Dec
05
Yankee rumors: Cano, Sabathia, Lowe, Teixeira
ByFollowing up on everything…
- While watching the O.J. Simpson sentencing, my eyes wandered to the ESPN crawl, and I saw some news that Yankee fans will both bemoan and appreciate. As part of the free agent transaction chain, we should now be rooting for Mark Teixeira to sign sooner rather than later. Peter Gammons reports that CC Sabathia is waiting to see what happens between Teixeira and the Angels, and Derek Lowe is waiting to see what happens with Sabathia. From a business perspective, that all makes perfect sense. Those of you impatient for no reason with the seemingly slow pace of the Hot Stove League won’t like it.
- This news will of course rekindle the misguided line of reasoning that Sabathia hates New York and wants to pitch only for a West Coast team closer to his home. To combat that, check out Tyler Kepner’s latest. He writes:
“It’s not that he doesn’t want to be a Yankee; that’s not it at all,” said a friend of Sabathia’s, who was granted anonymity because Sabathia had not authorized him to speak on his behalf. “It’s just the aspect of being out there, his family, that kind of stuff.”
That’s all it is. Sabathia would prefer to be on the West Coast and is waiting to see what shakes down. If the Yanks’ offer emerges as the best, he’ll come to the Bronx with open arms. Just because he is waiting, smartly, doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to be here.
- Finally, Robinson Cano’s name keeps popping up in various rumors. The Yanks have committed a lot of resources and time to Cano this off-season, and I doubt they would move him. If they’re so inclined, however, Buster Olney has word of the asking price. The Yanks would first ask the Dodgers for Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley. When they can’t get one of those two pitching studs, they’d turn their attention to Matt Kemp. In other words, Cano ain’t goin’ nowhere.
Yuk to a possible Matt Kemp for Cano deal.
“the Yanks have committed a lot of resources and time to Cano this off-season, and I doubt they would move him.”
I agree I doubt they move him as well. But we did commit a lot of time and resources to Sori in the 03 winter and BOOM gone. It can happen.
But we did commit a lot of time and resources to Sori in the 03 winter and BOOM gone. It can happen.
Sure, but Kemp != ARod.
is that meant to be Kemp < A-rod?
Yes. != means “does not equal to”
i was unaware. now i know
The Alex the Purple Lipped Princess for Sori deal had to be made. But the only reason that could happen was the fact we were the only team who could take on all that salary.
That is a fact, the Sox tried to but Henrys black card was declined when he tried to checkout with the goods.
Damn shame the Sox did not trade Manny for Alex, woulda done us a world of good.
it firhgtens me that i agree with you here…….
Damn shame the Sox did not trade Manny for Alex, woulda done us a world of good.
It is hard to look at this in retrospect, but at the time I was fucking scared of the Sox replacing
this-
Nomar + Manny
with
this-
Arod + Magglio.
I’m not sure it would have worked out better for us had the trade actually gone through.
where’d maggliop come from?
the rumor at the time was that had the Manny for A-Rod gone through, the RED Sox had a trade all lined up with the WHITE Sox with Nomar and Maggs swapping places.
i didn’t sleep for a month that offseason in fear of that happening.
wow.
that probably would’ve handcuffed them salary wise tho so the beckett deal might have never gone down….imagine that? they’d have had arod, magglio (if he resigned) han-ram and sanchez in the rotation…..does he still throw a no no in the al east?
it was a wierd deal b/c they were trying to make A-Rod agree to forfeit some salary to make it work.
he agreed to do it, too, but the player’s union came out and told him he couldn’t.
that was the dealbreaker for Boston.
that i remember. he was traded it was done and the mlbpa rejected it….nuts.
Thats why he doesnt hit in the playoffs.. He wanted to be a red sock !
he’d be a yankee by now anyway cause when he opted out which he wouldve inevitably done anyway cause he’s a boras client and his ego is enormous we owuld’ve signed him lol
Heh, how awesome would that have been? We get Manny, ARod goes to Boston, wins no titles there, opts out during the 2007 World Series (where we finish off the sweep of the Rockies and defend our title) and then we sign him to a 10 year deal.
Jeter, Manny, AND ARod all together. The city of Boston is placed on suicide watch.
Burn baby Burn
What’s most painful is that they passed Manny through waivers, hoping we could bite and take on his salary, so they could take on Alex. We said no and made the deal ourselves.
Coulda had Manny for a phonecall… ouch. I’d Cashman bash, but for in the interest of presentism, 2003 Manny was not held in the esteem that 2003 ARod was, across baseball. (as evidenced by the Red Sox’s willingness to hand over their best player to their hated rival to get ARod.)
Ouch?
Sure, it didn’t work out in terms of championships, but give me a time machine and send me back to 2003 with another chance and I will take Arod-Shef over Manny all over again.
Manny + Soriano > A-Rod though ??? Would that of been better ?
Ah good point.
Hm.
But then the Sox would have probably gotten Magglio.
It is still so hard to judge for 2003-2007.
I know moving forward though, we have a still in his prime Arod and they have Jason Bay and Manny is having trouble getting a 4 year deal.
Things clearly worked out in the longer term picture.
Things clearly worked out in the longer term picture.
Probably true.
I know you love Manram, but unless we would have converted him to a starting pitcher he couldn’t have helped.
I’m not even getting into Soriano/Nomar/Beckett/all that other stuff yet.
Just saying, 2004-2008 Manny in NYY + 2004-2008 ARod in BOS>>>>>> 2004-2008 ARod in NYY + 2004-2008 Manny in BOS
Manny’s been the better player these past four years, IMO. I know it changes the whole following sequence of events, but if you give me a time machine, I just may go back and see what happens.
just don’t kill anyone or like see anyone form your family
I’ll bring along a photo of my family to see if my brother and sister start disappearing.
I disagree with you here; 2004-2008 ARod in NYY + 2004, 2005, 2007 Hideki Matsui + 2006 Melky Cabrera (he had a 95 OPS+, so roughly league-average replacement) + 2008 Johnny Damon + 2004-2008 Manny in BOS + 2004-2005 Bill Mueller in BOS + 2006-2008 Mike Lowell in BOS >>>>>>>>> 2004-2008 ARod in BOS + 2004-2008 league-average player in left field in BOS + 2004-2008 Manny in NYY + 2004-2008 league-average third basemen in NYY.
So, in essence, I’m saying that for the past five seasons (and frankly, throughout their respective careers) I would rather have Alex Rodriguez at third base and a league-average left fielder over Manny Ramirez in left field and a league-average third basemen.
Meh, we probably would have flipped Soriano for Scott Rolen or something and been fine. I agree with Radnom that, long term, we’re probably better off taking ARod over Manny back then due to the fact that ARod’s a better defender and younger, but that’s one dice roll I’d seriously contemplate doing.
Manny’s just wicked good. Up to this point, he’s had a better career than ARod. I agree that ARod’s youth means he’ll ultimately add more productivity towards Yankee championships from 2004-infinity than Manny would, but it’s just hard to pass on a guy with a career .420 wOBA in Manny, defensive shortcomings and age be damned.
(ARod’s career wOBA is .412, in case you were curious).
That was a little weird to read but I take A-Rod over Manny too.. A-Rod is not the only one who has not performed in the postseason it was the whole team really.. While the Red Sox as a team excelled..
Now is that because of Manny and A-Rod alone Im not sure.. But when A-Rod did hit in the postseason until game 4 we were rolling through games.
So maybe it is because of one or the other…….
I see what you’re saying, TSJC, but I just feel that the gap between the offensive ability of Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez is not worth the downgrade of a league-average corner outfielder to a league-average third basemen (or the downgrade from Alfonso Soriano’s bat at second base to a league-average second basemen).
You have an excellent point as always, Jamal. I guess I’m using 20/20 hindsight and looking at the way Manny’s absolutely destroyed the league (and the postseason) the past 4 years and wondering what might have been. But, ARod has compelling, compelling arguments.
I just wish he’d stop acting like a mental midget so damn much, and stop macking 50 year old leather handbags.
Speaking of ARod and Madonna, Peter Abraham is a real douche: http://nomaas.org/phpBB1/viewt.....start=4420
Talk about thin-skinned (Heh, I can’t believe I used the term “thin” in reference to Abraham.), Jesus.
Wow what a douche.
He has already gone through and deleted his posts I can;’t even read them.
From the side of the conversation I can read he comes off looking stupid and petty.
Peter,
Now, that wasn’t nice.
And, I think it’s time to give up trying to scare away your critics here.
You’ve tried deleting my posts, you’ve personally emailed me to try to intimidate me into silence, and now you’ve tried publicly making fun of me.
………………………………………………………………………
Geeze it would be one thing if she was a troll or something, but she was making calm rational arguments.
i think he was put on waivers a few times in his career before 2003
haha nice new name….it looks like tjsc started a trend. now if only we could get a better microwave…
altough i would fixe the “aka they guy who was…..”
just a heads up
Thanks but I do not plan in doing a “fixie”
G’z up
Hose down
don’t trade cano. i woudlnt even do it for the dodgers young pitching. we have ABSOLUTELY NO replacement even close and the free agent market sucks. So unless you plan to then flip what you get from the dodgers for another second baseman with canos upside then hells no yo
i said the same thing to Mike during today’s chat. cano is young, has a ton of talent, and is cost controlled for a lot of years. yes, the need for a “great” center fielder usually comes first, but do we really want another potential tony womack situation on our hands — especially when we have absolutely NOTHING in the system if a free agent experiment goes wrong?!
Id bring back Knoblauch
Andy Stankiewicz.
Or, possibly Plaxico Burress. He’d be good at “hitting the target” on the throw to first turning the double play.
i have name dropped stanky many a time. awesome.
Michael Kay: …And a hard-hit grounder to short, Jeter fields it, this could be two, Plax on the turn–AND HE FIRES A BULLET TO FIRST! Got him by a mile, easy double play. Plaxico absolutely gunned him down, he shot the baserunner like he was trying to steal Plax’s icy bling!
Haha since we talking bout Plax
http://football.realgm.com/src.....ke_a_jerk/
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/0.....l-history/
The Dumbest Plays in NFL History
Plaxico Burress — 2001, Pittsburgh vs. Jacksonville — It was a miserable rookie season for Plaxico, but this was just the spoiled cherry on top of a forgettable few months. With limited playing time, Burress was in the game against the Jaguars, and after catching a ball in the fourth quarter and thinking he was down by contact, Burress did what anyone would do: He spiked the ball. You know where this is going. Live ball, Jags recovered, and Plax earned the nickname “Spike Lee”, which was not a compliment.
then a-rod will have a nut job buddy…like okajima with dice k? haha
Those of you impatient for no reason with the seemingly slow pace of the Hot Stove League won’t like it.
No reason? Sure this makes sense for Sabathia but it is bad news for the Yankees.
Every single move we could possibily make, EVERY ONE, depends in some way on CC. The fact that he is going to wait for a Boras client, notoriously slow signers, is cause for concern.
Even a move like signing Pettite, which seems completely out on its own and not related is effected by CC’s indecision. Pettite’s price, should we sign him before Sabathia, would then become a part of the negotiations for CC’s contract.
Pettite’s price, should we sign him before Sabathia, would then become a part of the negotiations for CC’s contract.
how?
“You gave this guy X million?
Clearly i’m worth Y amount more.”
Earlier signings always set the bar for later ones….I have to think this is why the Yankees have not made a serious move on Pettite yet.
i understand this, i just don’t think it applies here.
right now, the argument is: “We offered you more than Johan Santana”
i don’t think Pettitte’s dinky 1 year contract will come into play.
Hopefully after Cashman meets up with him well know where we stand so we dont miss out on this fa market just waiting on CC. Thats my big fear. So gammonds info concerns me.
Gammons, my bad
Is CC supposed to say “Damn, Pettitte took a pay cut to stay a Yankee. Maybe I should take a pay cut too.” ?
No.
It would be more like..
“You are paying a mediocre 3-4 starter 16 million and only offering a young ace 6 million more? Show me some more chedda you sexy beast”
Or that is how I picture it in my fantasies at least….
i guess i could see it if the Yankees were going to pay Pettitte the $16M, but that seems unlikely now.
besides, i think if Sabathia said that, he’d literally mean Cheddar Cheese.
I’m going to reply to both your responses here instead of continuing the duel conversation.
Yeah, it wouldn’t be a huge barganing point, but I’m sure it would be brought up. And you know whatever the Yankees and Pettite settle upon they are going to be paying him above market value, which negatively effects them from a positioning standpoint.
But this is missing the point,I think we are on the same page; I was never claiming that Pettite would greatly impact the Sabathia negotiations, just that everything on the Yankees offseason radar, no matter how isolated it seems, is still tied down into what this one free agent is doing.
The fact that he is waiting is hurting us.
agreed.
If we got Billingsley or Kershaw for nothing more than Cano, I’m all for that. Even Kemp I think I’d do. Getting Kershaw or Billingsley means that you could sign CC and have a rotation of
CC
Kershaw/Billingsley
Joba
Wang
Pettite
I know Kershaw might not start the season in the big leagues but who wouldn’t want Phil Hughes vs Clayton Kershaw going for the last rotation spot with the 2007 MiLB Pitcher of the Year also in the running? Also, the money not spent on Sheets/Lowe/Burnett could be used to sign Punto and Dunn. And if you don’t like Punto, go trade a reliever to the Cards for Adam Kennnedy.
Same deal with Kemp. You could make that trade and then sign Texiera. Anybody want to see a lineup of
LF-Damon
SS-Jeter
1B-Texiera
3B-A-Rod
CF-Kemp
RF-Swisher
DH-Matsui/Nady
C-Posada
2B-Kennedy/Punto
with a bench of Nady/Gardner/Ransom/Molina
I could live with that seeing how they’re both long-term solutions as well.
i just wanted to answer to your comment so you didn’t feel left out. i read it.
and i want adam kennedy nowhere near my team. ever. worst infield of all time when the angels had kennedy at 2b and eckstein at ss. i just wretched
Agreed. I’d rather have Lincoln Kennedy, the fat ex-Raiders lineman, Kennedy the old MTV veejay, or the exhumed lifeless corpse of Bobby Kennedy at 2B than Adam Kennedy.
What about Anthony Kennedy?
jaime kennedy?
Cano + Melky for Kershaw. Maybe even add Veras or Coke in there.
It would take more than that
If this Swisher trade taught us anything, is is that none of us really know what we’re talking about in terms of how teams evaluate minor league talent.
It is easy to just shoot down every potential trade with “it will take more than that”.
Maybe it would maybe it won’t. We don’t know for sure.
well said
Something wonky is going on with the comments, or is it just me? Ben wrote a comment, I responded to it, and now both are gone. Creepy.
COVER UP!
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
I was trying to do a proper “does not equal” sign, but it’s not a unicode character, and it doesn’t render properly. So I deleted the comment, and when we delete a comment, any reply to it vanishes as well.
“Always pour salt in your eyes”
anyone?
crickets…
http://instantcrickets.com/
Uh huh. Suuuuure, that’s exactly what happened.
Tyler Kepner is fast becoming the oasis in a desert of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism.
frightening, no?
Yes. Reading the sports section is now like attending a B-movie film festival: Your acclaim goes merely to those features that strain credulity and tastefulness the smallest amount. It’s a least of many evils thing.
I would say he is quickly becoming the four leaf clover in our shrubbery of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism.
Is he becoming the wOBA and FIP amongst the sea of BA’s and W/L records of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism?
What about the Minka Kelly amoungst the flabs of Maddona’s of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism?
fucking apostraphe jumped in there on its own
The Adam Dunn amongst the Pete Incaviglias and Rob Deers of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism?
The watermellon in a flood of sour apple Jolly Ranchers of flawed-conclusion-leaping pseudojournalism.
Hey, Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers are awesome.
Cearly that crossed the line.
FOOD METAPHORS
Simple solution to CC’s problem is that we sign Teixiera at the winter meetings, thus leaving CC with no more need to wait. This obviously improves the team and shows CC how accomodating to his needs and desires we can be.
The conceptual leap in Gammons’ report is that if the Yanks sign Teixeira before they sign CC, Sabathia will then take the money the Angels have for Teixeira and sign with them. At this point, there’s approximately no way we get them both.
Bingo.
Realistically, this finally puts to rest any thoughts of us getting both.
Unless of course we can get Tex and still outbig the Angels by $20 million for CC.
But they will have all that Tex money and nowhere to spend it.
<– hoping for cc
Good point, Ben.
How much would you overpay CC? Say we sign Tex, and then the Angels offer a 6/130 or 6/140 to CC. Would you do a 6/160 or a 6/170?
I’m probably crazy, but I think I would.
I think at that point you go a seventh year and pray as opposed to jacking up the AAV to over $28 million.
Okay, sure.
I’m crazy enough to probably do that too. 7/175?
I don’t see anyone comeing within 100 feet of that.
And he’ll only be 35?
I’d do it, but I would have to close my eyes before signing it.
nobody does which is why it is alarming that CC wants to wai…apparently he is willing to take less to stay out west..it is just a matter of how much less would he take
Now your same argument but put Tex on the redsux wich we know there trying, Angels lose out on Tex then go for CC. Suposedly thats what CC wants. West coast team. I hope im wrong but thts why CC is waiting on Tex to sign. And that sucks for us. Where we get stuck with neither of our top choices. Thats why i say offer both contracts now so we at least get one of our top choices. Maybe im acting Irational. But thts what i would do.
I think Cash is smart enough to get one or the other. I believe Sabathia chooses before Tex anyways and you know if we miss out on CC we have got to get Tex no question bout it
Thats why we cant let CC wait on Tex for Tex decision. I think maybee the only way to make things work out is give CC a deadline.
The only question in this link of events has to be…I guess the Angels then concede on the front of bolstering their offense? Kendry Morales would be their new first basemen…hope that works out well for them. See you next year John Lackey!
I like it. Give Tex an 8/160 now, then wrap up CC at the meetings with the 6/140 he’d like, kick the “mustang special” 1/13 to Andy, and then kick your heels up on the desk and watch everybody else panic.
and then just to be a dick, sign an extra closer just to rub it in the Mets’ face.
Sign Fuentes, KRod, and Wood and give them the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings.
Then call Omar and tell him we’ll give him Veras, Edwar, and Coke for Carlos Beltran.
Tommiesmith is so smart.. Best idea EVER !!!
Works for me.
CC’s waiting for Angels to sign Tex and be done pursuing him. We sign Tex, he stays close to home.
Why dont we make a big offer to Tex so then we force them to pick 1st. Then we can know witch way were leaning towards the other FA out there Burnett,Sheets,Manny ,Dunn. Either way it will be a productive FA signing and both needs still currently have other options available. Just wondering.
Because if we get Tex, the Angels take CC and the Braves take Burnett, then what are we left with? We’d overpay for a rotation of
Wang
Sheets
Lowe
Joba
Pettite
That doesn’t make me feel too good
We sing all 4 of the FA pitchers left..
Perez
Garland
Sheets
Lowe
Wang
“It would give the Yankees the kind of rotation they would need for a playoff run and once again they could put Joba back in the 8th inning where he belongs”
Baseball Tonight Analyst Steve Philips
It’s like you’re channeling Phillips. That was scary.
no, he is steve phillips. ::insert obligatory comment here about how fans still berate him for zambrano for kazmir trade and him reminding people he had been fired by then::
It was a good trade at the time ?
insert obligatory comment here about how fans still berate him for zambrano for kazmir trade and him reminding people he had been fired by then
It’s sad when your best defense from criticism is “No, they’d already fired me at that point.”
It’s even sadder when the trade in question is that bad that you would rather bring up getting fired
is that a joke? i honestly cannot tell when phillips name is mentioned
The gridlocked free-agent market is slowly starting to move, and the Yankees are helping push it along. General Manager Brian Cashman traveled to Washington on Thursday to meet first baseman Mark Teixeira, and he will meet C.C. Sabathia this weekend before the start of the winter meetings in Las Vegas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12.....ref=sports
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so he wan’t in Cali yesterday.
so he wan’t in Cali yesterday.
SHHHHHH! We’re supposed to be covering for him in case his wife calls.
lol okay, gotcha.
Exactly how much money do we have coming off the books after arbitration raises ? Would you estimate ?
Estimate?
Somewhere between zero and a trillion Euros.
i laughed at my desk. people were staring at me
jsb, that’s not why they’re staring at you.
You have a MASSIVE erection.
If CC apparently would not want to play for us, would he ever want to play for Boston ? Unless he thinks they can become some kind of untouchable dynaasty with him at the head of the rotation
“It’s not that he doesn’t want to be a Yankee; that’s not it at all,” said a friend of Sabathia’s, who was granted anonymity because Sabathia had not authorized him to speak on his behalf. “It’s just the aspect of being out there, his family, that kind of stuff.”
He isn’t anti-Yankee.
He is pro-being near his family.
Big difference.
I agree thats why I said “apparently”..Shoulda been more clear
Boston swoops in and signs Tex – Angels use that money to sign Sabathia = horrible post-season for the yankees
this is bad news because it creates a doomsday scenario – one in which the red sox get better and the yankees once again are a step behind theo and his gritty gutty ushaven neanderthal beasts
Step back from the ledge, christopher. Don’t panic until panic is warranted.
cant help it….i am one of those fans who screams at a reliever for walking a guy when they are up 8-0 in the 7th
http://www.corante.com/brainwa.....20road.png
Okay, so operating off Ben’s intelligent prediction that we can’t sign both CC and Tex, since us signing Tex would enable the Angels to sign CC, how should we proceed? Let’s assume that none of these dominoes fall until Tex signs, and assume he signs with the Angels (probably the likeliest scenario, unless the Orioles jump in and blow him away.)
Are we back at Dunn? Manny? Since it seems Cashman wants/has been ordered to get two pitchers, Lowe? Can we do Lowe + a non Manny bat?
CC at 6/140
Lowe at 3/48 (perhaps with an option we’d decline)
Dunn at 4/60
Pettitte 1/13
and call it a day?
L-Damon-CF (not my preference, but what else can we do for ‘09?)
R-Jeter-SS
L-Dunn-RF
R-ARod-3B
L-Cano-2B
S-Posada-C
L-Matsui-DH
R-Nady-LF
S-Swisher-1B
CC
Wang
Joba
Lowe
Pettitte + the kids in Scranton
i really think they need to go sheets over lowe…I would rather 180 sheets inning than 220 from lowe. If the team gets CC, they will have the depth in Hughes, Aceves, and Kennedy to give sheets a couple of DL trips – the my arm’s a little sore and it needs rest ones – and give Joba help on his innings as well with a good long man in the pen
Me too. I’m just betting we actually sign Lowe and not Sheets. Just a rumor-mill induced hunch.
What is your prediction if Tex signs with Redsux angels sign CC. after tex signs what do the yankees do to still consider it a productive off season.
You know as much asYou know all of this working with Cano just may be to help his intrest go up with other teams.
sorry for the terible typing my comp is lagging You know as much as id hate to see cano gone they might just be working with him to boost his intrest with other teams
That doesn’t really make sense. It’s not like they have to trade Cano, no matter what.
im not saying they have to trade him im just saying its a possibility this is what there doing
I cant listen to Gammons without thinking that he’s pushing Bosox strategy…….consequently, anything that he says IMO must be measured as propaganda………so whenever he says anything that can help the Sox, I try to heavily discount…..he wants NY to think that CC and Tex are waiting for each other to sign…….I dont think Cash is buying it…..
You may have a point there about Ol’ Grandpa Spittlemouth.
Spot on. Gammons is why Theo is so quiet, Gammons is his Hank lol
I think Theo feeds Gammons……he’s his Goebbels…..Minister of Bullshit..
I also think that the yanks must now get deeply involved in negotiations with burnett, lowe, and sheets and at least get one signed. If they feel burnett is the best of the three than lock him up.
They can also start to push CC a little more and begin negotiations with Manny. If he sees that 140 million offer disappearing he may be more apt to sign sooner
agree, hopefully CC will be straight up with Cashman this weekend at there meeting. We cant just sit there and hope the Angels are gona get Tex thats why the Braves are jumping on Burnett NOW.
hahah i know you’ll all think I am a dumb ass for this but I think we should sign Jon Garland. With Texeira and CC it is hard to tell how it plays out but I would say it isnt unreasonable to say that Anaheim isnt Tex’s first choice and NY isnt CC’s. I’d go for tex, lowe, and garland or whatever. Keep texeira out of boston. I like CC but I dont know if it is worth it.
CC isn’t worth it? Yet Lowe and Garland are? Can I have some of what youre smoking?
I dont know Garland wins for some reason, I can’t justify it by saying he is good. But he wins. Im not saying give him a lucrative deal but he does fill a role. I think lowe is a good player. He is older, but I think he has a few good years ahead of him.
I was extremely confident that we were going to get CC no problem these past weeks. However it is now looks like there is a possibility that CC would maybe take a lesser offer to stay on the west coast. If we miss out on CC i think that would be disastrous. He is the ace that we need and is the fastest way were are going to get to number 27. Without him it pushes pettite up in the rotation and puts more pressure on Joba to perform along with us probably giving AJ 5 years. Please sign CC
trade for peavy