Comments on: Wang throws off the mound in Tampa http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bru http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571528 bru Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:16:59 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571528 i hear the padres wan't two pitchers and a near ml ready centerfielder. no way the yankees should do this.it will cost hughes,kennedy,gardner/melky/ajax. way to much.if hughes turns into a great pitcher wich i think he wii the yankees get burned. i hear the padres wan’t two pitchers and a near ml ready centerfielder.

no way the yankees should do this.it will cost hughes,kennedy,gardner/melky/ajax.

way to much.if hughes turns into a great pitcher wich i think he wii the yankees get burned.

]]> By: bru http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571520 bru Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:07:51 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571520 this can easily be done without giving up the top prospects. hughes,ajax,melancon,brackman,montero can be kept. the key is we need to sign 2 pitchers,sabathia,dempster.this makes it so we won't have to trade for pitching. i would love to get gonzalez and i think cano and a prospect or two can get it done. gonzalez put up arod numbers this year,it fixes first base,same age as cano,cheap contract. play gardner in centerfield. this can easily be done without giving up the top prospects.

hughes,ajax,melancon,brackman,montero can be kept.

the key is we need to sign 2 pitchers,sabathia,dempster.this makes it so we won’t have to trade for pitching.

i would love to get gonzalez and i think cano and a prospect or two can get it done.

gonzalez put up arod numbers this year,it fixes first base,same age as cano,cheap contract.

play gardner in centerfield.

]]> By: bru http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571514 bru Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:03:50 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571514 hughes can split time with joba and spot start for injuries hughes can split time with joba and spot start for injuries

]]> By: Tom http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571511 Tom Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:59:48 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571511 It seems that the Yankees intend on having a payroll bigger than the 180 million Cashman claimed they would have hext year. It seems that the Yankees intend on having a payroll bigger than the 180 million Cashman claimed they would have hext year.

]]> By: bru http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571510 bru Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:59:30 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571510 sign sabathia,dempster.see if we can trade cano for adrian gonzalez,throw kennedy or another prospect to get it done,find a second baseman or move jeter to second and find a shortstop.lineup will be, damon jeter gonzalez arod matsui nady posada gardner new second baseman pitching will be sabathia wang dempster pettitte/mussina joba sign sabathia,dempster.see if we can trade cano for adrian gonzalez,throw kennedy or another prospect to get it done,find a second baseman or move jeter to second and find a shortstop.lineup will be,

damon
jeter
gonzalez
arod
matsui
nady
posada
gardner
new second baseman

pitching will be
sabathia
wang
dempster
pettitte/mussina
joba

]]> By: Sea Net http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571503 Sea Net Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:56:41 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571503 You can't get more than a stop gap without Hughes, IMO. The problem with our prospects is that there is Hughes and there is everyone else. We have no 2nd tier guys. The drop off from Hughes to Kennedy is dramatic. Jackson, Melancon etc. don't have singular value even if they are combined (as we saw with the Santana trade), they need to be paired with a Hughes in order to get someone big. For example, we don't have what it takes to get a Kemp. Hughes is too much to give up for him and Kennedy isin't anywhere close to enough to get him. Now, if Votto, Loney, Gonzalez, Bruce etc. is involved, a top flight young position player, then its fair to trade Hughes. But if you want guys just below that level (Kemp, Ethier, McLouth, etc.) then you have to overpay. Our farm is very imbalanced right now. In a few years (assuming everything goes right), we'll have plenty of ammunition to make trades that teams like the Braves and Dodgers can, but we don't have that ability right now. You can’t get more than a stop gap without Hughes, IMO.

The problem with our prospects is that there is Hughes and there is everyone else. We have no 2nd tier guys. The drop off from Hughes to Kennedy is dramatic. Jackson, Melancon etc. don’t have singular value even if they are combined (as we saw with the Santana trade), they need to be paired with a Hughes in order to get someone big.

For example, we don’t have what it takes to get a Kemp. Hughes is too much to give up for him and Kennedy isin’t anywhere close to enough to get him.

Now, if Votto, Loney, Gonzalez, Bruce etc. is involved, a top flight young position player, then its fair to trade Hughes. But if you want guys just below that level (Kemp, Ethier, McLouth, etc.) then you have to overpay.

Our farm is very imbalanced right now. In a few years (assuming everything goes right), we’ll have plenty of ammunition to make trades that teams like the Braves and Dodgers can, but we don’t have that ability right now.

]]> By: Ed - looking forward to 2009 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571501 Ed - looking forward to 2009 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:56:09 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571501 <a href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/large_suzuki.jpg" rel="nofollow">Spider-Ichiro?</a> Spider-Ichiro?

]]> By: Ed - looking forward to 2009 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571497 Ed - looking forward to 2009 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:52:36 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571497 salary dump for the Mariners? sure, i'm all aboard for Ichiro. salary dump for the Mariners? sure, i’m all aboard for Ichiro.

]]> By: Glenn http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571495 Glenn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:51:14 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571495 There is absolutely no reason why Ian Kennedy or Melky Cabrera should be considered untouchable status along with several players still on the 40-man roster. A year has changed things for them and they should be part of any trade package. The old adage applies . . . nothing for nothing in this world. There is absolutely no reason why Ian Kennedy or Melky Cabrera should be considered untouchable status along with several players still on the 40-man roster. A year has changed things for them and they should be part of any trade package.
The old adage applies . . . nothing for nothing in this world.

]]> By: bru http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/comment-page-3/#comment-571494 bru Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:50:44 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/17/wang-throws-off-the-mound-in-tampa/#comment-571494 you gotta have faith(MOOSE FOR PRESIDENT!)(hopefully the rays kick red sox butt) October 17th, 2008 at 5:57 pm bru, thats what i thought, the problem is that many people here have him as 3rd or 4th but it wont work out he has to be 5th so: (fill in space here) wang (fill in space here) andy joba sabathia wang dempster pettitte/mussina joba you gotta have faith(MOOSE FOR PRESIDENT!)(hopefully the rays kick red sox butt)
October 17th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
bru,

thats what i thought, the problem is that many people here have him as 3rd or 4th but it wont work out he has to be 5th
so:

(fill in space here)
wang
(fill in space here)
andy
joba

sabathia
wang
dempster
pettitte/mussina
joba

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