Phil Franchise: “I want to stay”
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I sent an e-mail to Phil Hughes asking him how he was dealing with the trade talk. Here is what he wrote back:
It’s been tough trying to follow any of this the past week. One minute it’s a for sure thing, the next it’s not. I want to stay in NY and its good to know I have the backing of the fan base.
Had the Yankees traded Hughes and Melky Cabrera for Johan Santana, I would said it made sense. But Hughes is a good kid who handles himself well on and off the field and could well become an ace if he finds a way to stay healthy.
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If the package of players is indeed agreed upon, and there is not yet a negotiating window with Santana/Greenberg, what is Theo negotiating deep into the night about?
Remember, every major news outlet declared Santana a Yankee upon the inclusion of Hughes.
Chances are Smith is still asking for Ellsbury, Bucholz, and Lester.
You don’t need “Bobcat” to tell you that something does not make logical sense. Just because Peter Gammons wants the Sox to get Santana for Crisp/Lowrie/Masterson/Lester, doesnt mean it will happen.
Thats not what Michael Kay saiD! Really good #3 okay #2
Hell, no! Phil shouldn’t go!
Michael Kay is stupid. Hughes is going to be a #1 very soon.
What in Hughes’ resume to date indicates he CANT be an ace?
When the Rocket and Wangster failed us in the playoffs, Hughes stepped up big time. This kid is poised for greatness. It’s easy to root for a kid like this.
Love you, Phil.
When dealing with trade speculation we sometimes forget that these guys are human beings and not commodities.
Phil Phoever!!!!
I like Hughes more and more . . .
we riot if Phil is traded !!!
OMG I LOVE YOU PHIL!!!!
UR SOOOO GONNA BE BETTR THEN ROGER CLEMENS1!!!!
Phil if you’re reading this then don’t worry. The yankees aren’t getting Santana. You’re safe.
Save Phil Hughes!
Please Hank and Cash keep these kids. We have the making of a great staff. The maturity and makeup up of Joba, IPK and Hughes is fantastic. As a life long fan we have never had so much depth with our minor league pitching and we are starting to see the fruits of it. I am looking forward to what they can do next year…it’s exciting and I like the new approach we have been taking with focusing on our farm system. Thanks for all the updates Pete. Great Blog!
Pete
Tell Phil to stop by and visit the blog. Everyone here is following all the things that are happening and even many more that aren’t.
again well said, Mike R
Phil is our saviour and will be raising the 27th world series trophy come october.
I REALLY don’t want to see Hughes traded.
SAVE PHIL HUGHES
Don’t discount character as an asset in a prospect’s development; see Millidge, Lastings, or Dukes, Elijah, for an example. Just one more reason why trading Hughes would have been boneheaded. No knock on Johan, but a 21 year old with killer stuff and a brain between his ears is worth way more than a guy who’s gonna command $150 million and decline over the last three years of the deal. Three years, by the way, where Phil will be only 25, 26, 27.
Twinkies should have grabbed him when they had the chance.
Horne for Josh Hamilton
Phil has been untouchable forever since he was drafted. His ceiling is higher than Santana….. keep him please!
He’s a good kid with great upside, but if I had a choice, Santana is hard to refuse.
We believe in ya Phil.
two things: phil is the man. michael kay is the stupidest person alive.
Phil, you’ve got a LOT of fans who want to see you stay in pinstripes. Please, somehow, keep the faith and know there are many, many unknown people out there rooting for you to succeed, and hope it’s in a Yankees uniform. We respect you more than you can imagine!!
D-Train and Cabrera to the Tigers… wow.
D-Train’s era will be over 5 in the AL
This is hard to watch, I’ve followed this kid since he came into the organization, I hope the trade falls apart and we keep Phil.
I know he’s going to be a great pitcher.
It’s not like the Yanks were giving him away. They were reluctantly offering him for the best pitcher in baseball, so it’s almost a compliment.
forget the trade part … just DFA Michael Kay
I think Phil Hughes will soon be better then Santana. Why tade a 21 year old that already won a postseason game and came very close to a nohitter on his second start.
John Z – it takes more than “COULD” be an ace. Santana IS an ace.
you can have a scratch ticket that might win you $100, $50, $20, or nothing. Or you can have a $100 bill.
I think Hughes is going to be very good if not great… a to John Smoltz type. But its not a matter of Hughes vs Santana because Hughes cant win that battle. It’s an issue with the other guys required.
Save Phil Hughes!
I don’t want to see Phil go. We should just give what we have a try. Focus on the BP and have some faith.
I gotta tell you. Seal is one lucky man!!
I really would prefer to see Hughes remain a Yankee. IPK I could deal with in a trade deal along with others, but Hughes really has something special in his make up that I like.
IPK is no slouch either, that is why I think he wouldn’t be a bad deal for the Twins either.
I think either way is a crap shoot.
Phil, we love you.
‘Nuff said.
Phil Hughes will eat Johann alive in the playoffs
PDOFan,
I wish i had your blind enthusiasm.
Hughes is great but statements like that are a bit… out there.
yeah, totally off topic, I know….
i never understood why people hated michael kay so much. i always thought he calls a good game on TV, and he’s well informed when doing so…that is until i started listening to his radio show around the time of the whole torre incident this year. the man is a total ass.
i can’t believe i ever fell for his BS.
still like mike and the dog though….
anyone hear the rumor that Omar is inquiring about the moose?
The Cincinnati Enquirer believes the Reds will make a run at Erik Bedard, perhaps using Homer Bailey and Joey Votto as bait.
Bailey is considered a Hughes-type prospect….
As much as I want Santana, I don’t want to give up Hughes for him. I think thgis kid is going to be something special. He has poise and stays in great shape. I think Joba may have some super highs, if you asked me now, I think Hughes will be the more consistent pitcher in the long run. If keeping him means losing out on Santana, I’m okay with that. If I’m wrong, and he’s a bust, I’ll admit it, butI’d live with taking that chance now.
Lifelong Yankee (if sanity still exists).
Phil you are the ******* man!
Yankee for life!
Amen to that! I’d rather listen to fingers on a chalkboard that hear Kay gushing over all the oppositions players during the games, as well as his stupid comments and thoughts.
The sox will need Johann after Big Papi’s name comes out in the Mitchel report
I love Phil. Stay strong, Cash.
I LOVE PHIL “THE FRANCHISE” HUGHES. He’s the man.
and his $400K/year salary in exchange for a $20-25M/year salary.
In the process, shooting the Yankees through the $225M/year payroll ceiling and ensuring owners like Carl Pohlad continue to get luxury tax money which they pocket instead of reinvesting it in their team and players.
I just heard a caller on wfan saying the same thing about omar looking to trade for the moose – good ridance
“Find a way to stay healthy.” Pete you fat SOB, have another donut and drop dead.
Mike, Moose for who?
When is the Mitchell Report due out? I heard by Christmas.
pelfrey
Ugh. Finds a way to stay healthy ? Good lord. The kid has one injury stint and now he can’t stay healthy ?
What the hell?
What are the Yanks getting from the Mets for Moose?
Moose to the Mets…if we could be so lucky…
Jonathan,
how nice of your concern for the steinbrenners billions…. if they listen to your advice, they can buy that extra vacation home on the water. heck, lets freeze spending so they can buy that yacht too!!
I wonder if Johann will be on the mitchel report
Moose for who—->?
who cares !!!! give me Pelfrey heck I’d take Gotay
He’d better bring his peanut butter with him.
rumor is moose for pelfrey with yanks picking up a good chunck of the moose’s salary
lol BD you come with that same lame line every time…. i laugh though
good luck getting moose to waive his NTC. he should just realize he’d fare much better against the weak NL line-ups
moose has a no-trade folks
Boston Dave:
My comment is directed toward the “Kay” statement of Hughes being a “2 or 3” type. Of course, when presented with the choice of Hughes or Johan right now, the choice is obviously Johan.
However, its not so much a sure thing when played out over the next 3-5 years. The time frame is really staggering; in 5 years, Hughes will still be just 26 and still younger than Johan is right now.
I’d love to see Santana on the Yanks, and think he makes us a real World Series contender, TODAY. However, if the cost is Hughes, and Melky (someone should check the Yanks w/l w and w/o melky over the past 2 years), AND two more premium prospects, the cost is simply too high.
What do you guys think of this kid they picked up for T-Clip? I think it was worth a chance to see if you can sure up the big hole. Clip was blocked from triple a, nonetheless the big leagues. Hopefully he gets his chance in the NL. But if the guy we got stays in shape, based on his stats, it seems like he can be a better than Chris Britton or Brian Bruney. It doesnt seem like he walks tons of hitters. Im only basing this on stats.
you guys are turning on Moose just like you’d turn on Hughes at the end of his career (if he should be so lucky to have a career that good).... Moose had a bad stretch last season. other than that he was decent (2006 he was great). nice of you to say how much you love phil and how moose is a piece of garbage. nice…
why should we pay his salary? the mets have plenty of money
Phil,
We saw you in the playoffs and caught a glimpse of the real Phil Hughes. You’re the real deal. You’re meant to be a Yankee.
Why would the Yankees want to do that and why would Moose agree to it?
Phil Phorever!
John Z – got it…. my bad. I can respect that.
moose better waive his ntc, if not he’ll be in the bullpen with long relief
Awwwww…
Sidenote: Moose has a NTC?
nice of all of you Moose bashers to show your true colors….
WEAK
why the fuc* would the mets trade Pelfrey for one year of Mussina? Is Minaya really that dumb? I mean Pelfry wasn’t great last season but he has a bigtime arm.
boston dave:
moose wasn’t so great down the stretch of 06 either.
i don’t see anyone here calling moose “garbage” anyway.
the point is that moose is at the end of his career and most yankee fans would be happy to see his backside.
and yeah, we’ll all be doing the same to phil in 15-18 years
Moose for a hotdog.
BD…it was more a criticism of Pohlad and those like him who pocket the luxury tax money they receive from the Yankees instead of reinvesting in the team.
If I were a fan of the Twins…I’d be PO’d. Players like Torii Hunter and Johan Santana have been the face of the Twins for years. Now they’ll end up playing for someone else because Pohlad wants another yacht or vacation home.
Don’t really care about the Steinbrenner’s billions, except that those billions shouldn’t fund future generations of Pohlads.
Moose is a shell of his former self. I don’t think anyone is turning on him, but rather acknowledging the fact that he no longer has the physical capacity to be a reliable starter in the American League East.
Moose would do just fine in the National League West. Frankly, if I were him (and I’m certainly not), I would want to pitch in a place where I had a reasonable chance for success.
He is a proud guy, and lord knows, he had to be mortified during the “stretch” last summer.
mel,
he’s a 10/5 guy
gotta respect moose. he is and always has been my type of player. with that said, the yankees would be foolish not to trade him for pelfrey.
My true color is Moose Basher Blue…I can’t wait to see that guy go…I’ve been wishing that since he 1st arrived in 2001.
I’ll take Phil.
My money says he wins 13-15 games as a NYY this year.
Santana wins say 20 with NYY.
5 or 6 wins…Is it worth the 24.5 million price differance.
What bothers me…Is the NYY have to give up one of mlb’s top rated young talents and 3 other top tier young players….Boston has to give up a mediocre lester and 2 no name minor leaguers…and a rosin bag!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya Phil (but ya need a new pic on your site, less KFedish, hehe)
mike f – as long as you can admit it.
there is all this FAKE loyalty to the guys. just admit that if hughes is only an average pitcher over the next 3 seasons you will be booing him off the field and cursing him.
it has nothing to do with loyalty and the “phil is great” BS
I personally think Moose can still contribute and deserves a chance to. If they could trade him for value, thats fine but the comments in here about Moose are WEAK.
the mets are so desperate we should ask for the entire farm.
Phil, we Yankees fans are behind you 100%, and look forward to you for playing for the team for years to come. You are the real deal, and us NYers love for prospects from our own system to make it with the big club. All the best to you for a happy holiday season!
difference being that Phil (if he has a carrear) will be a carrear Yankee and the moose man will always be from the Orioles. No problem with Moose just im not looking to give him the same level of respect i give to a Mariano on the tail end of his carrear… (or a Hughes if he can be a life long Yankee. Life long quality pitcher for that matter) No knock on the moose, just kinda… thanks; its been real; good luck.
Good piece by McAdam in the ProJo.com… Interesting.
http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/sp_bb_seancol04_12-04-07_K184E0I_v11.2b58c5b.html
Moose is weak…no guts to speak of…
What would the Yankees do with Pelfrey? Spin him or make him a reliever?
Jorge and Joba both were just on SNY and both are sporting some serious facial hair. Definitely a different look.
Both would love to have Santana but would feel bad about losing their boys.
Jonathan,
IT didnt sound anything like a rip of Pohuld. 400k vs 20M ?
boston dave:
i will make no such admission about booing hughes off the field. i resent your salacious comments.
Eek, posted before I was done…
Just wanna say that I was a person who really wanted this trade to go through. I think Santana is a once in a generation type pitcher, but he is the ONLY person I woulda traded Phil for. Now that it looks like it wont happen, I am perfectly happy with that too because Phil seems like a class act and destined for good things.
I was just wondering on fan, was it a caller that bought this up or the host tonight?
I would trade Michael Kay to any other MLB team for a hot dog. I would even go as far to say that we should pick up his salary. He is terrible. Any real Yankee fan knows that Michael Kay is god awful.
You’ll see the Mets and Yanks agree to a trade right after the Matsui-Papi deal goes down . . .
Rob NY – i think you should re-read the posts in here then. the people in here would be throwing a party if moose got moved or fell off a cliff and the yanks didnt have to pay him. IMO, that is pathetic.
Yeah, easy on the Moose.
Everyone says Aaron Boone won that 03 ALCS game seven… Or Giambi’s two HR, or Jorge with that 2-R double.
It was Moose that came into a 4-2 game with no outs and runners on the corners and shut down the Sox. Of course, fat Boomer wells gave up that Ortiz dinger to give them a 5-2 lead, but we remember how it ended…
Ahhhh, the glory days.
But in my opinion, it was Moose that won that game for them with his performance out of the pen, NOT Giambi, Boone, Jorge, Bernie, etc…
Do you guys actually believe that Pelfrey for Mussina garbage? Can’t believe its inspired a real debate.
Would you believe me if I said Bobcat told me that the Cardinals were considering dealing us Pujols for Shelly & Eric Duncan?
Why stop at Pelfry. Let’s get Gomez and Martinez while we are at it. Throw Reyes in there as well. Moose is worth it right?
So your type of player is someone who alway does just enough to lose, complains when things don’t go exactly the way he wants, has more excuses than Hankee has billions, throws his teammates under the bus and hasn’t done anything to distinguish himself in pinstripes?
Pujols would fill the first base hole . . .
Moose and Michael Kay for Gary Cohen
Yeah moose is a good dude… but if you can trade him for pelfrey throw pelfrey in a santana trade and go ape than like i said…. thanks for the memories and good luck mike. Enjoy the times crossword in queens.
Rob NY, Michael Kay it an idiot.
It’s also interesting to note that Moose was still recovering from a hamstring injury during the season and wrapped his legs every game which affected his mechanics. If he builds leg strength over the winter and we don’t get anymore retarded “director of performance enhancements”, I think moose will make a good recovery.
That said… both Joba and Hughes will more than likely be on IP or pitch count limits so we may need a Moose.
People read what they want to read, just like they hear what they want to hear…
Shamus
that was 4 years ago. I don’t think mussina has much left and if we can get something for mussina i say take it.
“Moose and Michael Kay for Gary Cohen”
now THAT trade i like!!
We’re not really talking Moose for Pelfrey…
Is his an acid flashback or something I’m having form college ?
Is Mussina latin?
No way cash trades moose for pelfrey – pelfrey is overrated
pete wahat is phil’s email address
PFranchise@yanks.com?
That’s right: Moose for Pelfrey + acid!
Don’t worry kids.you still stay in NY because yankees faded away santana’s deal.
Phil If by a remote possibility you do go to the twins and the Yankees ever have a chance to get you back, negotiate a full no trade clause in your contract with the twins and reject any offers from other teams that they present.Then when you’re a free agent come back home,you know the Yankees will take care of you.Phil, remember the team you come back to needs players,don’t decimate the team in order to come back.
Moose = a$$
Jonathan,
Moose has done his part every year (except last) and to the best of my knowledge was outstanding in the playoffs. its not his fault they didnt win any rings.
i am not saying he cant be traded, just pretty weak for everyone to be ridiculing the guy
Phil Hughes—it would be a pleasure to see you on this blog anytime. About the worst thing anyone’s said about you here is that they’d trade you for the best pitcher in baseball (not too shabby). I think most folks here don’t want to trade you even for Santana! It’s both your talent, and how you handle yourself with class.
I took my sons to a Trenton Thunder playoff game—you struck out 13 in 5 innings, leading the way to a win. Looking forward to many great PH moments at Yankee Stadium.
how about Mussina and Giambi for Pelfrey?
Yeah, but if we deal Moose for acid, it might make watching Farnsworth easier.
whats giambi gunna do for the mets in that deal….. play the bench?
Show me where thats being reported… A caller on a radio show?
Yeah, up here on WEEI today, a guy said he didn’t see why they had to give up one of Ellsbury, Lester or Buchholz for this ‘Santana’er fella’.
“Shouldn’t a deal of (not kidding here) Hansen and Delcarmen get it done, maybe with Manny thrown in?”
I almost drove off the road laughing…
Seriously, Pelfrey for Moose? Who is going to buy all the beer for the team bus rides on the road trips? Half the rotation will be under 21
(I know, I know, was just kidding…)
But still, IF this deal was true, WHAT would the hell would they do with Pelfrey?
Rob NY
December 4th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
whats giambi gunna do for the mets in that deal….. play the bench?—————-
isn’t that what he does already?
Moose and Carl Pavano’s Porsche for Mike Pelfry?
“whats giambi gunna do for the mets in that deal….. play the bench?”
Does he have the range?
No way I give up giambi’s bat for pelfrey – cash please say no
Rob NY
it was a joke.
Those good ‘ole days were a hell of a lot better than mine!
“if he finds a way to stay healthy.” Has Hughes had a history of injuries prior to last year?
I know when he pulled the hamstring he said he had a similar thing only once when he was in High School, but has he had any real injury problems outside of that and last year?
Wasn’t outstanding in the playoffs this year (or any of the previous 4 for that matter). In fact the two runs he gave up in relief in Game 4 happened to be the difference in the game.
Like I said…just enough to lose.
Shamus
December 4th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
But still, IF this deal was true, WHAT would the hell would they do with Pelfrey?——————-
I hear Arod needs a new shoe shine boy.
Where o where, has….
Randy Levine gone?
Is he not supposed to be an expert at tough negotiations? Is his role limited to bashing St. Joe and making snide comments at press conferences?
night guys… contracts midterm in the morning need my beauty sleep…. somebody figure out a trade thatll keep joba kennedy hughes and cano and still land us kazmir….. i dare you
Baseball Tonight Special – ESPN2 at 11:15 ET, just a heads up.
Hey Pelfrey… Go get your shinebox!
first off, i think it’s fair to say that most people on here would only consider parting with hughes for santana. if hughes is traded for haren, it will be a dark day for us.
that being said, even for santana, i’d still rather keep hughes. yeah, santana is the best in baseball. but hughes is a yankee through and through, and i know i will have so much more fun rooting for a guy that came through the organization (a la derek jeter and mo) and a guy who i watched develop from a high school draft pick into the best pitcher in the minors.
hughes deserves a shot as a yankee. he’s got the entire package, and i would love to see him in pinstripes for his entire career.
Chris NY
December 4th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
“if he finds a way to stay healthy.” Has Hughes had a history of injuries prior to last year?
I know when he pulled the hamstring he said he had a similar thing only once when he was in High School, but has he had any real injury problems outside of that and last year?—————-
in 04 he had a shorted season due to elbow soreness/tired arm depending on whom you believe
in 05 he had shoulder soreness (which some people claim indicates the beginnings of a torn labrum)
but I wouldn’t call any of these major injuries… brackman, sanchez, and malencon had major injuries… go under a knife, it’s major.
What if we trade Moose and the Squirrel for Pelfrey?
I heard the moose for pelfrey rumor as well although no confirmation from cash or minaya yet
mussina + giambi + pavano for kazmir.
Levine was probably stuffed in a closet somewhere for months just to save the Yanks the PR trouble they’d have if they trotted him back out after the Torre debacle.
Mike R,
No way in hell I trade the squirrel.
LMFAO
Shamus—lol
Sometimes these folks here call EEI with trades that you’d couldn’t do in video games. Today during the Big Show a guy called up and that Santana is not worth any of the Red Sox prospects. They blew him up!
Tina ‘I’d like to service’ Cervaiso and Gordon Edes are on NESN now.
Edes said “Sox were out to dinner and are set to be holding a massive meeting in Theo’s suite tonight at midnight. Theo was very calm today. If I had to guess, I think Johan will be wearing a Red Sox hat in 2008.”
Yada yada yada, compared it to Pedro deal of winter 97…
Yanks should trade Hughes and get him back when his arm’s strong enough to pitch an entire season. Get us an ace now rather than “roll the dice” on a possible one.
Joba will be our ace anyways.
Damn Hazel Mae is stacked.
Moose easily becomes the mets #1 starter maybe 2 if pedro is healed. If I were cashman, I’d ask for more that pelfrey for the moose. Moose is great insurance if one out 5 go down; plus he is great out of the bullpen come october
dave,
true… what are the odds none of the yanks starters get hurt?
I hope santana doesnt get traded and just becomes a free agent next off-season. I am sick and tired of this whole thing. What a giant waste of time? If the twins accept lester, crisp and those two prospects they are insane. The yanks were so clearly the better package – any one in the world can see that. Scouts, fans, GMs, the media – i havent heard anyone say the sux have the better offer out there. This doesnt make any sense.
MLB.com
“Mahay’s agent, Lonnie Cooper, said he expected his client might land a deal before the end of this week. The Yankees are believed to be one of the teams willing to provide the left-handed reliever a three-year deal worth at least $12 million.”
I just noticed Pelfrey’s WHIP from last year…in the NL no less
ewwww.
Midnight at the oasis
Email|Link By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff December 4, 07 09:47 PM
The Red Sox front office types have been at dinner for the time being, putting a hold on trade talks. But they will convene at the organization’s suite here in the Opryland hotel at midnight.
Presumably that would place the movers and shakers on standby for further trade talks with the Twins.
Could be another long night…
Shamus,
Does your wife know you’re using that kind of language while using her laptop? lol
So I am guessing this Tigers trade gives us leverage in Santana talks for two reasons:
1) If they were thinking about competing in 2008 with Santana, this is a big blow to that chance:
The Twins are a nice little team with Francisco Liriano coming back healthy and the room to let Delmon Young grow into an impact hitter. They also scored just 718 runs last year and were next-to-last in slugging. They are in the wrong league to think it makes sense to keep Santana to make a playoff run. So where does Santana end up? With the Yankees or Red Sox, of course.
2) They might realize they can’t really win or make the playoffs in the immediate future (08, 09), and might think about rebuilding for 10, 11, 12 and ask the Yankees to part with higher ceiling younger prospects such as Jesus Montero, Dellin Betances, Jackson, Tabata as opposed to Hughes/Kennedy/Melky
Dave are you nuts. Moose for pelfrey is a no brainer
LOL I love this quote, it sounds like, “oh sh** it wasn’t suppose to go down this way, Hank save me sell your farm dammit sell it !!!!.. “we’re still talking”, “dammit help me here big mouth Hank !! -Bill Smith
According to FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal, the Diamondbacks failed to respond to Oakland’s demands for Dan Haren after receiving a list of players from the team.
hate to break it to you but hughes is better than joba.
Hazel Mae I? That is a stupid comparison by Edes. The sox traded american idol and tony armas junior for pedro. Both were considered the best prospects in the organization at the time. OOPS
But the proposed deal is not for the red sox top two prospects, it is for their numbers 3-7.
Gotta save the squirrel. That’s a deal breaker right there.
Pete,
Well-done and thanks for this post. Might be my favorite blog post of all time.
Can you post the e-mail you sent Hughes?
These people with this “Joba will be our ace” crap.
We havent even SEEN Joba start. Yeah he did in the minors but not on a major league level. He was so babied this year with the middle of the inning rules, men on base, etc that we didnt see much. Now, yes, he was pivotal to the Yankees and was clearly dominant. But before we go out and get our new Joba shirts let’s remember who saved the Yanks in game 3 and stop throwing Hughes under the bus. He will be BETTER than Joba.
I need motivation to write my paper. Help me.
I don’t care who is better, Joba or Hughes. All that matters is that both of them are pitching for the Yanks.
Catherine.,,
throwing Hughes under the bus?
hahahahaahahahah
joba has better stuff, but hughes has poise and when he’s healthy, can be very good. I believe both will be very good, but I’m just not sure it’s going to be a for sure thing next season. I could see them both struggling for sure.
Wstk in nashville just reported that the sox have reserved the main ballroom at opreyland for a 2:00 conference tomorrow – not good if your a yankees fan; good if your hughes
Stop abusing E-mail privileges, Pete. And it’s proper form to correct spelling and punctuation on return E-mails if you post them to a web site.
I’m very happy Hughes is still with us. I don’t care whether or not he becomes a true ace next year. As long as he continues to develop and improve like he has been, I want him on the team.
No disrespect to Phil, whom we all love, but Joba’s natural talent is on a different level. Joba has legitimate hall of fame “stuff”. Does that mean he will be a hall of famer, or even an ace; or even win 100 games in the bigs? No. But guys, c’mon, if any prospect in baseball has “ace” stuff, its Joba.
Boston Dave,
In the past few days people have actually said things along the lines of “Give Hughes for Santana, he’ll be good, but Joba will be our ace anyway.” That is the most ridiculous thing considering one of them has started a major league game and the other hasn’t…
hughesian bias
December 4th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
hate to break it to you but hughes is better than joba.————-
I dunno, I’m going to take that with a grain of salt because, call me crazy here, but I think you may be a little biased…
Catherine… ok… makes more sense with the extra context.
You can always not write the paper, pay someone to do it for you, get caught, be brought up on charges on violating the code of student conduct, be expelled, and wind up homeless on the street with no job or family or future.
But at least you’ll have the Yankees and the memory of the night you spent hours looking at mindless comments on all the non-news coming out of the 2007 winter meetings.
Night all…
Can’t do it anymore.
Living in the Redneck Backyard of Red Sox Nation, Maine, I’ll hear the ‘Yankees suck’ chants out my window if the trade happens tonight.
I’ve already had over 40 texts tonight from ‘friends’ (the same ones that thought they were getting A-Rod a month ago) about Johan and how great a five-peat will be….
Ugh….
Obla-di, Obla-da, life goes on, ON, yadda yadda life goes on…
but most in here (IMO) are overvaluing hughes if anything. i think he is getting more love on this blog than anywehre else ever
Wfan is also reportin 2:00 conference by boston
Joba’s great but can we all jump off the “Joba will be our ace” bandwagon until he at LEASTS starts a game?
Shamus
where i am, they light off fireworks AND the yankees suck chant… and my phone rings off the hook with calls and texts
nite
Just to nitpick, but when referring to the Steinbrenner fortune, use billion, not billions. Remember, singular xP
(according to the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans as of September this year, King George is worth about 1.3 billion)
If Boston announces Johan Santana at 2 tomorrow, what is plan B? Go with the kids or try to trade for an upper echelon pitcher?
“but most in here (IMO) are overvaluing hughes if anything. i think he is getting more love on this blog than anywehre else ever”
sorry we’re over valuing hughes when according to you we should be exalting moose…
Blargh,
what was the 2007 yanks revenue or net income? just curious…
fact of the matter is, boston is the best team in baseball and they have just gotten way better, by getting santana for a ridiculous package. yanks probably won’t make the playoffs this season, which is a joke considering they have the highest payroll in baseball.
Just heard gammons confirm that deal is done contingent on johann agreeing to an extension
Jonathon December 4th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
he is and always has been my type of player.
So your type of player is someone who alway does just enough to lose, complains when things don’t go exactly the way he wants, has more excuses than Hankee has billions, throws his teammates under the bus and hasn’t done anything to distinguish himself in pinstripes?—————————————————————————
well, yes and no. i like him because he reminds me of me, as both a pitcher (though i won’t even pretend i was good enough to play beyond varsity hs) and as a person—for better or for worse.
It could be to announce a Coco Crisp trade, if the Santana deal were that far ahead, ESPN…SI…etc. would pick up on it.
Where frank???
For all you Bedard lovers (myself included):
From Joel Sherman of the NYPost:
“Angelos has, for now, gone along with MacPhail’s plan. However, his one order was that Bedard not be traded into the AL East, which means the Yankees and Red Sox – though interested – are not in play. ”
mike f –
apples and oranges
you are a phony who roots for a guy and says “you’re my boy!!” but at the moment you think they arent good anymore its “dont let the door hit you on the way out”
mike f… your new name on the blog is Dan Duquette. and mike mussina is “in the twilight” of this career.
wait, did i say phony? i meant ahole
Blargh: if you want to get technical 1.3 is considered plural.
The Rangers met with the Twins on Tuesday and it’s believed Johan Santana was at least briefly discussed.
Didn’t Wang save the Yankees in 05 and 06? How did he do in 07?
Wang had a near perfect game against Seattle this season while Hughes had a near perfect game. Who’s a better pitcher for the future?
Wang: “I want to stay a Yankee forever”.please!
Hughes is expendible when dealing with the likes of Santana.
O.K. it makes sense that Boston would reserve a ballroom for a press conference to announce something big. But what will they reserve if they actually come to terms? A football stadium?
Pete, get gammons on asap – he confirmed the trade on nesn
I think if Santana signs a 6 year $150 M extension that pretty much assures that the Indians will not be able to retain Sabathia. It is possible he could become available. This of course if purely speculative.
PETER ABRAHAM!
Sir, please, give the link to this post to Cashman, to Steinbrenner. Let them know what their fans think.
HUGHES IS A HOMETOWN HERO. HE IS OUR FUTURE.
WE LOVE PHIL HUGHES. AND WE WANT HIM TO STAY.
Offer Kennedy + more but NOT OUR PHRANCHISE PLAYER!
I highly doubt the majority of Yankee fans have the stomach and patience to watch a pitcher “develop” into an ACE. There’s really no precedent in having a pitcher becoming dominate in his first full year. Clemens is probably the only one in last 20 years and it wasn’t until his 3rd year he broke out.
sorry, should read…
Wang had a near perfect game against Seattle this season while Hughes had a near “no-hit” game. Who’s a better pitcher for the future?
December 4, 2007. The day the Sox built a dynasty.
God,
I hope this is all a bluff or posturing or some crap like that. I cant imagine if i wake up tomorrow and Johan is a freaking sock. What the heck is going on here? We need an ace, boston doesnt. We offered the best deal. Boston was just in the deal to raise the stake for the yanks. They dont even want to give him the money he wants. Hughes is clearly a million times better than lester. The deal the socks offered is actually a steal. Hank is a moron for imposing this deadline. Cash is a moron if he isnt doing anything about this. This one trade is going to alter the fate of the entire season and hank is going to stay out of it cuz of his ego. I cant imagine this is even true. This is soo ridiculous. I have no idea what is going on here. Nothing makes sense and i dont know what is truth and what is lies.
Mike R: Sabathia in 2009 is done deal. In my head. All the more reason to hold PH.
boston dave you certainly are charming as well as intelligent. i thank you for the kind words and look forward to your next pronouncements.
Good, then the rest of the baseball can stop obsessing with the Yankees.
Boston Dave: Unfortunately, couldn’t find the 2007 revenues yet; perhaps not released yet?
But here’s 2006: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/33/07mlb_The-Business-Of-Baseball_Rank.html
Yanks revenue that year would be 302 million (at the time of the article, April this year, the Yanks were worth 1.2 billion as listed)
Jonathan: I always do my own work. I write fiction, so plagarism to me is worse than murder.
Well, almost.
Those 3 kids (joba, hughes, kennedy) better be VERY VERY good or holding on to them will be the thing that sets back this team for years to come.
And if Cashman really refused to include a good, but far from great, prospect in Horne, then he has lost his mind.
How about some links people??
Blargh,
thanks… will check that out
dave, he is a sock. the trade has been agreed upon. Santana is a Red Sock. Cashm.oron is sitting on his couch with his hands down his pants, realizing how much of a m.oron he is.
bkul
link please?
I call BS on the Gammon call. He’s on Baseball Tonight live right now and has been for the past 15 min.
So Boston already has an ace…a guy that’s leaps and bounds better than anybody on the Yanks staff in Beckett. And now they get another ace…another guy who’s better than anybody on the Yanks staff.
Good grief, this offseason is a disaster.
You should stop being a fan, bskul.
Rebecca—Jhat is your paper on?
and if it’s b/c cashmoron didn’t want to include horne or jackson, he deserves to lose his job RIGHT NOW. No excuse for those prospects to have held up that deal. NONE.
Phil, u rock – behind u all the way. Franchise 4-ever!!!
Loserbob: Not sure how you’re defining first full year, because I would consider a mid-season call-up (or switch to the rotation) a full year if it were early enough. That said, just recent guys off the top of my head, I’d say Weaver, Liriano, Verlander in 2006; Hamels, Lincecum in 2007. And only since he’s been in the news, Dontrelle Willis.
Dominate may be a strong word for some of these guys, but I’d be happy with any of these results being replicated (wear and tear aside).
good post alvaro….
The Diamondbacks are listening to offers for Jose Valverde, according to ESPN’s Enrique Rojas.
Blargh…thanks for the heads up on the plural form of billions.
I mean billion
We are NEVER going to get haren or bedard. Orioles wont trade within the division and the A’s will ask the yankees for the moon and the stars – billy beane has ridiculous demands and haren is cheap for whicver team may get him, very cheap. Even tho he is half the pitcher that santana is because of the price and yrs he will prolly ask for the double the quality of prospects. Hank is an egotistic little %* who clearly cares far more about his public persona than the team and the fans and the franchise over the next five yrs. I can see if the angles were haggling with the twins he could step out but its our division rivals and we can beat what they are offering. If for nothing more, drive up the price as the soxx were doing to us. I dont even think they wanted the guy, i think it was more they were driving up the price for us and were stunned when the twins accepted and the yanks walked out of negotiations. That is how it feels. Just go back into that room. Swallow ur pride once again and stop making some stupid @$$ deadlines. They dont help, they are foolish, u are an absolute moron hank just STOP TALKING. Let cash do the talking and u just tell him to go back in. I am sooo pissed at this.
The only reason that Sabathia did poorly in the playoffs is because of fatigue. The guy was closing in on 250 innings and pitching against some great lineups. I’d be happy if we added him next year.
Phil wants to stay… I feel like crying.
I pray to the squirrel that we get a Phil vs. Johan head-to-head matchup in 2008—with Phil in pinstrips.
damn u sox, damn u twins, damn u stein, damn u cash, damn u johan i hate u all good nite
Btw, does anyone know if philiphughes.net is really Philly Franchises site? A little Schilling like, but would be interesting to see what he has to say. I’m too lazy to read his site if it is not legit.
“I pray to the squirrel that we get a Phil vs. Johan head-to-head matchup in 2008 — with Phil in pinstrips.”
Yeah, I can’t wait to see Boston tee off on Hughes and his 91 mph straight “fastballs” and his rolling curveballs. Ugh…
Save Phil Hughes!!! We love this kid!!
Yeah Save Phil Hughes! Getting the Wildcard for the next 5 Seasons is fun!
If the Red Sox really got Santana for Lester, Crisp, and some crappy thrown in prospects then they may have made one of the top 3 best deals of their entire franchise. How could they get him without giving up Ellsbury or Bucholz?
Yankees fans sure are smart, at least a great majority of those posting here. Who many bad deals must we recall before we get in our heads: Stay with the youth movement.
For one, I think they can win.
Secondly, it will so much more enjoyable to watch them grow even if they fall a bit short.
The Yankees will again win the World Series when the fans, the team, the media etc. get rid of the stupidity that deems a “non-World-Series-winning-season’’ as a losing one. Let the Sox get Santana. Let them be the “Evil Empire With Awful Accents’’ And, sure, the Angels and now Detroit after tonight’s dealing should put a scare into Yankees fans.
Good.
I wasn’t sure the Yanks would be good enough to win in 1996 either. And, boy, that was a fun year! Bring it on…:)
Isn’t the point of stockpiling young pitching like the Yankees have is to fill your rotation, but also be able to make a play for a great pitcher like Santana if they are to come available? I mean there are only 5 starting spots, no? I don’t know what some of you are planning on doing with all these guys.
Santana- 29
Wang- 27
Pettitte- 35
Joba- 22
Kennedy- 22
When Pettitte retires, you have Brackman, Pope, Sanchez, Bentances, etc. first round pick this season, all can step in to fill that one spot depending on who earns it.
roywhite – u wont be saying all that crap in October when we get knocked out in the first round of the playoffs again because the angles, tigers and sox all improved while we still have the same damn team without an ace. oh yea real fun I love getting knocked out in the first round, hey maybe next yr we will be so bad we wont get into the playoffs. Wont that be FUN. You and Mike fransesca talking about how much FUN it will be that with a 220 million dollar payroll and the best prospects in baseball, we somehow found a way to be the under-dog. Thas not fun – thas crap management, a bad GM and a moronic owner. That doesnt sound so fun – it sounds like the yanks will be the laughing stock once again.
Dave
December 4th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
We are NEVER going to get haren or bedard. Orioles wont trade within the division and the A’s will ask the yankees for the moon and the stars – billy beane has ridiculous demands and haren is cheap for whicver team may get him, very cheap. Even tho he is half the pitcher that santana is because of the price and yrs he will prolly ask for the double the quality of prospects. Hank is an egotistic little %* who clearly cares far more about his public persona than the team and the fans and the franchise over the next five yrs. I can see if the angles were haggling with the twins he could step out but its our division rivals and we can beat what they are offering. If for nothing more, drive up the price as the soxx were doing to us. I dont even think they wanted the guy, i think it was more they were driving up the price for us and were stunned when the twins accepted and the yanks walked out of negotiations. That is how it feels. Just go back into that room. Swallow ur pride once again and stop making some stupid @$$ deadlines. They dont help, they are foolish, u are an absolute moron hank just STOP TALKING. Let cash do the talking and u just tell him to go back in. I am sooo pissed at this.
1. Are those 45 degree angles or 90 degree angles that are going after Santana?
2. Earlier today, you were complaining about the Yankees going back on their word, but, now is’t ok.
3. Steinbrenner did the right thing. Smith kept changing the request while Boston didn’t. The Yankees made concessions and Smith still wanted more. Then would run back to the Red Sox. When he didn’t get any more changes from the Yanks, he threatened to deal with the Red Sox again. Those ARE NOT negotiations. Generally, that’s considered extortion.
“anawfuloffseason
December 4th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Those 3 kids (joba, hughes, kennedy) better be VERY VERY good or holding on to them will be the thing that sets back this team for years to come.”
only in the spoiled rotten demented mind of a yankee fan could someone call an offseason where the team hired a great young manager, signed the best player in baseball, signed the best catcher on the market, signed the best starter on the market, and signed the best reliever on the market “awful”
unreal.
seriously, go root for the mets or the sox.
this blog has gotten really terrible the last few days.
my apologies to the regulars who are actually not idiots.
GreenBeret7, I agree with your analysis. But Hank won’t do it.
^Those three guy were already on our team, let’s stop acting like they are all of the sudden these glorious acquisitions.
I’m sorry guys, I’m generally an optimistic, but some of guys have been drinking the Kool-Aid way too much.
Posted this on the Girardi thread ahead of this one, but wanted to throw it here too….
Baseball Tonight reported Peavy agreed to a 3 yr/ 52 mill extension with the Padres tonight.
Hey greenberet,
I wasnt complaining about the yanks going back on a deadline. I was complaining that they made one. I was complaining that our owner is a moron and our GM doesnt seem like he cares that this trade may alter the balance of power for the better part of a decade. Real funny angles angels who the hell cares? I made a typo idiot. The sox were trying to raise the cost for the yanks, now the yanks are letting the sox have him for practically nothing. They arent giving up either of their best prospects. Atleast make a better offer to raise the price for the sox. Like they were doing to us before. You dont step out of a negotiation like this to protect you ego or save face. Stein already lost all his credibility. At this point, they are gaining nothing by holding to this deadline and losing a whole lot. If stein doesnt want to be considered a moron – he should stop making these ridiculous deadlines.
Yankees not out of the mix:
http://nc.startribune.com/blogs/neal/?p=288
I learned tonight that, despite what Hank Steinbrenner says, the Twins have not been told by the Yankees that they have pulled out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes.
The Twins are expected to hold more late-night negotiation sessions tonight, and it doesn’t look like anything is close. If something develops, we’ll post it here. But I’m going to jinx myself and predict that nothing will go down tonight. So go to bed.
I already regret writing that….
I still find it hard to believe that there’s not at least one L.A. team getting involved in this…
“Those three guy were already on our team, let’s stop acting like they are all of the sudden these glorious acquisitions.”
so what? they all became free agents and the yankees retained them.
the 2008 yankees will be a good team.
the sox are still the favorites (who knows, the santana deal is NOT done), but the f’ing whining on the blog has gotten unbearable.
hmmmm,
all those guys were already one the team. And now they all cost more money and were given contracts far beyond what any other team would have offered them. This is the exact same team as last yr minus vizcaino. We havent made any improvements other than the fact that the threekids are a yr older. Only yankee fans can give cash credit for retaining our own players for contracts that were double what they made last yr. You guys dont have a little brown on ur nose – ur nose is covered in $#^*. Good job tho keep talking him up – maybe u’ll get a job with the yanks.
Hmmmm-
Totally agree.
Reality Check
December 5th, 2007 at 12:05 am
GreenBeret7, I agree with your analysis. But Hank won’t do it.
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I’m no fan of Hank Steinbrenner, because I see him as a cheap copy of his father, but, I agree with this. It was time to end that BS and move on. If Boston can afford Santana and Smith, who will never be confused with Einstein, is happy…nothing you can do about it. If ever a guy tried to get fired from his job, Smith couldn’t have done a more perfect job.
Well we are letting the best pitcher in baseball slip thru our hands to the team that is our archrival and won the world series last yr and we are the team that has the MOST money and better prospects. What would u like in here? A celebration! Every yr no matter what cash does u guys are soo happy bout it. Even if its status quo or makes the team worse i dont get it.
The Yankees have not improved. They may slightly in the starting rotation, but nothing compared to how much the Red Sox will improve. Posada is not going to repeat that kind of year…and Jeter…Damon…Matsui…Giambi are another year older. Plus, our bullpen is a mess right now. I mean Farnsworth as our best setup guy?
Some of you need to take off the rosy glasses and open your eyes, the Red Sox are building an empire right around your peachy garden, but keep acting like your tulip bulbs are going to grow into the world’s greatest flowers when the Red Sox already have two of the greatest flowers in Santana and Beckett that aren’t going anywhere.
“any improvements other than the fact that the threekids are a yr older. Only yankee fans can give cash credit for retaining our own players for contracts that were double what they made last yr. You guys dont have a little brown on ur nose – ur nose is covered in $#^*. ”
whatever.
i was merely rejecting the notion that is has been an “awful” offseason.
and it hasn’t.
my nose may be brown, but you are an idiot, and at least i can wash my face. you’ll always be stupid.
Dave
December 5th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Hey greenberet,
I wasnt complaining about the yanks going back on a deadline. I was complaining that they made one. I was complaining that our owner is a moron and our GM doesnt seem like he cares that this trade may alter the balance of power for the better part of a decade. Real funny angles angels who the hell cares? I made a typo idiot. The sox were trying to raise the cost for the yanks, now the yanks are letting the sox have him for practically nothing. They arent giving up either of their best prospects. Atleast make a better offer to raise the price for the sox. Like they were doing to us before. You dont step out of a negotiation like this to protect you ego or save face. Stein already lost all his credibility. At this point, they are gaining nothing by holding to this deadline and losing a whole lot. If stein doesnt want to be considered a moron – he should stop making these ridiculous deadlines.
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Hey..no…you were just doing as usual…same as the other two whiners BostonIdiot and Kasey..looking for every thread on hear to complain about something…nothing’s changed.
I don’t know it may take an icepick to chip away that 8 inch thick of brownnosing you have around your face.
“Only yankee fans can give cash credit for retaining our own players for contracts that were double what they made last yr.”
right, so pettitte making the same salary as last year is double?
a-rod making the same salary is double?
posada went from 12M to 13M.
rivera from 11M to 15M.
everyone DOUBLED!!!
Steinbrenner opened his mouth way too early on Santana, set a stupid unnecessary deadline that probably only T’d off the Twins’ GM, borderline tampered, and now we get to watch as the “price is too high” as the Red Sox waltz in, snag another ace for a garbage package, and all we do is “Save the Kids!”. Like we are really going to need 15 starting pitchers in the near future! The point in stockpiling is so that you can trade 2-3 guys if a great pitcher becomes available! Just dumb front office work all around.
hmmm,
Oh Im stupid? Your the one that is pretending this off season is great. How exactly am I stupid again? Oh because I see the world the way it is. I see the sox getting better by getting the best pitcher in baseball while we just retain our own free agents. And what do u have to say about it: If the twins want to be dumb, lets just let them. Brilliant move- wow your such a smart guy. Keep thinking cash is a genius. Keep thinking the yanks are the best team in baseball. Its hasnt been awful but if we stay the same and the sox get santana, it isnt exactly good. Oh yea – our bullpen sucks and cash does nothing about it. Farnsworthless is our set up man. Our closer is prolly going to break down in the next yr or two. We have no viable replacement. Cash hasnt signed a quality reliever in his entire tenure nor an ace. Yet, we have spent about a billion dollars over the past five yrs.
For all that the Tigers improved, am I the only one who thinks Cleveland’s still the team to beat in that division? Cleveland has better pitching both in the rotation and the bullpen (don’t forget Detroit lost Zumaya AGAIN), and while putting Cabrera in the middle of that Detroit lineup certainly makes it dangerous, Cleveland’s lineup isn’t bad, either (I’d personally expect a much better year out of Hafner, for example).
And what has Boston done to improve this offseason? So far, Boston has done absolutely nothing. Until I see Santana with a Red Sox cap on, I’m not going to make an assumption one way or the other about that trade. But even if the Red Sox did get Santana-
and yes, that would be an improvement-that doesn’t mean the Red Sox are a lock to win the World Series.After all, the Yankees were supposed to be a lock to win the World Series after they plucked the best player on the planet from under the Red Sox’s nose-
Alex Rodriguez-and haven’t won one since. And that’s not a knock on Rodriguez, that’s just to show how unpredictable the playoffs can be.