Comments on: Cashman and Girardi on their own?

By: saucy

saucy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:47:13 +0000

i’m really shocked a blog like pinstripesplus has the nerve to charge for subscriptions…

By: PAT

PAT — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:05:14 +0000

yea I think it was more that they were showing that they weren’t going to interfere as much as people think and just let cashman do his thing

By: Annie Savoy

Annie Savoy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:13:37 +0000

Great Day at the Stadium yesterday. Now, let’s all relax and give Joe Girardi and his staff time and space to get ready for 2008. I have a good feeling about this.

By: gargoyle

gargoyle — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:03:07 +0000

Whatever the Yankees do the author of this blog has some ominous negative spin to it. First Levine and the Steins talk too much and Cashman has lost all control. Now Cashman’s in full control and his head is on the block.

Make up your mind.

By: yanksrule57

yanksrule57 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:47:29 +0000

This may be reading too much into things. This was a baseball related event and C$ is the guy for that. Girardi was his pick.
Hank has not exactly been shy lately regarding statements for things affecting the team.
And as for those who are critical of the Steinbrenners, I like the fact that they are engaged. Yeah they may make some mistakes, but at least we know someone is at the helm. I was tired of hearing statements only from George’s designated mouthpiece.

By: NJ

NJ — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:29:40 +0000

Maybe they just decided to be nice and not make everyone look at Randy Levine again. He would spoil all their appetites.

By: G. Love

G. Love — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:27:24 +0000

Crede’s trade value should be a straight up deal for one of Chase Wright, Clippard, Karstens or DeSalvo.

He makes 5 million. He just came off back surgery. His career stats aren’t eye popping and the ChiSox already have a 3b in Fields.

If Cashman has to give up more than a quadruple A type pitcher, it’s a bad deal.

The While Sox do not want to pay Crede 5 million this season. No way, no how.

I would much rather the Yankees go in a different direction at 3b. I’m warming up to Beltre if he’s available. I like the Kouzmanoff kid in SD. I’d rather have Chavez than Crede if we’re trading for high salaried injury risk 3b as well. At least Chavez has a track record and his healthy season avg’s are pretty damn good. He’d be a force in Yankee stadium with the RF porch for 81 games.

By: whozat

whozat — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:04:58 +0000

“he mustered a .323 on base.”

Yes, but Crede had a OPS of over .800. The question is whether that was a breakout season, or an anomaly. The second question is whether you think the back surgery fixed him. Those questions should help bring down his price in trade, and the Yanks might choose to gamble that he really did find himself in 06. Subbing in Betemit at 1b and 3b against some righties should help add some power to those positions. It’s not so much the individual players as it is the positions that we need to get production from. I think that Crede + Betemit + a 1B to be named later that collectively put up about an .800 ops at the corner IF positions would be enough, as long as the pitching improves. And, if the pitching doesn’t improve, we’re not going to win in the playoffs anyway, so who really cares?

By: whoa

whoa — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:54:43 +0000

There is a lot of luck involved one run games, so I wouldn’t put much stock in that stat.

The Yankees problem as been that they haven’t gotten over choking away the 2004 ALCS. Perhaps Girardi won’t manage as tight as Torre has in the postseason since 20004.

By: Joe G is the man

Joe G is the man — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:47:34 +0000

Easy answer. Cold in New York. Nice and warm in Florida.
Would you leave warm and sunny florida to come to cloudy and cold New York.
I see things working out a lot better with the Stein sons. They know they don’t know a lot about baseball, so they will be in the background and just take care of the operational things and signing checks.

Good day in New York today. Girardi will be better than Torre and expect exciting games with him at the helm.