Yankees Acquire Nick Swisher

another blindside trade...outfield or 1st base?

What??? From Kenny's standpoint, why?

1B. Obviously.

i like the move for the yanks, but for the white sox why? it looks like they got shafted

doesnt mean they still wont acquire Tex

they could throw him in right and keep nady in left and have damon in center. its a long shot, but odds are hes going to play first.

what this says to me is that kenny realized Swish was a mistake, and we are getting a legit centerfielder this year. Konerko and Thome stay, but now I dont think Dye can leave. Kinda raped by the yankees I think.

Wow, Marquez ?

If this wasn't a salary dump then i don't know what it is.

I cannot possibly state how much I love this move. If its really only Marquez heading to Chicago, its beyond a steal.

I like it, the upside is there and I in no way think this will stop them from going after Tex.

Shaun, unfortunately you can't base what you receive with what you gave up. He had a pretty bad yet, and it looks like KW sold low on him. But that all depends on who this guy he got in return is. I have no clue. If he starts next year, or is valuable in the pen, I think it's a win, and could be worth more than what the Sox gave up last year.

Can a Yankee fan give us a little insight on this Jeff Marquez cat??

(I'd guess it will be announced as CF with the actual plan being 1B assuming our money goes to pitching and not Teixiera. Nothing gained by calling him the 1B outright and softening the cost of Teixiera for an AL rival.)

Well, this is not bad. The Angels must be happy about this trade. Reality is that Tex will cost around 20-22 mil a year and the Yanks plan to give that kind of money already to CC, plus they want AJ who will cost around 15-17.

Marquez is a 24 year old sinkerball righty with an injury history. Backend starter upside. Basically is what a lot of people believe IPK to be prospect-wise.

Jeff Marquez is no crappy pticher. He was one of the Yanks top ones. Switch will be hitting some nice hr in the new YS.

www.firekenwilliams.com ??

i'm stupified...

good move for the yankees.. gives them flexibility and they can play him in CF since they dont seem to care about defense all that much.

Also is Chin Mieng Wang healthy yet?

Well, you Yankee fans wanted Tex and now you got one...

Heyman says Yankees are out on Tex now, Swisher will be used at 1B

The good thing about him being able to play OF is, if Posada ends up not being able to catch, they can play him at 1B and Swisher in CF

jeff marquez is out 22nd ranked prospect, fb, sinker guy with a developing change and slider. Definately expendable, but close to majors posted a 6-7 4.69 era in AAA last yr

Okay, we got news in chicago. Wilson Betemit and Nunez are in the deal as well for the Sox

hey yankees,

you want Adam Eaton too?

Heyman said in on the radio

Said he also thinks Betemit is involved going to CHI

in response to this "Jeff Marquez is no crappy pticher. He was one of the Yanks top ones. Switch will be hitting some nice hr in the new YS."

Marquez is not a top anything. His K rate was horrible a near 4.5 era for the year and hitters hit 291 off of him. Granted he did decent in AAA but it was only 15 innings. Also hes gonna be 25 this nex year... depending on what else the sox got its a good deal for the yanks

Heck no, the Yankees arent out on the Tex sweepstakes. Swisher really isn't as great as you people think. he hit 219, which is by no means an everyday player to me. Let him player center, hes better than what we have now i guess.

While Swisher is a decent player, if this means we are out of the Tex sweepstakes, I'm not too happy with it. Out of the running for Tex before it has officially began?

One ex-A's clubhouse leader out, another one in.

I think this answers the question of if williams knows what babip is or not.

When I first saw this headline I was bummed out thinking we gave up more than necessary to get him. But if the only real big name we gave up was Marquez this is a good deal.

I think Swisher will fit in nicely at first for the Yankees. He is a high OBP guy who works the counts and has tremendous upside. I like him playing first most of the time and playing the OF sparingly if they can give some at bats to Miranda and see what we have there also.

I hope more of these moves are to come. Everyone was expecting the Yankees to sign every frontline free agent under the sun. Maybe they finally realize guys like these are what they need to win championships behind a menacing pitching staff.

Wilson Betemit is the real piece of the puzzle that Williams wants.

This makes a tad more sense now.

The deal is now being reported as Swisher and Texeria for Johnny Nunez, Wilson Betemit, Jeff Marquez.

Knew their had to be more to it, it seemed fishy in its infancy.

Hey Tim,

Do you think that this takes the Yankees out of the running for Teixera?

EWS1532: Clippard was traded last offseason to the Nats so that would have been an impressive trade to include him.

If it is just Marquez, Nunez and Betemit for Swisher and the other prospect that is an absolute steal for the Yanks. Marquez at best is a number 5 pitcher and not to well suited for the AL. Nunez has a nice arm but is by no means a top prospect, and Betemit is really just a utility guy. Now I could have seen them accepting a below average return to get rid of some money but Swish had a very reasonable deal for the next 3 years. Dye maybe costs more and is older...Swisher the Sox got robbed.

nunez is the best player they sent over to CHI. Kid has been starting and releiving, throws like 95 with a nasty slider. Very good releif prospect.

DominicanYanks, I never said he didnt he good in Oakland, just said that his year last year wasnt that great. I hope he turns it around for our Yanks. I just really hope this doesnt hurt the chances of getting Tex. Put Swisher in Center and don't resign Abreu.

Not a Yankee fan but I tip my cap on a brilliant move.

Swish will be terrific at 1B. More importantly, the Yankees can really go "all in" on CC. They just saved $15m this year compared to landing Tex.

I just can't believe that this was the best deal for the White Sox. Absolutely awful return considering what Williams paid for Swish last year. Even if they didn't believe in Swish better deals should have been out there.

"Wilson Betemit is the real piece of the puzzle that Williams wants.

This makes a tad more sense now."

WHY??? Wilson Betemit is not the type of player that 'puts you over the top' he is not really a piece of the puzzle at all. I mean sign Nick Punto to be a utility guy what is the great value of Betemit??

This is ridiculous. I'd rather have uribe.

I would have rather received one good/promising prospect from anyone and resigned uribe than get 2 lack luster prospects and uribe sr.

yanks can still sign Tex. Swish will just move to CF/RF

God I loathe Kenny Williams.

KW trade 3 of the Sox top prospects for essentially Uribe and 2 decent-mediocre prospects.

Way to go Kenny.

Marquez is a sinkerballer with a plus change. Inconsisten, but good potential with the curve... obviously groundball pitcher... probably poor man's Derek Lowe

And when I say depth I mean that if we sign 2 free agent pitchers, have a healthy Wang, Joba and Hughes then it allows us to bring the kids up slowly or use them as trade bait if neccesary to improve at various positions.

The kid Junez has to be the key for Williams. I can't see Marquez or Betemit being the key, even though bet might turn into a good player if he can get consistant at bats.

Chunk, the sox are giving up only 1 prospect and one MLB player, unless I am missing something.

Not sure what to think about this yet myself.

Gonzalez, Sweeney, De Los Santos, Teixiera and one year of Swisher for Betemit, Nunez and Marquez.

When you look at it like this it looks pretty terrible still but if I was a white sox fan knowing williams I would be glad it did not look even worse.

WhiteSoxFan, I'm talking about what it took to acquire Swish in the first place. Not to mention the pitcher we're giving the Yankees is pretty damn good too.

Betemit is obviously an upgrade over Uribe, but as others have been saying, this is selling ridiculously low on Swish. I don't know too much about Nunoz or Marquez, so I don't want to say it's a horrible deal yet, but it's very surprising. Why move a guy who you have signed cheap for the next 4 years after his worst season, one year after giving up three of your top prospects?

I agree that New York got the better end of the deal. I just don't think it's THAT crazy for the White Sox to do this and pick up a .760 OPS guy who plays 1B/2B/3B/SS (albeit not well) and an outstanding relief prospect for a guy with a career .805 OPS.

I like Swisher a lot as well, but I think you guys are really undervaluing Betemit here and the fact that he plays prime positions.

I like this trade as a Yankee fan - to those who don't know who Marquez is, he was once a great prospect who has struggled with injuries. He still has fine stuff, but it didn't seem like the Yankees were as high on him as they used to be.

However, the Yankees got rid of Betemit. That alone makes them the winner of this trade.

So does this mean Melky's overrated skills will be traded? Perhaps along with Cano? Perhaps to San Diego? ...maybe for Peavy? Perhaps? ;o