Bruney Activated Off of DL

Brian Bruney was activated off the DL today, but in  a surprising move, the Yanks designatedt the hard-throwing Jose Veras for assignment.  They can either waive or trade him in the next 10 days.  If he clears waivers, the Yanks would send him back down to Scranton-Wilkes Barre, however, I doubt a live arm like Veras' will last long on the waiver wire.  

It's a shame Veras could not repeat last year's performance out of the pen.  I was surprised he was DFA'd instead of the 35-year old Bret Tomko, who got lit up this weekend by the Mets.  Tomko probably would have a better shot at passing through waivers, too.  The Yanks other option was sending David Robertson back down to Triple A, but Robertson has become one of the Yanks reliable arms out of the pen and deserved to stay with the big league club.