Mike Myers was release by the Yankees because of his inability to get out left handed hitters.  I can see the logic in that since he's a lefty specialist and all.  What I'm having trouble understanding is WHY he's a LOOGY?  Here are his splits:

LH: Avg .301  Obp .369  Slg .438  Ops .807
RH: Avg .184  Obp .259    Slg .303  Ops .561

Looking at that it's pretty clear that Myers has been effective against right handed batters.  He's had 76 at-bats against right handers as opposed to 73 at-bats against left handers, a descent sample size for a reliever.

So did the Yankees bring up someone to get left handers out?  Nope, they brought up Jim Brower, whose 3-year (2004-2006) splits against lefties are:
Avg .326  Obp .403  Slg .526  Ops .929

Just another case of Joe Torre specifically and the Yankees in general mismanaging their bullpen.  Why try to fit a square peg into a round hole and then blame the peg when if it doesn't work?  Seems to me that Myers was pretty effective.... against right handers and if he was going to be a specialist (which I don't like btw) then bring him in to face right handed hitters.  After all aren't there more of them anyway?

The Cubs could benefit from this I suppose, but now that Kerry Wood is back I'm not sure where Myers would fit in.  You certainly can't have too much pitching though and I'm guessing Myers wants a job so why not try to get him cheap and stash him away in AAA just in case?  As we witnessed yesterday injuries come when you aren't expecting them and leave you short handed.  If Myers can be had at a descent price it might be a prudent thing to do, as long as Lou understands what he is and how to use him correctly.