Olney: Yankees close to getting Kerry Wood
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Jul 31, 2010 
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The Yankees might have found their bullpen upgrade.
Buster Olney is reporting that the Yankees are closing in on Kerry Wood. I have to assume Wood would enter the mix for the eighth inning. Not many details on the deal other than the fact Olney says they’re “closing in” on the trade.
Yet another very good trade.
A+ Trade Deadline for Brian Cashman!!
Considering that we are in 1st Place, Cashman is certainly come off as desperate.
Kerry Wood.
Upgrade.
LOL.
Rivera, Robertson, Wood, Chamberlain, Logan, Park, Mitre
Gaudin DFA….. awesome!
not sure about this. this stinks of the gagne trade by the sox a couple years ago.
Has Kerry Wood’s ERA ever been below 6.00 this season ?
To be clear, Wood is an upgrade over both GAUDIN and Park by a longshot.
The threads are coming so fast (which I applaud Chad for) that it’s tough to keep up with conversations.
I’ll happily take Kerry Wood and add him to the mix in this pen. His numbers this season don’t tell the whole story. He’s an upgrade and he’ll be in a pennant race.
yankswin – pls for the love of gd, dfa park and not gaudin. gaudin can be dfad when if marte comes back.
and when a guys whip is what a very good relievers era is in a given season, expectations should be tempered.
KenDavidoff Yup, Kerry Wood is about to be a #Yankee, and they swear that’ll be it.
We need to know what they gave up for Wood before we can assess it.
“To be clear, Wood is an upgrade over both GAUDIN and Park by a longshot.”
Only if he stays healthy, Bret and that is a long shot.
Berkman + Kearns + Wood….
More to come???
What did they give up?
Good point, Bret. But he has to stay healthy for that to truly be the case
Rich-
Better not be much more than a bag of balls for a guy like Wood.
If you’re going to trade for a reliever then why not one that COULD be really good. Wood has the talent….try to catch lightning in a bottle, if you don’t then big deal..
Disagree, Laura – the guy is taking a risk and I don’t think it’s a bad one; all Cash is doing is risking $$$. If he doesn’t work out, then he doesn’t work out.
Blake-
I’m down with it as long as they didn’t give up much.
Kerry Wood …. really????? He just came off the DL today.
Here is Woods contract.
Kerry Wood rhp
2 years/$20.5M (2009-10), plus 2011 option
2 years/$20.5M (2009-10), plus 2011 option
signed by Cleveland as a free agent 12/13/08
09:$10M, 10:$10.5M, 11:$11M club option
2011 option guaranteed with 55 GF in 2009 or 2010 (becomes a club option if it does not vest)
award bonuses
Just because it’s rare (AND LAUDABLE) that the Yankee to keep the homegrown core together over the last 15 years, it doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t try to emulate that strategy.
That’s my point. They should.
Excellent! I was uncertain about the Kearns/Berkman deals mainly because I felt that Cashman’s #1 priority should have been bullpen and it’s good that they are finally trying to upgrade.
So far seeming like Cashman has been stiff armed on impact players.
Yankee tax in full effect.
benshpigel Kerry Wood, for what it’s worth, had a 3.72 ERA in 35 career games with Joe Girardi catching him.
Given the exorbitant prices for guys like Downs, Wood makes sense. It’s kind of like the Berkman vs. Dunn deal only a smaller scale.
Would you rather have Downs if it means giving up Austine Romine or Wood if it means eating money and not giving up much talent.
It’s a lightning in a bottle move. The kind you make when there aren’t many options out there at a reasonable price.
A rough estimate shows
Sum( Yankee bullpen ERA ) = 35
MTU,
I’m sure they didn’t (at least I wouldn’t think so). I’d rather have Wood than Qualls if that means anything.
# MTU July 31st, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Rich-
Better not be much more than a bag of balls for a guy like Wood.
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Would make sense, we’ll be getting a bag of wood.
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Twins overpaid for Capps?
I like Wood he will be an upgrade over Park. He will make the bullpen stronger. But I wouldn’t make him the 8th inning guy. Hopefully Girardi and Eiland fix Joba he pitched great last night.
There’s no way the Indians are getting anything good for Wood ……..this is fine move, IMO. If it doesn’t work out, so be it; the Yankees are the Yankees and they should act like it – they can take chances.
Not so sure about this deal. He may be better than Park but what if his blisters act up again ?
Value here depends on what the Yankees give up. I think the Yankees would rather have Wood in the bullpen than Chad Gaudin or Chan Ho Park. When Pettitte comes back, a bullpen like this would be pretty solid:
Rivera
Chamberlain
Wood
Robertson
Marte
Aceves/Mitre
Moseley
Yep, because teams like the Jays were overplaying their hand (or they didn’t want to trade their relievers anyway).
Wood isn’t much better than Chan Ho Park
Fly ball pitcher… 4+ ERA last year, 6+ ERA this year. His only good years were in the NL.
Might as well just keep Park, he is probably better than him.
“Wood is an upgrade over both GAUDIN and Park by a longshot”
Tallest midget.
Wood will probably be almost free. He had a good June then got injured after only 2.1 ip in July. Worth a shot.
Yankees just gave up a bag of balls for a proven pitcher in Kerry Wood. For those of who are whining about this trade, please tell me that you’d prefer Gaudin/Park over Kerry Wood. Say that with a straight face, lol. He’s been injured this year, but I’m thinking the Yankees will be able to fix Wood and turn him back into the pitcher he once was.
Wood in the 8th is a gamble.
Are you kidding?
Will have an open mind, but…are you kidding?
Joelsherman1 Kerry Wood deal from #Indians to #Yankees is completed, awaiting Commissioner’s approval on dollars that Indians are sending Yanks
I doubt they brought Wood in to give him the set up role. He probably will compete for it with the other guys over the next couple months. I think they would still prefer Joba to step up and take it, at least until Hughes goes to the pen.
Blake-
Wood is an upgrade over a guy like Gaudin or possibly Park.
He throws hard but walks too many people.
Again. If he only costs a marginal prospect and the Indians eat some salary I’m down with it.
I wouldn’t want qualls either.
I kmew it was a longshot but I was hoping maybe Cash could work some magic and get us a real EIG.
This year’s reliever market sucked.
Kerry Wood still has the stuff. He’s just the Nick Johnson of pitchers. He gets hurt a lot.
That said, he’s an intimidating presence if he’s on his game and still K’s almost 1 guy per inning pitched.
This is a good move for this bullpen. I’m sorry it’s no Soria since some of you can’t imagine we can’t just steal him for Ramiro Pena, but Wood is a solid move and it will pay dividends for this team.
Just watch. I’ve always liked Wood. He left money on the table with other teams to stay with the Cubs because he felt like he owed them something for all the injuries he went through. Never once did he throw Dusty under the bus for ruining his arm.
Improving the talent level of your team for the last 2 months of the season when you know it will be a battle with Tampa for the division, how is that desperate exactly? Health and results have not been amazing for Wood this year but as a pitcher he is an upgrade in the bullpen. Same thing for Berkman and Kearns, they are upgrades over who they are replacing, that is what a good GM does at the deadline when his team is heavily in contention and can afford to take on $ like the Yankees.
WOW. Duncan almost looked like Jim Edmonds diving face first towards the wall in deep left to make a catch. Well, not so much like Edmonds as it was like Shamu The Whale, but, it was good.
surprised the Yanks didn’t get rid of Park.
Let’s not assume that Wood is the 8th inning guy. The Yankees are holding playoff tryouts for their bullpen over the next 60 days.
Wood might be awful. It’s very hard to know. But he is a guy who at least in theory could come into a game and provide a key strike out in the post season if he gets hot.
The yankees like power arms and they like strike outs. They’re hoping that Wood can keep it together for 3 months. Don’t think he’s going to be used too much as they’ll try to save his arm.
Perlo July 31st, 2010 at 3:38 pm
CB,
The Expos over about a 5-6 year period:
Delino Deshields
Larry Walker
Marquis Grissom
Mel Rojas
Randy Johnson
Brian Holman
Moises Alou (1/2 credit)
Cliff Floyd
Jeff Fassero
Darrin Fletcher
Rondell White
Mike Lansing
No credit for Pete Martinez and John Wettland
I can deal with Mariano, Robertson, Joba, Wood, Mitre, Logan, and Gaudin for now. Park should be DOA never mind DFA.
When Pettitte returns, I’d move Mosely back to the pen and release Gaudin.
When/if Marte returns…I dunno.
Every deadline, the market for whatever the Yankees need is “dismal”.
this sucks. Albeladajo!
KenDavidoff
With Wood, the #Yankees will have employed both men to strike out 20 in one game. But they won’t confirm they ever had Clemens.
You can never have enough pitching. The Yankees are pretty much giving up nothing. I don’t think Wood will be used up alot.
MTU,
its a boom or bust move that probably didn’t cost much. With the guys they already have and the fact that Hughes will probably strengthen the pen later, I’d rather them do that than grossly overpay for a true upgrade.
benshpigel Colin curtis and juan miranda packing their bags as the roster moves for kearns/berkman
Would have much preferred Chad Qualls, who Tampa got. His BABIP is insane, he is pitching exactly the same as he always has, just been unlucky.
Wood has never had a season as a reliever as good as Qualls. Qualls keeps the ball in the park, doesn’t walk anyone, strikes out guys.
The guy is basically another Joba. I think Park could put up similar numbers to him.
It’s always a good deal when the Yanks can make a trade and get some of their own money back.
No one is saying that Park and Gaudin are good. However, last time I checked, they were healthy and available to pitch [albeit usually horribly]. Wood has been injured his entire career. I’m all for taking risks, but geez – this is Cash’s second risk with a guy with a checked health history. Didn’t he learn anything from the NJ deal?
I wouldn’t mind Wood for the early innings but definitely not pitching in the 7th or 8th inning. Hopefully the Yanks aren’t thinking about using him there.
Blake-
I wasn’t in favor of them getting fleeced either. It was a bad reliever market.
# CR9 July 31st, 2010 at 3:29 pm
not sure about this. this stinks of the gagne trade by the sox a couple years ago.
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No it doesn’t. The Sox had a strong pen that year and the addition of Gagne was supposed to make it unbeatable. The Yankees pen, by everyone’s admission, is the weakest part of this team. It’s worth the risk.
The Red Sox designated outfielder Jeremy Hermida for assignment, tweets NESN’s Heidi Watney.?
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how the ‘mighty’ has fallen, i always like him as a hitter. once upon a time , a good prospect for the marlins. any chance Yanks can pick him , not that there is great need for LH of in this lineup.
Improving the team’s depth has nothing to do with desperation. They did add Hairston & Hinske last year, afterall.
“this sucks. Albeladajo!”
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They will bring up Alba when Wood goes back on the DL. lol
Wood has the potential to really be a nice acquisition. Yes there is an element of risk involved in this trade but I can’t imagine the Yanks are giving up a very good prospect in this trade. If Wood is healthy he can be a good power arm out of the pen. Him, Robertson, Joba, Hughes (probably in the postseason) would form a fairly solid bridge to the Greatest of all time.
Wood >Chop> Gaudin, please much the story. I am thinking we prolly give up a fringe prospect for him. at worst, Zmac.
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SI_JonHeyman
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Perlo-
I know. That organization did a tremendous job. Yankee fans like to talk about the strike year as a wasted chance for a ring, but that year hurt the expos more than anyone else.
They clearly had a core internally developed that could have (should have?) won them a world series.
But there aren’t 5 players as a cohort on that list that come close to what the yankees internally developed in that same period of time. Not 5 together, especially when you consider the balance of players the yankees had.
The yankees produced 3 HOF caliber up the middle players. That’s crazy. It wasn’t even as if they produced a HOF 1b, RF and LF. Catcher, SS and CF. Then you add in the closer and an anchor for the starting rotation – just phenomenal.
Expos were very good. Braves too. Not close to what the yankees did.
The Indians will receive a player to be named later or cash for Wood, tweets ESPN’s Jayson Stark.
CB,
Braves:
Tom Glavine
John Smoltz (kinda)
Ron Gant
David Justice
Javy Lopez
Kent Mercker
Mike Stanton
Mark Wohlers
Steve Avery
Kevin Millwood
Jeff Blauser
Chipper Jones
Andruw Jones
Ryan Klesko
Mark Lemke
Greg McMichael
Kerry Ligtenberg
Jermaine Dye
Neither the Expos or Braves were as “concentrated” as the Yankees in a 1-2 year stretch, but certainly more depth over an 8-10 years period.
Very busy day.
Trying to catch lightning in a bottle with Wood?
I hope it works out.
Can’t be much worse than Park has been; Gaudin hasn’t been able to reproduce what he did last season.
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