Veteran pitchers hit the market
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Oct 24, 2011 
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The Phillies today officially declined options on right-handed pitchers Brad Lidge and Roy Oswalt. The veterans will become free agents this winter.
Obviously the Yankees don’t have much use for Lidge, but at the right price, Oswalt could be a short-term investment to fill a rotation spot while the Yankees wait for their top pitching prospects to finish their development. Again, it all depends on the price (doesn’t it always?).
A few other quick notes from this afternoon…
• Commissioner Bud Selig will announce the Hank Aaron Award winners tonight at 7 ET. The awards go to the top offensive players in each league.
• David Waldstein tweeted today that Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner spoke today at Yankee Stadium. No deal is done just yet, but it obviously seems to be moving that direction.
• Joel Sherman wrote today that the Yankees seem more interested in Yu Darvish than C.J. Wilson. Sherman also wonders whether the Yankees and Pirates might be a trade match because of the Pirates desire for a young catcher.
Just some musings: “Just a back-end starter”, “can’t hit righties”, ” looks awkward in the outfield”, “can’t stand the bright lights”, “give CJ five for 85?, “can’t hit in the majors”, blah, blah, blah. Prospects are just that; nobody knows. Wasn’t Nova a “back end” pitcher? Well, lets wait and see. It strikes me that that everyone here is a GM, and think the guys who actually do that job are idiots. Some are, but I don’t think ours is. The guys in MiLB are there because there is a belief they will progress. We all have our opinions, but I want to see guys on the field prove their worth. If Cashman can get some good ones and weed out the never-will-be’s, that’s good enough for me. If he decides to trade value for value, that’s fine, too. That’s why they have a platoon of scouts everywhere. Will there be mistakes? You bet. Will there be successes? You bet.
Not sure what Pittsburgh has that would interest the Yankees for a Cervelli or Romine as a catcher. Maholm is a bit expensive and not quite worth Romine, but worth more than Cervelli unless NYYs takes on Maholm’s entire contract. Perhaps Cervelli and Heyer for Maholm, although, Garrett Jones would be a nice bench bat to have.
I am surprised the phillies have not worked out something with Oswalt. Record not that impressive but a Very good ERA
Trade with Pittsburgh for what?
Wouldn’t mind Oswalt on a one year deal but Im thinking the Yanks would have to pay a lot more than everyone else for him
Tony Sanchez ‘s stock fallen?
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Sanchez is a year away. Romine is about the same, sort of, needing time in AAA? Cervelli might be a good filler for them for a year.
That’s why the only real chance of a deal sending Cervelli to Pittsburgh would be with another soon to be out of option pitcher like Heyer or Phelps for somebody like jones, a good left handed bat but with trouble hitting left handed pitchers. Maholm is the only other player that might help as an emergency starter or lefty in the pen.
I think Romine is closer than Sanchez, the latter who definitely needs another year in AA, and who had only a .319 SLG.
Sherman said a young catcher though…..if Sanchez was still the guy then wouldn’t they be looking for a veteran stop gap type guy?
Sistine romine =jeff mathis