Jeter
Damon
Teixeira
Rodriguez
Matsui
Posada
Cano
Swisher
Cameron

That lineup can repeat.

As a New Yorker, I think the Mets should give him a shot. How much worse can he be than Daniel Murphy and Gary Sheffield in the OF?

The problem with Miranda in place of Matsui is that you may have to have a right handed bat to spell him. His #s against lefties have not been great in the minors, there is no reason to think he will be better against ML lefties. It would also be a major downgrade in the 5th spot, since Posada may get as many as 2 games off per week. We could on occasion, be looking at a 5-9 of:

Miranda
Swisher
Melky
Cervelli
Gardner

1. One thought about the 40-man – some of the guys recently put on it may be to protect them for possible inlcusion in a trade, whether for Granderson or Halladay; both, or someone else. That could indicate that something might be imminent, and that these are the guys who are actively being discussed.

2. Some of the minor leaguers, despite being good ballplayers, with good numbers and promise, have next to no chance to play in the Bronx. Guys like Tex, Jeter, and ARod aren’t going away, and neither are CC and AJ. The organization has put too much effor into Joba and Phil to let them go at this point, in my opinion.

Therefore, Miranda, some of the A or AA pitchers, might be trade bait, along with Ian Kennedy. Remember, the package doesn’t have to be eye-popping (Joba, Phil, AJax, Montero), it only has to be better than what the Red Sox and Phillies can put together to get a deal done.

Look at Boras, Arod “fired” him to negotaiate his own deal, yet Boras is still trying to get the Yankees involved in his clients.

Any agent who would steer his clients away from the biggest payer in baseball because of his own personal issues is not going to last very long.

here is why i disagree with you regarding Miranda and the best option is dealing him.

as you say he’s a 1b/dh but really more of an offensive player and an adequate glove.

the Yanks right now have a hole at the DH spot and are looking to replace a LH power/rbi bat in Matsui.

our backup 1b should Tex go down with injury is Swisher who if we have to play him at 1b leaves a hole in RF.

to bring back Matsui would require commiting probably $30mil to 2 aging 36yr old/breaking down players whose best basball is certainly behind thim and leave us very susceptible to injury as a team next season.

the Steinbrenners and Cash have repeatedly stated that the goal is to lower payroll,get younger and have more financial flexability.

Miranda helps to accomplish address all of this if he’s on the team next season as the primary DH/backup 1b.

his bat profiles similar to Matsui and he’s shown that he can hit. He’ll never show it in the BX until they write his name in the lineup and let him have at it.
Assuming thescouts and Cash and Newman were right in giving him $2mil to come to the org. and he is what we think he is then a .280-.290/25hr/85-90rbi campaign as the LH primary dh in the 6/7 spot in the lineup is exactly what we’re looking to replace(Matsui’s #’s).

By going with Miranda for 535k and saving at the minimum $7.5mil(assuming Matsui would get 8mil/1yr) then you’ve just lowered payroll by at least that much.

If you also think that you don’t want Damon in the field and you’ve filled the DH spot with Miranda now it becomes clearer that you can save another $20+mil by letting Damon go and atleast spending that better in upgrading LF.

you’ve replaced a 37yr old breaking down player with a 27yr old breaking in player.
You have Tex’s backup/insurance on your roster and swish stays in RF should something happen.

The Yanks the last 4-5 years have been rewarded handesomely when they’ve promotoed from within and given our guys first crack to prove themselves. they should continue with Miranda and redirect those saved dollars to other areas inthe roster/Org. i.e Chapman 30milsaved Damon/Matsui= 30mil to Chapman to sign a 21yr old lefty with a 100+mph fastball i.e. younger,athletic,high ceiling you know the new Mantra.