Did We Miss Anything?

The Houston radio stations are reporting that Ed Wade had a meeting with Scott Boras (aka "Satan") about Eric Gagne.

WOW!!

the yankees are soooo stupid

(nice tip Alex)

the yankees upped THEIR OWN OFFER!? thats so stupid. the red sox didnt even really put on that much pressure. im laughing my head off at this right now, i cant believe the folded like a piece of paper so quickly

the yankees upped THEIR OWN OFFER!? thats so stupid. the red sox didnt even really put on that much pressure. im laughing my head off at this right now, i cant believe the folded like a piece of paper so quickly

As much as I liked to pretend Kennedy+ would do it, in the back of my mind I had a feeling it would be done.

Well, fortunately that's the luxury you have when your farm is loaded. It won't cripple by any stretch, but I still wish it didn't have to be Hughes.

Looks like they'll get their ace.

As much as I liked to pretend Kennedy+ would do it, in the back of my mind I had a feeling it would be done.

Well, fortunately that's the luxury you have when your farm is loaded. It won't cripple by any stretch, but I still wish it didn't have to be Hughes.

Looks like they'll get their ace.

Oh, come off it, 04. Minnesota could have just said that if they were going to trade Santana to NY, they'd have to include Phil Hughes. The Yankees wanted Santana, they included Phil Hughes.

HEY TIM:

WTF is up with this captcha crap whenever I try to post a comment?

This TypeKey is seriously pissing me off.

Breaking News:
Red Sox now in trade talks with MIN for Hughes.

HA!!

hey tim, i think you missed the biggest thing of the day hahaha, you take a break for 5 minutes and look at what happend

I agree Bedro. And that's part of the reason why a team builds its farm system, so that you don't sell the farm with any one transaction when you get a crack at someone like Santana.

As fans we tend to get emotionally attached to our prospects, but it's not wise to see it like that...considering that Hughes is only a partially known quantity--we know what his potential is, but the Kerry Woods and Mark Priors of the world should serve as a warning of where unbridled promise can unfortunately lead you.

Santana is a bona fide ace, and I believe that given the opportunity, you gotta get 'em.

Yo King, you reiterated the point I already made. One, we won't have to give up Buchholz or Ellsbury, and two... Haren IS cheap for the next 3 years. So, not sure what your point was, but I guess you only reiterated mine. Thanks!

IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!! As reported by Ken Rosenthal, two rival GMs have announced a trade of one Samuel Adam's Winter Lager for three Milwaukee's Best Lights and a one time use of the Bests owner's frosty mug. Early reports are that one of the GMs may have been intoxicated.

And I'm not going to take anything for granted until it's officially announced.

OF COURSE you have to give up Buchholz/Ellsbury; the A's already have a bunch of starters that belong at the back of the rotation. Lester would just get shoved into the 4th/5th spot with Gaudin.

Haren isnt going anywhere unless the A's get a Hughes/Buchholz type in return, in addition to other guys. Why else would he dangle a cheap, good, 27-year-old????????

Mike923, my vote (in favor of the Yankees) goes towards option A. They cant afford to make a hole at 2nd, much less give up the only young offensive star they have. I think Kennedy really isnt that far behind Hughes; Ian's more durable and wont throw his arm out of the window. He's a smarter pitcher with worse stuff, but an innings-eater who can work economically like Kennedy is going to be more valuable than a 5 inning pitcher who strikes out 6 and walks 3. Hughes doesnt pitch economically and I dont think that is going to change.

Mike -- see my post above... i agree we should say so long to cano if it means saving hughes -- we can find another stop gap to play second.

hughes/melky/prospects

OR

kennedy/cano/prospects