New York Yankees News and Notes

by Frank Campagnola on Dec 11, 2011 7:01 AM EST in New York Yankees News

Good morning, Pinstripe Alley readers. Last night, Outside the Lines shocked the world by revealing NL MVP Ryan Bruan tested positive for a PED, and I'm still not sure how to react. Who knows, maybe Braun's camp is right and the test is actually invalid. For the sake of the Brewers' fan base, let's hope so. Anyway, here's your usual morning news.

Over at The Daily News, Mark Feinsand shared some Brian Cashman quotes. Among the headlines, Cashman was told that Mariano Rivera is fine. Additionally, he mentioned that Hector Noesi is a starter and he needs to get his innings, so if all goes well, he won't be wasted in the pen the way he was in 2011.
Wallace Matthews of ESPN made the guess that neither Yu Darvish nor Yoenis Cespedes will be wearing Yankees pinstripes in 2012.
Matthews also cited a team source who was disgusted over the Marlins recent spending spree. From the source: "Where do you think the Marlins got all that money to spend? From revenue sharing... From us." I have to wonder how accurate that is, and I have to wonder how much revenue sharing the Marlins have pocketed over the years.
Andrew Marchand provided his five Yankees related notes to take away from the Winter Meetings.
Matt Imbrogno of The Yankee Analysts wondered if the Yankees' lack of spending has anything to do with saving up for Yu Darvish.
In his mailbag, Mike Axisa opined that the Yankees would have needed to offer Manny Banuelos, Brandon Laird, and George Kontos to match the Diamondbacks offer for Trevor Cahill.

Have a good one, and come back for the Sunday football open thread later.

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I am glad Mo's going to be okay

Matt Mulligan is the worst TE ever

by 2xtheBully on Dec 11, 2011 8:05 AM EST reply actions

Uh...

Isn’t that the point of revenue sharing? That it be spent on improving the teams rather than on a new jet for Jeffrey Loria?

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Dec 11, 2011 9:11 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

Therein lies the problem

There are no “rules” as to where the money is supposed to go, not that I know of, anyway. And if there are, then it needs to be better regulated. Better yet, get rid of it. It seems unethical, to me.

Romine!

by david d on Dec 11, 2011 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

Exactly what I was thinking

I guess the Yankees don’t have to like it, even if they have to do it.

The idiot formerly known as pkyankeefan! Now in Technicolour!

by Hasan Paliwala on Dec 11, 2011 10:29 AM EST up reply actions

cahill

every time he pitches vs the yanks they bomb him.

by yogimyman on Dec 11, 2011 12:45 PM EST reply actions

has that guy been banned?

because I really don’t want to read anymore posts from him. EVER.

by jetanumba2 on Dec 11, 2011 12:52 PM EST reply actions

Which dude would that be?

The idiot formerly known as pkyankeefan! Now in Technicolour!

by Hasan Paliwala on Dec 11, 2011 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

Hahahaha! @MattF15, I Was Just Going From One Extreme To Another, In Naming & Probably Mispelling The St Louis Catchers Name, But My Point Was That I Just DON"T See A Major League Superstar Status Future For ROMINE, @Jetanumba Even Though I Don’t See Big Things For Romine As A Yankee, We Need To Use The High Demand For Montero, To Win NOW!! And Using A Lil Foresight, Maybe We Will Be Thin In Our Catching Depth In The Minors, But A Few World Championship Trophies “NOW” Should Soften The Pain, And As We All Know Money Talks, And My Yankees Have Never Been Shy About Pursuing A Superstar Catcher Or Any Position Player With Them Big Bucks!!

by Petey P&S (Plain & Simple) on Dec 11, 2011 1:06 PM EST reply actions

I'd rather build a team that can compete for years

than make as many ‘win now and screw the future’ moves. If we wanted to the Yankees could have signed Pujols, CJ Wilson, Heath Bell and Jose Reyes in order to win a championship “now” but it would absolutely cripple the team in about 5 years. I don’t want that, especially when we’ve seen time and again that spending the most money doesn’t guarantee a championship. The reason we haven’t made any moves is because Cashman is confident enough in this team that we don’t need “win now” moves that will later doom us. Right now the Yankees are trying to field the most competitive team they can with the most valuable players we can amass for the cheapest price. With the new CBA teams over the luxury tax line will be penalized even more and the Yankees are on a path to lower their payroll so they have the flexibility in the future to make the best moves possible. Right now the contracts of CC, AJ, Arod, Jeter and Tex are gumming up most of the payroll and until some of them start to come off the books we’re probably not going to see a lot of free spending that the Yankees are “known” for.

by jetanumba2 on Dec 11, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions

Thanx Jet!! Finally Somebody Who Knows What Their Talkin About, And Given Me Better Clarity On Why The Yankees Are Not Actually Makin Any Moves, Has Stepped Up And Made It Totally Clear!!

by Petey P&S (Plain & Simple) on Dec 11, 2011 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

Longest headline ever?

by waw on Dec 11, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

I capitalize every word to make my statement stronger.

BSME

by Xavier10 on Dec 11, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions

I capitalize Every other Word

by long time listener on Dec 11, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

i only capitalize My Penis

Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows

by Rorschach44 on Dec 12, 2011 1:44 AM EST up reply actions

Good call.

BSME

by Xavier10 on Dec 12, 2011 7:30 AM EST up reply actions

Braun-same ol song & dance

might be a likable guy, but they all deny deny deny and say test is flawed. no way. this is 2nd level test to prove synthetic testosterone. Busted. Question: is this biggest PED bust ever? Bigger than Manny or Arod? Both past primes and pretty much expected. Braun in prime, reigning MVP and not expected.

by mspcpa on Dec 11, 2011 5:41 PM EST reply actions

I didn't expect Manny or A-Rod

by waw on Dec 11, 2011 6:04 PM EST up reply actions

You're kidding, right?

But I would say Clemens is the biggest bust ever, if in fact he can be considered “busted.”

Romine!

by david d on Dec 11, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions

Clemens is a good one

but that was expected after he was done with the bosox then miraculously came back with Jays.

by mspcpa on Dec 11, 2011 7:26 PM EST up reply actions

I honestly don't sit here and think to myself "Yeah, that guy's cheating"

Call me naive. I am always surprised and disappointed when someone gets caught cheating.

by waw on Dec 11, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions

In the beginning of the steroid scandal, I guess I didn’t really suspect them either. But after the Mitchell Report, I had a feeling it was only a matter of time when they would be outed. I mean, just about everyone else who had big power numbers during that era had already been connected in some way or another.

Romine!

by david d on Dec 11, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions