Comments on: A matter of scouting

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non Sequitur Jones

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non Sequitur Jones — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:53:06 +0000

BUT BERKMAN IS 32!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!1!!

TEH YOUTH MOVEMENT!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!1!!

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non Sequitur Jones

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non Sequitur Jones — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:50:30 +0000

FWIW, growing up in Nebraska, I went to a ton of College World Series games back in the day, and still do every once in a while if I’m back in the Omaha area in June. Most recent games I went to was ’05.

Sat next to a Yankee scout in my seats behind the plate. Dude had his own radar gun and everything. He was the only scout I saw in attendance.

By: this is the david

this is the david — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:19:53 +0000

Can’t Livesey sign with another team and give us an insideman esp job like he did for tampa bay in that kazmir deal?

By: steve (different one)

steve (different one) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:10:18 +0000

yeah, i can’t believe the Yankees were thinking about trading for one of the very best hitters in baseball.

that would really suck to have Berkman at 1B next year.

By: steve (different one)

steve (different one) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:07:09 +0000

the Yankees got outspent in the draft because they didn’t sign their first round pick and their second round pick.

no one anticipated this happening.

it wasn’t because they weren’t WILLING to spend the money.

on the international front, they walked away from Inoa b/c they thought they had a deal with him and he backed out of it. not because they weren’t willing to spend the money.

By: r.w.g.

r.w.g. — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:52:31 +0000

lance berkman is a beast. i’d trade anybody but montero for him. but houston would never trade him anyway, so it’s a moot point.

By: T-Dizzle

T-Dizzle — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:47:37 +0000

What paper is the one that can’t be named?

By: kenthadley

kenthadley — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:46:34 +0000

if we swing and miss, you might see Manny in the Bronx….then they’ll look to trade for pitching, using Damon/Matsui/Nady as ammo……dont know what that brings, but probably with some younger talent would bring a starter….

By: kenthadley

kenthadley — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:40:04 +0000

Pat, hope you are correct, but the reduction in spending for the last draft sort of goes against this……..maybe it was circumstances, but we got outspent (and it appears outdrafted, although time really tells on this) in both the June and International signings……hope we do better with the choices we have this year……note in NYP says Marte’s option not being picked up, so there is another possible high pick if we dont resign him….we really need to have a banner year with the draft, and your theory above will be tested…

By: Mike Pop

Mike Pop — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:13:47 +0000

If we make a “big” trade I hope it is for a guy like Dejesus