
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Pettitte: Put me back in pinstripes!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Burnett/Bradley file for free agency, Boras drops in at GM meetings.

Free agents AJ Burnett and slugger Milton Bradley entered the free agent market today. Bradley had allegedly tried to negotiate a new deal with the Rangers however talks fell through and he is now available. Free agent pitcher AJ Burnett also filed for free agency after the Blue Jays failed to offer him a satisfactory deal. The fact that Burnett is now officially on the market is sure to entice Yankees fans after the righty went 3-1 against the Yanks with a 1.64 ERA. According to Peter Abraham super-agent Scott Boras dropped in at the meetings and said the market for his client Mark Teixeira was “one of the most aggressive” he could remember. He also intimated that one of his other high-powered clients Manny Ramirez wants a long-term deal.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Hot-stove heating up! Peavy approves Yanks/Angels.

GM meetings under way.

The GM meetings are underway out in sunny California. The GM meetings are NOT the winter meetings so basically it will be a bunch of executives posturing about their players and shmoozing with other GM's. According to Pete Abraham the hot topic is as usual the Yankees and the possible earth shattering moves they plan to make this off-season. Many believe the Yankees will simply take the money coming off the cap this year and give it to top free agents CC Sabathia, Mark Teixiera, and AJ Burnett. Although that move would sure up a ton of the Yankees issues, it isn't very fiscally responsible especially given Burnett's injury history. As a fan I would love to see this happen because after all its not my money being spent and those 3 additions would make us the best team in the division in my opinion. The Rays are very young and extremely talented, however they are just that very young for some reason I don't see them being that much better than the rest of the best division in baseball. The Red Sox are the Red Sox we all know they will be a good team, it is up to the Yankees to be the better team.
A rotation of CC Sabathia, Chien Ming Wang, AJ Burnett, Andy Pettitte and Joba Chamberlain looks great on paper and to rival the Rays young guns and Boston's Lester/Beckett/Dice-K three headed monster those moves just might be necessary to keep the Yanks at the top of the pack. Following several months of anonymous reports stating that "CC wants to stay in the NL and in California" it will be interesting to see what the man himself decides to do. It truly seems like a case of "love or money" and I for one am hoping greed prevails.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
A slow start to a long off-season.
Following the Yankees first playoff-less season in the past 13 years many Yankee fans have been forced to spend their October pondering the 09 edition of the bombers instead of watching our boys go deep into the Autumn bliss. Hot stove has been smoldering for us for the past 5 weeks while other fans have been rooting for their teams in the post-season.
This year was a reminder that I believe this team needed, a reminder that the playoffs are not a given they are a privilege that must be earned. Although it is thought that wearing a pinstriped jersey and playing on the same field as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio means you should make the post-season every year this is simply not the case as the Yanks sat at home while other younger more athletic teams reveled in the October spotlight. However this off-season leaves many question marks as to who is going to be donning the pinstripes next season and who will be looking for a job. As of this moment it appears the Yanks are going to decline the options of Carl Pavano(yuck) and Damaso Marte, 2 moves that I agree with. The Yanks bullpen was solid this year and with Phil Coke's emergence as a viable lefty option and with young lefties looming down on the farm there isn't a need to pay Marte several million dollars to be a lefty match-up guy.
The most glaring holes this off-season are in the rotation and at first base. The prime free agent target this off-season has to be CC Sabathia a dominant lefty in his 20's on the brink of his prime should be given a very attractive offer. Following the big fish there is Mark Teixiera and AJ Burnett. In a perfect world it would be convenient to say "We're the Yankees, lets sign them all!", however there must be other options considered should we miss out on any of those players. Trade options at the head of my personal list are Indians 1B Ryan Garko, and Royals CF David Dejesus. This off-season is sure to be long and very drawn-out however the hot-stove is finally here and we can officially start dreaming of our 09 potential.
This year was a reminder that I believe this team needed, a reminder that the playoffs are not a given they are a privilege that must be earned. Although it is thought that wearing a pinstriped jersey and playing on the same field as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio means you should make the post-season every year this is simply not the case as the Yanks sat at home while other younger more athletic teams reveled in the October spotlight. However this off-season leaves many question marks as to who is going to be donning the pinstripes next season and who will be looking for a job. As of this moment it appears the Yanks are going to decline the options of Carl Pavano(yuck) and Damaso Marte, 2 moves that I agree with. The Yanks bullpen was solid this year and with Phil Coke's emergence as a viable lefty option and with young lefties looming down on the farm there isn't a need to pay Marte several million dollars to be a lefty match-up guy.
The most glaring holes this off-season are in the rotation and at first base. The prime free agent target this off-season has to be CC Sabathia a dominant lefty in his 20's on the brink of his prime should be given a very attractive offer. Following the big fish there is Mark Teixiera and AJ Burnett. In a perfect world it would be convenient to say "We're the Yankees, lets sign them all!", however there must be other options considered should we miss out on any of those players. Trade options at the head of my personal list are Indians 1B Ryan Garko, and Royals CF David Dejesus. This off-season is sure to be long and very drawn-out however the hot-stove is finally here and we can officially start dreaming of our 09 potential.
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