Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Johan Santana opening day starter for the new york yankees? Im getting the chills thinking about it.






NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins have started trade talks involving Johan Santana.
Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said Monday that discussions are ongoing but it was too early to tell whether they would lead to a deal. He did not detail how far talks had progressed.
"I don't want to get into that at this point, as far as what they want, what we're willing to give and all that," he said. "It's preliminary right now."
Santana is eligible for free agency after the 2008 season, and the
Twins have been trying to sign the two-time AL Cy Young Award winner to an extension.
Asked whether the
Twins had said they would consider a trade, Steinbrenner responded: "Oh, yeah."
The
New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers also are thought to be interested in Santana, who is far better than any of the starting pitchers available on the free-agent market.
Santana's agent, Peter Greenberg, has not spoken publicly about his talks with the
Twins, who last week lost free-agent center fielder Torii Hunter to the Los Angeles Angels.
Santana, a left-hander who turns 29 in March, has a 93-44 record with a 3.22 ERA in eight major league seasons and is owed $13.25 million next year. Minnesota would want top prospects in any deal and while Steinbrenner previously said he wouldn't trade some of the
Yankees' top young pitchers for third baseman Miguel Cabrera, he didn't rule out a deal for a pitcher.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he has received repeated inquiries from teams about Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy.
Santana has a no-trade provision in his contract, and a team acquiring him likely would want to discuss an extension. That means if the teams agreed to a trade, there probably would be a 72-hour window to work out a new contract.
After reaching agreements to re-sign
Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Jose Molina - deals that are awaiting completion - Steinbrenner said the Yankees have turned their attention to relievers. Cashman has said the team hopes to keep Luis Vizcaino.
"Obviously, I think the big thing for us now is shoring up the bullpen all that we can," Steinbrenner said. "Brian is looking into several different things."
Steinbrenner said Rodriguez likely will take a physical this week.






I'm glad the Yankees finally have there priorities strait. Pitching is the name of the game. If you get Johan without giving up joba or Hughes, its a deal that shouldn't even be an afterthought. just pull the trigger.Then if you can do something about Miguel Cabrera that would involve Hughes i do that as well.This is the first time in a while that the Yankees are targeting a top flight starter that didn't reach his prime yet.no more randy j or rocket kind of guys who once were in there prime. this is a good thing.



Oh one thing i don't get is if the yanx say there focusing on the bullpen then where were they on linebrink??

Monday, November 26, 2007

ATTENTION BRIAN CASHMAN THIS IS MY HOLIDAY WISH LIST



I know that half of the things I'm about to ask for probably will not happen, either cause Cashman sometimes is just flat out stupid or because its just not practical but here goes.




#1, Bring back Andy. No matter what it takes. If you have to spend the holidays with him (Theo style)then go for it.




#2, Bring back Louis Vizciano even if its going to cost more than it should.(we all know how hard it is to find a decent reliever.)




#3, sign a top flight reliever. I would have loved Linebrink or Cordero but i will settle for Dotel.




#4, Swing a blockbuster trade. Either something like Kennedy, Melky and Tobbata/Jackson for Peavy and Adrian Gonzalez.


or the current trade that everybody is buzzing about for Johan.(if the Yanx add a Cy young type stud pitcher to the rotation it can do wonders to the team.




#5, Sign a big bat center fielder. I want Andrew Jones.(as i already stated that on andrews worst year he still put up comparable stats to Rowand and Hunter who had career years.)


now that hunter is off the market. If the yanks cant get Jones i will settle for Rowand.




I think that covers every aspect of the team. If all this goes down, then we are improving our starting rotation our bullpen and our everyday line up and our bench becomes outstanding.


Every one of these moves are all feasible. none of them are out of the realm of possibility.






Please Brian...I've been a good boy this year.