Oct 16, 2009 8:09 AM EST

The Yankees have added speedster Freddy Guzman to their roster for the ALCS.

In a related move, New York dropped outfielder Eric Hinske from their roster against Los Angeles.

"We thought we could use another speed guy in this round," manager Joe Girardi told the New York Times. "We've had some success doing those types of things late in games, and in a seven-game series, we felt that it could come up late in games. As we saw, the games against Minnesota were very close, and sometimes you could use a couple of pinch-runners. And if [Brian Gardner] gets a start, then you don't have a pinch-runner. It just frees us up to do some more things."

Via New York Times