gonna make a run this year boys!!!

Can’t say how happy I am about this move. It’s a bit pricey but what the hell? Now let’s go ahead and sign Pettitte and Manny so we can measure the drapes for our 27th chip!

but in a good way.

at this point they might as well get Manny too, right?

trade away Matsui, Damon, or Nady. They can sign Manny to DH. Why not? I am crazy.

is how you spell his name.

Protection is a wrong term.

Yes, a better hitter behind A-Rod would prevent him from being walked. But that better hitter would force a pitcher to throw his best stuff trying his hardest to get Arod out. So the term protection is balogna. J.C. Bradbury goes deep into it in his book, The Baseball Economist.

NO more free angents. Wrap it up Cashmen. No Andy Pettite. Let Hughes,Aceaves and the young guys work that #5 spot. I would rather have hughes pitch to a 4.5 ERA than andy. No Manny,quess what, our lineup is perfect as it is. it has depth along with versitility, dont sign Manny and clog it up.

I vote for trading Matsui for a backup guy, maybe a bullpen arm. They Royals have stashed some decent arms in the pen, maybe pay some of Matsui’s contract and trade for a realiver+a backup infielder.

Finally, Aren’t you glad we didn’t trade for Mike Cameron now?! :)

a slight downside could be his split between the first half of the season, and the second half. Hes batting .277 before the break, and .303 after the break.(lifetime stats)

He hits 75% of his homers off of lefties,but has a higher avg against righties.

In 41 games v.s. the Red Sox, hes batting .232.

He will walk close to 100 times, and he is solid at first. So far, he has shown to be durable.

Basically, hes a good addition to our lineup, but hes clearly a second half hitter,looking to win a world series. We have some hungry guys coming into NY for a WS.(CC,Mark)

We may need another bench player who can play the infield. We’re stocked in the OF, but we need someone who can run, provide some pop in PH situations, and who can play strong defense, particularly at 2B and SS. Cody Ransom is alright, but he’s no speedster, no stud in the middle infield, and he has little pop. I’m not sure who we can go out and get who’d satisfy all these requirements, but it’s a need either by trading Swisher and/or Cabrera or by acquiring a free agent like Ty Wigginton who satisfies some of these (he can play 2B well but has never played at short, and he also is no Speedy Gonzales).

Things just got really sick in the AL East. I know A’s Fans (like myself) would love to get Nick Swisher back, so maybe Beane & Cashman will talk.

Good Luck. You better win it all next year. I’d still take Beckett/Lester/Matsuzaka over Sabathia/Burnett/Wang…. you better hope that AJ Burnett’s elbow doesn’t decide to quit.

I bought everybody a shot at my bar after I heard the news.

Manny/A-rod would be righty, righty. I still think Matsui’s got something in him. The guy is clutch. He doesn’t have a ton of power but he can knock it in the gap for a double in a big spot.

Instead of another star, I’d rather see the Yankees go out and get a super-sub, or two.

"The difference this time is that the Yanks have just signed three impact players in their primes. In previous extravagant deals and trades they picked up aging or over the hill stars with big names and uncertain futures.

The same cannot be said for this offseason. Cashman absolutely took Theo to town. "

I can feel chants of “1918” pumping in my blood.

but you can say one good thing about his injury history is that his arm doesn’t have a terrible amount of mileage on it. Personally I think his injury stuff id behind him for the most part as most of his time spent on the dl focused around having a bum elbow, getting surgery on said bum elbow then having some trouble recuperating from said bum elbow surgery.

Take him the hell away from the Dodgers.