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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 28, 2007 
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Looks like Carl Pavano will be the Opening Day starter.
Josh Phelps seems to have a big advantage in the battle for a roster spot. This notebook also has updates on Andy Pettitte and Chien-Ming Wang.
Night game tonight, so no posts for a while. Have some work to do and a home-run pool draft to prepare for. Check back later.
The Yankees need to trade Eric Duncan and Jeff Karstens to the Royals at the deadline for Ryan Shealy and John Buck.
there was an article, i think the daily news, that mentioned shealy and buck.
why would the royals take that trade? they wouldnt need duncan back (who needs him at all?), and the royals need young pitchers- karstens, clippard would be the starting off point.
i remember the yankees having interest in Shealy at the deadline last season, to no avail. If ARod opts out, I would see more of an interest in bringing Teahan here rather than Shealy or Buck at this point.
This is more of a curiosity question than anything else.
It has been speculated around the major news sites that Texiera will leave the Rangers in prusuit of his big bang contract after the 2008 season. For reasons I don’t understand, they keep citing that Tex ends up with the O’s, Phillies or Nationals because of his Maryland roots.
What does that have to do with anything? Just because he was born and raised in MD means he’s going to say no to an extra $50 mil to go to NY or whomever? Is there any basis of reality in newspaper writers saying Tex will end up in MD again? Is he that much of a homeboy? Why do papers keep saying that?
from Ken Rosenthal:
“The Orioles can’t wait to make a play for Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira, who could become a free agent after the 2008 season. But Teixeira, a native of Severna Park, Md., will have another option if he wishes to play close to home — the Nationals, who open their new ballpark in ’08 and could score a public-relations coup by trumping the Orioles.”
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6584822
the papers always write about a player wanting to play near home or not wanting any part of new york. sometimes its true like brian giles sometimes not like mike mussiana. i wanna know if for the writers its all gossip and guess work or do the players tell them and say don’t attach my name because i need the barging power and leverage a north east team gives me. of course even when the swear they’ll never play here in New York like Steve Sax once did they change their mind when its the best deal they get offered
No reason to think this but I don’t see Tex coming here. I think he will get paid no matter where he goes (obviously) but I don’t think Cash$ will offer him that much better of a deal than the rest of the market to convince him to come. Just seems like Cash is done blowing the other teams out of the water with his offers to get huge name guys, who may or may not be able to produce in the NY spotlight. He will make a very serious run at him but I don’t think he will come to NY just based on money. Cash will match any offer but not go way overboard. He wants players who want to be here and is going to pay them accordingly to the market.
In sports, the end of 2008 is an eternity away.
Pete: How does a home run pool work?
I am almost certain that his favorite player growing up was no other than Donny Baseball. Call me an optimist but I think there are reasons to beleive the Yankees are on his list of teams.
Why trade Duncan when there is little possibility of getting anything of worth for him?
Hey, good thing Cashman didn’t sign Ugueth Urbina…
Hey Pete, do you think you can set up a pool for us, your readers, taht you would also participate in?
“The Yankees need to trade Eric Duncan and Jeff Karstens to the Royals at the deadline for Ryan Shealy and John Buck.”
HAHA are you for real? The royals, a small market team, is going to trade away a talented player like Shealy who cost them next to nothing for the next 3 years? And for whom, Eric Duncan, who has ZERO
“The Yankees need to trade Eric Duncan and Jeff Karstens to the Royals at the deadline for Ryan Shealy and John Buck.�
HAHA are you for real? The royals, a small market team, is going to trade away a talented player like Shealy who cost them next to nothing for the next 3 years? And for whom, Eric Duncan, who has ZERO trade value right now?
Karstens is a decent back of the rotation guy, but he’s not enough to sweeten that deal.
I’ve also noticed a lot of commentary on Chase Wright lately. I unfortuneately, have not heard much about him until recently… is he really good?
FOX Sports:
“Lefty Chase Wright, the 2006 Florida State League Pitcher of the Year, will open at Double A after making a strong impression in camp. “Because of his inexperience, we weren’t looking at him for the fifth spot,” G.M. Brian Cashman says. “But boy, he looked good.”"
NY Post:
“YANKEES PITCHING PROSPECTS
Chase Wright
This 23-year-old lefty looked so good in his first big-league camp that a scout predicted he will be in the big leagues this year. “Best change-up I saw in Florida,” the scout said of Wright, who was 12-3 with a 1.88 ERA last summer.”
nj.com:
“Marquez and Wright were ranked 12th and 19th, respectively, on Baseball America’s list of the top 30 Yankees prospects, a group headed by Scranton ace Phil Hughes.
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Scouts are particularly high on the southpaw Wright, a third-round selection in 2001 who had struggled with his command and began last season in the bullpen. A member of the Yankees’ 40-man roster, the 6-foot-2 Wright allowed just one home run in 120 innings for Tampa and finished the season 12-3 with an FSL-best 1.88 ERA. ”
Does anyone have any real info on him?
this is why Gloomy is so gloomy. he is mad that the Yankees didn’t wildly overspend for Zito and now he is mad that Cashman can’t pull off ridiculous trade proposals that the other team would never go for.
he hates Cashman b/c Cashman has the unfortunate circumstance of having to operate in the real world, and not on internet message boards, where everyone is a genius GM.
the Royals would not make that trade, it’s that simple.
Better idea hmmmm, let’s just forget the Royals and trade Eric Duncan and Kevin Thompson for Albert Pujols. Completely as realistic. Why aim low???
no, we might need KT. try to get them to take Kevin Reese.
what about PJ Pelittere instead of Reese?
SAM, that is correct, that’s why he wears #23. I thought I also had read at one point that he wanted to play in NY, but who knows if he himself ever actually said that or if it was just more speculation.
He’ll get just as much money here as anywhere, and why wouldn’t he want to play for the best organization in baseball and getting hitting tips from his idol, possibly be managed by him….?