Let’s Not Forget The Best Thing About The Swisher Trade

Friday, November 14th, 2008

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 not [...]

Buying Low On Nick Swisher

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

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 [...]

Okay, Here’s Something I Would Trade Cano For

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

NoMaas advocates Matt Cain for Cano. This makes sense on a lot of levels and if possible, I would get behind it. Cain is 23, and yes to me those four years to make a difference when you are comparing it to a proposed Peavy trade. While I normally believe that you shouldn’t trade a [...]

The Yankees Collection of Puerto Rican Catchers Expands

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

The Detroit Tigers have traded veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the Yankees for hard-throwing reliever Kyle Farnsworth.
Rodriguez, a 14-time All-Star in the option year of a $50 million deal he signed with the Tigers in Feb. 2004, will step into the hole in the Yankees’ lineup created by Jorge Posada’s shoulder injury.
Posada had arthroscopic surgery [...]

(Late) Look at the Yankees-Pirates Trade

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

My excuse is that I’ve been out of the house since right after it happened. Here’s the official breakdown of the trade with Pittsburgh:
To Pittsburgh: Jeff Karstens, Dan McCutchen, Russ Ohlendorf, Jose Tabata
To New York: Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte
Who The Yankees Got
Xavier Nady is having a year far above his career norms with a BABIP [...]

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