But my conclusion is a little different: Wang is done in pinstripes.

All that aside, I feel bad for the Wanger and hope he makes a speedy recovery and finds his bowling ball again.

Moreover, if they cut him loose unceremoniously I would not be “ashamed”, as apparently would you. This is largely because:

1. I am not convinced that his shoulder injury and foot injury are directly related
2. Even if they are, I do not hold the Yankees accountable for the freak foot injury–unlike you I do not see that injury as reasonably avoided and certainly not foreseeable. Thus I am not aggrieved by it as are you.
3. There is no direct evidence that him being rushed back to the league contributed in any way to his shoulder injury (in my mind, the only thing worth complaining about is that Wang was clearly not ready to return from a performance standpoint, and it cost the team several games). Thus, I am not as aggrieved as are you about his handling this year.
4. Professional baseball players, even those making the minimum, are handsomely rewarded, in my estimation, so I again do not feel particularly aggrieved at the Yankees being “cheap” with Wang.
5. The way MLB is set up, it is in the interests of the organization to exploit the players as much as possible in their early years, just as it is in the interests of the players to extort as much as possible from the teams, especially when they have more leverage later on.

Overall, Wang is the unlucky victim of several unfortunate circumstances. Some of these may–or may not–be directly the Yankees’ “fault”, but I don’t feel that this meets any burden of proof. I am not convinced that the Yankees owe Wang anything in particularly, or that he has been wronged in some obvious manner (let alone in a criminal or even liable manner).

If the Yankees wish to extend charity to the Wang, who seems like a nice guy and straight shooter, I would applaud them. But it really shouldn’t go beyond that.

On the other hand, if they think that Wang can recover and return to form, then by all means take the necessary steps to facilitate the process.

The only thing being forgotten is he had already hurt his shoulder once. It may have just been a matter of time before he did again. And that’s why they come out looking very smart for having not extended him.

[11] already a lot of chatter that he is going to be non-tendered

i’m not sure if the foot injury led to this – probably can’t ever really know – does seem like it was part of it.
it is pretty clear that he wasn’t ready to pitch at the beginning of the year and then was rushed back again from the dl and probably again from the pen to the rotation.

i’m not totally sure he was in the longterm plans anyway, but assuming cc, aj, joba, and phil are the starters next year they are a starter short.

I dunno, I think reading into it like this is pointless. He’s injured. Does it matter whether he developed this injury after the foot or for 10 years? I don’t think so. And either way, he’ll have to relearn basic mechanics yet again.

It’s like when I wonder if I’d still have gray hairs if we never had kids. Doesn’t matter – I have kiddos and I have gray hairs!

Pitchers with previous shoulder injuries do not tend to age well. Elbows can be repaired. Shoulders, not so much.

Yes? No?