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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Nov 08, 2008 
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The Yankees have started their pursuit of CC Sabathia with some calls from Derek Jeter. This report from Joe Torre’s charity dinner last night has news from Andy Pettitte, Joe Girardi, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada.
Get err Done!!!
Though with every passing day, I see the probability of us landing him or Tex decreasing. I just flash back to the Matsuzaka deal – how everyone was sooooo sure we would get him, shoot i was salivating after the WBC at the possibility of him joining the rotation. Maybe he didn’t come because Jeter never made the call!
I hope it all works out, go Yanks:)
Too bad Peter’s photography isn’t featured more prominently on this blog. I love his nuevo-retro psychedelic style!
2 yrs / 45 mil for Manny? I guess LA really is the city of dreams. Boras probably used that offer to light up a cigar on the toilet.
Pettite certainly deserves his 1 yr contract although I’d think Mussina is their # 1 choice. I’m guessing Andy gets the call a couple of days after Moose hangs it up officially.
IMO Andy still has his share of bullets left and I’d like to see him back albeit at the back end of the rotation.
I think we should tell CC that New York has some of the best restaurants. He seems like a foodie.
bronx jeers: 100%
and if the LAD offer remains, i expect Manny will head to Toronto.
one thing about the dodgers:
what makes them think they’re so special, that they don’t have to sign FA players, long-term?
apparently, this is their MO. Intelligent? Yes. Reality? No
Here’s a ton of pics from last nights Torre fundraiser for anyone interested.
http://www.wireimage.com/ItemL.....038;nbc1=1
A word to Jeter, please call AJ and Teix as well. Yankees need all three stud playing for them next year. A word to Rivera, please call CC, AJ and Teix. Tell them how the games will be closed out nicely as Yankees.
BTW, Bliech has pitched very well last night numbers wise. John Manuel is calling him a lefty Ian Kennedy in terms of stuff.
Someone in the Yankees should be fired for not properly due diligence on Coles. He was the arm to get for the 2008 draft.
“A word to Jeter, please call AJ and Teix as well. Yankees need all three stud playing for them next year”
yes. Let’s buy a championship next year. That way when we win, it won’t mean a dammm thing.
Odds are that both CC and Tex will end up in Anaheim living the good life in Newport Beach and its surroundings when not gracing the fields of green. Seems more likely with each passing day. Moreno and Reagins will not sit still and lose Tex, and will do a full-court press on CC with more than a “laid back” Derek Jeter approach. The Angels obviously have the weaponry….a team that again will be an odds on favorite to make the playoffs, a great owner, excellent front office management, the best field manager in baseball, good cameraderie amongst the players, no prima donnas etc.
If the Angels want to make a statement, they will snatch Manny away from the crosstown Dodgers.
Until they do that, they will be frauds and the Red Sox’ little sister. CC and Tex won’t save them.
The Yankees have already done their full-court press for Burnett during the season. Bruney, Posada, and Damon publicly said they wanted him here in September.
Teixeria will go wherever the money is, he doesn’t need to be recruited with words only with dollars.
I don’t care if the Yanks win through the draft or free agency or trades, as long as they win. This whole franchise was built on combinations of farm system, trades and free agency.
“A word to Jeter, please call AJ and Teix as well.”
Did he call CC or did CC call him? There is a difference.
Derek calls CC could be called a recruiting call.
CC calls Derek is more like a fact finding mission.
The papers today are calling it a recruiting conversation but Derek is making it sound more like a fact finding conversation.
Pat,
Thanks for the pics.
I think Girardi with Ari Fleischer would have been a good photo opp. I’d love to be a fly on the wall for that meeting. Comparing strategies for dealing with WMD/shoulder injury press inquiries?
If La Troy got 3.5 mil/1 yr from Houston, Marte’s going to get 3 yrs/13-14 mil minimum or 2 yrs/ 10 mil.
CC Sabathia- i hope to see him on the first plane over here. Their is 1 other ace- Peavy. He isn’t as great as CC, Will cost Hughes and Jackson, and dollars. C.C. is just dollars. Burnett, Lowe and whoever else is out there aren’t aces. Sheets is a huge injury risk. CC will make Wang a great 2, Joba a great 3, Pettitte a great 4, and i hope a low cost guy as number 5. Give Hughes time in AAA and have the plan that he comes up late in the season in the rotation.
Thats a good question about who called whom. The Daily News did say this, but its reading between the lines:
Jeter said he did not have a ready “sales pitch” about the Yanks for Sabathia, the terrific lefty and this winter’s top pitching free agent. Jeter was coy about who called whom, but it sounded like Sabathia called him.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....abath.html
Fill the CF internally, and perhaps move Nady to 1st. Teixiera is a great option, but the dollars and years scare me, but the Yanks will have added income from the stadium. Is Rickie Weeks available? He could perhaps move to CF and fill that vacancy.
Weeks could also motivate Robby cano.
play matsui at 1st base
Of the conversion plans I am most agreeable to Nady at 1st because of his past experience there. But i’m pretty sure Cashman said there will be no conversion projects for that position. He said he wants a first baseman to play 1st. Novel idea as it may be I like that one best.
West Coast: any recent Ian Kennedy and Corky (his chocolate lab) sightings??
I bet IPK would like to play for Anaheim.
West Coast:
any recent Ian Kennedy and Corky (his chocolate lab) sightings??
I bet IPK would like to play for Anaheim
Ian Kennedy to Anaheim for what, then? Napoli? Figgins? Probably would require a lot more.
Kennedy for Gary Matthews JR. plug him into CF.
Gary Matthews Jr. has a really bad contract. Either eat his salary and the Angels get a minor contract or a
ptbnl or have the angels eat his entire salary and send a decent prospect. He had 1 good year, even thoughhe is great defensively. Last year, he had similar production to Melky. Melky has a cheap contract and people run him out of town. Why Sarge Jr. then?
This is how my day begins I wake to the tone of IPK for Gary “I can’t hit if they gave me the big bat out of Yankees Stadium” Matthews Jr.
he had 1 good year in texas. Everybody does.
Interesting quotes in the Post today……
“If Torre, who was at Chelsea Piers last night for his Safe at Home Foundation fundraiser, and the Dodgers can’t figure out a way to keep Ramirz, Girardi will take the enigmatic outfielder, who returned to form in Los Angeles after bailing on the Red Sox.
“You’re talking about a Hall of Fame hitter,” Girardi said. “He would fit well in anyone’s lineup.”"
Rickie Weeks, though enormously talented (no more than Cano tho), is a project. It’s unlikely the Brewers would trade him
Nice Reacher!
That will cheer up Brandon.
Plus the Knicks are 3-2.
Brandon, What are you talking about? According to baseball Reference Matthews Jr.’s 4th most Similar player is DiMaggio!
http://www.baseball-reference......ga02.shtml
Jeter is not going to actively recruit…it’s not his style. If someone contacts him, he will offer the pros and cons of playing in NY, subtly emphasizing the former.
“You’re talking about a Hall of Fame hitter,†Girardi said. “He would fit well in anyone’s lineup”
I wonder if he means that.
Yeh No.
BB I’m still shocked !
“I wonder if he means that.”
Probably not.
Buddy Biancalana,
I’m shocked as well. If they go any more longer on a winning streak then I will have to take back my “knicks can’t play under pressure during the last 5 mins” quote.
““You’re talking about a Hall of Fame hitter,†Girardi said. “He would fit well in anyone’s lineup.â€â€”
But he’s a bag of shyte. Quitters, selfishness, and weak character have no place on the Yankees. Besides hitting, those are Ramirez’s three key qualities. $25M per year for that?
Yeah, obviously it’s way too early. Good coaching can do wonders though.
Ed, your Nets looked good last night, Devin Harris finally broke out, no if only Yi can stay out of foul trouble and the Nets can find thierselves a real basketball coach you may have something special there. Brook Lopez is also getting more confident the more you watch him, soon those 20 foot jumpers will fall through.
Buddy B,
FWIW, there may well be quite a few unhappy posters on this board come Dec 15, or thereabouts.
Take your IPK and add another good prospect and that could get Weeeks.
Michael Beasley can flat out score, BTW.
“Yeah, obviously it’s way too early. Good coaching can do wonders though.”
And bad coaching, Javell McGee killed us, and all the Wizards would do is chuck 3′s I don’t understand how they use thier starting 5 and how Antawn Jamison kept passing up shots he was amazing did you see that one fastbreak where he caught the ball in stride and layed it up, the Wizards are better than they played last night.
Brandon,
Agreed. Harris was their clutch player of the night. He was playing like Brandon Roy, the night before. I seriously thought that the Nets were choking the lead away during the last 40 seconds, but Harris stood up for the team. Lopez should just start over Boone anyway to see if he could perform better than Boone.
I was hoping for the Nets to fire Lawerence, and replace him with Mark Jackson but eh, didn’t happen.
Fredo (and others), two points….listen to Donnie B’s comments of last night regarding Manny…are we talking about the same guy?, and in 1919, they said the same thing about the Babe when he refused to play for the Red Sox (“surprise”) on several occasions…that didn’t stop the Yankees from doing the deal then.
“Michael Beasley can flat out score, BTW.”
No love for D-Wade ? he’s the one that made him look good last night.
“Agreed. Harris was their clutch player of the night. He was playing like Brandon Roy, the night before.”
Dude no one on that team was like Brandon Roy. Devin Harris finally broke out reminds me of Tony Parker but that’s as far as that goes. Brandon Roy is on another level.
“I seriously thought that the Nets were choking the lead away during the last 40 seconds, but Harris stood up for the team.”
Look closer to that game and you’ll see Josh Boone was a big reason for that win.
“Lopez should just start over Boone anyway to see if he could perform better than Boone.”
I know.
update >>>>>>>>>
…Take your IPK and add another good prospect and that could get Weeeks…
Get real. Weeks, not Weeeks, is hardly a stud player, glad you’re not the GM.
Some of you are in absolute denial!
“listen to Donnie B’s comments of last night regarding Manny…are we talking about the same guy?,”
Doesn’t matter, Reacher. All you need to know about the guy is the route he took to get to LA. Great hitter. As an individual, he’s crap, only more malodorous. He quit on his team and refused to honor the contract he signed.
Agreed on Manny. Stay away. the Yanks don’t need him, anyway.
Trade Matsui and Jeff Marquez to Seattle for Ryan Rowland-Smith and a prospect.
Sign Adam Dunn to DH.
Sign Nic Punto as a utility guy.
Sign CC Sabathia.
Re-sign Pettitte and Marte.
Trade Ian Kennedy, JB Cox, and Zach Kroenke to The Rockies for Garret Atkins.
Rotation: CC/Wang/R-Smith/Pettitte/Joba
Bullpen: Melancon/Bruney/Coke/Aceves/Ramirez/Marte/Rivera
1B: Atkins
2B: Cano
SS: Jeter
3B: A-Rod
C: Posada
LF: Damon
CF: Gardner
RF: Nady
DH: Dunn
Bench: Molina/Punto/Betemit/Cabrera
West Coast Guy
November 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Odds are that both CC and Tex will end up in Anaheim living the good life in Newport Beach and its surroundings when not gracing the fields of green. Seems more likely with each passing day. Moreno and Reagins will not sit still and lose Tex, and will do a full-court press on CC with more than a “laid back†Derek Jeter approach. The Angels obviously have the weaponry….a team that again will be an odds on favorite to make the playoffs, a great owner, excellent front office management, the best field manager in baseball, good cameraderie amongst the players, no prima donnas etc.
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if the yankees wanted tex they can blow the angels out of the water.
tex will use the yankees to make the angels grossly overpay for him.
cc and tex are not the way to build a winning team.
you have to have them under control at the ages of 24-30 not after they had several good years and command a ripoff contract.
i don’ty wan’t either of them.
sign dempster,pettitte,mussina,trade cano and a few prospects for a first baseman and centerfielder and keep our prospects.
West Coast Guy
November 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Odds are that both CC and Tex will end up in Anaheim living the good life in Newport Beach and its surroundings when not gracing the fields of green. Seems more likely with each passing day. Moreno and Reagins will not sit still and lose Tex, and will do a full-court press on CC with more than a “laid back†Derek Jeter approach. The Angels obviously have the weaponry….a team that again will be an odds on favorite to make the playoffs, a great owner, excellent front office management, the best field manager in baseball, good cameraderie amongst the players, no prima donnas etc.
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the odds on favorate to get bounced in the first round again.
the story is already written with the angels.
they are like the bills in the 90′s.they can’t win it all.
they build a great team but always are too cheap to get the extra few players to put them over the top’
if they were smart they wouldn’t pay tex 25 million a year for 7 yrs and buy some other players.
The Red Sox fans are scared senseless that the Yankees will pick up Manny.
They are pretending to be Yankee fans while screaming not to pick him up.
Ha ha ha …. that’s one chicken that will come home to roost.
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