New York Yankees Thoughts

Brandon, is it just my computer or is the dark blue “recent posts” link not being updated? Mine has been showing links to posts done 2/1 and earlier.

AJ can be truly effective for the team? I’m sure the sabre-metric guys can quote the stats that he can be, but do the few really good starts make up for the enevitable implosion starts? I would think that some combination of the ‘major league ready’ guys can do just as well. If some sort of return, even if it’s stocking up on some AAA or AAAA position prospects, there might be some return on the original ‘poor’ investment.

Ibanez is turning 40 on June 2nd and last year he was a bad defensive corner outfielder with a .707 OPS. I don’t think anyone’s offering him a full-time job.

I don’t agree with this notion that if he goes to the NL, AJ will bounce back and make us all look bad. Sure, NL lineups are more forgiving, but they’re still professional hitters, and you still need to be able to command your pitches to get them out.

Hopefully if/when AJ is gone we get a potential 4th outfielder who would be an upgrade over Jones/Dickerson,etc. I see Hughes in Long relief and Garcia as the 5th starter.Still confused why we need another Player to DH.With A-rod,Jeter,Swisher,and Tex .and adding Branyan and Hall into the mix do we need another aging player too ???

1. Hughes should be the 5th starter with Garcia as the longman. Hughes serves no use to us in the pen with Mo, D-Rob and Soriano pitching the late innings. We need to see if Hughes can pitch a full 200 inning season. Plus, I don’t think Garcia would repeat what he did last year.

2. That last spot in the pen should go to either Cabral or Meyers. They are both rule 5 guy so we wouldn’t keep them if they don’t make the team. I think Cabral is the favorite because he is a lefty that can pitch in the mid-90, which is never a bad thing. As for Meyer, I could a situation were they choose to go with him over Cory Wade in the pen since Wade’s contract is non-guaranteed.

The rest of those guys competing for a bullpen spot don’t interest me much. Miller is always injuried, the league has caught up to Okajima and he has been horrible the last 2 year and Decarmen has iffy control and never lived up to potential.

3. Why do you want Cervelli on the team? To say he is a below average player is being nice. The guy is a bad hitter and a lazy/horrible defensive catcher. Plus, I can’t stand his attitude/antics. I hate John Lackey but I wish he would have pegged Cervelli back in August to knock some sense into him. Cervelli is just so annoying with how he thinks and should be a bigger part of the team than he really is. I would go with Romine as the 2nd catcher. He is a much better defensive catcher, looks like he can hit a bit and would be a good way to break him into the big leagues. I would not shed a tear if the Yankees seen Cervelli down to be either Gustavo Molina’s back-up at Triple-A or the back-up at Double-A.