New York YANKEES spring training thread......... 2 days until season starts: LETS GO YANKEES!

[jrp44]

1. Bye Bye 'Stache
2. DO NOT SIGN C.C.......dude would not handle NY.....he had no pressure on him in Milwalkee and even Cleveland.
3. I don't think we should go after Tex.
4. Sign Abreu......dude produces 100 rbi's and 20-25 HRs a year and is PATIENT at the plate..
5. Joba stays a starter......i mean he was damn good as a starter...let him focus on it in spring training and he will be good to go
6. Moose stays
7. Pettite idk....my favorite Yankee, but if he ain't into anymore then retire
8. Bye Bye Melky
9. X man stays
10. I would take Peavy like you guys if we can

Starting Pitching
1. Peavy
2. Wang
3. Joba
4. Moose
5. Pettitte/Hughes

RF-Abreu
CF-Damon
LF- Nady
1B-Matsui
2B-Cano
SS-Jeter
3B- A-Rod
C- Posada...

I mean damn look at that line up.....they weren't into games since the start fo the season....we don't need to do MAJOR rebuilding....i mean damn youknow we should have made the playoffs with this team.....Re-group, get your !%@# together and get ready for April

Go Yankees!

 

[fenixconnexion]

CC won't be the same in the AL, he's just doing extremely well due to poor national league hitting, once he comes back to the AL he'll beperforming like he was right before going to the NL

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

Yes, you do.

But you want CC more.

Pretty much.
And yeah I'd love to have Teixeira.
Teixeira batting 3rd in front of A-Rod??

Tex bats for a good AVG & has a good OBP

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

Isn't Joba a starter already? I thought he was a closer, but the problem was that he wanted to be a starter, and now that's what he is.
No?

They've said Joba will start next year & I really hope he does, unless they really go all out to sign/trade for some GOODSP.

 

[darthska]

onewearz:

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trade with the royals for david dejesus, we can give em phil coke and a couple of minor leaguers . dejesus can hit , he's fast and he led the league in 2 out base hits with risp ( something that killed us this year )
Where... in the WORLD... did you find that stat?

onewearz:

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infield

1b - texiera
2b - orlando cabrera
3b - arod
ss - jeter
c - posada
If you can't spell his name, you don't get to have him.

Thanks for the time, Teix.

 

[kn0wledgeable]

i DO NOT WANT DEREK LOWE....F OUTTA HERE WITH THAT!

 

[mfr3shm]

Originally Posted by Proshares


My 2 cents:

- Let go of Marte and make a move to Mike Gonzalez in ATL...looked great coming off that Tommy John surgery and I always thought he was a great pitcher, not just a lefty specialist.

- Bring in Tex.

Mike Gonzalez is not on the trading block.

I suggest the Yankees sign Teixeira even though he will like a huge contract he is really worth it and he will play 1B everday unlike Giambi and that way youcan put Matsui full time DH or split time with Damon being a part time DH.

edit* Scuse7 Teixeira IS clutch he had a great half season/postseason with the Angels even though they were eliminated he flashed his gold glove and is alwaysa patient hitter takes his pitches and hits for average he is like Albert Pujols and NOT Mr Unclutch A-Rod

 

[scuse7]

Originally Posted by onewearz



sign texeira

this guy is tino martinez 2.0. he's clutch, gold glove defender, switch hitter. i dont know what some of you are thinking not wanting to sign this guy. true the price is high but who's the other choice, millar ? posada ? nady ? lets be real .

Really becuase I hear this dude is A-ROD 2.0.

He beats up on %!+!%% pitching and is NOT clutch at all. He is going to ask for crazy amounts of money.
Which I defiantly don't want our team into. A huge contract and someone who has done NOTHING in the postseason.

I want to see us get younger and just get pitching. Thats it. Pitching.

No big contracts

We have our star. We need star pitching. Don't forget what won us our latest championships.

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by SCuse7

Originally Posted by onewearz



sign texeira

this guy is tino martinez 2.0. he's clutch, gold glove defender, switch hitter. i dont know what some of you are thinking not wanting to sign this guy. true the price is high but who's the other choice, millar ? posada ? nady ? lets be real .

Really becuase I hear this dude is A-ROD 2.0.
He beats up on %!+!%% pitching and is NOT clutch at all. He is going to ask for crazy amounts of money.
Which I defiantly don't want our team into. A huge contract and someone who has done NOTHING in the postseason.
I want to see us get younger and just get pitching. Thats it. Pitching.
No big contracts
We have our star. We need star pitching. Don't forget what won us our latest championships.

Some Teixeira stats....

THIS YEAR
Close & late = 352 AVG
RISP = 308 AVG
Runners On = 303 AVG

2005-2007
Close & late = 298 AVG
RISP = 331 AVG
Runners On = 302 AVG

I'm going to have to say those are some GOOD numbers.
I didn't even know he had numbers like that in those situations, pleasantly surprised

 

[joe twenty1]

1) Sign CC. Offer him the world. Whatever he wants. He cant handle the pressure? Dude went on 3 days rest for 4 straight starts just to get into the postseasonall while knowing he has his big pay day coming and any injury hes done for.

2) Go hard after Tex. I dont know how much the Yankees are willing to spend this winter but if Hank really wants to back up his talk he'll go after both.Tex is exactly what we need. A 28? year old prime of his career switch hitting gold glove 1b. This isn't the Randy Johnson trade or even the Johnny Damonsigning where were giving money to someone for what they've already accomplished. Texeria's value is not only in his bat but his defense makes him oneof the most valuable players in the league.

3) Re-sign Marte. It would be ridiculous not too. We let him go and then next year everyone is in the Yankee threads saying Cash needs to get us bullpen helpand blah blah blah. Marte can get lefties out regularly.

4) Let Giambi, Abreu, Pudge walk. All past there prime. Abreu's walk rates have declined the last two seasons and his last two years were arguably theworst of his career. Horrible defense in right.

5) See if Moose wants to come back. If he does I can deal with a 2 year deal, something like 2 years 22 mil. If he wants to retire then see what it would takefor Pettitte. He ate innings this year at about a league average rate and if it was true that his was injured at the begining of August which is when hisdecline began than its not unreasonable to expect him to bounce back.

6) Explore the trade market. Matsui might not have much value if any but see whats out there. Damon's value is extremely high and he is in his last year ofhis contract. The Dodgers are a team I would look at. Coletti loves veterans and I would kill to get Matt Kemp in center but that might not happen with justDamon. David Dejesus as mentioned would also be a great fit for us but again might not be to easy to acquire.

7) Derek Lowe or AJ Burnet. If one of them can be had for a high AAV then do it. We'll probably need another starter if every thing goes right but whoknows what Cash is thinking.

Hopeful 2009 lineup:
1) Jeter ss
2) Kemp cf or rf
3) Tex 1b
4) A-rod 3b
5) Posada C
6) Cano 2b
7) Nady lf

Matsui dh
9) Gardner lf

Starters:
1) CC
2 )Wang
3) Joba
4) Moose
5) Burnet or Lowe backup: Pettite with Hughes available in the minors

Bullpen:
Mo
Marte
Bruney
Coke
Edwar
Veras
Melancon

No K-rod because he'll demand to much and we dont need him.

 

[scuse7]

Ok I see you on the Tex stats. Those are nice.

But I really don't know how much I would want to spend. For someone that like, A-Rod had not been in the playoffs long. And has little experience, Idon't know if I can bring myself to spend that much. You never know he would handle the pressure.

Then I say I would prefer pitching. And a LOT of these guys are going to ask wayyy too much. We can't go after a guy like Burnett or Sheets. Really. Wecan't do a Pavano 2.0. Granted these guys have great stuff. And are great pitchers. BUT THERE ALWAYS HURT.

The offseason is going to be filled with moves. I just hope we don't get to freaked out and start bidding like crazy on people. Then two years from nowwere talking about these guys like we are about Pavano and Giambi.

A signing of Dejesus would defiantly be nice. A good hitters. High on base %. But not a superstar. We have our stars. Now we need guys that do differentthings. We don't need to get a team full of stars. We didn't win like that. And we won't win like that.

I wouldn't mind a Cano trade for some pitching. I will defiantly be frustrated if we don't go out and get pitching.

And how stupid do we look for not dealing Hughes and Melky for Johan

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[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by SCuse7

Ok I see you on the Tex stats. Those are nice.

But I really don't know how much I would want to spend. For someone that like A-Rod had not been in the playoffs long. And has little experience,

Then I say I would prefer pitching. And a LOT of these guys are going to ask wayyy too much. We can't go after a guy like Burnett or Sheets. Really. We can't do a Pavano 2.0. Granted these guys have great stuff. And are great pitchers. BUT THERE ALWAYS HURT.

Yeah I agree. I mean he's a BORA$ client.... if it's a reasonable contract then alright.... but we don't need anotheroutlandish HUGE deal.
And yeah spending $$$ on SP (CC? Burnett? Lowe? Pettitte? Mussina?) is more imporant.

 

[tbone95860]

At last count, seven people have e-mailed me about some internet rumor of a possible trade between the Mets and Yankees. Rob Neyer of ESPN.com commented on it today (subscription required) and now it's going viral.

The deal:

Yankees get: Carlos Beltran.

Mets get: Robinson Cano, Jose Veras (or Brian Bruney), Ian Kennedy, some other prospect and cash.

Presumably, this trade is contingent on Omar Minaya smoking a lot of crystal meth and the Wilpons spending a weekend out of cell phone range. Why the Mets would trade an All-Star caliber switch-hitting 31-year-old center fielder for a second baseman coming off a bad year and assorted spare parts is uncertain.

I briefly thought of calling Omar to ask him about such a deal but figured he would start laughing.

If such a trade is made, I'll be happy to drive Veras over to Citi Field myself out of the sheer joy of not having to watch him walk somebody with a 5-2 lead ever again.

The other rumor that needs debunking is the idea that Willie Randolph joining the Yankees as a coach. Just what Joe Girardi needs, a popular former Yankee who wants to be a manager again on his coaching staff. The first time the Yankees lost three straight Willie would be putting family photos up in the manager's office. Also, Willie can sit at home in New Jersey and collect checks from the Mets for another year.

The Yankees and Mets, by the way, haven't made a deal since 2003 when the Yankees inexplicably acquired Armando Benitez for three low-level prospects.

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/

 

[onewearz]

cashman is hard at work on our future !!!!!

 

[tbone95860]

[h1]Would Peavy Play For Yankees?[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [October 10 at 2:18pm CST]

Pete Caldera of the Bergen Record recently chatted with JakePeavy's agent, Barry Axelrod. Peavy prefers to stay in San Diego, but not if they decide to rebuild. In that case, he'd apparentlyconsidering waiving his no-trade clause for three unknown American League teams (his National League number is not known). Axelrod spoke in generalities aboutthe appeal of pinstripes, which could be seen as an indication Peavy might be willing to play for the Yankees.

Peavy would need some kind of extra compensation to approve any trade. Caldera speculates that guaranteeing the pitcher's 2013 option might satisfyhim. That'd put him under contract for $81MM over five years - still a market discount. A.J. Burnett might be seeking that kind ofcontract.

Acquiring Peavy could be the next best thing to signing C.C. Sabathia. Tough to say how Peavy would fare at the new Yankee Stadium - hishome/road splits were pronounced in '08, '06, and '03. It's hard to see the Padres trading Peavy to the Yankees without PhilHughes being involved. Kevin Towers has been Brian Cashman's most frequent trading partner - they've matched up on nine deals (but none since '05).

 

[carolinapack04]

my plan for the 2009 yanks :

trade with the royals for david dejesus, we can give em phil coke and a couple of minor leaguers . dejesus can hit , he's fast and he led the league in 2 out base hits with risp ( something that killed us this year ) and he's a gold glove caliber cf. he's also wayyyyyy better than melky.


sign texeira

this guy is tino martinez 2.0. he's clutch, gold glove defender, switch hitter. i dont know what some of you are thinking not wanting to sign this guy. true the price is high but who's the other choice, millar ? posada ? nady ? lets be real .

DO NOT SIGN CC

yes i said do not. this guy will fold in ny. he's proven he can't do it when it counts. his post season #'s are bad. maybe this year the brewers burned him out down the stretch but when i saw victorino take him deep my mind was made up.

go after jake peavy

dude is a bulldog and i belive he would thrive in ny. he'd be more under the radar than cc. the expectations for cc would be insane and the media would eat him up.

dont sign pettite , try and trade for eric bedard. maybe the yanks can pull off a blockbuster and give the mariners cano, hughes, gardner or prospects for bedard and ichiro . i know that sounds like a fairy tale but ichiro aint happy in seattle and his teammates hate him. if we cant get dejesus ichiro would be an incredible get. i'll wake up now.

my rotation would be :

peavy
wang
joba
bedard
mussina - yes resign moose

outfield

lf - damon, matsui, melky or if we still have gardner - platoon
cf - dejesus or godwilling ichiro
rf - nady

infield

1b - texiera
2b - orlando cabrera
3b - arod
ss - jeter
c - posada

these are my pipedreams .............

well done. very similar to what i feel about the yanks this season. especially with Dejesus, NOT SIGNING CC, because he WILL fold, not taking back andy,and bringing back moose, and trading cano. However instead of orlando cabrera at 2nd, i was thinking we should sign Orlando Hudson from Arizona. Dude is a freeagent, a supposedly great club house guy, and batted like .301 last year. Would fit in perfect i think

 

[deepinthajeep]

I'd much rather have Tex than CC.

 

[frankie calentino]

Who's in the minor that is a real option to join the team next year? Jackson?

 

[jordan201]

Originally Posted by Frankie CALentino

Who's in the minor that is a real option to join the team next year? Jackson?

Yea, but hopefully we don't do to him what we did to Phil, bring him up too soon.

 

[tbone95860]

[h2]http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/10/its-one-season-relax/[/h2]

[h2]It's one season, relax[/h2]That the Tampa Bay Rays went from 66-96 to the ALCS in one year is a nice story, no doubt about it. But as these official team t-shirts prove, they're a touch delusional.
Conquered a dynasty? The Rays were 7-11 against the Yankees this season. Give me a break.

 

[jordan201]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

[h2]http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/10/its-one-season-relax/[/h2]

[h2]It's one season, relax[/h2]That the Tampa Bay Rays went from 66-96 to the ALCS in one year is a nice story, no doubt about it. But as these official team t-shirts prove, they're a touch delusional.
Conquered a dynasty? The Rays were 7-11 against the Yankees this season. Give me a break.

Yea I saw that before..This was my reaction:

 

[darthska]

Now I'm convinced they will definitely lose the series.

101% positive

Do NOT... put the cart before the horse, count your chickens before they hatch, or praise yourself for beating the Red Sox (or any team) while you're in aseries with them.

 

[wraith aka invincible]

where will the shirts go if they lose?

 

[jordan201]

Originally Posted by Wraith aka invincible

where will the shirts go if they lose?

El Salvador?

 

[tbone95860]

ere's a mini-mailbag with a few questions that arrived this week:
Kerwin writes: According to Mlbtraderumors.com, Josh Bard became a free agent. Do you see the Yankees getting a catcher likehim as protection in case Jorge Posada has trouble coming back after surgery next season?

Answer: This is a very good point. I'm not sure Bard is the guy (he hit .202), but the Yankees need to invest in ahalfway decent catcher to start at AAA or be the backup to Francisco Cervelli. If something were to happen to Posada, I don't think Cervelli is ready to bea regular in the majors. He has played only 24 games above Single-A ball in his career. Chad Moeller isn't the answer.

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Margaret writes: What to do about the first base situation? Should we sign Mark Teixeira? Should we leave the position as arepository for all our aging big contracts? Or perhaps we should squeeze Posada in there? What do you think about Posada becoming a player coach?

Answer: I think it's fair to say Jorge is not going to be a player coach. The Yankees aren't paying him $13.1million for three more years (yikes) to be a coach. As for your other questions, the Yankees are correctly focusing on their rotation and figure to sign atleast one one and probably two free agents. This could prohibit them from signing Teixeira.

 

[briannnnn]

Originally Posted by Frankie CALentino

Who's in the minor that is a real option to join the team next year? Jackson?

Jackson is more likely to make the team in '10 than '09, based on what I've read.

For 2009, the Yankee farm system will have a bunch of pitchers ready...we've already seen some flashes of brilliance from Phil Coke and Humberto Sanchez. Some other guys (such as Melancon) will be trying to make the team next year in the bullpen.

Position guys all look like they'll have better chances in 2010.