Comments on: Linebrink deal a bullpen budget buster

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:37:56 +0000

WHOZAT
How about grady sizemore, victor martinez,josh barfield, and ryan garko to go along with sabathia, carmona, the two rafeals and jeremy sowers. Alot of homegorwn pitching talent and alot of homegrown hitting talent. Yea the yanks have gone to the playoffs 12 yrs and counting but not really on the backs of their homegrown talent besides Mo, jeter, po and a few yrs of petite. Im just saying cleveland is fantastic evaluators of talent whether they be young or old – they know who to trade when they are worthless and they know who to keep when they are going to be superstars like carmona, sabathia, sizemore and martinez.

By: bskul

bskul — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:11:51 +0000

maybe cashmoron thinks sean henn or brian bruney can fit the portfolio of the setup man.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:03:32 +0000

Pete, I was amused to hear about your nephew and Thomas the Tank Engine. My girls are now much older, but when they were little ones, they also loved to watch Thomas the Tank and I was always amused because at that time, Mr. Conductor (the narrator) was either Ringo Starr or George Carlin. I thought it was inspired to choose people you wouldn’t normally think of doing children’s entertainment. It lent an air of quirkiness to the whole thing that I thought was refreshing. It was also great as an adult to see Carlin and Starr really doing a great job in this gig. I bet Alec Baldwin brings the same kind of quirky amusement (for the grownups who are watching along).

I haven’t read any posts yet today, because my daugher and I spent the day shopping. We had a great day! Saw a young tweenage girl with a Rudolph the Reindeer from Build-A-Bear dressed in a NY Yankees uniform. Very cute.

Also, I noticed quite a few Red Sox items in the sports-related stores in our mall. I find that rather odd considering I live in central New Jersey. Can’t imagine the market for those things being all that great.

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday. Now, I will go back and dutifully browse through.

By: whozat

whozat — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:52:06 +0000

“Spiers was fantastic last yr for the angels as he was for the blue jays. He is one of the best relief pitchers in the sport. Yes Id much rather five a four yr deal to a spiers (the best setup man in the game) than scott linebrink who cant even pitch in relief in the NL”

And he will have at least one year on that deal where he sucks. A four year deal for a 32 year old reliever is INSANE. Just because lots of teams are doing it nowadays doesn’t make it wise.

“The Indians young guys were scouted at some point by the indians – I think the indians are good evaluators of talent considering their entire team is composed primarily of homegrown players and look how far those guys took them.”

And the Yanks have gone to the playoffs 12 years straight. How are they NOT a success story?

Also,..who’s homegrown? Sabathia, Carmona, and the Raphaels? Wow, that’s a lot of pitchers.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:03:51 +0000

The Indians young guys were scouted at some point by the indians – I think the indians are good evaluators of talent considering their entire team is composed primarily of homegrown players and look how far those guys took them. I dont see what is so difficult to understand about that. And is 30 supposed to be old? There isnt much of a difference between scouting college prospects and 28 yr old japanese prospects i dont believe. And if 30 is old, the majority of the yanks are ancient.
Spiers was fantastic last yr for the angels as he was for the blue jays. He is one of the best relief pitchers in the sport. Yes Id much rather five a four yr deal to a spiers (the best setup man in the game) than scott linebrink who cant even pitch in relief in the NL or Latroy hawkins or Ron Mahay. BTW Jame walker did extremely well for the orioles – he was ten times better than any of our relievers. Bradford did alright and he only made 3 million. Baez didnt work out but guess what? None of cashmans pitching signings have worked out pretty much in seven yrs.

And everyone says the sox lucked out on okajima – but i heard ppl told cash to look into signing okajima cuz he had nasty stuff. I read that even matsui told cashman to look into okajima and he passsed. What is so harmful about learning from ones mistakes and giving kabawishi 2 yrs at 10 million – that is 1/5th what we payed for igawa so if he is a bust, he will be 1/5th the bust igawa is going to be.

By: Carmine

Carmine — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:59:46 +0000

Sorry to bring it back, but I wasn’t around earlier. Just wanted to say RIP Joe Kennedy and condolences to his family.

It might seem trivial of me to post that on a Yankee forum, but I just feel that when a player like him passes(one who was not a superstar and in the limelight), I like to pay my respects on a big forum to show that a passing like his is no less saddening or important than if a big name player passed on.

By: Vader

Vader — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:46:52 +0000

Rex, sounds right to me.

By: whozat

whozat — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:40:59 +0000

Sorry, the Royals are getting a guy named Yabuta, not Kuroda. Kuroda’s looked better than Kobayashi for a few years, and so what if he costs more? As long as he doesn’t ask for more than two years….

By: whozat

whozat — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:36:07 +0000

“cashman passed on Hideki Okajima”

Everyone passed on him. The Sox lucked out. No one thought he’d be anything.

“Justin Spiers”

You wanted to give a four year deal to a 32 year old reliever?

Or maybe all those guys the O’s signed? How’d that work out for them?

As for the Royals thing…Their new manager was over there, playing in that league for five years. Yeah, I trust his judgement over the Indians japanese scouts.

And what does their young relief staff have to do with their ability to scout 30-something relievers in Japan?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:29:06 +0000

Hunter making over 18 million per yr is a joke. He is an average player and is now one of the highest payed players in baseball. I dunno wat the angels are thinking. And if they plan on trading for cabrera, how can they afford to pay him when they need to sign him to a long-term deal? Not to mention the fact that vlad and lackey are both free agents next yr and will demand gigantic contracts.