The Yankees facial hair policies will prevent him from parading around with his face looking like this: So really, there’s a social benefit to the trade and that should be counted in the Yankees’ favor. The Yankees previously helped out society in this fashion when they signed Johnny Damon. Hopefully a Juan Uribe acquisition is [...]
Archive of entries posted on November 2008
Buying Low On Nick Swisher
The Yankees have apparently acquired Nick Swisher (and Kanekoa Texeira) from the White Sox for Jeff Marquez, Jhonny Nunez and Wilson Betemit. Betemit will probably slot into 3B for the Sox who aren’t keeping Joe Crede, Jeff Marquez is an interesting groundball heavy prospect and Jhonny Nunez is who Alberto Gonzalez was traded for at [...]
Countdown to Free Agency
From Joel Sherman: All things being equal, Sabathia wants to go home to California and play in the NL, where he can hit. But as a friend of Sabathia’s said yesterday, “he is mature enough and realistic enough to know that the Yankees might not make it close. And if it is not close – [...]
Watching Winter Baseball
Winter baseball in South America and the Caribbean, who doesn’t love it? Unfortunately, it can be a bitch to watch. ESPN Deportes shows select games but at strange times like 4AM and 3:30PM as filler between SportsCenter and various soccer matches. That’s where the internet comes in, I was directed towards a site called “Mogulus” [...]
It's Official – Marte For Three (Maybe Four) Years
From the AP: Left-hander Damaso Marte and the New York Yankees agreed Wednesday to a $12 million, three-year contract that includes a club option for 2012. Marte coming back, annoying on a personal level but not terrible. Signing a relief pitcher to a 3 year deal after last year where it was said over and [...]
RAB: Hermida
I mentioned Jeremy Hermida’s name in my last post and just found this: River Ave Blues makes the case for the acquisition.
Why Would You Do This?
According to Impacto Deportivo, the Yankees have agreed to terms with LHP Damaso Marte on a three-year, $12 million contract. There’s nothing about this in English language papers but I saw this on RotoWorld. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why Cashman would do this. Three years? I thought the Yankees learned [...]
Another Andy Update
Looks like the multi-year contract want thing has been blown out of proportion (surprise!), and from what is being reported after actually speaking to the relevant parties Andy is just waiting to hear back from the team. From Ed Price: Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters at the GM meetings this week that “Andy [...]
Zoom Zoom Zoom
The Hiroshima Carp’s new stadium is officially going to be named the “Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium” and I can’t decide if that is terrible or incredibly awesome.
Gold Glove Results
The Gold Gloves are all officially announced now, here they are in comparison with the Fielding Bible Awards. The Fielding Bible picks from all of MLB and picks one for each outfield position as they are different and should be quantified as such. NL Gold Glove AL Gold Glove Fielding Bible (All MLB) 1B [...]
