Yankees sign Slade Heathcott
by Travis G on Aug 17, 2009 12:03 PM EDT
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Just a few hours before the deadline (midnight tonight), the Yanks have signed first-round centerfielder Slade Heathcott, for $2.2 million. It's a bit higher than what was expected, but the Yankees were over a barrel on this one: since they didn't sign Gerrit Cole last year, there would've been no compensation for another unsigned draftee.
Jim Callis is also hearing that second-round catcher J.R. Murphy signed too. (h/t MLBTR)
- Now the question is: will Stephen Strasburg/Scott Boras sign? Latest reports have the Nats' offer being worth around $17 million (with incentives that push it past $20).
- UPDATE 12:12 A.M.: Strasburg has signed - 4-year ML deal worth $15.7 million.
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They HAD to sign this guy. That, in addition to paying him enough to not play football, was the leverage ‘Slade’ had for them to go this high.
Do what Jerry Hairston do
He looks like a douche.
Just saying.
by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 17, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah.....
But, who cares. I’ve heard the potential on this guy is rediculous. I’ve heard power, average, quick guy, good arm, and solid defenisve player. Sounds good to me
Prediction:
He never makes it above AA, then gets traded to Pittsburgh for a crappy left-handed reliever who Cashman will reward with a ridiculous 3-year contract.
by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 17, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
get with the times
dissing on Cashman is soooo 2008.
by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Aug 17, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks like a douche
whos 18 years old, a multi millionaire and managed to overcome 2 drug addict parents to become a professional baseball player.
You sit around and talk shit on a blog. Looks like you’re the douche.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Aug 17, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
No he doesn't,
because he’s got the Yankees cap on. If it were another team’s cap, well, that would be completely different
they overpaid
both heathcott and murphy probably about a million more for the combo than should have been but as was said they both had them over the barrel since there was no comp for either.
with 9 hours left im hoping for stiles, mitchell and thompson to get some more projectable HS arms since it doesnt like meade or lyons is coming and mckenzie seems like he is going to tulane.
He looks like
Catfish Hunter’s illegitamite lovechild.(R.I.P)
by ReggieARodJeter on Aug 17, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions
Which one would you rather they had signed
Slade Heathcott or Gerrit Cole?Gotta agree will be traded before we ever see his big league potential,and just because Cash got lucky 1 yr doesnot mean leave him alone,his manager is still a cobb.Players will not bail him out forever and all you no nothing lovers will be huge haters.
by cashman bashman on Aug 17, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions
They will....
Prolly hold on to heathcott for a bit…. Can’t imagine Cole sticking around too long. Already have three above average catchers.
by Gangsta Yanksta on Aug 17, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole is a SP
and he didn’t sign regardless of the heap of cash the Yanks offered.
He’ll be a top 5 pick when he comes out again, maybe the #1 overall.
And since when do players NOT bail out the manager or GM?
Do what Jerry Hairston do
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 17, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Cash had a very good year
From out of the playoffs to best in baseball in one year.
This year it’s Theo who looks like a clown, all the clever moves failed.
Oakland stinks, how much of a genius is Billy?
Just giving credit where it’s due. Cash looks as good a GM as anyone inbaseball
If I's known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself. Casey
by Cbeck3 on Aug 17, 2009 5:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah he did an awesome job...
..must have been real tough to use the blank checks the Steinbrenners game him to sign the 3 best free agents on the market.
I don’t see how Cashman gets any credit for that.
by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 17, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Well we were never favorites for Tex until literally the last second
He worked well under the radar. Everyone thought Sox had Tex locked down and the Yanks were mere bystanders. Then outta no where Tex comes to the yanks and well we’re seeing the results now.
$180 million changes things
Tex isn’t a Yankee because of Cashman, he’s a Yankee because they wanted him most and paid him more.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad all those moves are paying off, but it’s not like Cashman had some ingenious plan that nobody else did.
“Hey, you know who we should sign … Mark Teixeira. Hope nobody else thinks of that.”
by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 17, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you to a point
but I do think Cashman should get credit for not trading prospects for Santana or Halladay. Instead, like you say, he used the Yankees strength (cash $$$ money) and still has the prospects. Joba and Hughes will be very good pitchers for a lot of years. Tossing $$$ at FAs has been a Yankee strategy for years (decades?), but we used to also burn up the farm system, and where did that get us?
The plan to sign Texiera was a no brainer
but the idea that they didn’t air out their offer like the other teams did was pretty genius (if also a no brainer….why didn’t the ’""genius""" Theo Epstein and crew do it?).
Im sure other teams could have went about the 180 mill the Yanks offered too.
He isn’t a genius, but he doesn’t deserve NO credit.
Do what Jerry Hairston do
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 17, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I love how he signed Nick Swisher to a lucrative free agent contract.
wait, no.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Aug 17, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
At the end of the day..
Its all steinbrenner…he opens the wallet and gives the green light. Cashman has the advantage of working for one of the most successful organizations in business in a top of the line market with a global fan base. Cashman has lived very well based off the success of the late 90’s yankee teams. But you have to agree that he put those teams together. Working under the stress of NY and the toughest owner in sports who values championships and legends and nothing else?. Then dealing with a fanbase who adapted that ideology? Now the man has good baseball sense, i give him credit…but steinbrenner will give anything to be a winner. And you give most GM’s those resources it allows you to take big risk/big reward chances.
Bob Watson...
…Gene Michael, Buck Showalter. Those guys built the foundation of those teams. Cashman was fetching their coffee.
by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 18, 2009 7:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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