Jake Peavy? I'm not so sure I'd want him. A 3.25 ERA in the NL West would translate to a 4.50+ in the AL East. I'm looking over his stats and they're pretty nice, but I'm not sure he'd be a top-of-the-rotation guy here. If you're going to give up two young ballplayers with potential (one of which, when not lollygagging, has already shown MLB talent) you should get a quality vet in return. I'm always leery of bringing a NL starter into the AL, but especially the new-look East now.
Appreciating that I could probably Google the answer quickly enough and just won't, are the dimensions of the new Yankee Stadium the same as the old? Does the new park change the type of player you're looking for this off-season?
I. Love. Hank. Steinbrenner. He never leaves an interview without at least one blue-letter quote. He doesn't go into any particular details, but he does mention a few very general goals and priorities. My favorite parts in blue.
Especially in the pitcher haven that is known as PETCO park. I dont think he'd be a 4.50, but he'd be a step down from what Josh Beckett is and would take at least 1 year to adjust properly to the AL. Probably like 17-8 and a 3.78 ERA, solid No.2 guy for an AL team.
Peavy would be the best starter on the Yanks but I can't see the Padres dealing him for just Cano and Kennedy both of whom killed any value they had last year.
Team W - L Los Angeles Angels 100 62 Chicago Cubs 97 64 Tampa Bay Rays 97 65 Boston Red Sox 95 67 Philadelphia Phillies 92 70 Milwaukee Brewers 90 72 New York Yankees 89 73 New York Mets 89 73 Chicago White Sox 89 74 Minnesota Twins 88 75 Houston Astros 86 75 St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 Florida Marlins 84 77 Los Angeles Dodgers 84 78 Anyone who still thinks Torre deserves "Credit" for this year is a fool! And in Typical Joe Torre fashion....He kills his team because he fuks up pitching decisions. I'm sooo glad he's gone. Sorry, had to reflect... Onto the future Yankees.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3645977 As the New York Yankees began a round of scouting meetings this week to discuss the future of the team, they know that veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte intends to pitch in 2009, and his intention is to pitch for them. Pettitte Sources said on Wednesday that Pettitte's agent, Randy Hendricks, has informed the Yankees of this recently. No contract for 2009 has been negotiated between the pitcher and the team, but he has made it clear that he wants to play for the Yankees and the Yankees have made it clear that they want Pettitte, who went 14-14 with a 4.54 ERA for New York this season. Pettitte made $16 million last season. Pettitte, 36, has sometimes felt the pull of retirement, but late this season, as the Yankees played their final games in their home of more than eight decades, he spoke wistfully of wanting to play in the new Yankee Stadium in 2009. Pettitte is 215-127 in his career, most of which has been played with the Yankees. Buster Olney is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. He can blow it out his ass if you ask me
At anything near $16M, I agree with you. If he's willing to take $8-10M, I'd be willing to bring him back, but even that is a lot. He's back-of-the-rotation guy now. It's hard to justify that kind of money. Sure, the Yankees have no problem throwing away money, but if you're going to throw away that much money, "waste" it on Burnett, Sabathia, and Sheets. It's not like Andy doesn't go on the DL. Personally, I'd rather bring back Moose if I had to choose between the two. If they both come back, then maybe we only pursue one of the Sheets/Sabathia/Burnett/Lowe group. Damn it. I just don't know. Part of me says guys like Andy, Moose, and Abreu should return. Then part of me says "Well, that shit hasn't worked yet, so what makes you think it will now?" Of the three though, I am most comfortable giving multiple years to Abreu. Next would be Moose, and Pettitte I doubt I would give a multi-year at all.
:rofl: That's the funniest shit I've read this week! :up::beer: Did it say how much he wanted? If it's $6-7M/year for two years, I'd give it to him. Even if he fails, that's small enough to eat. More than that though, and it gets really hard to justify.
Hughes doing well in the Fall League. In other news, Bobby Meacham won't be back next year. Girardi claimed he thinks some changes need to be made around the club. Rich Monteleone is gone as well. Long is the only guy with a contract through next year, but Pena and Eiland are both expected to return.
I would take Peavy in a second. Alio, you don't factor in the learning curve for AL batters. When a good pitcher changes leagues the batters struggle and a good pitcher can get away with being off so long as he can keep them guessing.
The talent differential in batters between the AL East and the NL West is ridiculous, though... not to mention the adjustment for parks. I love Peavy, but Petco Park is the best park to pitch in. In the same division, Dodger Stadium is the second best park for pitchers in the game. The AL East has three of the twelve best parks for hitters in baseball (Fenway, Camden, and Yankee Stadium... Toronto and Tampa come in 18th and 19th). Link to park factor page Again, I love Peavy... but I wouldn't go too crazy trying to get him because of the adjustment you'd see. (The adjustment would be to his stats, not to his approach.)
