No, Felix never stole my girlfriend. But if he ever left Jessica Steinbrenner, he could have my ex.

The Yankees Post Season record since 2002 suggests that one of the Yankees greatest needs, besides an Ace starting pitcher, is a Big Game Clutch Hitter. Despite being one of the biggest “blockheads” in MLB, Manny is THE best clutch hitter in baseball. Stick him in right field at Yankee Stadium and he’d do no worse defensively than the current RFer.

I have seen Olsen pitch several times on TV and once in person. His stuff is a lot better than his results, and he did improve a lot last year from the previous season which is why he might be worth a try. Don’t have any clue what the Marlins are looking for.

Chisox got Danks for McCarthy in a trade of two highly regarded pitching prospects. McCarthy has not produced, making the deal very one-sided at this point. the Floyd acquisition was giving up a proven starter that Philly wanted to contend. the Phils knew they were giving up a big time talent, but you don’t get 17-game winners for spare parts.

The Yankees pick up of Rasner kinda fits in this category. Highly regarded, got hurt. A comeback trail and still rather young (25 at the time of acquisition). He could be a useful long reliever for someone.

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If they were young “close to or can’t miss” pitchers, they wouldn’t be available and if as most people, including you, have said, that Cano has issues or isn’t that good, then no team is going to take him. What happens if NYY trades for a young “close to or can’t mis” pitcher and he blows ot his elbow or drops off of the face of the earth? Who will you blame?

you mean we don’t hear about anything because they never try.

every single trade rumor get’s leaked and bounced around the world in seconds and you are trying to tell me that we would not know about almost everything?

i don’t believe any of that.

the yankees stink at recognizing good pitchers before they break out.

this is why they have not been competitive.

i am not talking about their farm system wich has gotten better i am talking about garza,floyd,danks and 50 other pitchers over the last few years that they could have gotten for peanuts and not much more.

don’t look at their numbers now,look at them when they were bad.

the teams that took a chance for very little money are the teams that compete.

with danks and floyd the white sox turned their team around completely and it didn’t cost them a fortune.

now they have 2 lights out pitchers for many years.

Team number two was having the same thoughts, made the same call, and the other team says, “hmm, we weren’t thinking necesarily of trading so and so, but your offer sounds pretty good.”

Or something of that nature.

If the deal doesn’t happen, a dead-end call, so to speak, why would we hear about it? Especially if it involves trading players you’d rather they didn’t know they were on the trading block?

Why is that unfathomable to you?

That Cash and co. might actually be doing more than sitting around twiddling their thumbs.

They have far more information that we do here. And far more at stake. And they do have to consider that most inquiries must remain secret (from the press, from the fans, from the players) in order to be able to do business in the future
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i am glad that you broke down how cashman does his trades but there is not one example that i can remember that the yankees were involved in for a good young pitcher.there might be some but i can’t remember any at all for several years.

the yankees do a terrible job in getting pitchers especially young ones.all they do is react when it is too late.

sabathia will be a colossal mistake if we get him,mark my words.

they are doing better in drafting and with wang and joba but it would be nice to see them have a pitcher thaat they traded for without giving up too much turn into a gavin floyd.