Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 30, 2007
The Double J Battery

Jorge Posada wants the Yankees to acquire Johan Santana:

"We need a No.1, and I think that's one of the reasons we're going after Santana," Posada said. "It is a need in October, no question about it. When you look at the past World Series champions, they were able to have a No.1 throwing at least two games to win the title."

Posada, 36, caught Santana for an inning in this year's All-Star Game in San Francisco, and the three outs left quite an impression. Santana struck out Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano, then retired Jose Reyes on a groundout.

"I was really, really impressed with him during the All-Star Game when I caught him," Posada said. "To face someone is completely different than catching him, and I was really comfortable with him. I would love to have him."

I take this means Posada doesn't think the Yankees have a #1 starter right now.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:25 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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I guess Wang is the #1. I agree, kind of a dig at his pitching staff.

Posted by: ryan at November 30, 2007 11:41 AM

They could use a catcher who didn't give up 102 SBs and have 13 PB last year too

Posted by: Bandit at November 30, 2007 12:51 PM

Wang is the default #1. And he is a very fine pitcher, no doubt. But he doesn't have the electric, #1 ace stuff. The other Yankee starters are Moose, who's a shadow of his former self and a bunch of kids. It's no knock on any of them to say that the Yankees should get a #1 of Johann Santana's quality.

Posted by: rbj at November 30, 2007 01:47 PM

In a healthy universe, the Jays have 3 aces.

Posted by: Andrew at November 30, 2007 02:19 PM

RBJ is correct - Jorge's comments are simply accurate. The insanity of starting pitching for the Yanks in '07 demonstrated that.

Posted by: Phil at November 30, 2007 02:21 PM

He's just being honest. Wang is the best #3 starter in the business. The problem is he is much better at home then on the road so ideally you use him on your home games. The Yankees need a guy who can go out there no matter where against any team and put up a dominate box score. Hughes and Joba maybe that by next year but historically with IP limits they won't be able to do it.

Posted by: Jason at December 1, 2007 12:09 AM
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