Time to move forward
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Oct 10, 2011 
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The weekend has come and gone, the ALCS has started, and it seems time for the Yankees to move on.
It’s rare that a team makes too much noise before the end of the World Series, but the Yankees will at least begin the process of moving forward when Joe Girardi holds his end-of-the-season press conference tomorrow. Girardi has already received a vote of confidence from his general manager.
“I thought he did a great job, I really did,” Brian Cashman said. “I thought Joe did a great job. This team, I don’t think by anybody — including myself — was picked to have the best record in the A.L. And we didn’t really change that roster much at all, other than promotions. We found a way to slot people in and make them believe in themselves. Like (in Game 5), unfortunate circumstance with Nova, and every time we opened that bullion door, guys found a way to hold it. There wasn’t really much of an opportunity for him to do much other managing than mixing and matching throughout the day.”
If the Yankees are going to make any real news this week, it’s likely to include Cashman himself. His contract doesn’t expire until the end of the month, but Buster Olney has already reported that Cashman and the Yankees are working toward a new deal that could be finalized before the end of the week.
“I promise the owners will continue to put that effort forth to find a way to put us in a position to have success in October,” Cashman said. “I don’t want to be talking about the failure side of it at all, but that’s what we have to do.”
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I read a few different sports blogs.. different teams, different sports, different newspapers.. and I stumbled upon a post this morning that made me laugh so hard I thought I’d share. Without further ado, a thought on trolls:
“@Yup – is there an organization of you people, or are you guys all just free lance? It truly amazes me that ever single blog is infested by lackwits such as yourself. I can’t fathom it being simply chance. It must be the illuminati of ignorance, or something.
Posted by WayneZ”
Shame,
There’s a fine coinage, “Illuminati of Ignorance”.
Illuminati of Ignorance….love it.
I’m glad Cashman’s deal seems to be moving along quickly. Get that done, and then have him get to work on CC.
What is a bullion door???
GoldGlove,
It’s the one Cashman is about to open for CC.
“Illuminati of Ignorance”
Let’s see-could that be an Oxymoron?
Good One !!!
Villa,
Yea only as a FA…..he is a free agent after next season. He is 30 now I believe.
Trader,
I don’t see the Cubs trading Marshall cheaply.
Josh Hamilton is 30-will be 31 in May. Only played in 121 games this year.
Would Sean Marshall be any more costly in terms of prospects to obtain than John Danks?
# LockDown October 9th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I wonder what they will do with Joba. He was great this year before the injury. Would they even consider him as a starter or has that ship sailed?
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No chance what so ever he’ll be in the pen. His starting days are over at least it is for the Yankees.
I’m guessing spell-corrected it’s bullpen.
Or the Yanks could stand pat…..bridge next year then flex some old school Yankees muscles and sign Kemp, Hamels, and Hamilton next winter and show everyone who is boss
2013
Jeter
Cano
Kemp
Hamilton
Montero
Granderson
Arod
Tex
Martin
Sabathia
Hamels
Nova
Hughes
Banuelos
“Would Sean Marshall be any more costly in terms of prospects to obtain than John Danks?”
I would guess yes. Danks is in his walk year
# LockDown October 9th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I wonder what they will do with Joba. He was great this year before the injury. Would they even consider him as a starter or has that ship sailed?
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No chance what so ever he’ll be in the pen. His starting days are over at least it is for the Yankees.
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Gosh, then no hope for Joba.
Just kidding,
The ship probably has sailed on Joba starting……but the Yanks really should rethink it. He only has two years of control left and do they really need him in the pen with 3 dominant righties already out there? Do they need a 6th inning guy too? Why not try and get more value out of him…..
Blake-
I love that 2013 lineup. Is there still a luxury tax in 2013? they might have to up ticket prices to pay for the approx. 250M payroll.
Yankee Trader October 10th, 2011 at 9:00 am
Which one of these lefty reliever free agents would be a useful addition?
Lopez, Affeldt of the Giants?
Gonzalez of the Rangers?
None of them?
Jeremy Affeldt (33) – $5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Mike Gonzalez (34)
John Grabow (33)
Javier Lopez (34)
Damaso Marte (37) – $4MM club option with a $250K buyout
Hideki Okajima (36) – can opt for free agency
Darren Oliver (41)
Arthur Rhodes (41) – $4MM club option with a $200K buyout; vests with 62 appearances
J.C. Romero (36)
George Sherrill (35)
Brian Tallet (34)
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None of the above. I’d give Raul Valdez a long look in spring training. If not for Posada or Dickerson, he was considered being added to the ALDS roster. Girardi and Rothschild seemed to like what they saw of him in September and may want to see more. Good bullpen lefthanders are getting to be a rare breed. Not expecting Feliciano or Marte back in 2012.
# blake October 10th, 2011 at 9:21 am
The ship probably has sailed on Joba starting……but the Yanks really should rethink it. He only has two years of control left and do they really need him in the pen with 3 dominant righties already out there? Do they need a 6th inning guy too? Why not try and get more value out of him…..
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It makes sense to me and others but they aren’t even going to suggest giving him another shot. The media firestorm would be too much
“I love that 2013 lineup. Is there still a luxury tax in 2013? they might have to up ticket prices to pay for the approx. 250M payroll.”
Nope its my fantasy and no luxury tax
“It makes sense to me and others but they aren’t even going to suggest giving him another shot. The media firestorm would be too much”
They need to not care about the media firestorm and just simply say we feel that Joba has more value in this role.
This just in:
Ryan Braun is really good.
# blake October 10th, 2011 at 9:29 am
“It makes sense to me and others but they aren’t even going to suggest giving him another shot. The media firestorm would be too much”
They need to not care about the media firestorm and just simply say we feel that Joba has more value in this role.
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True but the last thing they want to do is continue the trend of bouncing back and forth. They should have never painted themselves in the corner. The kid was what 24 when he was banished to the bullpen. Why box yourself in when you have no idea how the rotation will look in 1, 2 or 3 yrs.
Seems like they put Joba in the pen partly because they were afraid he’d get hurt……well he got hurt anyway and who knows if the elbow deal may have been lingering around for awhile and Joba just didn’t know it was going on…..maybe the symptoms weren’t pain but stiffness and loss of velocity.
They Yankees only have a little more time with Joba before he signs somewhere else and they try him as a starter……why not just see
blake,
I’m afraid you’re right about Joba’s future elsewhere if the Yanks don’t even give him a shot at the rotation.
Ah…Cashman has found someone he can control. We’re sadly going to be stuck with Girardi until Cashman’s gone. And who knows when that will happen? More of Girardi’s inexplicable in-game management and lack of creativity/feel for the game.
blake October 10th, 2011 at 9:32 am
This just in:
Ryan Braun is really good.
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Ya think?
# blake October 10th, 2011 at 9:39 am
They Yankees only have a little more time with Joba before he signs somewhere else and they try him as a starter……why not just see
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That’s the thing they don’t lose anything by giving him a shot. If he works out yo have a starter if it doesn’t he goes back to the pen. Hell he should have be given a shot this ST since the rotation was in shambles.
Anyway……
AndrewMarchand Just blogged and linked to @darrenrovell’s story about A-Rod being involved in a Coconut Water controversy. Only A-Rod. http://es.pn/oNibbi
Does anyone know of any pitching-starved MLB teams that have high-ranking OF prospects that might be shaken loose?
Only a slug like Marchand would #1. consider this newsworthy and #2. think that it’s anybody’s buisness.
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If the Yankees are going to make any real news this week, it’s likely to include Cashman himself. His contract doesn’t expire until the end of the month, but Buster Olney has already reported that Cashman and the Yankees are working toward a new deal that could be finalized before the end of the week.
“I promise the owners will continue to put that effort forth to find a way to put us in a position to have success in October,” Cashman said. “I don’t want to be talking about the failure side of it at all, but that’s what we have to do.”
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Well congrats Brian for owning up to the “failure side”. Like to see him back, but if they give him more money I’ve lost all faith in any reward based system.
GB, yeah, it’s yet another “who cares?” story on Alex.
Erin October 10th, 2011 at 10:01 am
GB, yeah, it’s yet another “who cares?” story on Alex.
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Marchand is the male version of Selena Roberts.
“Well congrats Brian for owning up to the “failure side”. Like to see him back, but if they give him more money I’ve lost all faith in any reward based system.”
It depends on what we consider failure. You could put the AL all star team in the playoffs and I doubt they’d win it every year. I think Cashman has done a great job the last 3 years.
GreenBeret7 October 10th, 2011 at 10:02 am
Marchand is the male version of Selena Roberts.
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LOL
I’m waiting for someone to report that Selig has opened an investigation about A-Rod and coconut water.
Erin -
Doesn’t ARod have “people” to make sure these things don’t happen????? LOL
And what the heck is coconut water anyway???
Maybe he’s done both companies a favor….
Erin October 10th, 2011 at 10:06 am
GreenBeret7 October 10th, 2011 at 10:02 am
Marchand is the male version of Selena Roberts.
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LOL
I’m waiting for someone to report that Selig has opened an investigation about A-Rod and coconut water.
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it definately gave him an extra advantage this year.
I think they need to find out what extra ingredients they are putting in Milwaukee’s Double Quarter Pounders and Big Macs.
Villa Nova-Ya October 10th, 2011 at 10:07 am
And what the heck is coconut water anyway???
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I’m not exactly a food expert, but of all the non-experts I consider myself to be very highly ranked… and I think coconut water tastes like butt. There’s really just no other way to describe it for me..
I’m not holding out much hope for the winter. I’d like to be more optomistic, but beyond the CC negotiation and Swisher I don’t see much happening that could have that stand up and notice impact. Some of the spin leads me to believe Brian has a position like last winter. There is a sprinkling of hope thrown in there, but I’m not sure it’s anything more than window dressing right now to placate the fans. When the smoke clears I think Wilson stays in Texas, he is their ace now and I think the Texas owners and Ryan will do what is necessary to keep him there.
Villa Nova-Ya October 10th, 2011 at 10:07 am
And what the heck is coconut water anyway???
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It’s unbelievably awful. Stay far away.
Thank you Erin for confirming my position.
…just to add another wrinkle to this: Madonna is apparently a big fan of coconut water (the Guy Oseary connection aside).
Shame and Erin -
Thanks for the warning!
blake October 10th, 2011 at 10:04 am
“Well congrats Brian for owning up to the “failure side”. Like to see him back, but if they give him more money I’ve lost all faith in any reward based system.”
It depends on what we consider failure. You could put the AL all star team in the playoffs and I doubt they’d win it every year. I think Cashman has done a great job the last 3 years.
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Blake, first his words. I think the Yanks have a measure of success that they talk about every year which is nothing less than winning the championship. That’s why they have won 27 of them and everyone else has won so few. It gets back to where you want to set that bar. Getting bounced in the lower rounds the last two years I don’t many see as a positive ending. I think Cash would agree with that and surely the players and management. They might celebrate making the playoffs in KC, Toronto, Baltimore and Chicago to just make it there. Again just my opinion.
# Villa Nova-Ya October 10th, 2011 at 10:07 am
And what the heck is coconut water anyway???
Maybe he’s done both companies a favor….
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You would be surprised how many ppl drink coconut water
,I think the Yanks have a measure of success that they talk about every year which is nothing less than winning the championship”
Yea and I think that’s a great goal to have …..but realistically its not going to happen every year.
You coukd make an argument that’s its harder to win a WS today than it ever has been. Revenue sharing and smarter drafting has the playing field mire level than perhaps it ever has been…….money doesn’t buy what it used to because there aren’t as many good players out there to buy.
Winning the WS every year is a great goal…..but its not realistic to expect it because it’d very difficult to do.
Just some impressive numbers to think about: The Yankees have won 26% (27 of 105) of all WS and since 1921, they’ve won 44% (27 of 90) of all AL titles.
And those words are really just to appease fans IMO…..they are asking sky high prices for tickets so they need fans to believe its WS or bust every year…….in reality WS or bust ends up busting more often than not so the overall health of the organization needs to be first and foremost……give yourself a chance every year.
I’m not exactly a food expert, but of all the non-experts I consider myself to be very highly ranked… and I think coconut water tastes like butt. There’s really just no other way to describe it for me..
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This is the best coconut water because it actually tastes like coconut.
http://www.tastenirvana.com/default.php
The Yankees’ payroll allows them to be in contention almost every year but the playoffs is a crapshoot. If it was solely about money than the highest-spending teams would be in the World Series every year, which would be get pretty boring after awhile.
Granted, Swisher has never done much in the postseason, but Beltran hasn’t even been to the postseason since 2006, and there’s little guarantee that he’d be healthy enough to play in October next year.
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Fancinating comment from Chad. So on the one hand Swish hasn’t done anything, but the other guy hasn’t been to the playoffs in awhile and there is little guarantee that he will be healthy. Was their any guarantee that ARod would be healthy? is there any guarantee that Swisher won’t get hurt. Pretty baseless comment, what was it intended to communicate? I guess that Beltran might not do any better because his team hasn’t made the playoffs and he could get hurt.
You would be surprised how many ppl drink coconut water
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People also drink wheat grass. Doesn’t mean it is any good
Correction:
(40 of 90) of all AL titles
Chad is just another parrot for the organization. Not saying he needs to be a sky is falling bridge jumper but does he every criticize any organizational moves or anything Girardi does?
Against All Odds -
I would be. Definitely.
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the Yankees will address what they feel needs to be addressed, if they can do it within the framework they set up for themselves They have all the information; we do not.
As far as losing in the lower rounds of the playoffs, well, last year they made it one round further, and just the year before the won the whole ball of wax.
And it seems to me that far too many fans would consider a WS appearance which doesn’t result in a trophy as the same “failure” as not making it out of the ALDS.
In addition, Cashman is not going to address any “mistakes” in any specific terms in the media. If he and/or ownership was unhappy with any aspect of Girardi’s managing in the ALDS, I am sure they will address it in closed-door meetings.
Further, Girardi can be open to criticism for not using his PHs in the latter innings of Game 5. But he was able to manage a team that was compromised by injuries to many key players to the AL East title and 97 wins. He is not nearly as bad as he gets bashed for here.
I have been thinking about the ARod situation in the playoffs, and the idea of moving up Posada in the lineup after game 1A. First of all, it was one game, and one did not know that Posada would have remained as consistent as he did throughout. No one has a crystal ball; everyone has 20/20 hindsight. In addition, in Game 1A, ARod had some decent at-bats, so I can’t fault Girardi or anyone else for thinking ARod was close. Moving Posada up above Swisher would have had some merit; pinch-hitting for Martin late in the game (or Swisher) could have borne some fruit (but we’ll never know).
You can blame Girardi as much as you want, but the bottom line is the players did not do what they were supposed to do. I keep saying one hit was all they needed, but the truth is, one sac fly (or other productive outs) would have changed the game, too.
Bronx Jeers October 10th, 2011 at 10:29 am
I’m not exactly a food expert, but of all the non-experts I consider myself to be very highly ranked… and I think coconut water tastes like butt. There’s really just no other way to describe it for me..
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This is the best coconut water because it actually tastes like coconut.
http://www.tastenirvana.com/default.php
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Hmmmmm… I only tried coconut water because of my love for all things coconut… so maybe I’ll have to give this one a try.
Maybe somebody should start their own blog and ban any “baseless comments”.
# Triple Short of a Cycle October 10th, 2011 at 10:32 am
You would be surprised how many ppl drink coconut water
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People also drink wheat grass. Doesn’t mean it is any good
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True but it can’t be all that bad if so many ppl drink it. A while back I remember Colin Cowherd stating that the revenue for Coconut water was somewhere in the mid hundred millions or around there.
And I do think Girardi should have pinch hit late in the game and deserves that particular criticism. I just won’t go overboard on it.
“Coconut water tastes like butt”
1. Try drinking coconut water straight from a coconut and not bottled or canned. Completely different taste.
2. Drink it ice cold.
As far as losing in the lower rounds of the playoffs, well, last year they made it one round further, and just the year before the won the whole ball of wax.
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Villa it’s not trending in the right direction.
So they’re now killing off the world’s supply of coconuts just to please the rich? This is just the thing that contributes to global warming.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 10th, 2011 at 10:32 am
You would be surprised how many ppl drink coconut water
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People also drink wheat grass. Doesn?t mean it is any good
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They lost in the first round in 97.
Gary -
Think of it as a cycle. WS, LCS, DS, WS, LCS, DS, etc. I could live with that.
Coconut killers. I think people should hunt these people down and spray red paint on them. That’ll teach ‘em.
blake -
Right – right in the middle of the dynasty years!
The time to move forward was right after the final out was recorded – I moved forward, anyway.
After Cashman re-signs, the first order of business is putting the SP together for next year. How badly do the Yankees want or think they need Wilson? He’s good, no doubt, but I hope Cashman and the team gets that they don’t need another long-term contract that will be burdensome not long after the contract is signed. He’s not CC. IMO, the first order of business re: the staff is to try and get Freddy signed. He’s still a good pitcher, he’s smart, he’s savvy and he’s a good mentor for the kids – in short, he’s perfect for what we need him for. After that, if he signs, then you decide what you’re going to do with the 5th spot. Give it to Hughes? Have there be a competition between Hughes and, say, Noesi? If it’s the latter, if Noesi wins, I think that would spell the end Hughes as a starter here for sure – he’d be put in the pen and there he’d remain until he becomes a FA or he is traded. I don’t think that will happen – I think the Yankees will insist he come into camp in shape. I think they will tell him he has half a year to show improvement in his pitching or they will put him in the pen and give a chance to one another kid.
After that, I would try and find an alternative to Swisher. Nice player as he might be in the regular season, he’s downright brutal in the post-season., We can’t get rid of Tex and the lineup is mostly inflexible – but not Swisher as he’s not here for more than possibly next year. I do not want Beltran and I hope the Yankees stay far away from him.
the 97 Cle team was far better then the current crop of teams that we have been losing to in recent years
Coconut milk and coconut killers…..
Only this place….
GreenBeret7 October 10th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Coconut killers. I think people should hunt these people down and spray red paint on them. That?ll teach ?em.
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How exactly would you kill a coconut??
In a short ALDS series, anything can happen although it was no real surprise that the Yankees squandered opportunities to get that key timely hit when needed. Win or lose, it was something that was seen often during the regular season.
Walkoff or bottom of the 9th wins didn’t happen much in the 2011 season.
Larry Rothschild deserves props in his 1st year as the pitching coach. Injuries to Chamberlain and Soriano didn’t set the bullpen back thanks to the full emergence of David Robertson and unexpected help from Cory Wade and Luis Ayala.
For much of the season Bartolo Colon was a help as was Freddy Garcia. In 2010 Ivan Nova had trouble getting past the 5th inning. That changed considerably in 2011. Phil Hughes had ailments for most of the year be he’ll be OK in 2012. Rothschild tried his level best but no magician in the world can fix Burnett. Expect Rothschild to work long and hard with Hector Noesi in spring training along with Warren and Phelps.
“the 97 Cle team was far better then the current crop of teams that we have been losing to in recent years”
Well Texas and Detroit were a lot better than the Twins and Angels that the Yanks beat in 2009. Neither of those teams would have sniffed the playoffs this year……Lackey was the ace of that Angels team.
Blake, all those comments from Levine (and Hal, but his weren’t nearly as silly) do is get spoiled fans up in arms when the Yankees have the nerve not to win the WS. That said, it’s enough with getting knocked out in the first round – didn’t we criticize the Braves for not winning more than 1 WS? Getting to the playoffs is an accomplishment, but constantly getting knocked out early is not a good thing – they need to do a bit better once they get to the playoffs.
Texas is a good team; Detroit is a good team. The Yankees might be a tad better than each of them, but it’s not a mismatch by any means.
Cleveland in 2007 they could have defeated. Detroit in 2006.
The Red Sox were always tough.
The Angels were always tough.
They beat Minnesota, and you can say, of course, they should have, but if they didn’t?????
And I keep hearing about how bad the Yankees pitching had been in all those years. So if it was, did you really expect them to beat any of those teams?
The 2011 Yankees may have won the WS in 2009 also. They would have had to beat the Twins and then a mediocre Angels team
Erin October 10th, 2011 at 10:48 am
GreenBeret7 October 10th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Coconut killers. I think people should hunt these people down and spray red paint on them. That?ll teach ?em.
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How exactly would you kill a coconut??
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Coconuts are living things. They hire a lot of out of work axe murderers to hack the coconuts open to drain the water out of them, so, I suppose they do serve some kind of value to the public.
Freddy the key to next years staff? Not really.
Go get Buerhle.
CC-Nova-Buerhle-AJ-Hughes is your goal.
If not CJ at a reasonable price.
Be smart about Swisher, don’t give him away. Trade deadline might be the better time.
Give CC an extension, why not spare him the ignominy of opting out?
Give CC an extension, why not spare him the ignominy of opting out?
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I have a feeling that will be Cashman’s first order of business as soon as his own contract is sorted out.
‘His contract doesn’t expire until the end of the month, but Buster Olney has already reported that Cashman and the Yankees are working toward a new deal that could be finalized before the end of the week’.
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So what, no one on this forum believes or likes any of the national sports writers anyway.
So what, no one on this forum believes or likes any of the national sports writers anyway.
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B/c they feel they could do a better job?
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I think the Yanks are trying to reduce payroll or at least keep it level.
CJ might be out if he thinks he can hoodwink us.
Colon and Freddy was no accident last year and they both could be back.
I am probably in the minority on this, but I feel that it is time for a change. I would like the Yanks to let Cashman go and move in another direction.
13 years is long enough. Time for some fresh thinking and new leadership.
(I also think it would be good for Cashman as well.)
They have to leave room for Kemp in 2013 so Swish just might be the stopgap needed.
If they want to tweek him in the 2012 ALDS/CS/WS , like they should have this year, it’s fine with me.
Perhaps Bartolo’s loss of steam late in the season was due to his full winter schedule. Anybody know his innings count down there?
mick October 10th, 2011 at 11:06 am
So what, no one on this forum believes or likes any of the national sports writers anyway.
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B/c they feel they could do a better job?
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Cuz they are elitist know it alls and probably think they know better and can do better.
Colon and Freddy was no accident last year and they both could be back.
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Colon looks shot.
mick October 10th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Will the NYY’s be going after every big name FA known to mankind regardless of cost?
Cuz they are elitist know it alls and probably think they know better and can do better.
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But unlike you we don’t feel the need to make up a new handle and hide behind it
RMS, I don’t think he’s shot permanently, but he was done awhile ago for this year. That said, I would never sign him to a multi-year deal whereas with the instability of the SP, I would sign Freddy to a 2 year deal and not have any worries.
JT October 10th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Hal is a smart guy, he will let Cashman’s minor league revamp finish it’s course then if it flops adios.
Triple Short of a Cycle October 10th, 2011 at 11:20 am
No new handle here wise guy been posting here rarely for over a year.
Many fans think all the Yankees have to do is throw big bucks around and they will get who they want.
How high do some want the payroll to go? 220, 230, 250 million? Not gonna happen. Yankees do have to show some restraint.
Betsy
All things being equal, if Colon could get back to what he was early in the year, great movement and velocity on his fastball, I would sign him over Garcia.
RMS, I disagree – I don’t think the Yankees are going to pursue Colon at all.
RMS October 10th, 2011 at 11:24 am
Sky’s the limit here. Did you know there is a mint that prints money in the basement of YS?
Betsy,
Since you have already said if CC wants a Cliff Lee type contract you would be willing to let him walk. Assuming Hughes,Nova and Burnett are in the rotation next year who would you want to fill the remaining 2 slots?
“No new handle here wise guy been posting here rarely for over a year.”
But is it hard to believe that no one wouldn’t remember you because your posts are so stupid.
Hal is a smart guy, he will let Cashman’s minor league revamp finish it’s course then if it flops adios.
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When does a “revamp finish its course?” Three years? Five? Ten?
Drafting, developing, assessing…its a fluid, ongoing process.
This is not a “let’s get Cashman” thing. Its just time, in my opinion.
New Post- Moving forward: The rotation
Triple. Garcia…..and maybe another kid. However, it’s moot because it’s not happening, so I haven’t spent much time thinking about it
RhapsodyInBlue October 10th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Then look em up.
JT October 10th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Since he has rebuilt it from nothing my guess would be 3 years to see a return.
Ah, all of the “what the Yankees should do” as opposed to what the Yankees will actually end up doing. My favorite lohud reading.
“People also drink wheat grass. Doesn’t mean it is any good”
My favorite post of the day!
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I will add my recommendation of things the Yanks can’t/won’t do. Offer a gazillion dollars to buy out Ryan Braun’s “tied up until 2020″ contract and then hope he doesn’t have a no trade in there! Oh yeah. Then move him to right field.
tomingeorgia October 10th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Perhaps Bartolo’s loss of steam late in the season was due to his full winter schedule. Anybody know his innings count down there?
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Tom, between the regular season winter league and playoffs, he had about 50-60 innings and another 20 during ST. Not sure if he pitched in the World BB Classic.