Just spoke with Hun alumnus Steve Garrison, who was sent down to minor league camp this afternoon after the Yankees chose veteran Luis Ayala for the last spot in the team's bullpen.

Garrison said that, although he'd obviously hoped he'd make the team, he'd been "planning for the worst," and that there was no feeling of ill will toward Ayala at all.

Far from it, in fact.

Garrison said that the idea of the two in some sort of competition had been overblown, and that the two had been rooting for one another since early in spring training.

There will be more to come on this story later at Trentonian.com