There is a less than zero percent chance that Jared Weaver will be in a Yankee uniform in the near future, or any other uniform but the Angels. What reason would they possibly have to trade him? He's under control cheaply and already a dominating #1 pitcher. He's not going anywhere for Arod or anyone else.
Any chance we can ship Giambi out of here? He only has 2 years left on the contract and he did have a .970 OPS this year, so it's not like he doesn't have any value. If you can do that, then DHing Matsui is a pretty solid idea.
Not yet, As the offseason comes and I see the people available we will see. My remark was more to say that we need to get people who play their natural position. With all the talk about building team chemistry and improving fielding it might help to have people playing the positions they know how to play.
That's why he doesn't necessarily fit in anymore. Melky should be the everyday LFer. Giambi should play the majority of the time at 1B, but he's going to need a good amount of time at DH. You can't have Matsui playing only 110-120 games. I don't want to trade Matsui, I like him and he's a good hitter. But unless Giambi can play 135+ at 1B, it's hard to fit all the pieces together. In the end it will probably be Melky who loses time, and that sucks.
Sure, it does suck but Melky will have plenty of time in his career to show us his talents. In my opinion, right now, Matsui is the better hitter. However, I don't know what to think about this and I hope it all gets smoothed out in the offseason.
But Sheffield is a better hitter than Bernie, and certainly Matsui is a better hitter than Cabrera, etc. But the reason we are in this outrage in the first place is because we have too many of those sort of hitters in the lineup. That is at the root of this problem and has been a HUGE reason for our failures the last few years. I want to go away from that and put Melky in left, who gives you 5 times the defense of Matsui, and can do things offensively that Matsui can't. It's about balance.
Melky: .290 / .360 / .430 - great defense Matsui: .300 / .370 / .485 - awful defense I'd like to have both in the lineup, but if that cannot happen, I'd prefer to move Matsui. Melky's peak is Matsui offensively with much better defense.
Why get rid of either of them? I'm sure the team wouldn't mind having a starter-caliber player as backup in case of injury (like what happened this season). Besides, it's not like money is an issue.
They don't have to get rid of either of them, and I doubt they will, they'll probably just make Melky the 4th OFer. That's a shame. Melky deserves to start. Matsui might bring back a solid package, as well.
That starter calibar player would have to be Melky because of the money that Matsui is making and the talents he has shown in his career here. It's gonna be a tough thing to figure out this lineup next year
IMO, with what Matsui provides the Yanks (both on the field and revenue wise), I don't think you could get enough for him to justify trading him. He's a damn good player, but he's making superstar money.
After looking at Jaret Wright's contract, I think it would be a mistake to decline his option. On the surface paying him $7 million is a ridiculous idea. The buyout though is $4 million. Considering the Yanks are paying $4 million whether Wright is or isn't on the team, the question really is do you want Wright for $3 million. Unless you really think Rasner or Henn can match his production, it will cost more to replace Wright. At worst I think he's expensive insurance for a team with the resources to do it.
Lineup: 1. Damon*, CF 2. Jeter, SS 3. Abreu*, RF 4. Giambi*, 1B 5. Matsui*, DH 6. Cano*, 2B 7. Posada**, C 8. Cabrera**, LF throw in a 3B somewhere in there * = lefty ** = switch the only thing i dont like is the back to back to back lefties
The third baseman will be Arod, and he'll be hitting 4th or 5th, so that will solve your too many lefties in a row problem.
Should the Yankees sign Seung-Yeop Lee? Someone over at NYYFans said something about signing Seung-Yeop-Lee to play 1st Base next season. I had no clue who he was, and looked him up. I know anyone can edit Wikipedia, but I found this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seung-Yeop_(baseball_player) And this article is from July... http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607070026.html
I am going to ask that everyone keep all Yankees offseason material here. That includes, signings, trades, rumors, firings, etc. I don't want to clutter the forum with all baseball all the time in 4 separate threads.
