Another kind of split squad
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Mar 14, 2011 
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The Yankees play only one game today. It’s a night game down in Fort Myers against the Red Sox.
Before they hit the road, though, the Yankees are holding a workout at Steinbrenner Field. That’s going to start later this morning, a chance for the guys who aren’t making the trip to take a few swings and field a few ground balls. That’s where most of the Yankees regulars will do their work today.
The only everyday players making tonight’s road trip are the three outfielders. Otherwise, Sergio Mitre will make his second start, Jesus Montero will try to get his bat going, and Eduardo Nunez and Ramiro Pena will have another chance to make their cases for the bench (right now, Nunez is making his case more loudly than Pena).
So that’s what we have on tap here in Tampa: A workout and a game. Two very different events in two very different locations at two very different times. A split squad, indeed.
This is the second game between the Yankees and Red Sox this spring. It’s inevitable that the Red Sox become an occasional topic in Yankees camp, but that seems to happen only when Boston is brought up in an interview. Otherwise, the Yankees don’t seem to be especially focused on their division rivals.
“I think what gets our hitters going every year, and our pitchers and position players, is we know the goal that’s at stake, and our guys get after it every spring training,” Joe Girardi said. “I tell our guys, you have to worry about yourself, you can’t worry about what other clubs are doing. It’s just way too much wasted energy.”
Associated Press photo of Alex Rodriguez
looking forward to seeing the yankees kick ace’s a$$!
I wonder if Betances or Banuelos are going to face the Sux ?
i doubt it’s beach weather where kate is because its snowing here in rensselaer county and shes way north of here.
yeah, we still have snow on the ground…altho there are some grassy spots and I actually saw crocuses yesterday!
sir charles blasting the garden for raising prices. and had a great sign-off line:
“you all now have 48 hours to find tru tv”
MTU,
im not positive but I think Betances is supposed to throw tonight….
Gossip Break….
http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/14/.....nts-anchor
pat-cute pictures
Blake-
Thanks. Sounds good. Would like to see Manny one more time.
pat -
Call me silly, but I loved those photos!
We decided to go Busch Gardens Tampa next month – but there’s NO WAY you’d find me on THAT ride!!!! LOL
Erin
There are sightings of him on the Sesame Street rides with his daughters but I haven’t seen any pictures of that.
MTU,
Manny should throw tomorrow Id think. Again not sure about that.
i hate gossip and i dont give a hoot what any players do off the field. but i did look at that picture and i have to say that what i have seen of arod off the field (plus the goofy team pics) tells me that he’s more comfortable in his life than he’s ever been.
i’ve got him up to #15 on my draft board
pat March 14th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Erin
There are sightings of him on the Sesame Street rides with his daughters but I haven?t seen any pictures of that.
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really??? I hope somebody posts photos from those rides!
Anyone else read Ken rosenthal’s tweet about why the mariners should trade king Felix to the Yankees this morning?
Saw the article. Not saying this just because I am a Yankee fan but Nunez could definitely start for a bunch of teams in the majors right now two of those teams in the al east. So he’d want us to give up the best pure hitter in the minors, banuelos who looks ready to be the next great left hander in the game, ivan nova who looks as if he has the stuff to be a good starter for the forseeable future. Than throw in Noesi and David Adams who can really rake. Just don’t love that deal at all, never a fan of giving a team 5 major league ready potential star players, plus i wouldn’t want to do a 5 for 1 with that GM after what he pulled last July.
Ken_Rosenthal
Why trading King Felix to the #Yankees makes sense – for both sides. tinyurl.com/4hfkvxl #mariners # MLB 44 minutes ago..
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....ers-031311
Mstarr,
agreed but everytime I hear King Felix’s name I cant help but begin to salivate over the possibilites of him coming here. ***sigh***
I know its not going to happen but MAN o MAN; Felix and CC would make any lineup quiver in their cleets , let alone the redsox.
“Anyone else read Ken rosenthal’s tweet about why the mariners should trade king Felix to the Yankees this morning?”
Yup. Not sure what to say about it. Hernandez is probably the 2nd best pitcher in the game and quite clearly the best one among pitchers 25 years old or under. Doesn’t make sense for Seattle to move him without hitting a homerun in terms of return. For a guy so young, and so good, it’s simply a matter of whether you think he’s worth giving up potentially outstanding, but to this point unproven, young talent.
I don’t think the Yankees have to do any trading with anyone for anything.
They are building a dynasty through their own prospects…and I’d give them the chance to play.
“Just don’t love that deal at all, never a fan of giving a team 5 major league ready potential star players”
In fairness, you’d be talking about 2 potential star players (Montero and Banuelos/Betances)and 3 potentially competent major leaguers (the rest).
Just Say No.
If you look around the league at the short stops in the game, maybe this is just how bad the state of the position is in the game right now but theres 10+ starting short stops right now in the majors i’d start nunez over.
I wouldn’t give Jack Z the satisfaction.
If Nunez was a Red Sox prospect I bet he’d be hyped as the next big short stop in the majors.
Felix to the Yankees…the trade rumor that just wont die
I won’t do that trade for Felix. I love what we have coming in the next year or two, and building from within opens so many other doors for keeping the Yankees on top, while lowering payroll. If Jack Z called and said, “I’m ready to make that deal”, I’d say, sorry, we’re not, bye.
Don’t overstate the prospects. They aren’t building a dynasty with them. Their ceilings aren’t that high.
Felix Hernandez is only 25 years old. That’s a guy you build dynasties around.
The Mariners should trade him. But, they won’t. With the haul they could get in return, they could rebuild the franchise a lot faster.
At least not this season.
“If Nunez was a Red Sox prospect I bet he’d be hyped as the next big short stop in the majors.”
Good god.
Can’t there just be one big group cathartic moment were you guys all just admit to being jealous of the Rex Sox organization so we can just move on already?
Chad – congrats on your HS basketball team. And, love your posts on Yanks ST. Keep up the good – no, make that “great” – work.
GB7 – that was a great story about Mantle and Bauer, in the last thread.
Felix Hernandez, and I STILL have Betances, Brackman, the other back-end prospects (Warren, Noesi, etc), Romine, Sanchez….
Gotta think long and hard on that one… no pun intended.
I wouldn’t do the proposed Rosenthal trade.
However, Seattle really should move him by next season when his contract becomes prohibitive for a non-competitive team.
I just drafted Arod to my celebrity fantasy team.. glad he’s making the news with Cammy
Aceves to start tonite.
Says he was ready for playoffs last year.
Guess Yanks thought he was too injury prone to finnagle with.
sj……It appears that Cashamn’s PR releases about his prized young AA pitchers are getting noticed and will become the sourse of many trade rumors that could get GM’s attention……Quite clever to a degree, however it’ll come down to the reports from their field scouts…..
jealous of the red sox??? for what?
SJ44 -
Are you stating you don’t believe Montero, Banuelos and Betances do not have very high ceilings? If that’s your point, I disagree.
Yes, Felix is a great pitcher, and he has lots of pitching time on his arm already for a 25 year old, and if you gave up 3 top prospects, plus 2 more good prospects, the price would be too rich for my blood.
I would look to keep Banuelos out of any deal because he’s LH and those guys are rare these days.
That would be the sticking point with me in that proposed trade.
# BoJo March 14th, 2011 at 10:15 am
I don’t think the Yankees have to do any trading with anyone for anything.
They are building a dynasty through their own prospects…and I’d give them the chance to play.
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Will the Yankees give them a chance? That’s the real question.
“Are you stating you don’t believe Montero, Banuelos and Betances do not have very high ceilings?”
I believe he was referring to the secondary guys involved in a proposed Hernandez package.
Pat M. March 14th, 2011 at 10:32 am
sj……It appears that Cashamn’s PR releases about his prized young AA pitchers are getting noticed and will become the sourse of many trade rumors that could get GM’s attention
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Yet some in here say we don’t hype our prospects.
Cashman could offer Seattle a package that they’d be crazy to say no to…..they aren’t close to competing and may lose 100 games this season.
However that package would probably be excessive for the Yanks to give up at this point. I agree with SJ that they should consider trading him.and.have been saying that for awhile…..whether they will or not is another story.
If they are 15 out again in June then don’t you have to consider a change in direction and ask yourself if you’ll be competitve before Felix’s contract is up?
“That would be the sticking point with me in that proposed trade.”
I’d think the other GM would be thinking exactly the same thing.
CC Sabathia hasn’t thrown less than 180 pitchers since his 20 year old rookie season.
Just sayin’.
innings, of course.
BIG AL,
I don’t think Betances will have a career as good as Felix.
Good prospect? Absolutely. King Felix level prospect?
I don’t believe he will be as good.
Babushka and Montero are the real deal.
I wouldn’t deal Manny for reasons I’ve already mentioned.
Betances and Montero for King Felix?
I make that deal and not look back.
The only way that I’d ever consider doing a deal like that is to have a window to extend Hernandez’ contract. I’d never do it for two years and no guarantee. Next question is how long do you extend him beyond the 2 yers? 7 or8 years? Anything less is pointless.
Mell -
If that’s what SJ44 meant, then I agree, but, not with the top 3.
I’d never give up Banuelos, I believe he has the makings of a great top of the rotation pitcher. Take Manny out of that deal, and I’d do it.
Why would your phone have the word Babushka but not Banuelos.
“Will the Yankees give them a chance? That’s the real question.”
Hard to do when a good portion of your fan base wants to play the numbers game and give guys like Bartolo Colon a rotation spot.
Seattle could be waiting for Montero to prove himself.
Let’s see Yanks part with him if he’s got 15-20 HR’s by the All Star break.
“Banuelos”. Sorry for the typo.
“The only way that I’d ever consider doing a deal like that is to have a window to extend Hernandez’ contract.”
He’s locked up thru 2014 right now. As the Yankees are one of 10 teams on his no-trade, I’d imagine he’d probably seek an extension in order to waive it.
SJ44 -
If the M’s were to consider moving Felix, but waited a year to do it, then if our prospects really started growing as so many hope, we might not even consider that deal. Not many teams can offer the young talent the Yankees can, but, as we know Jack Z doesn’t always go with the best deal.
Thanks, Doc. That story was told by Hank Bauer. Bauer always took the blame for Mantle’s drinking, because he saw Mantle as a kid brother when he first came up. Taught him about how MLers tipped, dressed. As he said, taught him how to drink. Mantle from OK, Bauer from St. Louis, and Mantle idolized Bauer and Houk because of their war records.
Hernandez is young but not cheap, and has thrown a ton of innings. Under contract until 2014 at around 18 mil per year. I don’t know if that is worth 2 5 star prospects and 3 more 4-3 star prospects. I can’t think of any trade except for the Mark Teixeira one which had so many good pitchers in it, and I think almost all of the prospects were in A ball at that point.
Catch you later.
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