Brown's Latest: Furcal, Manny, Abreu

Furcal to the twins! The need is great the money is there and they have no legitimate SS prospects in their system so they can afford a 3-4 year deal at 12-15 a year.

Manny'll hop to the Nats for a 1year, 35-40 million deal.

That's the ONLY way I can see him there.

Oakland signs Furcal and ship out Crosby/low level prospect to White Sox to bring back Swisher to the bay. This will bring the A's an impact starter away from competing against the Angels with plenty of prospects in the farm. Plus fielding flexibility of Swish to move from outfield to 1b if Barton doesn't really pan out. This also pushes Cust back to DH and bench where I'm more than happy with. I'm still not convinced on Cunningham and Sweeney (Sweeney more on his health than anything else.) Also, you KNOW there will be several players on the DL so again, flexibility. Finally, I can't emphasize how important Swisher was to the club in sparking some life into the team... Although his bat might never spark, his attitude and personality will surely put some life into the clubhouse... O, how I miss the Bradley/Swisher year, when the A's really felt like a team with a personality... Wins may be important but characters are also what attracts fans into the stadium, someone specific to cheer for rather than a 'general team.'

The Yankees need to KEEP Abreu, GET Mark Teixera, GET CC Sabathia, & GET either AJ Burnett/Derek Lowe..Along w/ Mike Mussina and/or Andy Pettitte

CF Damon
SS Jeter
RF Abreu
3B A-Rod
1B Teixeira
DH Matsui
LF Nady
C Posada
2B Cano

1. CC Sabathia
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. AJ Burnett/Derek Lowe
4. Mike Mussina
5. Andy Pettitte

Yanks haven't contracted Bobby Abreu? Is he a disease or something?

Hah hah, Jim Bowden. Manny's only slightly more likely to end up in DC than I am.

As for the proposed Yankee roster above, what's the total payroll there -- 200 million?

Oh my f-ing god. If the A's were to sign Furcal and Giambi, then re-aquire Swisher, by trading Crosby + 1, it would be my dream come true! They would be primed for contention:

C - Kurt Suzuki
1B - Nick Swisher/Daric Barton
2B - Mark Ellis
3B - Eric Chavez?
SS - Rafael Furcal
LF - Matt Holliday
CF - Nick Swisher/Aaron Cunningham/Travis Buck
RF - Ryan Sweeney

BEAST. Thats the onlyword I can use to describe that lineup. And for fellow A's fans, FYI the A's have been training Buck to play CF so he can get some versatility, and if you've read a newspaper or mlb.com you'll see that Ryan Sweeney is the only outfielder(prior Holliday trade) guarenteed an opening day spot.

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The Yankees are mad smart. They have to offer Abreu and Marte arb. They'll lose 4 picks if they dont if they sign 2 pitchers, they want Texiera too? Thats six.

"The only way Manny goes to the Nationals is if he doesn't want to win."

That's not a roadblock, because I don't think Manny even knows when his team has won or lost. It's like the "Run Forrest Run" and "Stop Forrest Stop" schtick. If he looks around and sees everyone has gone home, then he knows the game is over.

"The Yankees need to KEEP Abreu, GET Mark Teixera, GET CC Sabathia, & GET either AJ Burnett/Derek Lowe..Along w/ Mike Mussina and/or Andy Pettitte"

They also need to RENEGOTIATE A-Rod's contract upward to reflect his true value, TRADE Cano for Pujols then SIGN Orlando Hudson, PLATOON Pujols and Teixeira at 1B, and then BRING Bob Gibson out of retirement and INJECT him with youth serum.

ZERose21,

Way to change your name from Zrosey21 to this, hoping that might make people think your plan of spend-spend-spend is a good idea. It's no realistic, and I don't get how you could still think it is after you've had a thousand people bash and mock you.

Sabathia, Teixeira, Burnett, Mussina and Pettitte would cost upwards of $90M, which would push payroll over $230M without even filling out the bullpen or the rest of the roster. I know it would consist mostly of young guys but still, the Yanks aren't going into 2009 with a $240M payroll.

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