I'll take Pavano over Zambrano, that is if Carl doesn't tear his rotator cuff putting on his jersey. I'd take Hughes over both, but won't argue if the Yanks don't feel he's ready to return yet. The last thing I want is for him to come back and struggle and have that get in his head.
5 You'll have to hang on, word is ESPN wants to trade Steve Phillips to Baltimore for Jim Duquette; apparently his douche quotient is off the charts. But wouldn't this be a lateral move that helps no one?
Just reading Zambrano's name in reference to the Yanks pisses me off.
As Cashman holds his nose, wading through the dumpster of not-so-appealing pitching options, I have one word for him (and two arms): Venditte.
Looking forward to seeing the ambidextrous kid doing his thing in the bigs next month. Him, Hughes, Joba, and A-Jax (ok, and Mo) are pretty much the only players in the organization who intrigue me at this point. The rest are penciled in on the "dead-to-me-until-next-year-if-not-forever" list, and I'm running out of reasons not to ink those names now, and get it over with.
13 Um, Venditte is currently pitching for the SI-Yanks. He's not going to be in the majors for at least a year or two. The kid hasn't even pitched in A-ball yet.
16 Except that's he's a reliever, not a starter. He's currently SI's closer. He does intrigue me, but not to the point of replacing Robertson or Bruney. He is nowhere near ready at all. I'd much rather see Melancon, Strickland or Patterson up than Venditte.
21 Dude, I know he's not a starter, and fully understand he's not a viable option for the near future but he interests me more than anybody you listed.
20 Cash with the Chateau Lafite budget, and taste for Ripple?
he's fringe-mediocre from the right side and that's his strong side ... if he even makes to the majors for a cup of coffee, i'd say that would be a miracle.
25 Yeah, I might have suggested that. If I did, it was just the futility of the season talking. The other day I almost suggested here, in all seriousness, that the Yanks abandon the DH for the rest of the year and make the pitchers hit. I'm dizzy from the futility. Please bear with me until I can adjust to the altitude down here.
27 I still don't think we're going to make the playoffs, but we're what, 5 out? That's not impossible. This team will have to go on a tear, but its possible.
OK now, when one of the key anchors of your rotation is Sidney Ponson and you're contemplating adding either (or both) Carl Pavano and Victor Zambrano, it should be clear that you aren't going to the post season.
Right?
29 it was never about the pitching ... it's still not about the pitching ... if this lineup hits like it can/should, we'll be in the hunt until the end
32 i wasn't really stating we were going to be in it til the end, just that pitching really hasn't been the main issue with this team's lack of success ...
29 I don't know about Toyota, but I imagine not a lot of people are saying "I Wanna Work For Ford" right now, except maybe the ones who are in the line of fire(d)...
Unlike Carlos, Victor is not a psychotic weiner who will pull his belt off during a brawl and have his team say that he was "changing his shirt"? There's something to be said for not being a serial killer with an electric slider. Long live Victor!!
I bet we could trade Igawa to Texas to get him back!
(Related question - who's stock has fallen farther this year, Igawa or Steven White?)
I'll take Pavano over Zambrano, that is if Carl doesn't tear his rotator cuff putting on his jersey. I'd take Hughes over both, but won't argue if the Yanks don't feel he's ready to return yet. The last thing I want is for him to come back and struggle and have that get in his head.
you may want to copyright the phrase "douche quotient" .... its a keeper ...
we'll call it DQ for short
As Cashman holds his nose, wading through the dumpster of not-so-appealing pitching options, I have one word for him (and two arms): Venditte.
Looking forward to seeing the ambidextrous kid doing his thing in the bigs next month. Him, Hughes, Joba, and A-Jax (ok, and Mo) are pretty much the only players in the organization who intrigue me at this point. The rest are penciled in on the "dead-to-me-until-next-year-if-not-forever" list, and I'm running out of reasons not to ink those names now, and get it over with.
I'd rather see what he's got than give so much as one pitch to Pav-zbrano.
Thanks! >;)
12 oh yes - we have a lot of dq ratios to determine
20 Cash with the Chateau Lafite budget, and taste for Ripple?
he's a nice story.
he's not a prospect.
he's fringe-mediocre from the right side and that's his strong side ... if he even makes to the majors for a cup of coffee, i'd say that would be a miracle.
OK now, when one of the key anchors of your rotation is Sidney Ponson and you're contemplating adding either (or both) Carl Pavano and Victor Zambrano, it should be clear that you aren't going to the post season.
Right?
I hope Matsui comes out on fire . . .
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
A. Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
NadyLF
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
I. Rodriguez C
would that go ...
damon
jeter
abreu
arod
giambi
posada
nady
matsui
cano
or
damon
jeter
abreu
arod
matsui
posada
giambi
nady
cano
that's a fun lineup to play around with ...
too bad, too bad.
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