So the Alex Rodriguez sweepstakes wound up not being so exciting, and the Miguel Cabrera sweepstakes do not involve the Yankees and I don’t care about them. This leaves the very exciting Johan Santana sweepstakes for me to care deeply about.
The latest reports are that the Yankees have offered up Phil Hughes and Melky Cabrera and this is where my crazy comes in: I don’t want to see this happen! I am probably a few steps ahead of many other people who don’t want to trade Hughes because I admit I am crazy, and I will even tell you that the crazy really just comes from me be very attached to the idea of the Yankees having a very good “homegrown” starting pitcher (we haven’t had one of those since Andy Pettitte, the verdict is out on Chien-Ming Wang until we see how he does next year) and I think that person will be Phil Hughes.
Strangely, I am not attached to Joba Chamberlain this way. If he were included in the trade I would probably whine, but then get over the whole thing.
I am also convinced that if the Yankees trade Hughes for Santana, that Santana will be stabbed by a wandering homeless man or hit by a bus on his way to pitch his first game for the team. Anything involving ACE PITCHER acquisitions has completely backfired on the Yankees since 2002.
