Comments on: Thud

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 20 May 2005 03:43:54 +0000

34. Eric Duncan is the one prospect I really don't want them to trade away. Shift him to 1B (ideally, of course, he could stay at 3B when Jeter moves to center and A-Rod to short, but that won't happen). He's 20, and our best prospect.

But let's be honest, at this point, the last thing the Yankees need to be doing is trading away their farm system for a 42 year old pitcher who keeps retiring. What they need to do is do the opposite, keep the farm system and work on building it up. Keep the team core, sign free agents only (minus the few trades of non-prospects for relievers) and let the system grow again. Blah blah blah, its all been said before, but trading for Clemens would be a very bad move, unless it came at the expense of old players only...

By: rsmith51

rsmith51 — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:59:36 +0000

33. Is there any ill will at Clemens for coming out of retirement? I would think Steinbrenner or Cashman would be ticked off.

By: unpopster

unpopster — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:30:03 +0000

32. look, if I'm Brian Cashman, I give Schuerlholz a call any way. Stranger things have happened.

By: Nick from Washington Heights

Nick from Washington Heights — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:20:37 +0000

31. brown and eric duncan for andruw jones? colter beane brought up. Sturtze shifted into the rotation.

By: unpopster

unpopster — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:11:58 +0000

30. Cliff, True. But with Clemens rumors out there, I can see a trade in June if the team is struggling.

If healthy, a return to the NL might be exactly what Brown needs.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:00:37 +0000

29. unpopster, you can't trade Kevin Brown without getting a viable starter in return (which the Braves don't have to offer or they wouldn't want Brown, which they probably don't anyway). Wang's already in the rotation. There's no one left to fill holes. Or have we already forgotten poor Sean Henn being untimely ripped from Trenton.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:38:52 +0000

28. has there even been any analysis conducted that compared the relative success of adding one starter to the mix for the stretch drive as opposed to an everyday player? i know it helps to have an ace (doyle alexander, etc) for the drive, but with jonhson firmly in place wouldn't it make more sense to add a bat and some defense to the mix?

By: unpopster

unpopster — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:35:14 +0000

27. ESPN.com is reporting that Atlanta just lost starter John Thompson for up to 3 months with a finger tendon injury.

Any chance that the market for Kevin Brown just opened up again?

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:20:55 +0000

26. rsmith51 #24
Yes, the whole thing gets taxed. And I don't think the players' union would let Giambi settle for less than the full amount. They didn't in the A-Rod to Boston non-trade.

By: rsmith51

rsmith51 — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:12:57 +0000

25. I thought they should have pinch hit Martinez somewhere. I would have for Womack in the ninth. Of course I think Womack is terrible so I am extremely biased.

By: rsmith51

rsmith51 — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:11:20 +0000

24. I read that if the Yanks tried to buy out Giambi's salary, the whole salary still owed would be taxed as well. Is that true?

By: brockdc

brockdc — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:09:55 +0000

23. Jen,

I agree with all your earlier points, with the exception of the last one. Even great pitchers occasionally get shelled. When the Yanks play horrid defense, it just reaffirms that fact that they're a poorly constructed franchise.

On a Giambi note, I've been riding him hard all year, but he was only a tiny cog in the shit machine that was last night's game. He had no chance against Villone, and I'll bet everyone on this blog (who was watching the game) knew it. To NOT pinch hit for him in that situation is to set him up for failure.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:36:43 +0000

22. Nick, I'm pretty sure they would, yes.

By: NetShrine

NetShrine — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:36:16 +0000

21. Nick - yes, if they got Clemens, he would add to the luxury tax bill for this year.

By: rsmith51

rsmith51 — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:18:01 +0000

20. "Williams is" not "William's"

By: Nick from Washington Heights

Nick from Washington Heights — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:15:20 +0000

19. if they were to pay both clemens and brown, would they have to pay additional luxury tax? This is a question about a completely implausible possibility but still I'm curious.

By: rsmith51

rsmith51 — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:12:42 +0000

18. Personally, I didn't want to see Cano bunt. If they wanted to bunt they should put in Sanchez(if he's still on the team.) If William's on second with no outs I would bunt, but not if he's on 1st.

By: uburoisc

uburoisc — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:43:38 +0000

17. Sturtz was fine; he did his job, the Yankee defense failed to do theirs. Also, Giambi was so pathetic because he stood there and watched; he just stared at 3 pitches with the game on the line--just like he has been doing for months. Watching fastballs roll across the plate with the bases loaded is a shame in a little league game.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:38:12 +0000

16. I'm ignoring the Clemens rumors for now. The thing is, Clemens could be a difference maker, but even after winning ten straight the Yankees are in fourth place. They'd need to prove they can contend to even consider it, and they have yet to do that. As for what they'd send to Houston, I'd hope they could do it for the price of Clemens' contract alone and/or swap him for Brown and pay both men for the remainder of the season. Then again, if they had those extra millions to throw around, why isn't Carlos Beltran in pinstripes? The Cano/Wang thing goes without saying.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:19:28 +0000

15. Definitely a hideous game all around, and not pleased that I stayed up late to watch this crap. Once the Mariners went ahead I knew we were done - despite scoring six, it's pathetic that we didn't plate any runs after the third.

Cliff and Alex, I'm wondering what you guys think of the reports in the Daily news yesterday about the possibility of the Yanks bringing Clemens back. Could management possibly be se so dumb that they would actually trade away Wang and Cano, who, despite their relative inexperience, appear to be two of the better prospects the Yankees have seen since Jeter/Mariano/Posada came up? I know it's early still, but I've really enjoyed watching Cano and Wang so far, and they both seem to be taking to the bigs far better than say Ruben Rivera, Ricky Ledee, Juan Rivera, Marcus Thames, etc.