Comments on: Recruiting of Pettitte commences

By: Jason O.

Jason O. — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:49:39 +0000

The Yankees have a significant lever to pull re: Pettitte…offer him more money either straight up or in the form of easily achieved incentive clauses.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:29:04 +0000

I respect Giambi for coming forward.

By: JDnotDrew

JDnotDrew — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:07:29 +0000

Didn’t Giambi talk with Mitchell this year? Thought that was part of his punishment for telling the press he had used steriods in the past.

By: PittsburghYankeeFan

PittsburghYankeeFan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:49:34 +0000

If his name is in the report, don’t you think he would have taken the optioin?

By: ORORO

ORORO — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:02:20 +0000

Which Yankees do we think will be in the Mitchell Report, if any?

Well Andy’s name has already surfaced. perhaps that’s whatthe “indecision” is all about.

By: #9

#9 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0000

Paul Mondesi had actual MLB experience.

By: McLovin

McLovin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:37:57 +0000

Ranking Japanese Pitchers

“By my count there are five Japanese pitchers who stand a good chance of jumping over to MLB for the 2008 season. I asked Aaron Shinsano and Jackson Broder of East Windup Chronicle to rank them for us and write a short description for each. Another knowledgable friend, Tak Iwanaga, also added some info below.

1. Hitoki Iwase – Iwase was on the hill for the tail end of last night’s perfect game, the Japan Series clinching victory for the Chunichi Dragons. The lefty closer has 40+ saves three years running with a career 1.91 ERA. Tops out at around 93 MPH, but has arguably the best slider in Japan. He’s starting to lose movement and velocity on his pitches, but is making up for it with very good control. A nice fit for the Okajima fetishist.”

This was posted on mlbtraderumors.com. This guy ranked him as the best pitcher available from japan this season. Apparently has a real good slider.

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:25:43 +0000

The Yankees missed on Raul Mondesi. Perhaps they should stop going after Dominican players.

That makes no sense. As Hmmm said, Iwase is the type of guy the Yankees should look at.

Take a look at LH bullpen options around baseball. There aren’t any.

Suppose this guy gives the Yankees what Okajima gave the Red Sox.? If that happens, I’m sure people would be “somewhat” happy.

By: BPT

BPT — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:25:12 +0000

the rumor about a player speaking to Mitchell might help in understanding this comment by Schilling on his blog:

Theo and I spoke early in the week about wanting to complete this before the exclusive period ended, and the GM meetings began, because we both thought there could be a scenario popping up that might make this less desirable. He has to run this team, and I needed to do what was best and right for my family. Allowing external influences to change our opinions of each other might have been an unavoidable strain neither side wanted.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:14:43 +0000

“Given the history of Japanese pitchers on the Yankees over the years – I find it hard to keep going to that well.”

this makes sense.