Just by the nature of doing a daily birthday post, we\u2019re going to run into some days where there\u2019s not a truly notable Yankee from history to profile. There are also going to be some days we run into where there\u2019s more than one beloved player. However, today is definitely the former and not the latter.<\/p>\n
There have only been three Yankees players who have ever had a February 11th birthday, and you\u2019d be forgiven for not remembering any of them. Maybe you can recall the recently-released Jayvien Sandridge, just because he made a cameo for last year\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
However, one of today\u2019s birthday boys is engrained into my mind. Unfortunately for him, it\u2019s not for a reason you would want to be remember for.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9sar Augusto Cabral
Born: February 11, 1989 (Sabana Grande de Palenque, Dominican Republic)
Yankees Tenure: 2013-14<\/p>\n
Cabral\u2019s road to the major leagues was a strange journey. He originally signed with the Red Sox as an international free agent in 2005. While he had some OK years in the meantime, by 2010, he had only advanced to High-A ball. Left off the Red Sox 40-man roster, he was then selected by the Rays in that offseason\u2019s Rule 5 Draft.<\/p>\n
In the ensuing spring training, the Rays and Blue Jays played a bit of hot potato with him before the Rays had to return him to the Red Sox after Cabral failed to make Tampa Bay\u2019s roster. Following another season back in Boston\u2019s system, he was again picked in the Rule 5 Draft, this time by the Royals. Once again though, he wasn\u2019t destined to play there, as later that same day, the Yankees purchased him from Kansas City.<\/p>\n
In spring training 2012, Cabral pitched well enough that the Yankees were considering rostering him full time, negating him returning to Boston. However, he suffered a stress fracture<\/a> in the dying days off spring, leading to him missing the entire 2012 season. The injury also mean the Yankees could put him on the 60-day injured list and avoid sending him back.<\/p>\n With the possibility of losing him wiped out, the Yankees sent Cabral to the minors to begin 2013, where he produced some iffy results. But when the rosters expanded in September, the Yankees decided to call up the pitcher. In addition to him having the raw \u201cstuff\u201d that impressed them in 2012, he was also a lefty who could allow them to further play matchups in the days before the three batter rule. He ended up appearing<\/a> in 3.2 innings across eight games for the 2013 Yankees, striking out six batters.<\/p>\n