Yankees Outfield Surplus

There's no way the DOdgers make that deal for Kemp. Please let's not even make any Kemp proposals as it will only anger evey non-Yankee fan (see Cano for Kemp rumors). But Kemp is the kind of player you build a team around and I don't think we have anything that they desperately need that can help them immediately.

The Braves lineup would be deadly if the Braves could deal for both Nady and Swisher maybe something like
Braves get:
Nady and Swisher
Yankees get:
Hernandez, Prado, Redmond, and Valdez...maybe more

If Matsui was substituted for Nady in that deal, I would think Anderson/Blanco would be substituted for Hernandez and probably drop Redmond from the deal or substitute a lesser prospect for him too

You are correct. I really don't see the Braves having any interest in Matsui espically with his contract, injury problems, defense, and hitting left handed. I mean the Braves say they aren't interested in Dunn, a guy thats almost a lock for 40 hrs, because of defense and he hits left handed. Dunn could probably be had for as much or maybe a little more than Matsui is set to make next year. I'm also with you on saving money for pitching because , in my opinion, you have to have pitching to win because in this game, it doesn't matter how many runs you score because if your pitching gives up more runs than you score, you still lose.

I like the 1st lineup better drumzalicious, I think we need the speed at the top of our lineup and escobar thrives in the number 2 spot. I don't think it's too bad of a lineup myself. If Francoeur bounces back were capable of 3-4 runs a game easily.

Although I do think acquiring Swisher would be a very solid move my the Braves and it would improve the team. Jus wanted to make sure my last post didn't make people think i was against the Braves getting swisher. I am very much in favor of the move.

If its a free agent i would prefer sheets. i just have this gut feeling that Lowe is gonna go down this season and a few more times over the length of the contract he wants. If we are going to take an injury risk on a pitcher i say take sheets. less time in a contract since he only wants 2 years. plus when he is on he is more dominant than Lowe. i highly doubt lowe will put up the same numbers this year as he did last.

I'll take sheets.

Also why not move chipper to the clean up and put swisher in the #3? i feel as though that would get swisher some pitches to hit seeing as how people wont want to face chipper especially if he keeps hitting like he did last year.

The only thing I would worry about with Chipper moving to the cleanup spot is they moved him to th 4 hole a few years ago, but he said he always felt more comfortable hitting 3rd so they moved him back. I'm afraid it might be a mental thing for Chipper and as a Braves fan im sure you know that how well we do this season offensively is going to ride heavily on Chippers shoulders.

I don't like any of these trades. The trade that won't go away is Melky for Mike Cameron. Cameron's veteran presence would really help Brett Gardner and he'd definitely fit into the mix and feed off the rest of their now explosive offense with the Texeira signing. Cameron gets maligned for his hitting because of his 130 Ks a year, but this is a guy who once hit 4 HRs in a game with Seattle. Melky for Cameron remains on the table and hopefully it'll get done. Melky Cabrera has shown that he has a slow bat and will never hit much with the Yankees so it's time to move him. Keep Matsui, Damon, Swisher and Nady. They're an excellent outfield core and I think Swisher will be a big impact player for the Yanks.

I still don't see the Braves aquiring Nady but I bet they'll deal for Swisher. The Giants could deal Sanchez for Nady.
Giants get:Nady
Braves get:Swisher
Yankees get:Sanchez, Prado, and prospects