I’ll give em Justin Christian and PJ Pilletierre for Johan too

Unlike Ben, I don’t think replacing Melk in CF is easy (even with Gardner close), you could spend alot of money on a guy like Hunter or Jones but I think they would be very disappointing. I like Jeter in the center of the field for pop ups and general take charge stuff – I agree his range and scattershot arm are concerns in the if.

The thing is, if you can get a “big” (Tejada isn’t a HR guy anymore but he’s still a dangerous RHH) RH bat somewhere – ie. First, 3rd, ss – then maybe you can experiment with Betemit on one of the if corners.

Just a thought….

Scary bad (under .800 OPS).

Not sure he’s much better than Betemit at this point outside of a hitter’s park like Camden.

I know he “Miguel Cabrera” gets the moniker of being fat lazy and likes to party and eat too much, but Giardi likes him, and you’re not getting any closer to Manny then that and Dontrelle Willis too he’s 2 years removed from a 22 game winner Put these guys in a new winning athmospere who knows what they can do, they can revitalize? Guys like Miguel Cabrera dont come along every day! at worse he can DH play 1b or even RF if needed, and you know he can hit!

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2004 – Jon Lieber

2005 – Randy Johnson (age: 137, the same as joe louis when he lost to rocky marciano)

2006 – Mike Mussina

2007 – Chien Ming Wang

All of A-Rod’s “production” helped mask the lack of quality “pitching,” which, in a short series, can get exposed pretty badly.

I’m not saying A-Rod was a great postseason player here (though his performance in the 2004 ALDS is seemingly forgotten by all, he was unbelievable that series), but the implication that, because he didn’t win a title with the Yankees, the Yankees are just as good without him as they are with him, is ridiculous. As Kyle says below, there is no postseason without A-Rod.

On a side note, isn’t it amazing the free pass Jason Giambi gets from the fans and media, and A-Rod gets crucified for sunning in Central Park?

What, the playoffs? We’re really spoiled that being the ONLY team to make the playoffs EVERY year of this CENTURY doesn’t matter. Without A-Rod last year, we don’t make the playoffs. If anyone else in the line-up had decided to show up in the playoffs, or if we had actually had some starting pitching, maybe we could have actually won something in the playoffs, too. But those A-Rod homers, half of which came with the Yankees down or tied, got the team there. You can’t deny that.

Tejada’s the best solution I’ve heard yet. If he can play adequately and put up the numbers he does in a still-packed lineup, I think it could work just fine as shorter-term solution. You’re never going to get A-Rod level production there and, frankly, look where all that “production” got us. If it means some of our second-tier prospects and, maybe, Melky, go, that’s fine as well.

what everyone misses is that Abreu has a NTC and therefore the yankees were the only team in the bidding.

several teams would bid on tejada.