very true. good point.

it will come down to who the twins want most – ellsbury, lester, or hughes unless the mets throw their entire farm system at them – each of their top 5 prospects which may happen because Omar seems to be a desperate man.

and just so you know — the NY Post isnt exactly known for their accuracy

because that’s the deal. the Twins want both. the Yankees are willing to part with one or the other.

would you do both? i wouldn’t.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01....._91468.htm

Yesterday, in dismissing an Internet report that indicated his team is no longer a player in the Santana sweepstakes, Yankees GM Brian Ca$hmoney suggested he could still make a deal for the ace lefty, if the Twins lower the asking price.

“I know what [the Twins] want,” Ca$hmoney said. “If they call and give us something else to think about, we’ll discuss it.”

so that’s the deal.

let’s stop talking as if Cashman won’t make the trade. it’s that he won’t deal BOTH Kennedy and Hughes.

despite the way things turned out, i liken this proposed deal to the one that got us chuck knoblauch. remember that many people in baseball, especially yankee fans, looked at milton as the next great pither for the yanks – great stuff and left handed. desite his upside, the yanks decided to deal him fo knobby because at the time it was a perfect deal – the team needed a leadoff hitter/second baseman and got one of the best in baseball in the prime of his career. substitute star seond baseman for star pitcher and you have the rumored santana deal.

i love hughes and fantasize that the yanks could get him without giving him up (drives me crazy that apparently the sox dont have to put bucholz in the deal to be considered serious because he and phil are very similar talents) but the fact is that a chance to make this type of trade – one that would have a profound impact on the American League – doesnt come along too often maybe 4 or 5 times a decade in all of baseball because most teams dont trade Aces. baseball has become so economically healthy that the days of salary dumping are all but over except for the marlins who are a joke of a franchise and should be disolved. no salary dumping means even less great talent available because now, thanks in large part to yankee money, teams can usually afford to sign their Aces.

Again, I love Hughes, but this deal makes too muh sense not to do.

this is a really stupid comment McLovin.

did you know that giving up a hit per inning is OK if you give up very few walks?

do you have any idea what you are talking about? or do you just post the same stupid crap in every thread?

i’m really holding out that Hughes is the single player the Twins want, but they are waiting to pull the trigger hoping that the Saux involvement would have gotten the Yankees to panic and throw in either IPK or AJax (someone of that caliber) into the deal, and then now the same with the Mets jumping into the mix, albeit with lesser prospects and no MLB-ready prospects.

Hughes shouldnt be a deal-breaker. We’ve got depth in the system and the money to pay the Johan contract.

and this is not a deal reminiscent of the mismanaged Yankees… the problem in the past was trading a top pitching prospect, or package of prospects for a top offensive star to add to an offense that can already score 900… this would be substituting a pitcher (proven) for another pitcher (prospect).

the problem with the yanks deal is the lack of deth in the offer – so lets give them the depth but take a bit away from the top – Kennedy is not a future ace, but of the big three – I believe he has the best chance to be good his whole career – not the upside of hghes- but less of a down side