#38 randy choate | p

2000 highlights:
with the yankees wasw 0-1, 4.76 in 22 relief appearances...retired 14 of 21 first batters faced (66%)...prevented 13 of 17 inherited runners from scoring (76%)...contract purchased from triple-a columbus on 6/29...made his major league debut in a 6-1 win on 7/1 at tampa bay...retired only batter faced (fred mcgriff) with a tying run on base...optioned back to columbus on 8/6 to make room for rhp orlando hernandez on the 25 man roster...recalled from columbus on 8/11 after lhp allen watson was placed on the 15 day disabled list...tossed a career high 4.01 of relief on 8/25 in a 8-1 loss at oakland, allowed 1r on 1h (ben grieve solo hr)...recorded his first major league descision, a loss on 9/14 vs. toronto...allowed 2r (jose cruz jr. two-run 11th inning homer) on 2h in 1.0ip (1k) in the 3-2 defeat...surrendered a career-high 3er (2h, 1bb) without retiring a batter in the 9-1 loss at toronto... was 2-0, 2.04 at columbus in 33 relief appearances...was originally selected by the yankees in the fifth round of the 1997 free-agent draft (from florida st. university)