Looking for some pinch hitters
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We’re looking for some guest bloggers in January. If you have a Yankees blog and want to post here (200-500 words), I’ll link to your blog and even toss up a photograph if you want.
Not many rules: No obscene language, no pay sites, no personal attacks. Write whatever you want, even rip me. In return you’ll get some exposure for your site. Try and have some specific point to what you’re writing, that works best. You need to have an established Yankees blog to join in.
There are so many great Yankees blogs out there, it would do us all good to improve our collective baseball knowledge. Plus January is a slow month for baseball news. E-mail me if you’re interested.
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Chad Jennings
Sam Borden
Wow, that’s pretty cool of you Pete. Wish I had a Yankees blog, but I prefer to be a commenter.
good idea
*begins stroking ego*
Just a bit.
However, they do say the first step towards recovery is admitting you’re addicted…
My list of sites I visit
* Baseball Toaster: Bronx Banter
* My Baseball Bias
* NoMaas
* Pinstripe Alley
* Pinstripe Posts
* Pro Sports Daily
* Replacement Level Yankees Weblog
* River Ave. Blues
* Scott Proctor’s Arm
* SWB Yankees Blog
* The Bronx Block
* Yankees Chick
Guess I have to think of something to write about…
Very cool Pete!
Thanks Pete that`s great of you
Can Roger sue for what this dope put up on youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40r1XKtgrk
hey dudes…
i started a blog.
http://thebaseballoutsider.blogspot.com/
enjoy
That is a pretty cool idea Pete. Like Andy, guess I have to come up with a decent topic if I want to think about doing this.
“Can Roger sue for what this dope put up on youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40r1XKtgrk”
That’s actually pretty funny.
Replacement Level Yankees Weblog is my fav. They provide great statistical analysis and projections.
I recommend Rebecca and Todd Drew from Yankee Justice. Todd’s blog is very fan oriented and he writes great..
Hey Jay,
Keep going with the blog there guy. Looks good so far.
I’d have to say that my top 5 are River Ave Blues, WasWatching, Scott Proctors Arm, iYankees, and Pinstripes PA.
So what’s this about Cano being pulled from winter ball. Yanks say he was only supposed to play 6 games to test his calf, but rumors are flying Cano could be part of deal for Santana. (Melky also pulled from winter ball by Yanks for fatigue)
I doubt the Yanks would trade Cano – they shouldn’t. But you never know…
Yanks Invite Juan Gonzalez to Spring Training
Saw this link on Yes Message Boards. Hopefully this is some kind of joke!
http://www.vocero.com/noticiasum.asp?id=11112
Glad someone likes it!
I thought it was horrible. It was poorly done to begin with and it was in poor taste. I hope he gets his *ss sued. He wouldn’t think it was so funny than.
My vote is for that kid from Scott Proctor’s Arm!
i like the bronx stop
thanks for the praise, i started a new series of posts tonight, check em out
Peter,it sounds great idea.
You’re the best, Pete! The sad part is that I don’t have an active Yankees Blog.
Piece of advice for pinch hitting bloggers in this space. Don’t emulate Loopy Lupica. From yesterday’s Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo....._el-3.html
Welcome to Bizarro World. First, Loopy compares Rocket to Floyd Landis. Curious. Uh, Mikey, as you yourself note there is no positive test in Roger’s case. But then you add, “that we know of.” Well, I guess when you are the best, like Mikey, you take Bobby Kennedy’s perspective when it comes to evidence: Some see things as they are and ask ‘Why?’ I see things as they could be and ask ‘Why not?’”
Other things that make Rocket guilty in Bizarro Mikey World:
“First came Clemens’ lawyer, Rusty Hardin, saying that McNamee had slandered Clemens. A few days later came a statement from Clemens issued through his agents. Then Clemens posted his very own video, nearly two minutes in length, one that ended up being a big hit on YouTube.”
Apparently, if you have been defamed, when you or your lawyer deny the defamatory statement, that is really proof the statement is true. (I’m sorry, but can the Queen of Hearts and Alice be far behind?)
“Next on the Clemens redemption tour, the Rocket pedaling as fast as he can away from the Mitchell Report, comes an appearance with Mike Wallace on ‘60 Minutes,’ which historically has been a softer place for famous athletes to land than a down comforter.”
Voluntarily going on the best regarded National TV Newsmagazine to address the allegations in the Mitchell Report and subject himself to questions is “pedaling as fast as he can away from the Mitchell Report”? But my favorite is calling 60 Minutes: “a softer place for famous athletes to land than a down comforter.” On what exactly is that last remark based? Wallace envy?
“Where’s the lawsuit, which is always so much fun when they get to the discovery phase? Sometimes you think the simplest way to resolve these disputes is with a lie detector test.”
Back up, Mikey. All persons accused by scumbags should take a lie detector test? How would Mikey like it if he were accused of having an out of control coke habit a few years? Would he feel compelled to take a lie detector test?
Rocket is accused by a guy who managed to get drummed out of the NYPD after 3 years, who is a noted liar and suspect in a “date rape” drugging, who was dealing illegal drugs and who has repeatedly said on the record that Rocket did not use PEDs. This hero did not come forward voluntarily suffering from pangs of conscience and expose himself to arrest and conviction. No, he was arrested and only then did McNamee change his story, dropping a big name in order to stay out of jail. Pardon me, but with McNamee’s record, I would have put McNamee on the box (lie detector) before I would have taken his word for what day of the week it was.
So, potential pinch hitters, beware the JabberMikey!
Murph, but wouldn’t Mikey say that McNamee was under oath with the Feds watch over his shoulder as Mitchell investigators questioned him?
The problem is, that no matter what Clemens does he name will be tarnished forever. Like Mikey said there is no positive test in Roger’s case, but then he added, “that we know of.†To him he is guilty and always will be.
I was thinking, it’s not really a Yankees’ blog, but there’s this guy in Boston, Curt something. Maybe he could do a guest post in your blog, and you could write one in his.
You know your readership’s gonna spike the day Rebecca writes here, right?
PLEEEEEZE !!!!! …..no Lupica. Whiney types need not apply.
http://enough-Lupica.com/index.htm
“If Roger Clemens continues to play fast and loose with the truth on ‘60 Minutes’ and he continues to call Brian McNamee a liar then we will proceed with a defamation suit,†Emery said in a telephone interview. “It is one of the only avenues Brian has to defend himself against the claims that he lied.â€-nytimes
murphydog-
speaking of bizarro world, mcnamee is worried about being slandered?
wouldn’t it work to clemens favor to have mc name file suit against him for slander because slander is so hard to prove? from a strategy standpoint, it looks easier to defend against slander than sue for slander.
What do you think of swapping in Ian Kennedy for Phil Hughes and adding some more prospects to the list? Let’s say
1. Ian Kennedy
2. Melky Cabrera
3. Alan Horne
4. Brett Gardner
5. Jeff Marquez
for Johan Santana? That’s 2 major league ready players including 4 top 15 prospects in the Yankee organization for the best pitcher in baseball, for any other team that could mean stripping the farm and ruining the future but in a system as stacked as the Yankees’ I think its a pretty fair trade.
So that’s saying that Phil Hughes is worth Ian Kennedy, Alan Horne and Brett Gardner, I think a future ace in Hughes is worth a future number 2-3 starter with possible ace production in Kennedy, a 3-4 starter or solid setup man in Horne and an average to above average outfielder in Gardner. If they ask for more than that I would even throw in a another lesser prospect. Or… even better imagine a package of the following:
1. Melky Cabrera
2. Jeff Karstens
3. Alan Horne
4. Austin Jackson
5. Dellin Betances
6. Damon Sublett
7. Jeff Marquez
8. Juan Miranda/Zach McAllister
This is a pretty huge haul, wouldn’t you say? That’s two major league ready players in Melk-man and Karstens, and 5 top 15 prospects including 3 top 5, not to mention McAllister/Miranda are ranked in most top 25’s. Is this too much? Maybe we could get away with offering less, like making it a 6-7 player deal, subtracting Marquez and/or Miranda/McAllister? Ask the Twins, but I highly doubt it. Either way I hope you catch my drift… we can give them quantity while still providing much quality. They are asking for 2 major league ready players, we give them Melky and maybe they would take Moose, Karstens or Igawa as the other? An 8 player deal huh? We would likely ask for some prospects back but wouldn’t get any value in them.
Imagine being able to keep the big 3 and adding Santana? You would be killing the farm, but it’s so stacked that the Yankees still have some sort of life. Doing this could even move Joba to the bullpen and our rotation would be:
1. Santana
2. Wang
3. Pettitte
4. Hughes
5. IPK/Moose
IPK could even be the long man/spot starter to limit innings, and then when Moose falls apart he could take over as the number 5. Sign Texiera next year to clear up the first base problems, heck if the Twins want another big bat give them Giambi for a year as a filler even pay his entire contract, with Joba able to fill the 8th we could even give the Twins Farnsworth if they want so they could trade Nathan (to us hopefully as part of the Santana deal) and get even more prospects. Or we could just give them a bunch of fillers and add Moose to the mix (if he’d waive his no-trade) We saw the Diamondbacks get Haren and a throw in for 6 players, none of which seem to be major leaugue ready. So imagine another scenario:
1. Mike Mussina
2. Melky Cabrera
3. Jeff Karstens
4. Kyle Farnsworth
5. Alan Horne
6. Austin Jackson
7. Dellin Betances
8. Damon Sublett
9. Jeff Marquez
10. Juan Miranda/Zach McAllister
Is a 10 person trade even possible? Obviously we would be getting Santana plus Nathan in this deal, maybe something else too, like a lefty reliever or 4th outfielder, doubt it. We would also have to send cash to cover Moose’s contract as well as Farnsworthless’. Unless we get Nathan, I would stick to the 6-8 prospect trade listed before this one. We would be swapping 2 one year contracts in Mussina and Farnsworth for a one year contract in Nathan, not to mention we would be adding some amazing talent to their farm while also allowing them to contend somewhat in ‘08. Mussina and Karstens fill out their rotation, filling the void left by the departures of Silva and Garza, I actually think Mussina and Karstens will do better in ‘08 than the combination of Silva and Garza. Yet, the Twins become the ‘07 Yankees and have no true ace; Santana’s void is filled by the farm system that has just become one of the best in the league, as well as the return of Liriano. Nathan’s void is filled either through the farm system or some magical reinvention of Kill Farnsworth. Imagine this for the Yankees then…
SP:
1. Santana
2. Wang
3. Pettitte
4. Hughes
5. IPK
CL: Mo
Setup: Joba, Nathan
Relivers: Hawkins, Albadejo, Ohlendorf, Britton/Igawa (Igawa is a situational lefty/long-man)?
All of a sudden our bullpen is the best in the league, as is our starting pitching. Our lineup barely takes a hit as well, our farm system may be somewhat depleted, but nothing too damning… we still have an average at worst system.
Lineup:
1. Damon (CF)
2. Jeter (SS)
3. Abreu (RF)
4. Arod (3B)
5. Cano (2B)
6. Posada (C)
7. Matsui (LF)
8. Giambi/Duncan (DH)
9. Minky/Betemit (1B)
Until we sign Teixera to a 5-7 year contract with an average salary of approximately $20-25 million we could sign Minky to a 1-year $1.5 million contract and have him and Betemit handle the bulk of 1B duties while having Giambi and Duncan switch off at DH. That’s some nice platoon action for both DH and 1B. I think that leaves us 2 more spots? We could add more bullpen help, or sign two more bench players preferably an outfielder who can handle center in case Damon gets injured. Maybe bring back Bernie for the 4th outfielder spot unless anyone sees a better option?
Now a lot of this is just me messing around, but who knows, I think some is at least feasible. We, of course, sell out and strip our entire farm system for Santana, yet we keep the big 3 which is fine by me, since we won’t be needing any pitching prospects for at least another 10 years… and we can always just buy Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia in ‘09 in the range of 4-6 years and an average salary of approximately $15-20 million annually. The only gaping hole with the Santana trade is the void in the outfield defense left by Melky’s departure, but he was part of all the trade talks anyway, plus above average fielders with average bats are a dime a dozen. You know what else is a dime a dozen? $4 million contracts for relievers that can’t pitch… cough… Killin’ Me Farnsworth. Am I putting too much value on the Yankee farm? This is my first article ever… so give me a break here…
THOUGHTS?
T. Kim -
Can’t trade Melky and A-Jax in the same package. The Twins will not be interested in both Mussina and Farnsworth’s contract totals of $ 28.5M for ‘08 even with Santana’s contract loss for them.
T. Kim–That is much too many players to give up for one, no matter how good the one is.
You don’t want to be like Arizona and have your farm system completely fleeced
T. Kim: Quantity does not replace quality.
Great idea, Pete. I’d like to see each blogger post on the same topic, so we can get a bunch of points of view say: new sheriff in town (Joe Girardi)and how it will change the club, pitching (is it enough?), or even AROD back in pinstripes (what does it mean to the Yankees for the next ten years?)
Hey everyone. I’ll actually be one of the “pinch hitters” in January and I’m definitely looking forward to it.
MikeinBH
December 28th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Yanks Invite Juan Gonzalez to Spring Training
Saw this link on Yes Message Boards. Hopefully this is some kind of joke!
http://www.vocero.com/noticiasum.asp?id=11112
In Spain, Puerto Rico and other Spanish-speaking countries, December 28th is like our April 1st. It is a hoax.
Haha Murph. Not a fan of the WMD (Weapon of Malignant Dwarfism) I take it?
Thanks for the PS3 games suggestions, btw. I have ordered MLB 07 The Show and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. I’m interested in seeing Drake’s – looks like a game even I might want to have a go at playing.
here i am a few days late, but i don’t get it Pete. why have someone else write for your blog? You are the best, i don’t want to read anyone else. if I did, I’d be wasting my workday on their blog instead of yours.
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