Open Thread: Wang’s injury, Hall of Fame day
ByAs we head into Sunday night, we have a piece of news on a Yankee pitcher and a day of celebration up in Cooperstown.
After the game, the Yankees revealed that injured hurler Chien-Ming Wang will head to Alabama on Monday to meet Dr. James Andrews. The baseball medical expert performed surgery on Wang in 2001, and his diagnosis will determine if Wang needs rest or surgery. No matter the outcome, Wang is pretty much finished for 2009.
Meanwhile, up in Cooperstown today, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice headlined the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Despite his arrival in Cooperstown, Jim Rice will never really belong in my mind. Nothing has changed between this year and the 14 other times he didn’t make it. Also on the slate was Joe Gordon, a one-time Yankee middle infielder. Fack Youk profiled this forgotten Yankee. Check it out.
On another note, I’m heading out of town for ten days tomorrow afternoon. I’ll have a few more posts up over the next few days, but for the most part, Mike and Joe along with a few guests will take you through the Yankee road trip and the trade deadline. It’ll be a fun ride, and I’m sorry to miss it. I will, however, be back in time for game two of the Boston series.
Anyway, here’s your open thread. You know the drill. Anything goes. Just be nice.
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i wonder if the yankees would trade for dunn in the offseason or trade deadline?
and why trade for a 5th starter? we have 2 on the team (hughes & mitre), no need to give up prospects for them
Bye Wang…
dunn would abuse yankee stadium like johnny damon has (although at a much higher rate of course)
I don’t know–his home runs tend to be of the type that would leave any park regardless of distance to the fence or weather conditions.
True so he’ll have even more insane HR numbers as monsters will be monsters but he’ll as have a lot of flyballs turn into HRs
i wanted dunn in the offseason this past year because while he strikesout a lot his obp is always good and his hrs are always top notch. his average this year is actually higher than normal so i have no problem dealing for him since i believe it is basically a 1 yr 12 mil deal which basically is replacing matsui with much more production. It would probably also reduce the urgency of bringing back JD or going after one of bay or holliday and more about bay and holliday because they wull probably take 4+ year deals.
honestly, the yankees have enough power, I would like them to look into players who can play a little more small ball. not necessarily bunting and all that, but guys who can play a little defense, move around well, advance the runner when we need him to, etc… I feel like the yanks rely too much on the home run. Then when it comes curnch time and they are facing a josh becket in october and they arent getting any good pitches to hit, they are going to need to keep the game close and manufacture a few runs then knock in runs at the right time. Im not talking about home runs all the time, but a guy who can get a 2 out base hit to drive a runner in from 3rd, just a single. these are things that the red sox and angels do and thats why we lose to them now.
19 of the Yanks next 26 are on the road.
Jamal G had a great stat on Twitter: if you remove the head-to-head matchups, the Yankess are 30 games over .500. The Red Sox are 9.
Oh, and apparently Medchill is stil raking.
but but the yankees are 0-8 against the red sox, so that means the red sox are the far superior team!!11!!
I am SO hoping the Sox gut their farm system for Halladay or Adrian Gonzalez.
Buccholz+Bowden+Masterson+Bard+Kelly type trade.
all those players suck except kelly.
sorry but if im Toronto or SD i want lester not bucholz.
if Toronto is demanding at least Joba or Phil from us or Kershaw from LA for Roy i dont see how they get away w Bucholz who is unproven in the bigs vs lester who can be an ace and is only 25. boston probably doesnt want to give lester up but that should be the cost.
Not me. Bucholz is about to turn 25 and has a career era over 5. He’s no guarantee. Bowden is a guarantee, to be a mediocre, league average Jeff Suppan type. Masterson is a reliever because he can’t get lefties out. Bard is a reliever, possibly a future closer. Closers can be found easily thru trades and FA market. Kelly, too early to tell, but certainly has promise.
Adrian Gonzalez is cheap, young and an absolute beast in the hardest park in baseball to hit.
Halladay would make the Sox the presumptive favorites to win it all this year.
Lester, Lars, Kelly, Bard at least for Roy…probably Clay and another prospect add for Adrian as he is so cheap.
Lars Anderson is GROSSLY OVERRATED, and the Red Sox themselves acknowledged it when they were DESPERATE to sign Mark Teixeira (Why else offer over $170m for 8 years?). Toronto would be better off trading him out of the league, taking a package starting with Montero (But NOT Hughes, Joba or Austin Romine), or holding on to him and getting draft picks instead of taking the likes of Anderson.
i dont disagree i was just trying very hard to find some offensive prospect in their system. lol.
Kelly really has no value being 18 and in A-ball.
tell that to phillies fans who treat jason knapp like he is the next coming at 18 in A ball.
pat, you’re dead wrong. If Theo and the Sox drafted Kelly, he must be a future HOF. Who doesn’t want a future HOF as an 18 year old. Though, if not developed by the Sox, he may not develop into a future HOF, only a 10-12 time all-star. And, let’s not forget, he has HOF potential at 2 positions.
kelly is 19, 20 in october, but dont hate on his numbers as they were just as good as man-ban and we fall all over manny who is still at charleston while kelly pitched at high A as well.
Hahah, we’re not hating, just making fun of the RSHM and sox fans thinking he can be a key component of an A-Gon trade.
he can be but as a 4th piece. the funnier thing for me is thinking that Buchholz can be the centerpiece. as i said if im toronto or sd lester is the centerpiece not clay.
I agree as far as Clay goes, but I don’t think the Sox would trade Lester for Roy straight up, when you consider age/salary/years and to a much lesser extent, handedness.
i didnt say the sox should but to claim as toronto apparently has that you have to have at least 1 of joba and phil if not both and maybe montero in some combination to not require lester is ridiculous.
i wouldnt trade any of those 3 of ours for clay let alone us give up 2 while clay supposedly can be the centerpiece for a boston trade to get a roy halladay.
I agree, Buchh is grossly overrated, if he had never thrown teh no hittah he’s be a nobody.
I recently talked to one scout who told me Red Sox 1st Round draft pick Casey Kelly is “a lock” for the Hall of Fame for at least two positions. Kelly – whose fastball averages 107mph – has earned high praise from scouts, saying he is the best pitching prospect since Daniel Bard and the best hitting prospect since Lars Anderson. It is also rumored that Kelly beat the Red Sox Clay Buchholz in a foot race. Buchholz, of course, is famous for having beaten Jacoby Ellsbury in a foot race, who once beat out Olympian Michael Phelps in the 400 Meter Freestyle. When asked if Kelly should be included in a trade for Adrian Gonzalez, one AL executive said, “No way. He’s untouchable. He IS Adrian Gonzalez.”
For Diamond Cutters I’m Peter Gammons, and I spit when I talk.
He IS Adrian Gonzalez (but a SS) AND Jake Peavy.
In Boston’s eyes he’s Adrian Gonzales, but better (white).
IETC.
I’m SO not. The first four won’t be THAT great, but Halladay and Gonzalez will be.
I just dropped Wang off my fantasy team, so sad. And now Jose Guillen may go too. I’ll never trust the Royals again, first Aviles now Guillen.
just now you dropped wang?
And own Guillen?
Yea, I was holding out hope for Wang and had other dispensable spots. Besides, when he’s on the dl he doesn’t take up roster space. And the Guillen pick wasn’t that high but definitely a mistake. It was my first time playing in a fantasy league.
Yeah, it was probably worth it having Wang on the DL then. He’s not a great fantasy player, but with the improved Yanks offense (and defense) we all certainly expected a lot of wins.
your wang dropped
J.Upton/Dunn/Hardy too much to give up for Hanley? (in fantasy)
Yes
Don’t look now but Joba is pitching better than Porcello.
GIVE ME PORCELLO’S LAST FOUR STARTS!!!
IM GONNA TEACH ALEX A LESSON!
RICK PORCELLO CAN’T PITCH THE 8TH INNING!!!!!!!!!!
SI 8-8 in the 8th. SI has 6 errors, 5 by 2B/SS.
What has JP Ricciardi ever done that was good for Toronto?
Bro he LOCKED UP Vernon Wells
And Rios. And BJ Ryan. He really instilled the moneyball culture there for sure.
And AJ for 5 years with a sick opt out.
Glad Wang is done. He was putrid.
That makes sense.
Your dead on, I hate it when I have some 29 year old bum on my roster who won 38 games in 2 yrs
Especially when they don’t cost you a lot of money.
I’m leaving for NJ tomorrow with my dad and brother. I’m going to be in trenton on tuesday! So pumped.
Ajax isn’t playing tonight… Day off or getting on a plane?
I’m gonna hate myself if he’s called up and it doesnt work
Plane from Scranton?
I figure the guys are already down in Tampa.
BALLIN’!!!!!!
If you were JP Riccardi (frightening thought i know) but which prospects would be on this list it is being speculated he gave Texas about who it would take to get Roy?
Elvis Andrus, Justin Smoak, Josh Hamilton, Michael Young. Take it or leave it! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM! I’M JP RICCIARDI! AY.
nice to see you took it seriously.
Holland, Smoak, Feliz…done deal imo, though that is a lot to give up.
Yea, Andrus is not being moved for anyone unless it was like a 1 for 1
Eh. Holland projects as a #2-#4, Feliz as a front-end starter or Juan Cruz, and Smoak as…Smoak. Though I’m not sure that’s quite enough because of the risk with the two pitchers.
toronto should jump on that. it is comparable to what they asked of us. smoak, feliz and martin perez would also be an excellent package and more likely because it doesnt require anyone actually on the roster now.
pena 3 for 3 2 run hr playing center today.
Mike,
Any reports on how his D has been in Center?
Mike’s MLBTR update on Roy
“8:00pm: Rosenthal just heard from Ricciardi that the chances of Halladay leaving Toronto at this point are “very slim.” Here’s more from the general manager:
“We’ve said that we would listen, but that we would have to be motivated and ‘wowed. Right now we haven’t been. I’ve said all along my gut tells me I won’t be. I still stand by that.”
“If we get to the last week,” Ricciardi added, “and haven’t really made any progress with anybody, I’m not going to say it’s 100 percent certain, but I would have to pretty much think it’s not going to get done.”
It sure sounds like the Blue Jays aren’t going to lower their asking price.”
JP looks like he has blown a chance to trade him at peak value and this might really turn into a Johan situation.
+1
He’s got to lose his job soon. You have a shot here to get young, top of the line talent and are somehow playing this wrong. Roy is the face of a franchise that is going nowhere. It’s time to infuse that roster with more than Ricky Romero and Adam Lind.
you forgot hill. the worst part is that the reason for the screwup wasnt even that he was trying to make these teams swallow one of his hideous contracts.
Right. But the Phillies prospects are overrated, so asking for a lot of quantity from PHI wasn’t a terrible idea. Asking for the moon from the Yanks makes sense because they’re dealing him to a playoff team within the division.
that is one thing but not doing it because he wanted to demand a 27 year old number 3 starter in Happ is a different story.
Drabek, Brown, Taylor, Marson should have been what he wanted. instead because he let his desire for Happ be known everywhere he wasnt getting Drabek or Brown by this morning.
What don’t you guys understand by “I need to be wowed!!” That means pick up Wells’ contract, damnit!!!
And what did he ask for from the dodgers? Dude wants the sun, the moon and all the other planets. He’s stating it publicly too. Next year, he’s going to be out of the playoff race just like this year and will have to accept less(if he still has a job) because it will only be a half year rental.
sorry, dodgers dont have frontline prospects left in the minors so if they want to add roy it would take clayton or billingsley and those make no sense to do.
the phillies on the other hand have 3 prospects ranked high right now.
other than the public demands about what we would have to give up none of it was outrageous.
What about the Angels? Three guys that are currently on the major league roster and a prospect.
seriously? replacing Saunders with Halladay, check. izturis easily takes aybars spot and if u cant replace wood who is hitting 150 u got problems.
Andrew Lambo?
Scott Elbert?
Ethan Martin?
Josh Lindblom?
They’ve got some pretty freakin’ good prospects
ive never heard of them so they suck
Drabek = Hughes lite
Brown = Jackson
Marson = AJ Pierzynski lite
Taylor = Nelson Cruz lite
really enough?
brown is better than A-Jax.
last i checked nelson cruz was an allstar this year.
As far as BA goes cause they are considered the most reliable rankings. its 3 top 25
Midseason this year
Brown 17
Taylor 23
Drabek 24
I would say that is a good haul. 4 of there top 5 prospects. knapp might be better but he is 18 and supposedly has a taxing delivery.
Its not Hughes, Montero, A-Jax but we would never give that up so cant compare it.
JC Retardi is a moron. He’s got no leverage in this situation, either get prospects or draft picks. Guess the moron is picking draft picks.
If he could convince someone (the yanks most likely) to take on Wells and basically give Halladay without getting our studs, that would be 100 mil of salary relief which is probably the best way to go…Now I don’t think the Yanks would bite unless some dough was chipped in, but I said it the other night, and I still think getting the Wells contract off his books should be his main objective
No one is going to take that contract, and giving him and Doc away for nothing doesnt help their club. If they dont make any trades they have 45m coming off the books after next year
Who’s coming off the books? Besides Roy. Also, Wells will be “going on the books” in a sense. Big jump in his pay if I remember correctly.
Halladay 15.75m
BJ RYan 12m
Rolen 11.6m
Overbay 8m
Downs 4m
62.35million
They have a 81m payroll right now, only 44m commited for 2011, but that doesnt count guys getting raises in arbitration.
http://spreadsheets.google.com.....pPs-y5fsTg
Nice, thanks.
I L’edOL after reading Rios and Wells.
Colt’s Baseball Contracts website has those spreadsheets for each team, just click on the team name on the left and then “2009-13 payroll obligations” in the middle under the total team salary
Did anybody catch the story about Tony Pena Jr. being converted into a relief pitcher? He was DFA, cleared waivers, and is reporting to the minors to start / continue the transformation. Really, kind of interesting.
its usually the other way around, switching from pitcher to position player. hes already 28, he just cant walk on a mound and be ready for the majors next spring training. its basically a last effort to stay alive in the game
Sorry.. Coming in a little late.. any word on why A-Jax isn’t playing?
dotf man, dotf
Yeah i read that after I commented.. it could still be because he is getting promoted.. Just like we could get Halladay and we could go on a 20 game winning streak..
we would know already if it was coming at least if it was coming for tomorrow.
Yeah I was saying all of that COULD happen but is highly unlikely..
Any word on Heathcott?
Damn so the Cards have really lost some of their best prospects this year. Just read the mlbtr post saying who the PTBNL was in the DeRosa deal.
It did cost alot, but look at what Dave Duncan did with Piniero and Loshe. And if they’re able to resign Holliday and a (healthy)DeRosa then Pujols, Holliday, Rasmus, Ludwick, DeRosa, Molina is pretty damn good group of guys for the NL.
zach is right that it depends on if they can resign those two guys. they need to because there farm system is dead.
thats my point, they can go sign some guy barely hanging out and turn him into a 15 game winner
I was at the game today and it was definitely one of the two hottest days during which I’ve attended the game.
Word, softball doubleheader in Seaford. Narsty.