As for the Granderson deal, I think it make sense provided two things: (1) he is not being brought in to replace Damon; and (2) Jackson could not be used in a Halladay deal without Montero and Hughes (I could live with a Jax and Joba deal).

Regarding #1, Granderson makes sense if the Yankees bring back Damon and Matsui. Then, he could man CF, while Melky vultures about 90-100 games (the same kind of plan I suggested with Cameron as the 4th man). That would give the Yankees a more potent outfield compared to last year as well as a youthful infusion and needed depth.

Regarding #2, I really don’t mind giving up Jackson. He is a good prospect, but far from a great one. In fact, you might say that Jackson’s upside IS Granderson. My only reticence in dealing him would be he might be a central piece in a better deal, but it’s hard to really know that.

Does that mean that the Yankees now own the Nationals’ right to draft a Rule 5 player? That could actually be useful.

Remember the Marlins in 1999. Well, we can always dream, right?

Sounds like the Yanks have their eye on someone. And it means trading Bruney doesn’t really open up a roster spot.

And Rosenthal has this tidbit:

This would be a blockbuster.

The Yankees, Diamondbacks and Tigers have discussed a three-way trade that would send Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson to New York and right-hander Edwin Jackson to Arizona, major-league sources say.

The talks are at an impasse, according to one source. The proposed deal is being pushed by the D-Backs, but was rejected by at least one of the two other teams, the source says.

While trade talks are fluid and the names involved could change, sources say the following scenario is under discussion:

• The Yankees would receive Granderson from the Tigers and one or two prospects from the Diamondbacks.

• The Diamondbacks would get Jackson from the Tigers and right-hander Ian Kennedy from the Yankees.

• The Tigers would get right-hander Max Scherzer from the Diamondbacks, and center fielder Austin Jackson and left-handed relievers Phil Coke and Michael Dunn from the Yankees. -

I don’t mind giving up Coke, but I’ll be crushed if the Yanks trade Ajax.

As long as you didn’t hear “fisted into left”in your head

Hear, hear.

Oh, God, totally. I don’t know why, but man, it creeps me out when he says that.

What are you going to do with Kay?

During my last semester at St. John’s, I did an internship at Elias. Seymour was old back then! (This was 1985). But he did know EVERYTHING about the game. The office was filled with ledger books of old box scores. It was like walking into a time capsule.

“Then i remembered Hal Newhouser, the Tigers’ lefty ace in the nineteen-forties, who ate up batters much in the way that Lee does. Later, I put my question in a phone call to Seymour Siwoff, the dean of the Elias Sports Bureau. ‘Hmm,’ he said when I mentioned the flying back leg, ‘let me think about this for a minute.’ There was a pause, and then he said, ‘Why do I think it was somebody on the Tigers?’”

I mean my God, that’s amazing. Nearly seven deades of baseball ago. I fucking LOVE this game.

Man, you guys are harsh, piling on a guy as unlucky as Mitre. Cut him some slack—he was just a fifth starter after all.

It’s making me feel nostalgic and above all, it’s really really making me miss baseball.

[15] I would be very surprised if the Yanks offered Mitre arbitration. Guys like him are a dime a dozen.