It’s another way to use their resources.”

That is a great point … we are all trying to figure out what package we can offer up for a big name player, but the fact that the Yankees have so much money to play gives them another layer of leverage that other teams dont have … I could definitely see the Yankees going to the Dodgers for either Kemp or Lowney and offering to take Andruw Jones off their hands if they are willing to deal.

I wouldn’t touch Zito though, even if it meant getting Matt Cain … too many years that we would be on the hook for.

1. LF Damon
2. SS Jeter
3. 1B Tex
4. 3B A-Rod
5. RF Nady
6. DH Matsui
7. C Posada
8. 2B Cano
9. CF Gardner

With Miranda, Ransom, Shelley, and Melky coming off the bench

Rotation -

1. Wang (back healthy)
2. Joba
3. Derrick Lowe (could be a good catch for the money, will keep us in the game)
4. Aceves (knows how to pitch)
5. Hughes (I see next year’s team following his lead – he’s good = we’re good)

LHRP – Coke and Marte
RHRP – Bruney, Giese, Edwar, Rasner (long man), Veras, and if anyone falls David Robertson first called up

We can’t sink a lot of years and money into CC, too risky. And we need a defined bench unlike last years. And for the love of god PLEASE no Wilson Betimet.

I’m not taking it personally TK, but I think shooting down one point of view demands offering an alternative. It’s the debater in me!

Chipper actually makes a lot of sense if the Braves decide they don’t want him beyond 2009 but I don’t see that happening.

One angle we haven’t discussed is using the financial flexibility to take on bad contracts as a way of improving the roster and acquiring young talent. For example do the Dodgers deal Kershaw or Kemp in a deal that also frees them from Anduw Jones’ contract? Do the Giants move Cain or another arm if it frees them of Randy Winn or even Zito? There are a number of teams that might be approachable from that perspective.

It’s another way to use their resources.

I didn’t call anyone nuts or crazy – I just said what I thought. Don’t get all sensitive.

I’d go for a Casey Blake type – why not try to find a reasonably priced or shorter term solution? Hell, get Chipper Jones

I did my own math and that is why I called you on yours – and in any financial modeling you factor in the probability of an event when trying to value it.

So if getting CC gives you a 10% better chance at making $50M then signing him is worth $5M, not $50M. No one can guarantee that the Yanks would have made the playoffs given a particular personnel move. No rational financial decision maker would assess the fact the Yankees missing the playoffs as a ‘loss’ of $50M.

You can look at it as more of an ‘option’ than a gain or a loss.

Agreed.

My only amendment would be “dumb fans who don’t know how to recognize talent” in place of “panic button” fans.

Again, no one cares what Boras might ask for and if the bottom line is ten years I say no thanx. But I doubt he will get much more than 7 years and $ 126. My line in the sand would probably be 8 @ $ 18 per.

What’s your solution for 1B and what will that solution cost. And please, TK don’t insult our intelligence by trading three crappy prospects for Casey Kotchman.

but given:

“Boras’ asking price will be in the 10-year, $200 million range. The industry expectation is Teixeira will come in at six-to-eight years in the $120 million-$160 million area”

from the Post – I don’t think he’s worth it when it is so clear we need flexibility in contracts.