Yankees/MLB Hot Stove Report: Greg Halman & CBA Announcement

by Travis G on Nov 21, 2011 6:03 PM EST in New York Yankees Rumors

MLB's owners and players will announce a new 5-year CBA tomorrow afternoon. The biggest changes include moving Houston the AL and blood-testing for HGH.

A trade for Jair Jurrjens centered around Eduarod Nunez seems less and less likely. Brian Cashman said, "Don't waste your breath," while an anonymous source claimed the Yanks were not trading Nunez and that there were serious concerns about Jurrjens' knee injury. Another suitor for Jurrjens might be Kansas City.
Is there an anti-Yankees bias in the BBWAA?
We haven't mentioned this today, but Seattle outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death by his own brother in The Netherlands.
(De)Construction began today to lower the fences at Citi Field.

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"Is there an anti-Yankees bias in the BBWAA?"

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Good one! Does a bear shit in the woods?

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by david d on Nov 21, 2011 7:03 PM EST reply actions

I've been in the woods, and I've never seen any bear shit.

by designatedquitter on Nov 22, 2011 9:45 AM EST up reply actions

I really can't think of any evidence for the anti-yankee bias thing

I can think of two awards given out in the last two decades that Yankee players deserved to win and didn’t…Mariano Rivera deserved the Cy Young Award in 1996 and in 2005 and Hideki Matsui deserved to win the rookie of the year in 2003. On the other side, Roger Clemens won an undeserved Cy Young in 2001. A-Rod won both of the MVP’s he deserved as a Yankee. I’ll also throw out Mariano ‘96 as there was and is no chance of writers giving the Cy Young to a non-closer reliever. So in terms of awards deserved/awards won we’re at -1. That doesn’t show bias.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Nov 21, 2011 7:12 PM EST reply actions

Derek Jeter's Gold Glove? that's a -2 for sure.

by jetanumba2 on Nov 21, 2011 7:18 PM EST up reply actions

I don't think it's the BBWAA that votes for gold gloves

But if you throw in all of Jeter and Bernie Williams’ gold gloves we’re at about +10.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Nov 21, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

The funny thing is

Mussina probably should have won the Cy Young in ’01, so put that one back up there.

Romine!

by david d on Nov 21, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions

No... Rivera did not deserve the Cy in 1996.

No reliever ever deserved the Cy.

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"Why not? I had a better year than he did." - G.H. Ruth

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by Andrew GM on Nov 22, 2011 2:22 AM EST up reply actions

Mattingly ’84. Mattingly ’86. Jeter ’99. Jeter ’06.

Romine!

by david d on Nov 21, 2011 7:16 PM EST reply actions

^Add these to your list, LTATB

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by david d on Nov 21, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions

Both of those Jeters were bad, especially 2006. Juan Gonzalez in 1999 was terrible. If there was a year for a pitcher to win the MVP, ’99 was it.

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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 22, 2011 1:36 AM EST up reply actions

If we'd won all of these we'd be talking about pro-Yankee bias

Jeter had an amazing year in 99 but so did half the hitters in the American League (which is why Pedro deserved it that year for having the best season by a pitcher in history). Among the hitters alone, Jeter wasn’t close to the best.

He certainly had a good case in 2006, but so did Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore. While Morneau was the wrong choice, I wouldn’t say Jeter was the definitive right choice.

Agreed on Mattingly in 86, but I said the last 2 decades.

Mattingly in 84 also, right there, but so were Eddie Murray and Dwight Evans and a couple other guys.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Nov 21, 2011 7:27 PM EST reply actions

Jeter led the AL in offensive WAR in 1999.

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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 22, 2011 1:37 AM EST up reply actions

For the record, Jeter led all of baseball in offensive WAR in 1999 (9.3!!) and the AL in 2006 (6.7).

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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 22, 2011 1:39 AM EST up reply actions

Why are the Mets lowering the fences instead of moving them in?

After all the abuse heaped upon Eduardo Nunez, it’s interesting to see that other teams are interested in acquiring his services. Of course, the same could have been said for IPK and Melky.

by designatedquitter on Nov 22, 2011 9:49 AM EST reply actions