Joe Girardi was right, we did need a lefty bat in the Yankees lineup, one with power to crank it out of, or in Russell Branyan’s case, crank it OVER that short right field deck. We got that lefty today and you can read about it here in YANKEES SIGN 1ST BASEMAN RUSSELL BRANYAN. Branyan’s deal is a minor league deal and they did it just 1 day after Bill Hall signed his minor league deal with the Yanks. Now things are starting to take shape. Back in December I wrote WHY THE YANKEE BENCH WILL BE A FACTOR and while I’m no expert, I knew certain players would make good moves stabilize the bench. Now while Hall and Branyan were mentioned as good options, and the Yanks went for it today, it's still early. What I mean is, they still need to make the big team, which they probably ...