Well if you could pick the next Eric Gagne then the Yankees should hire you. Also, not that I want to sound like anti-mussina, but in this case Gagne actually did do steroids.

“apparently although the yanks cant fill thier bp now, they have cornered the market on potential bp help. ”

Pretty much, yeah.

“by midseason, if nobody else has stepped up, i could see them moving giambi or matsui for a big pierce that allows joba to move to the rotation.”

That was your original point, nothing about a package of prospects.

Bottom line Y’s guy, I think you underestimate the yankees pitching depth and overestimate the value of relievers.

exactly the point i initially made.

apparently although the yanks cant fill thier bp now, they have cornered the market on potential bp help.

consider what the dodgers would have taken in a trade for eric gagne in 2001. certainly less than a matsui. but several ppl in the organization felt that he had closer stuff.
he saved 150+ games in the next 3 seasons.

There’s a considerable difference between saying he could have used PEDs and that his previous production was caused by PEDs and he will never attain that without PEDs.

I thought his production dropped off because he got hurt and he never regained his pre-injury swing.

If in July the Yankees need a reliever I’d be all for trading a package of prospects to get one, if its a fair price.

1. Name a few young potential closers the Yankees could get for Matsui.

2. We have a shortage of quality BP arms in the present but you say we need a closer of the future. I say we have several prospects in our system already that can fill that role down the line.

Trading Matsui for a guy that can be our closer tomorrow is near impossible because nobody would want Matsui for so much and packaging Matsui with more players for just a closer is too much for the Yankees to pay.

On the other hand if you want to trade for a relief prospect that can be our closer next year and on, I’d say that is pointless. Our relief prospects are superior to any prospects we could trade for and they will be ready at the end of this season.

I could see Matsui getting traded but I don’t see it happening for a reliever.

well sure, if the Yankees get to mid-season and no has emerged, then yes, they may have to make a trade.

but right now, the bullpen seems like it will be ok.

no one knows. but your opinion that the Yankees will definitely need to trade for a reliever is no more or less valid than my opinion that they won’t.

i live in the world where the yankees don’t actually have a shortage of relievers.