December 04, 2007
Nothing on Santana
The Yankees and Twins failed to reach an agreement last night on a trade for Johan Santana. Cashman, however, is happy that teams are looking for his players:
Cashman made it clear it would take a lot to wrest away any of the Yankees' top young prospects, making a point of noting how far the system has come in the past few years.
"I'm definitely fully invested in a lot of young talent. You get attached to it," Cashman said. "There are a lot of guys here that we believe in. We're certainly proud of the work that we've done, because right now, I can sit at the table with any team in baseball and have a conversation. Two years ago, that wasn't the case."
The word is the Yankees will go after Dan Haren. They did trade for a Washington reliever:
The Washington Post is reporting that the Yankees have traded RHP Tyler Clippard to the Nationals for right-handed reliever Jonathan Albaladejo.
He's a big (6-5, 250) guy who made his debut in September and had a 1.88 ERA in 14.1 innings. Albaladejo is 25.
Albaladejo is 25 with a very low walk rate and decent strikeout numbers. Clippard strikes out more but walks more as well, and especially had control problems in the majors. It looks like the Yankees are trying to cut down on their bullpen walks. It's a good deal for both teams, as the Nationals get someone capable of striking out nine per nine.
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Haren doesn't strike out a ton of batters, but he walks few and keeps the ball on the ground. I could see him winning consistently with the Yankees offense. Haren has also been durable and will eat innings. He's very low-priced by Yankee standards. This wouldn't be a bad pickup at all for the Yanks, or anybody else.
I wonder who Beane would target in that deal? I can't see him going after Melky...perhaps Kennedy?