5.5 Million.  Obviously, no option is off the table for the starting rotation, but picking up Silva is a gamble and most likely won't be worth whatever is traded away.  Cashman's moves this offseason with veteran players were framed around low risk and high reward, but with Silva there is very high risk and the reward is a mediocre starting pitcher who fights with his own players int he dugout, at best  The Yankees may want to just gamble on Colon rather than waste their time for Silva.