Comments on: Yankees add Coke and Moeller, not Melky

By: Brandon...Brandon...

Brandon...Brandon... — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:07 +0000

Testing

By: bru

bru — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:27:31 +0000

the yankees should let all the free agents walk.whoever accepts arbitration,trade them.
the problem the yankees might have is that there are no good young free agents available because they are all locked up so it will take a few trades to bring in young players.
except for their pitching,cano,nady they are an old team and need to get younger.
package hughes,kennedy,melky,cano,nady and some minor leaguers for a good young center fielder,first baseman and pitcher.
damon and matsui should also be considered in a package.
what good would it do to trade anybody or everybody for older players and be in the same position.
the yankees risk sitting on all these players and minor leaguers when they could be bringing in the right pieces.

they made a mistake in giving up karsens,olendorf,tabata and 2 other pitchers for nady and marte,huge mistake.they have to use guys like that for young studs,first base,center field,pitchers,instead it created more of a log jam.

By: hobbie

hobbie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:31:57 +0000

While I am a big fan of Andy Pettite, I think we must part ways. This season hasn’t been worth the 16 Million. I would re-sign Messina.
I would offer Pavano a one year deal with incentives.
I would not pursue A.J. Burnett as we are the only team he can beat.
Yankees should be active in the bidding for CC and Texija but only to drive up the cost for the teams that ultimately sign them- the dodgers and Baltimore.

I think we must consider leaving first base open for Posada. He would play a competent first base and is a switch hitter with some power. Ramon Hernandez of Baltimore might be a stop gap #1 catcher until our kids develop.

I would not restore Melky to the team for September. Let him think long and hard about Spring training. Hope he enjoyed Scranton.
Next years outfield, if we lose Abreu to FA, would be Damon, Gardener and Nady w/ melky and Christian in reserve.

We are not drafting enough quality position players. A number one priority ought to be a new shortstop and a new catcher baseball defense needs to be strong up the middle. Assuming Austin Jackson will be here in two years and Cano will rebound, we need a shortstop and a catcher

Pudge can go. Giambi should go. I would keep Ransom and drop Betamint

By: yanksince57-is this 1959 or is it 1965?

yanksince57-is this 1959 or is it 1965? — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:09:05 +0000

i think the following will all be off the 40 man:

abreu/FA betemit duncan giambi/FA moeller ransom irodriguez/FA

marquez mussina/FA patterson pavano/FA pettite/FA ponson rasner traber

that leaves 9 slots for newcomers:

malec? pena? russo? arias? claggett? garcia?

By: Hitman

Hitman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:33:21 +0000

Some of you must have realized by now that Nady will be 31 when he becomes a FA right? Please do not sign anymore aging players to long term deals. Trade him now!

By: Nick in SF

Nick in SF — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:01:26 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtP3whUbgZE

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:57:45 +0000

I think they’re trying to protect Melky from arbitration. He’s real close to being “super two” status so I think they want to squeeze one more year out of him at near minimum salary. Not that he’d make all that much in arbitration…

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:56:16 +0000

Why Moeller over Closser?

By: hank hal

hank hal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:39:07 +0000

I guess PEDitte can’t blame Pudge anymore for his subpar performances.

6 ERA post All-star game.

By: Mark (Brett is back)

Mark (Brett is back) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:28:44 +0000

Shawn- Animal House.