Yankees Considering Sexson?

WHAT?!!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Brian Cashman signs Sexson he should be fired immediately. He should be fired for even considering Sexson. Not that I have anything against Sexson, but if Matsui is going to be out for the season then the Yankees HAVE to sign Barry Bonds.

Sexson is currently hitting .344/.423/.623.

Against LHP obvously.**

Who cares? This is a guy who's hitting .218. Of course he's better against lefties, he's a right-handed hitter. But you have to acknowledge that Sexson only has 61 AB against lefties this season versus 191 AB against righties. Give me another lefty bat who can dominate any pitcher like Bonds over Sexson any day. Remember, Sexson's going to face righties the majority of the time...and he's going to get out the majority of the time. Do the Yankees really need that if they want to win this year?

"Give me another lefty bat who can dominate any pitcher like Bonds over Sexson any day."

See, but the thing is that I think people have to accept that Barry Bonds is not an option. Or at least not an option to essentially every single front office in baseball. He's been by far the best available hitter on the market for like the past 8 months and nobody has bit. He lowered his demands to nil, essentially saying he'll play for free. Nobody bit. The guy is simply not an option.

Considering that I think Sexson would be a good addition for either New York team. The guy is a year and a half removed from consecutive quality seasons with 34+ homers and he's still only 33.

I'm not saying he'll ever come even close to those numbers again, but you have to admit that he's a guy worth taking a flier on when your team can't hit lefties for shitt.

What do they have to lose? They'll be paying him the pro-rated minimum, and if he stinks they just cut him. Low risk, high reward. What's the worst that could happen?

I'm not a Yankee fan, but it would make sense for them to give Sexson a shot at the major league minimum if they need someone to mash lefties. If he works out, great. If not, cut him. Like someone above said, low risk, high reward.
It's exactly what the Cubs did with Jim Edmonds. His numbers were god-awful and every scout that saw him said he was finished. They took a flyer on him for the minimum salary and he's been raking ever since he got there. Sexson could be the exact same type of acquisition.

Even though I'd prefer a contact hitter rather than an "all or nothing" power hitter, he has to be upgrade over Shelley Duncan or Wilson Betemit.

As far their struggles against lefties, even really mediocre pitchers - Jorge is still out of sync, Melkey is out classed at the MLB level, and Jeter has been downright dreadful at the plate this season.

Coming into the season Sexson had a .244/.289 split that's first half (pre All-Star game)/second half (post All-Star game)... So he's about 20 points below his career average for 1st half production, not exactly time to ring the bell... The Mariners are run poorly and Sexson has done well with his new stance and should've been close to .235 by the break had they not jerked him around with his at bats... That would be less than 10 points below his career average and he hits around 65% of his homeruns in the second half of the season, so that means that he's on course for 30 HRs again... Another normal Sexson season, they just didn't want to keep him around long enough to make the fans started asking for his return and/or they wanted to make room for LaHair now, to see if they need to find a 1B in the offseason... But there you go, analyze splits until you are blue in the face, but the only one that matters is his 1st half/2nd half splits taht say he's about on par with his normal numbers... Also, check out his home/away splits and you'll see that lefty/righty is a mute point... Sexson is a good pick-up and anybody that thinks otherwise should take themself outside and kick their own ass to save the mob from having to come to your house to do it for you... The Yankees suck, they can use anything that can be thrown in their general direction... Posada will have to become the DH, so they need a platoon partner for Giambi, so it's not like Sexson will start all the time...

What's arrogant about not wanting a guy who's hitting .218 who can only play 1B/DH ??? I call that foresight.

The yankees really can't sign Sexson. Hes only able to play 1b/dh. They have Giambi and Betemit platooning at 1st and at dh they have Giambi/posada/matsui/damon. Both matsui and damon are coming off leg injuries so they likely wont be able to play the field. Posadas are is a joke right now so Molina is the every day catcher. Even if they thought he'd be a great upgrade to their lineup there is no place to put him. They do need a right handed bat though the outfield is the only place where they can add a player. Melky should be sent down to relearn how to hit. And while Sexson is cheap i wouldnt expect money to play a factor here. From the players standpoint, hes in a contract year so i dont see him signing anywhere expect for a club that will give him serious playing time. Which the yankees cant.

On a side note, Tim i know your busy but surely you can do something about posters who offer no baseball talk in their posts but badger and inappropriately insult other posters.