Comments on: If the Yanks could shed one contract, who would it be? http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:19:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hughes has been nothing less then spectacular | The Voice of Yankees Universe http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-448816 Hughes has been nothing less then spectacular | The Voice of Yankees Universe Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:44:19 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-448816 [...] If the Yanks could shed one contract, who would it be? / A-Rod optimstic [...] [...] If the Yanks could shed one contract, who would it be? / A-Rod optimstic [...]

]]> By: Reality Check http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-447005 Reality Check Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:07 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-447005 Scott Boras is laughing his MAO on this one. He took a player with career influenced steroid enhanced stats and fooled the Yankee bean-counters into paying him absurd amounts of money when every other team is baseball would have passed at signing A-Fraud. A-Fraud was useless to Texas and is of no value to the Yankees when he's batting .207 with only 1 home run outside the new shortened-wall "juiced" Yankee Stadium. Why does he need rest when he's able to party with Hollywood harlots till 3:00 a.m.? The real outrage is that Barry Bonds who on the day of his last game was TEN TIMES the player that A-Fraud will ever be is being blacklisted by the owners and is the subject of a government witch hunt while A-Fraud does his mea culpa and is "forgiven" by Yankee fans. The Yankees should have signed Barry Bonds for peanuts and told A-Fraud to take a hike when Boras pulled his phony baloney opt-out BS. Scott Boras is laughing his MAO on this one. He took a player with career influenced steroid enhanced stats and fooled the Yankee bean-counters into paying him absurd amounts of money when every other team is baseball would have passed at signing A-Fraud. A-Fraud was useless to Texas and is of no value to the Yankees when he’s batting .207 with only 1 home run outside the new shortened-wall “juiced” Yankee Stadium. Why does he need rest when he’s able to party with Hollywood harlots till 3:00 a.m.? The real outrage is that Barry Bonds who on the day of his last game was TEN TIMES the player that A-Fraud will ever be is being blacklisted by the owners and is the subject of a government witch hunt while A-Fraud does his mea culpa and is “forgiven” by Yankee fans. The Yankees should have signed Barry Bonds for peanuts and told A-Fraud to take a hike when Boras pulled his phony baloney opt-out BS.

]]> By: Matt ACTY/BBD http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-445025 Matt ACTY/BBD Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:25 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-445025 <strong>he could strike out less</strong> He augments those strikeouts by plenty of walks and good power. It's worth nothing that his BB/K rate is the highest of his career at 0.81. <strong>catch fly balls</strong> Notice the positive UZR/150 mark--that means he's saving more runs than the average player. <strong>not run the bases like he’s drunk. </strong> That shit happens every so often. Hell it even happened to Beltran this season. he could strike out less

He augments those strikeouts by plenty of walks and good power. It’s worth nothing that his BB/K rate is the highest of his career at 0.81.

catch fly balls

Notice the positive UZR/150 mark–that means he’s saving more runs than the average player.

not run the bases like he’s drunk.

That shit happens every so often. Hell it even happened to Beltran this season.

]]> By: Ricky the Knick and other less-than-sure things « Backpage NY http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444994 Ricky the Knick and other less-than-sure things « Backpage NY Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:15:59 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444994 [...] If the Yankees could shed one contract…they’d still have the highest payroll in baseball! (River Ave Blues) [...] [...] If the Yankees could shed one contract…they’d still have the highest payroll in baseball! (River Ave Blues) [...]

]]> By: matthagggs http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444908 matthagggs Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:15:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444908 Since you asked, he could strike out less, catch fly balls, and not run the bases like he's drunk. Other than that he's been fine. Really. Since you asked, he could strike out less, catch fly balls, and not run the bases like he’s drunk.

Other than that he’s been fine. Really.

]]> By: matthagggs http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444894 matthagggs Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:03:07 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444894 Numbers shmumbers. Marte stinks on hot ice. Or to put it another way, he's not markedly better or more reliable than Phil Coke is. Unless he normally throws 100, he was healthy earlier this year in Fenway, and threw the best he ever has as a Yankee. But he still served up a walk-off bomb. I dunno, for 12 million bucks aren't we supposed to be saying "bring Marte in"? Have you ever said that? I sure haven't. Numbers shmumbers. Marte stinks on hot ice. Or to put it another way, he’s not markedly better or more reliable than Phil Coke is.

Unless he normally throws 100, he was healthy earlier this year in Fenway, and threw the best he ever has as a Yankee. But he still served up a walk-off bomb.

I dunno, for 12 million bucks aren’t we supposed to be saying “bring Marte in”? Have you ever said that? I sure haven’t.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444848 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:34:18 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444848 Except for the fact that a majority of those numbers weren't in the NL, they were in the AL with the White Sox. So, that's a red herring as well. Except for the fact that a majority of those numbers weren’t in the NL, they were in the AL with the White Sox. So, that’s a red herring as well.

]]> By: BklynJT http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444828 BklynJT Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:19:09 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444828 A productive catcher who can play DH. Not that bad. If only we can shed his uptight attitude. A productive catcher who can play DH. Not that bad. If only we can shed his uptight attitude.

]]> By: BklynJT http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444824 BklynJT Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:16:38 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444824 Or because we realize he isn't as good as his numbers (in the NL) may lead us to believe. Or because we realize he isn’t as good as his numbers (in the NL) may lead us to believe.

]]> By: JP http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/if-the-yanks-could-shed-one-contract-who-would-it-be-13560/#comment-444788 JP Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:35:28 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=13560#comment-444788 But I think the premise was that you were out of the contract only in the sense that it didn't count on your books for luxury tax purposes. You still had to pay the player. So, the analogy would be that ARod ends up on another team and you are still paying his salary, but you save 20 mil in lux tax. But I think the premise was that you were out of the contract only in the sense that it didn’t count on your books for luxury tax purposes. You still had to pay the player.

So, the analogy would be that ARod ends up on another team and you are still paying his salary, but you save 20 mil in lux tax.

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