Comments on: Let the A-Rod speculation begin

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:20:03 +0000

Dear Pete,

I have followed your site since its inception but have never posted. I’m prompted to write after seeing you standing outside Yankee Stadium on ESPN yesterday. I want to thank you for being a great source of information about the Yankees. Your “inside the clubhouse”, beat writer perspective is invaluable to this devoted (televised night games start at 2:30am out here) , lifelong Yankee fan who has moved far away to a small Kibbutz in the middle of the Negev desert in Israel. Keep up the great work!

David
Kibbutz Ketura, Israel

By: wang is not an ace and phil hughes is not a mlb pitcher

wang is not an ace and phil hughes is not a mlb pitcher — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:17:27 +0000

Yanks are not going to get Andruw Jone, the guy has no range and has been that way for a few years now, just check his zone ratings. Even though defensive metrics can be subjective, that kind of consistent, precipitous defensive decline cannot be explained by anything other than loss of skill. He’s still getting gold gloves mainly on reputation, and now he has lost his bat too.

By: Roundabout

Roundabout — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:26:17 +0000

Money,
For $16M, why not just sign Abreu, who is a better fit for the Yankees. He walks, can hit with power, run, and knocks in runs. His defense, while not as good as Andruw Jones, is decent enough. A Yankee team with Giambi batting 3rd, injury prone and clogging the basepaths and Matsui at 1B; And Lamb?? UGHHHHHHHHH

By: Money spent wisely

Money spent wisely — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:25:28 +0000

Here’s a guy who intrigues me as a possible poor man’s version of Andruw Jones: Mike Cameron.

His 2007:

.242 BA/ .328 OBP + .431 SLG = .759 OPS (dismal but…)

21 HR, 78 RBI, 18 SB, 5 CS, 33 doubles, 6 triples

7 assists (usual total)

‘Made only $7M this year. Free agent. Give him a year and $7M.

I think he could post at least .280 BA, .360 + .540 OBP =
.900 OPS, 30 HR, 100 RBI, 30 SB (no > 5-7 CS), 35 doubles,
at least one triple batting cleanup and playing RF for the 2008 Yanks. He’d have Jeter, Damon, and Giambi batting in front of him, Matsui/ Posada protecting him.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:19:14 +0000

Here’s the thing with Stienbrenner… one of his biggest regrets as the owner of the Yankees was that he let Reggie leave. While A-rod is no Reggie (and in the playoffs is actually the anti-Reggie) I think George believes that the Yankees should always have “The best player in baseball”

So if it comes down to George than A-Rod stays.

If it were up to me… I agree with who ever posted give me two great pitchers at fifteen million each and we can do with out him.

By: Money spent wisely

Money spent wisely — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:00:52 +0000

Here you go folks, the 2008 Yankees starting nine without A-Rod and $48M ($16M/yr. owed to him through 2010):

Damon LF L
Jeter SS R
Giambi DH L
Andruw Jones RF R (Signed for a year and $16M.*)
Matsui 1B L
Posada C S (Re-signed for 2 years @ $15M/yr. = $30M)
Cano 2B L
M.Cabrera CF S
Mike Lamb 3B L (Signed to a one year $3M contract)

*NO ONE is giving Jones, 30, at least 2 years and $15M/yr. after the 2007 he had. Teams have to be wondering “Why is Atlanta letting go of Andruw Jones?” He’ll have to sing for his supper i.e. play for his last big contract next year.

By: Viz loses again

Viz loses again — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:29:57 +0000

Funny how Boras never mentions anything about Alex opting out to win a championship with another team or he would “fit in better” (not the case) somewhere else. This is whats wrong with baseball, it actually is a selfish act. How much $$ Do you really need. There should be limitations against people like boras

By: Dr. Acula

Dr. Acula — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:18:25 +0000

catya-

I don’t remember that particular article/column, but I imagine its based on the “adding through subtraction” postulate.

Here, statheads focus on Seattle improving to 116 wins from 91 wins the year after Alex left. And how the Rangers improved 18 games, from 73 to 91, after trading Alex.

Baseball is too, too asymmetric for such simple explanations.

By: Paul V

Paul V — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:10:14 +0000

That’s an interesting read on the yankeesrepublic blog, but it is over two months old.

Check out this article from 30 minutes ago on the Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10.....p;emc=eta1

We won’t know until we know, and the rest is just speculation.

By: Dr. Acula

Dr. Acula — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:09:54 +0000

Wow. Digging around I found that Peter actually made THREE apperances on ESPN.

http://tinyurl.com/2kgqej

In this clip, Peter reviews the issues facing the Yankees

Sorry for the delay in posting; it’s overcast today and I’m having alotta problems with my satellite link-up.

I’ll post Peter’s 3rd clip, along with some other interesting interviews, including Cashman, overnite.