Heyman's Latest: Holliday, Bradley, Hudson

wow I actually like the idea of Hudson in center but dies he have the arm?

How about moving Jeter to center where his bat is still fine and signing Furcal to play ss

Don't know enough about Hudson ability to play CF, but I don't mind thinking outside the box.

I too am in favor of them resigning Abreu, but it seems like they have decided to move on. He may want a 3 year deal, but he puts up 300-20-100-20 with a high OBP, its hard to duplicate that.

Oh yeah and Heyman seems willing to write anything these days.

Hudson as a CF? I don't see it, there are other teams that could use him as a 2nd baseman.

I'll say it again, Holliday makes NO sense for the Nationals. Would be an absolutely horrible trade. His away stats are comparable to Dunn, who wouldn't cost any prospects. Not to mention I don't think they can re-sign him. The rental idea is absurd.
The fact that they are even THINKING about Burnett and Tex makes me damn excited, though.

I dont mind either of the 3 for the nats, they need a huge bat of those caliber. If they do go for Holliday, they cannot rent him and have another Soriano here.. They need to be sure to lock him down long term.

But just the thought of the nats interested in them makes me happy to know they want them to get better lol, but they need to act on it.

I'm not really sure what the Nats would offer that the Rockies really want.

So they get a CF and Damon does what exactly? DH? 1B? He's not good enough offensively to be worth enough at either of those positions.

Michael - Damon hit .303/.375/.461 in the leadoff spot - why is that not good enough? Whoever started assigning production to positions is a moron. If I got 30 HRs and a .330 AVG from my SS and only .270 with 5 HRs from my 1B, What would there to be complain about?

Zrosey21,

Those guys were making completely logical arguments against what clearly were illogical plans for your Yankees. What's the payroll going to be? $275 million? These guys are just trying to explain to you that your ideas simply aren't realistic. You aren't thinking about the other 29 teams and the fact that they might be trying to win a World Series as well. And then there is the whole lets not use Nady after declining Marte's option, essentially meaning we threw away four young players thing. That simply would be a huge waste of assets, and realistically every front office knows better than to do that.

And also, that sick response you just made, which totally showed B3NG4L that you don't take shiit from nobody, made you sound like a douchee. Grow up.

oh and btw, i guarantee you that Xavier nady will be in the yanks lineup at the end of spring training... guarantee you

Zrosey21 - you need to chill out.

When you post a stupid lineup expect people to criticize it. This is a public forum. And some posters (including Scribbletone) are actually quite bright and know what they talking about. Just because they have a different opinion you shouldn't have to resort to name calling. Grow up already.

If you don't want your fanboy posts to get negatively commented on either don't post again or get your own blog. You can write all your Yankee fanboy crap all day long. You can also then moderate the comments so that only those that agree with you are represented.

That would be a win/win for everyone.

Instead of signing/converting Hudson, the Yanks really do need to explore moving Jeter to CF. That would allow them to sign a superior offensive player to Hudson (Furcal) to man SS. The Yanks would be much better with Furcal in the lineup instead of Hudson IMO.

The Jeter move is inevitable. Why not fast track that for 09? I think it's totally silly to say things like, "Jeter is slated to move into CF for the '10 season". How about instead of using arbitrary deadlines you base decisions off actual performance. Jeter is an awful shortstop that gives away a huge amount of hits every year. Make the move today and the Yanks will be better in 09.

"THANK YOU!!! yanks12025!"

You do realize that this was said by someone who is clearly a Yankee fan. I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying, that could be why he doesn't think you're an idiot.

And honestly I just think are far different ways the Yankees can go to have an equally stacked lineup. How about signing Teixeira, Jim Edmonds to a one year deal, CC Sabathia, Lowe/Perez/Burnett, and call it a day.

You throw out a lineup of:

LF Damon
SS Jeter
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
DH Matsui
C Posada
RF Nady
2B Cano
CF Edmonds/Gardner/Cabrera

And then have a rotation of Sabathia, Wang, Chamberlain, and Mussina/Pettitte and Hughes. That team would be very good

Let's say Edmonds costs 1/6 with incentives, Tex costs 7/148, and CC costs 7/150. That adds about $50M to the Yankees' payroll bringing them around the $190M-200M range, right where they should end up around. It just doesn't make sense to throw big money at Hudson to have him play center, and then keep Cano, a poor defensive player, at second. I know Hudson is declining at second, but he's better there than Cano, and that just isn't a good idea for the Yankees.

If they really want to get a second baseman and convert him into a centerfielder, how about Rickie Weeks???

Or move Jeter? I mean the defense sucks at short and can't last that much longer. He should be solid in center for a year or two, and then maybe the Yankees go out and land J.J. Hardy or a FA shortstop like Orlando Cabrera.

As for the Yankees salaries ...

According to Tim's off-season outlook the Yanks will stand close to $150m. Just looking at potential signings here are some rough figures:

Abreu - $13-15m
Pettitte - $12m
Mussina - $12m
Tex - $18-20m
Sabathia - $20-25m
Burnett - $15-17m
Lowe - $15-17m
Hudson - $10-12m
Furcal - $12-14m

To tack on to their existing payroll the Yanks will need at least 2 new FA starters, a 1B (or move folks around like Damon or Posada to play 1B) and could really use a catcher and 8th inning reliever.

That's a lot of holes to plug especially if you dedicated $45m just to Tex and CC.

Looks like we all have similar thoughts on this ...

lol...Alright, I think I am done posting in this little section...

Alright Yanks...you got 11 players there. You need 25. The other 14 players will not add up to "only" 10 mil.

Use Cot's Baseball Contracts..

Why dont the Yankees sign Kotsay to play first? It seems they dont want to go long term on a first basemen so Kotsay for two year wont be bad. you can put him in center sometimes and have that Spanish guy "forgot his name" play first.

The reason why the yanks are looking at hudson is because cano is history the centerfield gig is to throw everyone off.I said it from day 1 cano will not be a yankee in 2009 quite frankly im glad

gmblingptcher20,

bradley is great, i enjoyed having him in texas this year... but 12 per is simply too much for a guy who isn't durable and careered it last year. i think he should look for 7.5/8 per for 2 years and be satisfied.

personally i think he fits in the al where he can dh and play lf when necessary, but his body i don't think can handle the grind of being an everyday outfielder.

It hasn't been tested yet, Sox, but from the YES Announcers and eveyrone I've heard, he could play CF, but would probably be as bad as Matt Kemp in terms of Range Factor. I would think the Yankees want defense in center - otherwise they would just put Damon out there.