I am sick of people saying the only way yankees win is by buying players, yeah they spend a lot on free agents but they make so much money, why not spend it, if any other team made as much money as the yankees do each season they would spend it too... Also here is a list of yankees starters who were drafted by the yankees who is playing for them right now... Phil Coke Joba Chamberlain Phil Hughes Andy Pettitte Mariano Rivera David Robertson Jorge Posada Robinson Cano Derek Jeter Melky Cabrera Brett Gardner and even Alfredo Aceves started out in their farm system...I mean all these players are good players, some amazing... Hughes is great, so is Joba, Rivera is the best at what he does, Posada is a potential Hall of Famer, Cano has so much talent, Jeter, first ballet HOF, Melky is contribuating so much for this team this year... All good players, and came from their farm...Every team makes trade for players or sign them in free agents... Edit: Not all of them were drafted, some were undrafted players we signed to our farm, ie Cano and if i am not mistaken, Melky
I am watching the yankeeogrphy 1998 season and realize, there is only 2 future HOFers on that team that i can think of, Jeter and Rivera... yet it was one of, if not the best team ever. but man what a team that was, everyone on that team was just great together 1-9 on that line up and our whole pitching staff, and coaching staff, i can not wait to see this team in 10-15 years from now at old timers day
An incredible homestand and stretch of baseball coming out of the break....back to a 2.5 game lead with today's win and Sox loss....woohoo.... Next 9 games on the road vs TB(3), CHW(4), TOR(2)....then 4-game Sox series back at the Stadium.......game one of that will be HUGE from our psyche standpoint!
We're playing nice baseball right now. I'm a little worried about using Hughes for 40 pitches and Mo for 5 outs before a big series against the Rays. Hopefully the offense has a big night vs. Shields and Burnett dominates.
Burnett and the Power Bats solved any issue about going to our STUDs in the pen. Perfect medicine to give them the rest necessary. Taking the opening game of the series is always a great sign...lets keep this snowball rolling down the hill!!
Yanks trade a PTBNL for AAA pitcher jason hirsch, they need arms in triple A badly so im sure that he is just a filler.
No doubt...that comeback was key. Last night, Yanks bats take TB to the woodshed....and Oak rolls with 5 run 1st vs Sox. 3.5 game lead and growing. (beyond crazy each time I think about dropping those first 8 straight vs Sox) 4 big games @ CHW...then 2 next week @ TOR.....then.......H.U.G.E series awaits.
just read that Hal says the Yankees cannot take on a more significant amount of money than they already have. So the yankees will not be players for halladay. I expect them to land garland, arroyo or some other back of the rotation guy by the end of the week though. yankees.lhblogs.com
Same here. I love the guy and would hate to have to root against him. It killed me to have to root against David Cone & Jim Abbott back in the day.
I would agree with you 100%. But, we might not have a choice. With, Joba getting up there in his innings/pitches limit, and hughes no longer stretched out. We are going to need someone soon. With wang on the DL and Mitre having to pitch every 5th day already, we need someone soon.
I would flip Joba and Hughes roles (wont take long to stretch Hughes out) in a heartbeat before Arroyo ever becomes a rational need.....uggggghhh...thats as bad as Ponson!
lmao i just had to laugh at this...cant believe we asked for one of those for washburn http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/07/jarrod-washburn-rumors-thursday.html
we told the Indians to shove it when they wanted to give Lee, last years cy young, for either Hughes or Chamberlin, i wonder what the yankees told seattle when they asked for one of them for Washburn
well to be fair, washburn has the third best ERA in the AL this year.....hopefully he can land a pretty good prospect, obviously not hughes or joba
Yanks loss was a bummer...but we battled..and the Pettitte error and worse the Cano error (and questionable non-error from Arod) was our down fall. 2.5 games is still ok....and feel this was a gift still simply covering up the Sox gift to us the other night when they let Oak win.
No perfect hard nosed BB by AJ...no issue with the breakup, and frankly Cano still avoided the slide and had the time to make an accurate throw...it was simply off line...and error...a physical and atleast not mental one...but he should have made a more accurate throw for sure. Andy's fielding mistake on Thome bouncer hurt as much. AJ may have rushed him...but clearly the batter/baserunner (Quentin) would have been out with a more accurate even slower lob to 1st...but thats the way the ball bounces.
I thought it was solid fundamental hard nosed baseball....and honestly havent seen or read (will search now) if anyone on Yanks thought differently...but didnt hear any objections from broadcasters last night either. At this point in time, I may be in the minority, but I dont think AJ did anything different than I expect fundamental baseball and base running to include.
http://cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090730&content_id=6156544&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy must agree 100% (even Cano's wink is good hard baseball to say next time I will be ready specific to how AJ plays....I wish all played with the same fundamentals and passion..but far too many take plays off! Sadly, Cano let that attitude effect him and he wasnt prepared for his own fundamental responsibility of what to expect on any given play.)
With Victor Martinez now traded to Sox....the question of questions is are the Yankees quiet before the storm for a reason...or quiet cause they are not doing a thing to add to what has put them in 1st???
with Washburn off the market, id bet the Yankees stand pat. they could use another starter, but not bad enough to give up a great prospect. Washburn was probably their last chance to do that.
Could be...as long as they dont make a bad desperate decision for something (notice how I didnt say someone) like Arroyo. Who knows....the one good thing is Pitching is key...and I do like what we have put together and clearly we already have Bats 1-9 and nice depth off the bench...but adding an arm to pen or an extra #5 (even if it means adding a #1 or #2 and sliding everyone done you have strenghtent the #4 or #5 by default).
Ah to each his own. I kind of feel dirty I had the Yankees back. I'm going to take a shower and go to confession. Be back later.
The Yankees acquired Jerry Hairston Jr. from the Reds, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. PC-Load Letter???? What does that really add?
Well getting Cody Ransom off the team is always a plus. I like that move Hairston is a nice player. Can play any INF/OF spot. Nice 'Office' quote though. Well played.
Wow not sure if this is true but early word is Austin Jackson is going to the Reds for Hairston, Jr. If true I don't like this deal for the Yankees.
No F-ing way is that true...No way....never......(man I hope not). That would be flat out stupid. Now, need to find out who was traded..hoping its $$$$ and PTBNL..or Ransom... I dont like the trade but over Cody, sure....Jerry has played 2B, SS, 3B, and OF...and is faster on the base paths (and defensive arm replacement over Damon)..so its an upgrade from utility standpoint.
Don't shoot the messenger that's what's being reported right now, no confirmation though. I know a caller on WFAN today said he had heard Jackson was going to be called up to NY, maybe he had heard Jackson was packing up his things in the minors? And anyone has a better arm than Damon, I think even The missing arm from the 'One Arm Man' from the Fugative was a better arm.
Seattle wanted Jackson for Washburn, you you would think, if anything yankees would have traded him to the M's for Washburn than for a 3rd baseman when a 3rd baseman does not improve your team at all, but another picture does, with that said, i would not even consider trading Jackson for Washburn at all
