Waiver Trade Candidate: Mike Piazza

If the Yankees ate a good chunk of the contract. I wouldn't mind the Cubs getting in on Damon.

I think such a deal might get done, espically if Damon continues to want out verbally, and looking at what Melky Cabrera is doing , it's hard for any reasonable team to sit him. while the other underperfoming OF (Abreu) is again hot...

espically with the trade for Wilson Betemit, Damon now doesn't even look like he's giong to have a shot at 1st (Andy Phillips 's magic hitting is about to come to a close if he doesn't start showing some pop and walk that he had in the minors) . Power wise Betemit owns Damon , and they have Shelley Duncan who might make a great right handed PH.

Still though, if your going to ask the Yankees to eat over 10 M, you'd have to at least give some sort of mid range prospect back.

Would the Yanks take Jacque Jones? We would have zero need for him if we got Damon. Cubs don't seem like they can add much payroll mid season so they might have to give up a decent prospect in order to get the Yanks to eat some of that contract.

I would gladly throw them a decent prospect and Jaque...that seems to make a lot of sense.

Jaque is playing decently right now....but I still think its a big upgrade.

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I like Mike's averages better too, but other than Mike putting those creaky knees on first base with singles there's no difference between the two. Either way the Twins have a slim chance at making the playoffs and they could use either one of those guys down the stretch.

And while you're throwing around steriod allegations, Mike hasn't been elite since the semi-crackdown on roids began either. Along with Sammy, Gagne, Prior, Wood, Alou, Bagwell, Pudge Rodriguez.....we could go on forever.