Comments on: Catching up on some Winter League stats http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622977 Jim Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:12:12 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622977 Pete, here's your scoop! The Yanks will sign Teixeira by Monday night or Tuesday! No money figure as yet! Pete, here’s your scoop! The Yanks will sign Teixeira by Monday night or Tuesday! No money figure as yet!

]]> By: lauren http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622960 lauren Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:58:49 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622960 the milk man always delievers the milk man always delievers

]]> By: Todd http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622945 Todd Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:50:45 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622945 Angels have withdrawn offer to Tex, according to ESPN news Angels have withdrawn offer to Tex, according to ESPN news

]]> By: bodhisattva http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622657 bodhisattva Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:28:19 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622657 Melky & Cano are playing in the Dominican League. Melky & Cano are playing in the Dominican League.

]]> By: Ty http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622648 Ty Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:18:47 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622648 Neither Tex on Manny make any sense to me. After all is said and done Manny is probably worth 2 more wins than Matsui. Tex is about 2-3 wins better than Swisher. Wouldn't it be better to upgrade CF where the Yankees are at their weakest and the most gain is to be obtained? Even with reduced output, Baldelli is 2-3 wins over Melky with far less cost, so in a sense we would be in the same position offensively. IMO, Tex offers very little defensively over Swisher and Manny over Matsui at DH obviously gains the Yankees when it comes to catching the ball. Pettitte imho is already signed so the Yankees can trade excess pitching to fill an area of true need...CF. Neither Tex on Manny make any sense to me. After all is said and done Manny is probably worth 2 more wins than Matsui. Tex is about 2-3 wins better than Swisher. Wouldn’t it be better to upgrade CF where the Yankees are at their weakest and the most gain is to be obtained? Even with reduced output, Baldelli is 2-3 wins over Melky with far less cost, so in a sense we would be in the same position offensively. IMO, Tex offers very little defensively over Swisher and Manny over Matsui at DH obviously gains the Yankees when it comes to catching the ball. Pettitte imho is already signed so the Yankees can trade excess pitching to fill an area of true need…CF.

]]> By: Bret the Hitman http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622628 Bret the Hitman Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:55:18 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622628 re: Manny a better fit on Yanks than Tex on Sox I'll say it again. If the Sox acquire Tex, they must eat 24 MILLION on Lowell and block Lars Anderson for 8 YEARS. Plus they'll have to pay 200 million dollars for an upgrade from Lowell to Teixeira. Yet so many fans here keep saying how 'impossible' or 'improbable' it would be for the Yankees to sign Manny. Here are the advantages of us signing Manny vs. the Sox signing Tex 1) upgrade margin: The Sox go from 2nd to 1st in runs scored with Tex while we rise from 7th to 2nd or 3rd in runs scored with Manny. Who makes the bigger leap? 2) Cost: The Sox must pay 200 mil to Tex while we spend 60 mill for Manny. Advantage Yankees. 3) Roster flexibility: The Sox must tie themselves to Tex for 8 years while the Yankees would be married to Manny for only 3 years. Advantage Yankees. 4) Sunk costs: The Sox would have to eat 24 million on Lowell to make room for Tex while we would have to eat 13 mil on Matsui in order to make room for Manny (assuming both Matsui and Lowell are equally immovable). Advantage Yankees. 5) Prospects: By signing Tex the Sox would be blocking Lars Anderson, their best prospect while the Yankees would leave the door open at 1b for Jesus Montero if we sign Manny instead of Teixera. I'm not saying Montero would absolutely have to move to 1b but the option would remain there. Advantage Yankees 6) Prince Fielder: After 3 years of Manny we would be in a better situation financially than the Sox in order to sign Prince Fielder. Our DH/1b combination would be Fielder/Montero whereas the Sox would be far more expensive with Fielder/Teixeira. Advantage Yankees re: Manny a better fit on Yanks than Tex on Sox

I’ll say it again. If the Sox acquire Tex, they must eat 24 MILLION on Lowell and block Lars Anderson for 8 YEARS. Plus they’ll have to pay 200 million dollars for an upgrade from Lowell to Teixeira.

Yet so many fans here keep saying how ‘impossible’ or ‘improbable’ it would be for the Yankees to sign Manny.

Here are the advantages of us signing Manny vs. the Sox signing Tex

1) upgrade margin: The Sox go from 2nd to 1st in runs scored with Tex while we rise from 7th to 2nd or 3rd in runs scored with Manny.

Who makes the bigger leap?

2) Cost: The Sox must pay 200 mil to Tex while we spend 60 mill for Manny.

Advantage Yankees.

3) Roster flexibility: The Sox must tie themselves to Tex for 8 years while the Yankees would be married to Manny for only 3 years.

Advantage Yankees.

4) Sunk costs: The Sox would have to eat 24 million on Lowell to make room for Tex while we would have to eat 13 mil on Matsui in order to make room for Manny (assuming both Matsui and Lowell are equally immovable).

Advantage Yankees.

5) Prospects: By signing Tex the Sox would be blocking Lars Anderson, their best prospect while the Yankees would leave the door open at 1b for Jesus Montero if we sign Manny instead of Teixera. I’m not saying Montero would absolutely have to move to 1b but the option would remain there.

Advantage Yankees

6) Prince Fielder: After 3 years of Manny we would be in a better situation financially than the Sox in order to sign Prince Fielder. Our DH/1b combination would be Fielder/Montero whereas the Sox would be far more expensive with Fielder/Teixeira.

Advantage Yankees

]]> By: S.A.- CC+Wang=An Awesome 1 and 2! No Manny! http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622624 S.A.- CC+Wang=An Awesome 1 and 2! No Manny! Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:47:51 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622624 How I wish George was still in charge. If he were, Teixeria would a Yankee right now , no question. George would never, ever let the Blosox get their hands on him. -------------------------------------------------- Did I miss something? Is Teixeira off the market already? Did he sign with the red sox? I didn't realize if we didn't get Teixeira we were gonna finish in 3rd. Who knew. Can someone also tell me what the weather will be like opening day? Thanks How I wish George was still in charge. If he were, Teixeria would a Yankee right now , no question. George would never, ever let the Blosox get their hands on him.

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Did I miss something? Is Teixeira off the market already? Did he sign with the red sox? I didn’t realize if we didn’t get Teixeira we were gonna finish in 3rd. Who knew.
Can someone also tell me what the weather will be like opening day? Thanks

]]> By: tim boat http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622606 tim boat Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:23:17 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622606 Laura up on her cross December 20th, 2008 at 11:12 pm THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER INDEED MIKE AND NOT WITH ANY HELP FROM ANY “EVIL DOERS” WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ALL SLEEP WELL. IN THE END MARIANO’S LAST PITCH IN A WORLD SERIES WILL BE THAT ONE LUIS GONZALEZ HEROICALLY BLOOPED INTO CENTER AND HE AND WE WILL HONORABLY RECONCILE THE FACT THAT ALL THOSE YEARS WASTED ON STEROID JUNKIES, CHRONICALLY INJURED COWARDS, AND 37yr old past their prime legends were nothing more than dignified well intentioned mistakes… Hey moron, Mariano last pitched in the 2003 World Series, get your facts straight dumbo! Laura up on her cross
December 20th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER INDEED MIKE AND NOT WITH ANY HELP FROM ANY “EVIL DOERS” WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ALL SLEEP WELL.
IN THE END MARIANO’S LAST PITCH IN A WORLD SERIES WILL BE THAT ONE LUIS GONZALEZ HEROICALLY BLOOPED INTO CENTER AND HE AND WE WILL HONORABLY RECONCILE THE FACT THAT ALL THOSE YEARS WASTED ON STEROID JUNKIES, CHRONICALLY INJURED COWARDS, AND 37yr old past their prime legends were nothing more than dignified well intentioned mistakes…

Hey moron, Mariano last pitched in the 2003 World Series, get your facts straight dumbo!

]]> By: tim boat http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622605 tim boat Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:21:40 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622605 Montero is 6'4'' and is packing on pounds, he's probably already too big to be a catcher but if he does reach the Majors in a few years it's almost guarenteed he'll be too big to crouch behind the plate. The writing is all over the wall and there are rumblings in the Yankee front office that eventually Montero will be a first baseman or DH. Montero is 6’4” and is packing on pounds, he’s probably already too big to be a catcher but if he does reach the Majors in a few years it’s almost guarenteed he’ll be too big to crouch behind the plate. The writing is all over the wall and there are rumblings in the Yankee front office that eventually Montero will be a first baseman or DH.

]]> By: harwood http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/12/20/catching-up-on-some-winter-league-stats/comment-page-4/#comment-622604 harwood Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=5682#comment-622604 "Check this out:" awful “Check this out:”

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