I had a dream where the Yankees traded their potential sort-of Curtis Granderson for the real thing, except that it really happened. There’s a whole lot of analysis better than anything I could provide you with about this trade (click on those Yankees links on the side for some of them), but I like talking [...]
Archive of posts tagged trades
Let's Not Forget The Best Thing About The Swisher Trade
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 [...]
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 [...]
Okay, Here's Something I Would Trade Cano For
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
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 [...]
(Late) Look at the Yankees-Pirates Trade
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 [...]
