This was a dumb move. Watching Cairo pinch hit vs. Fuentes tonight the first thing I thought was how it would have been nice to have Phelps pinch hitting in Colorado in that spot.

Dumb move. I hope Andy Phillips is here temporarily and Cash makes a deal for a 1b.

I’m tired of seeing Andy Phillips get chances when he’s shown (more than Phelps ever did) that he can’t hit major league pitching.

Phillips is not a great fielding first baseman – he’s adequate – equal to Cairo, much better than Phelps and Giambi – but still a .245-.250/.290-.325 OBP MLB hitter.
The Yanks need some right handed power, period! The lineup is too lefty heavy and good lefties shut them down. ARod has 27 HRs and having a fabulous season. He’s not going to keep that pace from July through September. Who’s next in the power department? Posada with…..9! Tex would be a great long term answer, but only if they can sign him to a 3-4 year deal and we don’t give up on our top-notch prospects (Hughes, Chamberlain, Betances, Tabata and even Sanchez.)

Really, you gotta take your head out of the stat sheet and watch the games.

The guy was an AWFUL first baseman. For anybody to even argue otherwise is comical.

He makes Giambi look like Donnie Baseball defensively at first base.

Offensively? You can pull all the stats of what he did 4 years ago out and they are meaningless.

He did little with the Yankees. That’s what matters.

He had chances, he didn’t deliver.

He’s a limited guy. His defense is so bad, he can’t be put in the field. The Yankees have enough DH’s.

Offensively, he swings at too many pitches out of the zone, can’t bunt or move guys over and is strictly a boom or bust guy.

Let’s see if he clears waivers. If he does, is it fair to say the other 29 teams in baseball aren’t buying the statsheet or the UZR Chart on Josh Phelps?

This is the classic case of folks falling in love with somebody off spring training. Yet, when the lights when on, he was brutal.

Is Andy Phillips better? For this team, at this time, yes he is. He is much better defensively, can at least bunt guys over, and isn’t going to kill you when he plays.

That’s all they need right now at first. Its not like they haven’t been hitting the past two weeks.

He signed the best player in the game. No one pays full freight on a trade when money is involved.

Don’t cry for Tom Hicks. Please.

Face it, buddy. The Rangers are an awfully run organization. Daniels can only dream of getting back Hughes, who would immediately become the staff ace, for Tex. He won’t get that caliber of a prospect from any team, much less the Yankees, because everyone knows he is not a smart guy when it comes to trades. He’s probably better off keeping Tex and signing him to be their franchise player. Trading him for crap, which is what will happen if Tex is traded (unless you get the Seattle GM on the phone, who surpasses Daniels’ stupidity and lack of foresight), will only make the Rangers an even more pathetic team than they are today.

Ben- Shelly Duncan plays right field. ERIC Duncan has been playing first for Scranton. Different guy.