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Yanks acquire Jerry Hairston Jr.
ByYep, that’s the word from Joel Sherman. He’s a righty and plays many positions. Could they turn Shelley around?
Just as some background on Hairston, he’s a 33-year-old utility man, mostly corner OFs, SS, and 3B. Had an excellent season in Cincinnati last year, but ended up overexposed this season and his numbers tumbled. He’d go along well with Ransom as a guy who can play multiple positions.
Woooo!
That was my exact reaction to Axisa.
So the Red Sox get Victor Martinez without having to give up Clay Bucholz and all the Yankees can do is get Jerry Hairston, Jr? I hope this doesn’t mean they are gonna go try to pick up Bronson Arroyo in a waiver deal later. Good point made on ESPN.com. I believe it was by Rob Neyer that possibly they are stretching out Phil Hughes. I mean why else would he have come back out for the 9th last night when he came in during the 7th?
Because he had only thrown 24 pitches and he’s their best reliever besides Mo and they didn’t want Mo to pitch in a tie game.
ew!
All 3 outfield spots, little 2nd. Not too good at 3rd but either was Ransom.
Goodbye Ransom?
Well hopefully this will at least put the Cody Ransom days behind us?
Shelley AND Ransom can gtfo.
This would presumably put Pena back in the infield in Scranton, right?
Why? The idea of playing him in center was for the long-term.
he was being tried in CF before gardy ever got hurt so this has nothing to do with pena.
Good move assuming it means Ransom’s gone.
Pitcher?
Yanks missed out, maybe michael cashman didn’t realize today was deadline, and as far as holiday is concerned, I guess he didnt learn his lesson from option to aquire J.Santana.
Gold.
michael cashman
holiday
I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said.
Heh. randy = http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkFI.....mhauer.jpg
No, more like his… randy = http://www.smooth3d.com/xterra/assclown.jpg
So, over under at 7 days until Yankees’ fans hate him and want him DFA’ed?
Heh. I’ll give him 6 AB’s. Only 1 hit and leaving 5 base.
Cool. It spells the end of Cody Ransom.
But he’s so athletic. And he can jump really high.
This is it? this is all we did? this sucks
We’re screwed!!! We suck!! Ahhhh!
Oh wait, we have arguably the best lineup in baseball? We have a staff dominated by 2 #1’s in CC and AJ? WE have a pen that has showed promise over the past two months? Oh shit, we’re actually pretty good. Scratch the “we suck.”
Yup. That’s like the 50th year in a row we haven’t won the World Series of the Trading Deadline Championship Trophy.
Dear Brian Cashman,
GO GET JUSTIN FUCKING DUCSHERER ALREADY!!!!
Sincerley,
Escobar
Cashman is probably wondering why you are so hip on an injured pitcher. Wouldnt someone who can actually pitch now be better???
His rehab is already under way and he will be ready to pitch within 2-3 weeks.
Wang’s rehab was underway 2 weeks ago. Wang also hadn’t missed 2 of the previous 3 seasons.
Tony: 1
Red Herring: 0
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I don’t get the obsession with Ducsherer.
He’s cheap and has upside. That’s the obsession.
You’re correct on both points but forgot the part about him being routinely hurt ever since he became a starter. He hasn’t had a full season since 2006. There may be an upside, but part of that means actually being available to pitch.
well I hope this is not it because we need a pitcher not some has been loser
If they don’t get a pitcher today, they’ll get one next month. No need to panic if nothing happens yet.
A really good utility guy who is an upgrade and will make our bench better? Yeah, we can’t have that.
Hairston has played six positions this year, and his numbers are better than Ransom’s in every respect. It’s a good pickup.
Um, can this guy pitch when Joba reaches his innings limit?
+ 1
No need to panic who you going to get in August and by then we could be 10 games back-I mean that because if Joba is in the pen then who is our 3-4-5 starter-Cashman should know this and make something major happen now-
Really?
The sun isn’t yellow, it’s chicken.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Why not sit out a round or two?
Yeah, take it easy, Champ. Why don’t you stop talking for a while, maybe sit the next few plays out.
wtf did he just say?
Let him go, he’s rolling.
Mitre will get rocked tonight… there will be panic.
I regretfully agree.
What happens if he throws 6 shutout innings?
6 shutout innings? Temper those expectations.
Getting another starter isnt for Mitre. its for depth and to skip Joba a few times.
We douse him in water to see if he melts.
Then I’m loving the fact I was wrong and The Sergio gets another start. He is going start to start right now. He’s hardly a fixture.
Yeah I agree Mitre will be down 4-0 by the 3rd inning-I hope Cash makes the move on Halladay
People need to forget about Halladay. It’s not happening. I’d much rather see Cash kick the tires on Bannister or Duchscherer. We need rotation depth if (er, when) Mitre can’t hack it and those guys have upside.
If Duch can return remotely to form during the next two months I would have no problem seeing him take the mound as our 4th starter in the playoffs.
People havent figured out Cashman MO yet which is comical.
He doesnt do these trades. He doesnt trade prospects especially ones he thinks can become stars or even everyday players.
That’s correct regarding Halladay. Bannister/Duch wouldn’t cost much.
I’m glad you know exactly what those teams have requested. What can I trade for a date with Bar Rafaeli?
Stop. You’re being too funny.
Duch is no guarantee coming off the injury and is Bannister really an upgrade over Mitre? They both stink. I am all for an upgrade, but making a move just to make a move seems counter productive to me.
Go check out Bannister’s numbers this season and get back to me. Bannister > Mitre.
But again – and this is important – it’s about DEPTH rather than Halladay-like impact arms.
We’re not making a move just to make a move. We’re making a move to add depth.
No, neither of them are guarantees. We’re not asking for guarantees, just more decent spaghetti to throw at the wall.
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Nice to see that the Red Sox stole Casey Kotchman from the Braves for LaRoche
I give you my poo for your poo.
Kotchman bats 40 points higher and 30 points better on base.
Kotchman’s been somewhat of a bust. But he’s still >>> LaRoche. Much more upside. As a Yankees fan, sometimes it seems like teams are trying to help the Sox. I know…I know…
I agree. Don’t see why Atlanta would have made this trade.
Why would you say that? Because they get VMart for nothing? Or because George Mitchell wanted to go after the Yankees and left the Roid Sox alone?
I cannot wait until August 6th. Let them bring everyone down to NYC. Bring Martinez, Fat Papi, Bucholz, Bard and whoever else they want to bring. This Yankee team is much different from the last time they met. Joba is on fire, Hughes is a killer, and Burnett has been pitching like an ace lately.
Its gonna be neck stomping time. The AL East will be ours after that weekend.
Honestly, the Red Sox are the big winners so far at the trade deadline. I understand everything about Cliff Lee, but based on what the Sox needed, what they got, and what they gave up…it’s nothing less than an absolute steal. Period.
The Tigers say hello.
Yeah, Hughes looked awesome last night. And Chamberlain has been lights out against the Sox this year.
8-0? Not an accident. Careful what you wish for . . .
Roid Sox, that’s AWESOME. Did you think of that all by yourself? And didn’t Hairston admit to PEDs . . .
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
urns.
Crap, here we go again…..
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clearly true.
he said nothing of a desire to make love with livestock and beat women. Also there was no mention of his unwavering support for Al Qaeda or his utter disdain for puppies and jesus.
hey the publish the division standings every morning in the paper.
why don’t you go take a look at those?
also hughes has given up one run in 25 innings, and that was last night, and Joba struck out 12 red sox last time he faced them.
neck stomping time. I like that.
I cant wait for thursday. I WANT BLOOD!!!
2 man enter 1 man leave, 2 man enter 1 man leave.
Any idea who’s headed the other way?
Well, they probably wanted Joba, Montero and ZMac. But Cashman talked them down off the ledge with a lesser package.
Hairston instead of Ransom seems more like it.
For A-Jax? http://twitter.com/JonathanMayoB3
hahahahaha…what a silly man Jonathan Mayo is.
Wow. How can that dude ever be taken seriously after “reporting” something like that? Credibility = Zero
Jonathan Mayo. Quit. Your. Job.
GTFO.
That was supposed to be a reply to Joey H’s post.
That’s what im talking about !
Off to get my Jerry Hairston Jr. jersey in time for the next homestand.
Just had a semi-stroke…..Mayo reported it was A-Jax at first…..
Great pickup for the bench
This just in: the Yankees are sending Austin Jackson to the Reds for Hairston, Montero to the Royals for Bannister, and Joba+Hughes to the Red Sox for Penny.
and peter gammons is really upset they didnt get a smoak type bat for penny
/dead horse beat’d
Miguel or Jesus?
Cashman is a genius!!!!!!!!!!! Our problems are solved for the next 15 years!!!!!!!!
Oh wait…
After watching this guy suck for the Orioles all those years and his PED connection ( they didn’t help- I don’t understand why some guys are blacklisted and others get a pass, though), I’m surprised he’s still around. Not bad for a utility guy though.
Jayson Stark saying Halladay to the Angels most likely.
wow…serious?
He just said on ESPNews Angels about to announce major trade and sounds like it will be Halladay. Phillips and Gammons talking about it now too. Not 100% confirmed yet though.
That would be such a disaster. We can’t beat the Angels w/o Halladay.
If they get Halladay. The AL playoffs are going to be a dogfight with (most likely) Detroit and their badass rotation, the Red Sox with a recently upgraded lineup, the Angels with possibly Roy Halladay, and then the Yankees.
w/e, everyone knew the teams anyway. Important points were no additions in Tampa or Texas.
w/e, the point is that – should the Halladay rumor be true – every other playoff team upgraded significantly (Detroit not so much, but still) and the Yankees did not. Not exactly a good thing is it.
Again, we needed to make a deal FAR LESS than everyone else because we are the best team.
True, but it would’ve been nice to make a deal that allowed us to remain the definitive best team rather than just a contender
We still are the definitive best team.
so 4 pm..thats it right?
So the Sox get VMart for Masterson+ and they turn LaRoche into Kotchman (WT Braves?). Damnit.
Kotchman is horrible though, OPS is non existent for a 1b.
So is Varitek now the backup? Or does Papi sit and let Martinez DH? I can’t imagine they want Martinez at 1B.
So sad that I’m asking about the Red Sox plans on a Yankee blog. I just so much want to talk about maneuvers and Hairston ain’t that exciting to talk about.
v-mart takes 2 days a week from tek, 2 at 1st and 2 and dh probably. tek 5 behind the plate, 5 for big roid at dh, youk gets 5 at 1st 2 at 3rd, lowell 5 at 3rd not that complicated.
LaRoche wasn’t any good either, for a 1B. These are backup 1Bs. I was under the impression that Kotchman > LaRoche. Maybe I’m wrong… can’t get Fangraphs to load right now and I have to run anyway. That’s minor in the end. The biggie is V-Mart, which irritates me but isn’t as bad as A.Gonzalez or Halladay would’ve been.
V-Mart in 2009:
April — .386/.446/.636
May — .321/.413/.468
June — .240/.322/.480
July — .175/.280/.250
Tired legs.
He hasn’t been right since he fouled that pitch into his leg.
I hope that trend continues
Unfortunately it won’t.
V-Mart is a beast.
No.
Adrian Gonzalez is a beast. Victor Martinez is a decent, quality piece.
I disagree, IMO, V-Mart is a beast. 288/354/494 vs the yanks. Beastly if ya ask me. that 494 scares me.
Why is everyone overreacting and acting like the season’s over and the Yankees have no chance? Boston added a piece that is awful defensively at two positions (V-Mart), whose production at those two spots is not as good as what the Yankees have there. Kotchman is good defensively, but he’s not a stud hitter – he’s still living off of what he was as a prospect.
Yes, Cashman didn’t upgrade the pitching staff yet. YET being the key word. There are still waivers, and a lot of guys are going to get through. Why didn’t he make moves? The guys that we all talk about on here were one of two things: 1) too expensive or 2) not good enough, in Cashman’s eyes, to be a New York Yankee; and I’d trust him a lot more than any of you guys (no offense). Hairston gets rid of Ransom, probably, and isn’t that what all of you guys have wanted all year anyways? He’s an upgrade as the 25th man on the roster. That’s all he is. That’s all Ransom is. This year, the 1-9 hitters for the Yankees are better than what the Sox are trotting out there, even after the trades.
Relax. Step off the ledges.
For sure. V-Mart’s offensive numbers have been in a freefall since he fouled a pitch into his leg. Kotchman’s an able first baseman, but he’s not about to reinvent the AL East.
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So the guys available now aren’t good enough, but guys who go through the waiver wire will be?
Who was available right now that fit our needs? Jarrod Washburn’s first half was a pipe dream compared to what his second half will be. He was getting extraordinarily lucky on his BABIP while playing with an incredible defense behind him. Halladay cost too much. Bannister’s been lights out against bad teams and mediocre against good ones. Who does that leave?
That’s whats troubling – there’s very little out there. So where does Cashman go if one of our guys go down? Kei Igawa? Yikes.
Well said
DAMMIT. WE LOST CHASE WEEMS.
EFF THIS.
LOL
Now Buster Olney saying Halladay to the Angels not happening.
You would think being in 1st place in the AL wouldn’t cause so much panic? A lot of overreactions.
so we gave up chase weems?
Yes, Chase Weems was dealt for Hairston.
Jake Peavy traded to White Sox again, this time he is supposed to approve the trade.
The White Sox traded for Jake Peavy for minor leaguers. WOW!
Peavy-Buehrle-Danks-Floyd
Say what you want about Ken Williams, but he has balls.
+ Contreras and Colon
It will be funny if the Tigers added Washburn and still don’t make the playoffs. If Peavy can get back and pitch well, it’s an interesting race.
I honestly have no idea what Cashman and company are thinking of. Jerry Hairston jr is not going to help them win the division, let alone the Series, they needed a pitcher. PERHAPS IT IS MONEY. I never would have believed they went cheap, but after spending very little money on IFA’s, and so far not getting many players from the draft signed, maybe their finances are in worse shape than people realize. We will get an idea comes August 18, when we see which draft picks are signed.
Januz, I love you, dude, but calm down.
We didn’t make any trades because we didn’t like any of the prospect costs involved.
And none of this has anything to do with the draft pick signings or the IFA market.
What is frightening is the likes of the MARLINS were more proactive then the Yankees were. I certainly would not have favored trading Montero (Let alone Joba or Hughes) for Washburn. But I am really interested to see what the motivation for not making trades were. If we see guys like Lyons, Aplin, Cotham and Meade heading to school then we will know that money was a prime motivation.
The Marlins had bigger holes than we do, and were more motivated to try and leapfrog other teams to make a playoff push. We did NOT NEED TO MAKE A TRADE.
And again, no, what happens with Lyons, Aplin, Cotham, and Meade has NOTHING TO DO with what happened today and is NOT a referendum on how much we’re willing to spend on the 2009 payroll. They’re unrelated.
TSJC, sometimes people just aren’t going to understand this very basic and easy notion that you presented in the second paragraph. It won’t matter that Damon Oppenheimer has said this, it doesn’t matter that I believe Cashman has said this too.
People also need to understand that they don’t hand out trophies for winning the trading deadline day championship.
They don’t? Shit.
clayton richard is traded, who are the yanks facing tonight then?
I think the Sox are bringing Black Jack McDowell out of retirement.
The sun isn’t yellow. It’s chicken.
Reply fail.
Really panic? You think Yankee fans are over reacting due to the fact we are in 1st place? We have been in that spot for 2 weeks, only 2.5 games up. The Joba rules will kick in, Mitre is our 5th starter, Hughes isnt stretched out, Wang is on the DL. I wasnt asking for Doc Halladay but some starter depth might have been smart considering. One injury to anyone on the staff and it will be the typical cashman scrap heap waiver deal.
more like crap heap
Do the yanks face Peavy in next 3 games?
He’s still a few weeks away from returning.
He’s not even throwing yet.
He’s on the DL.
Thank you everyone for your support. Hairston can be a good addition. Maybe the Yankee version of Dave Roberts. I am going to improve and hopefully get up to the big leagues soon. I am going to do my best to have the Yankees regret this trade. They will regret this trade.
Good luck Chase!
“To the fans and everybody in the Yankee Universe, I’m sorry. I’m extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season. That was my goal. Something Charleston has never done here. That, and not getting traded for a washed up utility man.
I promise you one thing: A lot of good will come out of this. You will never see any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season. You will never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season. You will never see a team play harder than we will the rest of the season. God bless.”
— Chase Weems
Lemme guess… Tony’s a Florida Gator fan?
Okay, so here’s what happens:
Chase Weems starts off with the Reds Advanced A-Ball team and mysteriously hits .331 with 3 HR’s and 18 RBI’s to finish out the season.
Weems goes 3-7 with a HR and 2 RBI in spring training with the big-club next season.
At AA next season, Weems hits .282 with 12 HR’s and 81 RBI’s, and gets raving reviews for what he does behind the plate defensively.
Weems spends time at AAA in 2010, hitting .271 with 3 HR’s and 22 RBI’s before being called up due to an injury to the Reds catchers. He spends the rest of the year platooning at catcher, hitting .258 with 2 HR’s and 31 RBI’s.
Then, the next three years:
2011: (.273, 9 HR, 68 RBI)
2012: (.281, 13 HR, 80 RBI)
2013: (.305, 15 HR, 101 RBI) *FIRST ALL-STAR SEASON*
Weems goes on to be a career .300 hitter with 182 career HR’s. There you go.
Jim, why don’t you sit the next play out…
Jesus Montero is furious that AllStar spot wasn’t his with 2.4 million more votes…
He will, however, be best known for his defensive capability.
so are there any scrap heap/rehab free agent pichers out there for depth?
Mark Mulder?
No, but most of the names we’ve been talking about all month will probably still be available during August:
Duchscherer
Bannister
Arroyo
Garland
Davis
Pavano
Correia
Interestingly, though, what may change during April is the Mariners are now sellers, and the Brewers and Astros may drop out and sell too. So, guys like Braden Looper, Mike Cameron, and my boy Jose Valverde may be back in play in a week or so. Particularly since they all have nice hefty price tags.
the duke gets claimed no doubt cause he is a pending free agent and cant have that much left on his deal, bannister will be claimed cause he is owed 600000 and then is arb eligible right? or is he still on a team renewal basis? whichever, he gets claimed too.
pavano? youre better than that. garland, davis, arroyo? 3 people youve lampooned others for suggesting?
this seems like you’re just trying to talk yourself off the ledge
I didn’t say I liked all those deals. I just listed who would be available.
davis isnt THAT bad, he’s put up decent numbers this year. i know its the diamondbacks, but still …
pavano?
This move makes the carl pavano signing look great.
that is just a stupid statement
just like acquiring jerry hairston jr is a stupid fucking move?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ_Ja02gTY (safe)
http://www.fangraphs.com/stats.....tion=2B/OF
http://www.fangraphs.com/stats.....position=C
Checkmate. We gave up NOTHING.
how is it stupid? we get an upgrade over ransom and give up nothing.
do you really see that much of an upgrade considering the amount of money ransom gets paid is less than what hairston makes for the rest of the season? Plus defensive metrics say hairston sucks
even if he’s only slightly better than ransom, he’s still an upgrade, and we gave up nothing. hairston had his best season last year and he has 8 homers this year
this is batshit insane
That doesn’t make sense.
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Congratulations!
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DBHOF, is that you?
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That doesn’t make sense. Again.
I have no idea where you’re going here, so I’m jumping ship. Have fun with your crazy by yourself.
how could they trade for a former ROIDER!? at least it’s not Roid Ankles (rick ankiel) but i dont want no steroid hairston. it doesnt matter whatyour spreadsheets tell you i see him and he sucks. with my own eyes.
/dbhof’d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UIO2dAGjgE (safe)
DJ Carrasco is starting tonight for Chicago.
With the yanks needing to make a 25 and 40 man roster move for Shelley do they have to waive him to send him back down when Hairston shows up this weekend?
It’s funny how people hate on Ransom, cry for Cash to get rid of him, then cash gets what is most likely his replacement and seemingly no one is happy.
i know and people were all excited about someone like josh anderson. they are just pissed cause they think boston got better, not sure that is really true, and the yanks didnt make a big move.
The last time the Yankee fanbase was happy with the 25th man utility infielder on our roster was December 24th, 1990, the day before
Al GoreTim Berners-Lee invented the internet.Chase Weems we hardly knew ye.
Alphabet down for S-Dunc. I haven’t seen any mention of Pabe’s theory on Hughes… that he’s being surreptitiously stretched out right now.
some people had the same negative reaction when the yanks got hinske. dude hits a homerun every game he plays. i think hairston is a good upgrade over ranson defensively and offensively
Agreed. There are far, far worse options for the 24th and 25th men on our roster than Eric Hinske and Jerry Hairston.
i actually get pumped when i see hinske in the lineup
depends on the rest of the lineup but yeah i def do not feel anything negative or like oh man dammit. more like, dudes totally gonna crush one ab at least
i would call them 23 and 24 and melancon 25 since he hasnt pitched since like 2006
Touché.
Go ahead and make your jokes, Mr. Jokey… Jokemaker.
im starting to think that the hughes could be stretched out. he could start in the playoffs, and joba will go to the pen. i would rather have hughes start a playoff game than the garbage that will be available in august. hughes was lights out in the 07 ALDS.
i had hope of a deal with the reds for johny gomes not hairston
we already have johnny gomes. his name is shelley duncan.
Yeah, but Hairston can also play 2B/3B/SS, allowing us to dump Ransom when Gardner comes back.
I agree that Gomes is a better bat than Hairston, but Hairston probably helps the team more than Gomes does, all things considered. Gomes just duplicates Hinske.
hinske is better than gomes and duncan is almost as good as gomes
I had hope the Yanks might actually try to get a real pitcher. Instead, we’re going to get typical Girardi crap dealing with Mitre every 5th day because he liked him in Florida. I think we’ve seen enough to know even another team’s #3 would have been a step up…but please, PLEASE…NO ARROYO!
Remember how much people hated Hinske? How many home runs does he have in under 20 at bats?
that was my point exactly. dont judge a trade until u actually see the guy play, especially if u give up nothing
Was there really that much Hinske hatred?
the comments under the post announcing the hinske trade was full of negative comments saying that he was just another veteran past his prime that cant defend.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ske-13896/
Just re-read it. A few people were angry until they found out who the actual prospects were that were given up. The thread was mostly positive.
i saw some jerry hairston top plays and im impressed with him defensively at short
He’s already got a SWEET, totally KICK-ASS YouTube photo montage set to the PIMPTASTIC sounds of Seether.
And look, OMG, KEN GRIFFEY’S IN IT!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OtAu1yFpUY
Does he jump on a 61″ box?
no but he’s still better than ransom
and his father broke up a perfect game with two outs in the ninth
i feel old