Yankees announce coat drive next week in Times Square
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 05, 2011 
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The Yankees have announced that they will partner with New York Cares for a winter coat drive on Wednesday, November 9 from 8:30 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.
The first 1,250 people to donate gently-used coats will receive a pair of tickets to the Army-Rutgers football game at Yankee Stadium on November 12.
The 2011 New York Cares Coat Drive officially kicks off on November 15 and runs through December 31.
“We are very excited to be working with a wonderful organization like New York Cares to help collect coats for those in need this holiday season,” General Partner and Vice Chairperson Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal said in a released statement. “We hope our incredibly generous fans will join us in Times Square to share in the holiday spirit and help their fellow New Yorkers.”
My personal favorite is “Hope week”.
The Yankees just keep piling up the good Karma.
No wonder they have won 27.
Good morning.
Cuddyer would be a good FA signing for the Phillies. Came up as a 3rd baseman, plays RF, 1B and 2nd.
However so would Nick Swisher. Has played all 3 OF positions, 1B and relief pitcher!
Maybe if things don’t work out for Cuddyer the Phillies and Cashman will get together to work on a deal that involves Swisher and others for Cole Hamels.
Quiet morning.
OK I’ll leave.
You can all come out of hiding now.
YT-
I like your style.
Yankees want pitching. Jair Jurrjens name is being floated out there. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-b.....raves_blog
I wonder if the Braves GM Frank Wren, is trying to free up enough money to sign a SS like Jimmy Rollins or bigger yet-Jose Reyes?
MTU-
Just you and me. Where’s Blake? GB?-see where the asteroid will miss us.
YT-
Why would the Braves give up a talented 25 yr. old arm ?
Answer: Because they are probably concerned that he can stay healthy.
Otherwise it makes no sense.
YT-
Looks that way partner.
I commented on the asteroid in the previous thread.
MTU, there really isn’t much to talk about. Threads are now talking about coat drives. Seems like maybe people will have to wait until the arbitration deadline to see maybe some major movement of FA’s ?
I’d talk about the Giants chances against the Pats in foxboro as the injuries mount, but doesn’t seem to stimulate much conversation.
It would be interesting to know what the likes of Arod, Tex and AJ are doing in the offseason or plan to do in the offseason. We know Nick is mucking it up in front of his the OS sign.
MTU-
From what I’m reading on Jurrjens, is that the braves want a power hitting corner OF-er[LF] to replace Prado, and both of them are due big raises in arbitration.
Jurrjens had an oblique strain[ the new baseball injury of 2011] and a knee strain in 2011 that put him on the DL. I’ll have to dig deeper, to see if he has ever had any arm problems. He’s 25 years old.
Of course, he’s a pitcher for the Braves and in the last 20 years or so the only pitcher the Yankees have obtained from the Braves, either thru trade or FA, that was good was Mike Stanton.
Gary-
Time moves way too quickly especially as you get older.
Before you know it the Winter meetings will be upon us.
MTU November 5th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Gary-
Time moves way too quickly especially as you get older.
Before you know it the Winter meetings will be upon us.
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Going fishing, do it everyday. One thing about Fla is that you don’t lack for any salt or fresh water fishing opportunities. A bad day fishing is always better than a good day of anything else.
YT-
I think Jurrjens had an arm related issue in recent years.
I’m not quite sure.
An arbitration raise should not cause them to want to move a 25 yr. old
top-of-the-rotation starter.
I think he must be considered an injury risk by the Bravos if they’re willing to move him so soon.
A little like the U-Jim thing.
Gary-
Have fun.
I just read in a Chicago paper that they would consider trading Thornton alone or with someone like Danks. Let’s get them both. But, for whom? Romine, Warren and Phelps? Is that enough? I doubt it.
Mac-
I figure that’s a 3-for-2 or 4-for-2 type deal.
I don’t think that’s enough especially qualitywise.
“But, for whom? Romine, Warren and Phelps? Is that enough? I doubt it.”
If the Yanks are picking up Thornton’s salary then I think that’s fair….its a rental and would give the White Sox significant salary relief
Blake-
I wouldn’t do it as a rental. You want a negotiating window if you’re gonna include Romine.
Figures my excellent research for Gary is waiting moderation.
A-Rod in vegas working out with trainer. Tex at home working again on hitting?
AJ in palatial home in Monkton Maryland.
Good morning.
Remember this? http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
MTU,
I would……gotta give to get. I like Romine but I think they have a lot of depth there…..
Blake-
Not me. Not for a rental.
Danks and Thornton.
Austinmac- Good morning and Blake-working today?
We had a very lively/amusing conversation two days ago where we threw out names in that scenario that Kenny Williams might want/need to be willing to give up both.
12:$5.5M, 13:$5.5M, 14:$6M club option ($1M buyout)-that’s 12M commited to lefty Matt Thornton.
If Williams wants the Yankees to take the entire salary to get Danks then the return should be lower, especially if he’s unwilling to grant a 48-72 windw to sign Danks to an extension.
Romine, Warren and Phelps are a lot of strong, advanced, prospects for Danks and Thorton. If Danks wasn’t coming off a down season, maybe I would bite. With a down season, and shifting some salary too, I wouldn’t give up those three together. Maybe two of three.
YT-
I agree. For a rental I substitute Cervelli for Romine.
MTU,
That’s reasonable…
MTU,
No way they do that for Cervelli. If Danks is available there will be some competition for his services……you aren’t getting him IMO without having a centerpiece prospect. My guess is that a Romine or Betances type would have to be in the deal.
Any Danks deal has to come with a 72-hour window to sign him beyond 2012 or no deal. Not worth the prospects the White Sox will want for just a rental.
Blake-
And they don’t get Phelps and Warren for the rental price.
They can have one but not both.
Something like Cervelli, Phelps/Warren, + ( ex. Konotos, Joseph, adams, or Pena.
If that ain’t enough no deal.
Romine’s value to the Yankees depends on their view of Montero and Martin. If, as it sounds, Cashman may want a longer term contract for Martin, that leaves Romine, at best, a backup with Montero only a DH. To me, Romine’s best value is in trade. Cervelli brings little in return.
Romine, Warren and Phelps-
If it’s true that Williams needs major league ready players, and has zero chance of unloading salaried players like Rios and Dunn, his upgrades could be at 3rd and 2nd where Morel and Beckham did not perform well last year, and a backup catcher if they feel Tyler Flowers can’t do the job.
Start then with a 3 for 2[Danks+Thornton] trade involving some combo of these players:
Noesi/Hughes +Romine/Nunez +Phelps/Warren
Blake,
You think Danks would command that much? He’s just had a poor year and he has only one year left on his contract. I don’t think anyone else in baseball would offer that type of package for him, and Thorton is a salary dump.
Blake-
They are getting significant salary relief on an aging Thornton and Danks is only a rental.
I’m not sure that many teams are gonna offer up top talent for that.
If the Yankees took Thornton and Danks that would be around 13 million bucks relief for the White Sox for 2012……so that would be an incentive for them…..however I still think they’d need a real prospect back in return for it to make sense from their end.
Thornton’s contract isn’t ideal…..but its not terrible and he’s pretty good. Adding danks and Thornton would give the Yankees a nasty staff for next season.
I totally agree MTU. Romine/Warren/Phelps could land you way more significant pieces, in my opinion. You could stick all three of those guys in the majors right now.
YT-
As a rental-only type situation Danks value is greatly reduced.
No one would roll the dice on being able to re-sign him. That would be quite risky IMO.
MTU,
That proposal would get nowhere, IMO. Their are, as always, lots of teams looking for pitching. You don’t want Wilson, Buehrle likely wouldn’t come. Where is Cashman’s pitching, pitching, pitching coming from?
Teams are going to look at the last 4 years with Danks…..not just last season….and he’s 26 years old. If he came to the Yankess and pitcher the way he did in 08,09, and 10 then he’d make a run at 20 wins.
So yea I do think there would be some takers……Rangers for sure.
Blake-
I’d like to have both and have said so on many occasions just not at that price.
I wouldn’t mind inking Beurhle to a 2yr. deal instead of Freddy.
Mac-
You never know what might drop into Cashman’s lap.
Who knows who his targets might be.
Romine has a lot of value IMO. Way too much to throw away on a rental.
blake November 5th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Teams are going to look at the last 4 years with Danks…..not just last season….and he’s 26 years old. If he came to the Yankess and pitcher the way he did in 08,09, and 10 then he’d make a run at 20 wins.
So yea I do think there would be some takers……Rangers for sure.
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It’s true that you can’t sure he’s just a 4+ ERA pitcher, but it’s also not true to suggest he’s definitely going to have his past success moving forward. A bad year knocks his value down, and if teams want to fly in the face of that, let them. It’s not fair value to trade those three prospects for Danks right now.
Yea Id rather have Buerle than Freddy but I won’t be shocked if their production next year is comparable…….id rather have freddy for one year than Buerle for 2.
I would consider Hughes+Romine+Warren for both Danks and Thornton with a 72 hour window to sign Danks to an extension. That’s taking on Danks- likely to get 8M in arbitration and Thonton’s 12M obligation.
Then all that’s left for Cashman to do is offer Garcia arb which he’ll probably decline, looking for a 2 year deal and get the bench figured out.
Rotation:
Sabathia
Nova
Danks
Burnett
Noesi/Phelps
Blake-
Danks is a Texas guy so you might have a point there.
If they want to surrender a Shelby Miller, ++ for a rental that’s their buisness.
I wouldn’t gamble on being able to re-sign Danks. That’s my take.
“It’s true that you can’t sure he’s just a 4+ ERA pitcher, but it’s also not true to suggest he’s definitely going to have his past success moving forward.”
2011 is the outlier not the other way around and he’s not even at his prime age yet…..what you’re saying is true…..nothing is certain….but there is more evidence to suggest he’s a good pitcher than not.
Romine/Warren/Phelps is more than what the Twins got for Johan Santana. Come on. The real market value for rental pitchers is not that strong. This would just be the good old fashioned “try to rob Cashman blind” negotiation.
Yeah Blake, I agree with you. Danks is better than the outlier year, but it still damages his value. I can’t see Cashman paying full value for the guy. I wouldn’t be upset if we did trade for him, because I’d bet he’d be better than 2011, but Romine/Warren/Phelps is a strong package and Danks value is down. That package wins you Danks off of a GOOD year.
And Danks for Hughes is ridiculous. Both or nothing.
Blake-
Like I said I’m all for Danks just not at that rental price.
I disagree on Buerhle vs. Freddy. I think having another solid lefty while banuelos matures is better.
Perhaps Beurhle would do a 1 + 1. where the 2nd year is a mutual option.
Even if it took 2 I’d still be interested in Beurhle.
I wouldn’t be unhappy to see garcia return though either.
Just a preference thing.
White Sox general manager Ken Williams said in a radio interview Saturday that he’s only looking for major-league ready players this offseason.”What we have to do is weigh whatever they’re offering up against our chances for the next season,” Williams said. “If we’re going to move our valuable pieces, it’s going to be for major league-ready talent as they can grow with this nice nucleus in place.” Quentin would appear to offer the most trade value coming off a season that saw him hit 254/.340/.499 to go along with 77 RBI over 118 games. Other possible trade possiblities include pitchers John Danks, Gavin Floyd and Matt Thornton. Oct 22 – 4:03 PMSource: Chicago Tribune
I gotta run fellas…..enjoy yalls Saturday.
Cashman,
Get Danks
Bid to win on Darvish
Offer Freddy arbitration
Trade AJ
bring by Jones and Chavez
Take a vacation
Have a great day Blake.
What is Williams wants to substitute righty Gavin Floyd instead of Danks? remaining salary-12:$7M, 13:$9.5M club option
YT-
I like Floyd in place of AJ but I prefer a lefty to balance the rotation out a bit more.
MTU November 5th, 2011 at 10:24 am
Blake-
Like I said I’m all for Danks just not at that rental price.
I disagree on Buerhle vs. Freddy. I think having another solid lefty while banuelos matures is better.
Perhaps Beurhle would do a 1 + 1. where the 2nd year is a mutual option.
Even if it took 2 I’d still be interested in Beurhle.
I wouldn’t be unhappy to see garcia return though either.
Just a preference thing.
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I’d just go for the best deal between the two.
Also, my opinion on Hughes for Danks. Danks is the kind of pitcher Hughes can be next season, so I don’t see the use in trading Hughes and prospects for Danks. Seems like a zero sum trade.
And I have been converted into a Yu Darvish lover from what I’ve read.
I’d do Danks and Thornton for Romine and Warren OR Phelps. To me the one year of Danks is an advantage- much better than what is available FA-wise. I don’t see any moves of this type being made if Garcia is offered & accepts though.
Blake-Enjoy your weekend.
Sabathia
Nova
Danks
Darvish
Hughes
I could live with that. Will the Steinbrenner’s go there?
Kev-
I’m still on the fence on Darvish but leaning against due to his exhorbitant
potential cost and the associated risk.
He seems to have talent. a lot of talent. But so have a variety of other Japanese imports.
That’s a lot of Yen for a prospect no better than a Strasburg or a Chapman.
YT-
You forgot AJ.
“Yankees will talk to CJ Wilson”
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....ilson.html
MTU-
I didn’t forget AJ. Blake has him traded.
MTU November 5th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Kev-
I’m still on the fence on Darvish but leaning against due to his exhorbitant
potential cost and the associated risk.
He seems to have talent. a lot of talent. But so have a variety of other Japanese imports.
That’s a lot of Yen for a prospect no better than a Strasburg or a Chapman.
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It’s definitely paying a premium for talent, but then again, how often does talent like that hit the open market? He has a strong history of success than Starsburg or Chapman too.
And when’s the next time the Yankees get to bid on a young pitcher with that kind of stuff? It might not happen again until the next big international free agent. It doesn’t happen anymore in the MLB.
YT-
I see. Time to walk the mops. it’s freakin’ cold around here today. Brrrrr !
What gets me excited about Darvish is that the Yankee scouts are excited about Darvish. Our scouting has been so good the past few years that I would follow them to the ends of the baseball earth.
This is a well written article comparing the potential cost to the Yankees if they sign Darvish vs signing FA CJ Wilson:
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/.....pare-36086
Kev-
Like I said I’m kind of neutral on him. I see the potential.
That’s why they pay guys like cash and Co. the big bucks I guess.
If Darvish flunks out someone might feel the heat.
It ain’t my money though, or my job or rep on the line.
MTU-
When you have a chance read the article I just posted. If some team commits Lackey or Burnett money to CJ Wilson, someone will feel the heat also.
Robbie enjoying the adoration….
Jack Curry
How smitten is Robinson Cano with Taiwan? If it wasn’t so far from NY and the DR, Cano said he’d consider living in Taiwan.
Wilson’s agent is pushing him as a #1. So the rumors (from the Rangers) that he is asking 100 mil to start are probably true. I’m not even sure I’d want to go 4/60.
Yt-
I’m not a big Wilson fan either. I prefer the one in the Tom Hanks movie.
Yankee Trader November 5th, 2011 at 10:49 am
MTU-
When you have a chance read the article I just posted. If some team commits Lackey or Burnett money to CJ Wilson, someone will feel the heat also.
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I don’t doubt he’ll command that type of contract.
It’s hard to imagine Yu, who sits 94-96 with his fastball, with good command, at the end of the season in which he threw 230+ innings, plus at least 3 or 4 other good pitches he can go to, not being at least a decent starter in MLB. He is clearly significantly better than Matsuzaka, and others like Irabu and Igawa should not even be mentioned. I’d like the Yanks to get him, as long as they aren’t going anywhere near $100 mil.
I’m posting too many links today on a slow day but i found this link a few days ago that gives almost daily updates on Yu Darvish. Especailly read the 10/31 posting.
http://yakyubaka.com/tag/yu-darvish/
Once Yu Darvish notifies the Nippon Ham Fighters that he wishes to be posted for the next posting period[November 1st-March 1st] these are the steps that are taken if the Japanese team consents:
Nippon notifies MLB commissioner Bud Selig
Selig notifies MLB teams, holds a 4 day silent auction with sealed bids in US dollars.
After 4 days, it’s closed and Nippon notified only of the $$$ amount.
Nippon can reject it and retain the player till next season or if accepted-
the MLB team[Yankees} have 30 days to work out a contract.
If contract is signed Nippon gets the transfer fee within 5 business days and Darvish is free to start playing for the Yankees!!!
Therefore if no contract can be worked out, no harm, Darvish can’t be posted until the following season. The Yankees have the advantage in contract negotiations.
Have to go for a while. Have a great day all.
Interesting article comparing signing Darvish to Wilson.
I’d try to privately lure Andy Pettitte out of retirement for another year.
If that didn’t work, then I try to sign someone to 2 year term. Candidates in order: Buehrle or Oswalt.
I can’t see Cashman signing Wilson to a big AJ/Lackey-type contract AND have to give up a draft pick AND have to pay more in luxury tax. It seems to me that the Yankees have been quietly and surely executing a plan to reduce payroll while staying competitive by gradually introducing young premium players into their rotation so that they don’t have to have more than say 2-3 major pitching contracts at any given time.
With the exit of Posada’s $14M as well as some others (insert Igawa here), it does free them somewhat, but I don’t expect them to exceed what they are replacing.
Saint-
Good to see you around. Hope the little one is doing well.
Both guys are expensive. No question about that.
I’ve expressed an interest in Beurhle but most think he would not want to leave the Midwest.
Just a guess but I think Pettitte is permanently retired.
Oswalt has back issues. I’d stay away from him.
Think you are generally correct about the direction of the budget but IMO it has some “flex” built into it for the exceptional circumstance.
Oswalt’s recurring back troubles and his declining fastball are huge red flags to me. I would stay away. Buerhle is a possibility, but he wants to stay in the Midwest despite his agent saying otherwise to try to increase competition. I suspect that would be a waste of time.
Wilson, Darvish, Danks, Floyd seem to be the more likely options.
Mac-
So is just re-signing Garcia.
They might just go with :
CC
AJ
Nova
Garcia
Hughes/Noesi
I know Cash has emphasized Pitching but who knows if the proper deal will come along and can be struck.
He seems to talk a lot about Wilson. For me, I hope he is just trying to drive up the price for someone else, or is hoping to get a bargain.
Mac-
The A’s seem open to doing buisness, and Sanchez could probably be pryed
away from the Gaints as well.
We never know what options really might exist out there.
Perhaps the Dodgers would move Kershaw ? Who knows ? They are going to be under new management.
Perhaps the Marlins would be open to moving johnson ? or M’s Felix ?
We’re gonna find out sooner or later.
if this year is a transition to 2013 I’m cool with that even if you might not be.
Hamels might even make it to FA in 2013, and we have Banuelos coming along.
jacksquat November 5th, 2011 at 10:58 am
It’s hard to imagine Yu, who sits 94-96 with his fastball, with good command, at the end of the season in which he threw 230+ innings, plus at least 3 or 4 other good pitches he can go to, not being at least a decent starter in MLB. He is clearly significantly better than Matsuzaka, and others like Irabu and Igawa should not even be mentioned. I’d like the Yanks to get him, as long as they aren’t going anywhere near $100 mil.
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Jack, hard to imagine with all the buildup and possible interest that it isn’t at least close to that number or above it. Especially when the money is being thrown around as of late. Dice K got $51M for rights and then $50M again for 6 years and this guy is supposed to be better. I think the posting goes up as does the salary. If I remember right Dick K got a 6 year deal.
I think one thing we can be confident in and that is the Dodgers aren’t moving Kemp or Kershaw. They are about to be put on the market for $1B, and they are not trading key assets.
Johnson had more significant arm problems this year. I would be glad to acquire Gio. Sanchez is way too wild.
But, for some funny reason, no GMs are sharing any info with me. Surprising since I am a pretend GM.
Yu might require I guess $110M, I think the posting will be in excess of $50M and I say a 5-6 year deal might be in the range of $50-$65M. This guy is not going to come cheap to whoever gets him.
Mac-
Most of us are.
Danks, Jurrjens, McCarthy, J. Sanchez all interest me as fallback plans.
But the real prizes are Hamels, Cain or Gio. If Cashman can’t acquire a top arm, he needs to go to the next tier and grab one of those guys.
I doubt Wilson and Darvish are serious targets because they cost too much and they’re nowhere near as talented as the next free agent class of pitchers that possibly will feature Hamels, Cain, Greinke…
And even though Cashman might not make a huge splash with hitters, he still has to add pieces even if they’re buy-low bench players.
I like Sizemore and DeJesus to compete with Gardner and Swisher for playing time. Don’t trade Swish or Gardner. Just add players and force Gardner and Swisher to produce.
It might be possible for Cash to improve the offense without big money or big trades provided Sizemore and DeJesus play up to their capabilities.
Let Swisher and Gardner start but bring in real competition.
Yankee Trader November 5th, 2011 at 10:10 am
Romine, Warren and Phelps…………………
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You getting greedy on me now Kenny ? The other day we had a done deal, Danks, Thornton and the balance of the costly contract you gave him for Romine and Noesi. Noesi gets married and now you ask for more ? You got a thing against married guys ? What happened to the pizza and beer when you come to NY ?