January 03, 2007
Unit Goes Home?
USA Today reports that the Diamondbacks and Yankees have agreed on players to be traded in the Randy Johnson deal, but there are still details to hammer out:
The deal has not been completed because of money issues, including how much the Yankees will pay toward Johnson's $16 million contract in 2007.
The Diamondbacks official also said they would like to sign Johnson to a one-year extension that would be a pay cut from his '07 salary, as well as restructure the $40 million deferred payments the left-hander is owed from his 1999-2004 stint with the team.
I've been skeptical of this deal getting done, but at this point it looks like the odds are on the side consummation. We don't know the names of the pitchers yet, so it's impossible to evaluate at this point. However, The Big Lead suggests this strategy:
So perhaps the rumors are true - the Yankees are stockpiling prospects to ship to Minnesota when it becomes inevitable the Twins cannot resign ace Johan Santana in a year or two.
Or, the Yankees are just tired of old pitchers trying to stay ahead of a great offense. Depending on the pitchers in this deal, the Yankees will end up picking up quality pitching prospects like the Marlins did last year while still remaining a playoff contender.
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How come the Yankee's expensive elderly garbage returns quality prospects (ie. Sheffield, Johnson) while other teams would get nothing in return AND have to pay part of the salary. It's just not fair.
Dan: a good GM? Supply and Demand?
It's gotta be a conspiracy. Dave Dombrowski and Josh Byrnes, and probably every other GM except Theo, are actually *trying* to make the Yankees the best team. Why? Um, I think it has to do with revenue sharing.
As a Yankee fan, I would be QUITE happy with either outcome (hanging on to young pitching, OR packaging some of them to trade to Minny for Santanna).
I guess Ca$hman really DOES have control of the team...and I couldn't be happier.
i would argue that it's not expensive elderly garbage.
sheffield just isn't, and the unit, to arizona is more than an old starting pitcher.
Why do the knuckleheads from NY always assume that all talent is going to be traded to them? For every Arod, Abreau, and RJ, there is the Torii Hunter, SHannon Stewart, Dice-K, Zito, and hundreds of others that go to the other 29 teams that are in the MLB.
They need to understand that while they are a power historically, currently and have nearly virtually unlmited finances, the other teams are not there to trade there best players to the Yankees when they can not afford them.
Aren't both of these guys getting extensions from the new teams? That shows me that they are mroe than cool with deals.
I like the Santana idea, but I was more thinking along the lines of getting Miggy Cabrera from FLA.
Hey JB
Where exactly are these "Knuckleheads" that you say think all the MLB talent is going to be traded to the Yankees? (BTW...when exactly were the Yankees interested in Shannon Stewart?)
If you're referring to Santana, the speculation comes from recent rumors that the Twins FO is beginning to think they won't be able to afford him, come free agency. If that's the case, wouldn't ANY team in baseball (and their fans) be smart to start thinking about what type of package the Twins would be willing to accept for him? Considering their financial situation, a package of young, cheap pitchers, with high upside would seem to make the most sense. If you look at what the Yankees already have, and will add if the Johnson trade goes through, in terms of pitching prospects, it seems like they would be as good a match as any team.
This isn't a case of just buying another team's player (and his expensive contract) because they have more money than anyone. To be honest, this is a position the Yankees haven't been in in quite some time. They possess a number of low-cost, high ceiling pitching prospects, which are attractive to any team in baseball, especially the most cost-conscious ones.
Seems like you might just be ripping Yankee fans out of habit, even when there's nothing there to rip them about.
And furthermore, the Yankees Tampa contingent were interested in guys like Hunter, but Cashman obviously wasn't when he decided to sign Damon. And the Yankees never once went after Zito. And Daisuke didn't have a choice on where he went. It was whoever bid highest on him pretty much.