Comments on: Pinch hitting: Frankie Piliere

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By: Bronx Born

Bronx Born — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:15:38 +0000

Got it GB. I wish you well I know you miss the dog and changing the twin’s diapers..

By: Damon enjoy 27....think 28

Damon enjoy 27....think 28 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:14:43 +0000

Edit Gsudin = Gaudin

By: Damon enjoy 27....think 28

Damon enjoy 27....think 28 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:11:56 +0000

Yankees won every game Gsudin started, even if he didn’t get the win! He’s not good with lefties but can pitch.

Damon can hit but has poor defense. OFFENSE sells tickets, defense wins games.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:49:56 +0000

Wave,

The point you are arguing in this thread is 100% correct. Spending that $3 million towards Damon is a much better investment then spending it on Gaudin.

Gaudin is more of a luxury, considering the current pitching depth on the team while having another solid outfielder in Damon is closer to being a necessity.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:49:34 +0000

If this team is not a contender for the World Series going deep into October it is not because we didn’t re-sign Johnny Damon. We have Arod, CC, Tex, Jeter, Cano, AJ, Vazquez, Granderson, Pettite, Mo, Hughes, Chamberlain, Posada, et al. All have save Hughes and Chamberlain and AJ have made an All-star appearance, a number are All-Star game mainstays. People discuss how the Mets should win because they have a handful of talented stars. You look at the best teams in baseball and try to find as many talented, as well as established and experienced, players on one roster and name it. This is a great team as it stands right now. I’d go so far as to say an amazing team. Our fourth starter is either Pettite, one of the best lefties in baseball, or Vazquez, a guy who with our offense and defense has 15-18 win potential. But Johnny Damon is the crux upon with the Yankees hopes to win are resting? I’m not buying it. We’re favorites for the World Series as right now in my opinion.

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:48:37 +0000

Wave,

My point is, the Yankees don’t believe they need Johnny Damon at the cost of pitching.

If they did, they would have moved a pitcher to clear salary space for him.

Not doing so should tell you the value they have placed on Damon differs from yours.

Are they correct? That’s what the season is for….to find out.

Right now though, their evaluation of Damon has proven correct on the open market since he has no offers close to his asking price at the present time.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:43:24 +0000

Ok…proof that all of us follow the Yankees probably more than is healthy: We’ve been discussing a player who the team does not need on a daily basis at length more or less all of us just repeating the same thing over and over and over again. And yet here I am, still talking about him just by writing this, lol.

That said, Damon back for 5-6 otherwise Gardner for about .4 sounds good to me. Or has he made it all the way up to .8?

By: bru

bru — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:41:59 +0000

SteveB
January 27th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
bru
January 27th, 2010 at 12:06 pm

the problem is not with the starting 3 o.f.
it is what happens if gardner struggles & swish badly pulls a hammy??
or if swish badly pulls a hammy even if gardner does ok??
now we are pulling a minor leaguer up & starting him in rf
not pretty
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bru, you are 100% correct!
That is also a concern of mine, with untried young ballplayers as backups. (Hoffmann, Cervelli, Russo/Pena)
But you can’t organize your team expecting a rash of injuries, which, BTW, would be MORE likely if Damon was here. If one of the OF-ers goes down, there is WAY ENOUGH hitting (and pitching too) on this team to compensate. Also, trading for an OF-er is the easiest thing for a GM to do, if need be. One thing we Yankees fans should know by now is that you don’t win it all trying to put together a team of 25 All-Stars. We tried that in the mid-1980s and mid-2000s, failing both times. The talents of Gardner- his athleticism in the field and his blazing speed on the bases gives the Yankees dimensions they haven’t had & makes the team so much stronger. Gardner will be just fine, in fact I think he’ll be somewhat better than 2009.

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we can survive with gardner but in reality until he proves otherwise he is a 4th o.f.

in addition we have absolutely no 4th o.f.