Dec
10
Davidoff: Yanks working to sign Nick Punto
ByHardly big news by any standard, but Ken Davidoff drops in a note that the Yanks and Nick Punto are working on a deal. The Yanks have to replace Wilson Betemit somehow, and I guess Punto fits the bill. The defensive whiz and former Twin just turned 31 in November and has a career line of .252/.319/.332. He had his best season last year as he managed a 99 OPS+ in limited playing. Punto would clearly be around as a defensive replacement and not for his pop off the bench.
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As someone who wants to go to law school when I graduate I can simply say good luck
Don’t you say that. Don’t you ever say that. Stay here. Stay here as long as you can. For the love of God, cherish it. You have to cherish it.
Have some more sloppy joes. I made ‘em extra sloppy for yous. I know how yous kids like ‘em sloppy.
Some advice for aspiring lawyers- don’t do it.
Punto is good defensive infield insurance, can give Jeter/ARod/Cano days off, not a bad signing.
Good luck on your law exam dude…
Good luck, Ben.
Good luck on the exam!!
Good luck, Dude.
One step at time.
One step at a time
Ben’s unavailable for a few hours, guys. Stop committing crimes until he’s free.
Good luck on the exam, Ben.
First and foremost,good luck on the exam…Now,as for Punto?Solid glove guy.Good role player.As long as they don’t go crazy with the dollars,it should be a good move.
may MO guide your answers on your exam my friend
Mo it is written, Mo it shall be done.
Mosanna, Mosanna, Mosanna in the highest.
there’s that ridiculous upside coming through. i saw it with my own eyes.
“i saw it with my own eyes” is fast becoming one of my favorite lines.
Well done.
thank you sir
Punto > Cano last year
Cano this coming year >>>>> Cano last year
YES! Might we have a bench for the first time in about 4 years? SWEET! Bullpen should be nice. Starting pitching with a couple more moves that I am hoping is Sheets for two and Pettitte for one and not Lowe for 4 and / or AJ for 5.
If Cano can get it thru his thick skull that he needs to bust his ass and use his head ALL the time and not just one at bat per game and a few plays in the field we might have a team that could do damage. Also Damon and Matsui on walk years I am hoping for somewhat career average numbers if possible please.
Derek should be healthy.
I hope Alex the Purple Lipped Princess has got his mind correct and is mentally healthy.
But CASHMAN PLEASE SIGN MANNY! Give him one year 35 mill.
manny wouldn’t take a 1 yr deal even if it was for 35. boras would say he can get him more.
You may get your wish re: Manny. From MLBTR:
I’ll be surprise if Manny is a yank.
You know, this may be the pot calling the kettle black, but “Alex the Purple Lipped Princess” get’s less funny and less funny every time you say it.
I’m with you on Manny, though. I love the CC addition, but we need one of the big three bats (Tex, Manny, or Dunn) before this offseason is complete.
what if the pot is green and he calls the kettle black? is he then nothing mroe than a dirty rascist?
Heh, speaking of racism, I was chatting with Joe and I told him that he and Mike should start wandering around the hotel spreading rumors that A.J. Burnett reinjured his shoulder during his last start in September and that his agent has been keeping it under wraps, and that Derek Lowe is a crazy, maniacal Ty Cobb-ian racist who hates Dominicans and would likely stab Cano and ARod if he were in the same clubhouse with them.
We’ve got to get a COINTELPRO style campaign of counterintelligence going to try and undermine these potentially disastrous signings from happening.
genius haha
Bonus points for knowing what COINTELPRO is.
i know ur joking, but just know that if joe and mike actually spread such rumors, they’d get sued so fast for defamation and tortious interference their heads would spin. you can’t go spreading financially harmful rumors like that, unless you like getting sued.
we dont need manny
…
Do you intentionally go into every post you write trying to be as brief and non-explanatory as possible? Are we just supposed to read your mind as to why we don’t need Manny?
Dude, you might want to change your name: Hughes went back to his old number.
BEN,
DON’T FORGET TO SPOT ALL THE ISSUES AND APPLY THE “IRAC” METHOD TO YOUR ESSAYS….AHHHH!!!!!
Haha, ahhh law school, those were the days. Enjoy it my friend, it only gets harder after that.
But what is his wOBA?
Hope the exam goes well, Ben.
opt out clause after 3 years for cc? wtf
this might expain a lowe or burnett signing as “insurance ” if he did opt out isuppose
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....;type=lgns
Well fuck me running.
i guess we’ll just have to hope that we win a WS within those three years so that CC becomes a “true yankee” and decides to stay
Wow, an opt out for CC after 3 years. Hopefully we don’t have another A-Rod situation on our hands
Is it confirmed?
Wow, an opt out for CC after 3 years. Hopefully we don’t have another A-Rod situation on our hands
Yeah, that totally sucked when ARod opted out and went and signed with the Angels…
Wait a minute. No, that’s wrong. My bad.
The opt-out is actually not that bad. Think about it: he does great and wants to leave after 3 years. At that point, the next crop of young pitchers is kicking the doors down. Yankees happily bid CC goodbye after thanking him for his great service and 2 WS rings. Everyone moves on.
/puts down crack pipe
Ben…
We all know you will ace it…but good luck anyhow.27/09.
Radnom…I think that was the longest post you have ever done, Good show. 27/09.
Good luck Ben-I just the GRE’s yesterday and have been partying ever since.
Is Punto really any better than Ransom? No one expects Ransom to put up a 170 OPS+ like he did last year, but he plays all the IF positions, plus he’s cheap (and about the same age as Punto). Punto has a career OPS+ of 74. 74!!! That’s horrible no matter how good a fielder he is. He’s really not that good of a player. I would rather have seen them sign Loretta than Punto.
What are you talking about? They wanted a defensive IF player to go “along” with Ransom.
Lorretta is old, hits about as well about Punto now, and is no where close to the defensive player he is.
First exam ever?
Good luck with that. The first one is always a bitch.
After that you start to get lazy.
Can someone explain to me exactly why the opt-out clause is a bad deal? Say C.C can’t handle the pressure and pitches poorly for three years, CC would want out and we wouldn’t want him here so its a win-win. If he does good, more than likely he’ll want to stay. I’m failing to see the downside to this. In fact, I think every contract should include an opt-out after every single year. Kidding aside, I’m obviously missing a huge chunk of logic to this. What’s the deal?
Considering defense and range factor
what do we like more
Jeter at SS and Swisher at 1B
or
Punto at SS and Jeter at 1B
of course the unknow is Jeter at first but one would think he would be well above avg.
My son would love this. He was born in northeast PA when S/WB was a Philies team and Punto was his favorite. My son became a Yankees fan and converted me from the Phillies.
Considering only defense and range factor, the former. But considering the fact that your infield offense would then, for lack of a better phrase, suck balls, the latter.
wtf? haha
That was pretty random, radnom.
WTF, dude.
Just seeing what they do and don’t allow in comments.
You’re lucky Ben is up to his ears in torts right now. Otherwise your ass would be BANNINATED!
What do you think gave me the idea?
Also, I’m bored.
Also, I’m bored.
Go play with this:
http://i208.photobucket.com/al.....n_ball.jpg