Yankees Pursuing Manny

manny will play so hard for the yankees when facing the boston red sox.

Im sure they are going to land either Manny or Tex. They Yanks aren't stupid to let that production between Giambi and Abreu go unfilled. Manny Hitting behind Arod would be epic. Arod would get nothing but a buffet full of fastballs. I think Manny has 2 good years left

Would the Yanbkees trade Nady to the Reds? They NEED a Right-Handed Outfielder...what kind of players would interest the Yankees?

I'd send them Bailey, or Thomspon.

I don't think there's hatred for Boston. Manny wanted to move. I think Manny will perform against whoever he plays. However, a lot of the youngsters in Boston (Youkilis, Pedrioa, Papelbon) didn't care for Manny's antics and spoke out against them. I think if anything those are the guys who are going to be really fired up. Manny will be Manny as he always is. He will walk around the bases, make bloopers in the outfield and smack the hell outta the ball.

i love the yankee hate, did you think Boston's grip on baseball was going to last that long? Gotta pay to play

@squid92..
would you rather the Yanks go into the season with a rotation of Wang and Joba?.. I doubt they can make 162 starts between the two..

I wouldnt trade Nady or Damon, I would move matsui, hell i'd pack for him. His knees are shot. It's a shame he was one of my favorites

Here is food for thought, they have about 40mill coming off next year too. So they could sign Tex instead of Manny. Their projected revenue for 09 is absurd, between 600-800million. Thats with a in the crapper economy

Yankees should definitely pursue Manny Ramirez. I heard rumors that he would be their RF so i guess their going to sacrifice offense for defense if thats the case. Xavier Nady would be a welcome addition to Citi Field. Hopefully the Mets put out an offer for him...
Mets:
Xavier Nady OF

Yankees:
Bobby Parnell SP
*Crappy Reliever*(insert name here)
one fill in prospects similar to who they gave for Putz...

I highly doubt we go for Tex now that we got CC and AJ. I just don't see the Yankees shelling out another 160+ Million contract this offseason. Manny or Dunn (though we haven't heard anything about him, just saying), is more realistic at this point from a financial and time committment standpoint.

What's more absurd is the fact that they will probably have a payroll close to 200 million again while everyone else won't even reach 150. Of course, that would still be "less" than their previous total of 209 million from 2008.

Actually Chubz they are having a hard time selling corporate boxes. here read this.

http://www.e-sports.com/articles/2218/1/MLB-is-no-longer-recession-proof/Page1.html

Everything is too expensive. companies are cutting back spending and the Yankees are asking for multi-year commitments on seats that they just cant afford to give out right now. If they have to drop their asking price for these to sell them, the profit margin won't outweigh the cost of the new stadium and its upkeep.

Why dont they keep Nady, he is a great hitter, keep Nady trade Matsui or Melky or both. Nady is younger and I think can be very useful to the Yanks. Manny can DH basically.

why would we trade nady, what is he going to make like $6M id rather trade matsui or damon

Posted by: Dominatio | December 14, 2008 at 11:28 AM

After spending 240 million on 2 people (unless fatty opts out) and the possibility of spending 80-200 million more on 1 more player you are really acting like money matters? Really? Seriously?

lol.. since the yanks spent 240 mil on 2 players.. they can and shoult spend another 160+ on another?.. what kind of reasoning is that?

Its not like I spent 4 bucks.. i might as well spend another 2 bucks..

It says in the article they would shop Nady's name around but i do agree with you that from a Yankees stand point Hideki Matsui should be the one traded. As a Mets fan coming from a Mets standpoint i would love to have Nady back on the team he was one of my favorite players and i was upset when we traded him. He would be a welcome addition in Citi Field.
Yankees "2009" Lineup
LF Johnny Damon
SS Derek Jeter
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Manny Ramirez
RF Xavier Nady
C Jorge Posada
1B Nick Swisher
CF Mike Cameron
2B Robinson Cano

Who cares what the Yankees are spending? Do you see any other teams lining up for Manny? The other day he was whining cause no one was interested.

Posted by: CitizenSnips | December 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM

Yeah, thats because his demands are so outrageous only one organization is ret*rded enough to actually give him 4 or more years at the 30 BILLION dollars he wants.

The Dodgers gave him a good offer of 2-45 with a 15 million dollar option for a 3rd year. Lets see what kind of production he is putting up in 2 years, and he will love that 15 mill option, cause he wont get more as a Free Agent.

I love how Boras loves to bring up Bonds' production over 40...guess what idiot, he was on steroids, no wonder he was able to do so well.

Manny makes sense in NY. No trade to Nady, for the money, production and just a classic type of player you keep him. I agree Matsui seems to be more appealing for a trade. Really a salary dump on him. He is a free agent next year anyhow. I see one of the west coast teams with the Japanese attendance high as a perfect suitor. We do not need much in return.

For that matter package Matsui and Igawa. Dump both $$ and get some small fill in chips. I mean our lineup is pretty solid. What do get in return for Matsui/Igawa trade?

Joe G. would not do well with Manny and is probably telling Hank & Hal he doesn't want him on the team.

Wow, Manny hitting 3rd behind A-rod. Good luck pitchers

I meant hitting 4th

Rolling{Night}Hawk---
Mets:
Xavier Nady OF

Yankees:
Bobby Parnell SP
*Crappy Reliever*(insert name here)
one fill in prospects similar to who they gave for Putz...

I agree with welcoming Nady to Citifield....but I think they can git r done for less. If this is the case then the Yanks are looking to dump so they have a need. Nady is arby eligible and only a year left on his contract. So giving up three players...one in our "Blue Chip" category for one year of Nady is probably overspending. I think we could do it for less.

What type of free agnet would Nady be, does it depend on how well he does in 2009.

Stevie, those are more wishful thinking than reality. There is no backup that supports that Lowell will hit 280-300 after being injured, there is not sipport that Beckett or Lowrie will be better. And trust me you should care who they sign. Because if the sign Tex, you won't go and get Manny back, but if they sign Manny Boston can go and get Tex.

If Man-NY were to become a Yank there's no way possible he would play any OF position. He would absolutely be a DH full-time and fill in as a LF every now and then. Damon can't be traded because we would be w/o a leadoff hitter. Wouldn't make sense to trade Nady since he's only 30 and probably couldn't command much since he's a FA next year. I think he should be looked at as a possible long term part of the OF depending on what kind of year he has in 09. Either you dump Matsui for a low-level prospect and eat his contract or you wait until mid-season and see who needs a left-handed bat.

LF-Damon
CF-Cameron/Melky/Gardner
RF-Nady
DH-Man-NY

They should dump Igawa,Mekly,Matsui & keep the Xman because he is younger and can hit. Let Manny DH and trade all those guys + Kennedy for Peavy or something

The reason to trade Nady as opposed to Damon or Matsui is that he has more trade value than the other two (by virtue of being cheaper) but is unlikely to outperform Matsui or Damon. I'd be happy to sell high on Nady and get a useful prospect in return.

I love the consensus that a guy whos still 23 years old and dominated in college and the minors is a busted prospect. Nope, those 12 starts hes made in the majors will be the end all be all.

I love the consensus that a guy whos still 23 years old and dominated in college and the minors is a busted prospect. Nope, those 12 starts hes made in the majors will be the end all be all.

Posted by: Casanova Wong | December 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM

Well, its just a dam* good thing college and minor league success is what makes a player good, not major league success.

The dude was one of the best prospects in baseball last year, and has dropped off the face of the earth because he cant take it in new york. Maybe he can do well somewhere else, but no one (except yankee fans) is going to give him the status he had last year when the Yankees could have used him as a big trade chip to get Santana. Instead, Kennedy has probly half the value if not less than he did at this time last year.

DominicanYanks, to have manny or tex in the lineup is just to replace what they lost in Jason G and Aberu, Aberu has Tex's hitting average and Jason G has Tex's homerun number. What yankees has improven so far is their pitching. And you said that there is no way to know whether mike lowel would hit that good, trust me, he will. He played throughout his injury last season and he still has .274 and 17 homerun. i'm sure he will do better than that when he's healthy. As for Jed, his average was ridiculous and his strikeout number was way too high. I don't see him going worse than that..and josh, he will have his stuff back, if not at least 2 -3 win more than 12 wins this season. Justin and Buchholz will improve. Ask Buchholz to repeat 2-9 with 6 ERA is almost impossible. So if boston can have their full lineup and pitching back, they can get couple more wins than last year. Yankees will improve pitching wise, but batting, i don't think so.

Lmao. I was never the one to say he should be traded in the first place. Way to read, though.

Yeah, he WAS highly reguarded. That is past tense. Now he isnt worth too much. It would be stupid to trade him right now with his value having plummeted so far, but I think a new team could help him.

Who are they speakin of?

Trying to keep payroll down by signing Manny then moving Xavier Nady is THE most idiotic move I've ever heard of. Nady is a Scott Boras client heading to free agency so he's a rental and he's not going to command a decent package.

If the Yanks are going after Manny or Tex they'd HAVE to move one of Nady, Matsui or Damon. I'd prefer to keep Nady but to be honest it would be worth sacrificing any one of them to add either Manny or Tex.

However this talk of Swisher to CF are ridiculous. He's like the 3rd WORST CF in all of baseball! Besides, the reason he hated the White Sox so much was he doesn't like playing CF. He's good great ability in corner OF spots and 1B. Thats why one of our corner OF's would have to be moved because if Tex came in Swisher would ideally move to LF and if Manny comes in you need room in the corners and at DH. With both Damon and Matsui in their walk years I'd think they'd have some interest. I'd really love to get rid of Damon. I dont like Damon.

Anyway, I've said since day one that the Yanks are going to deny it and say nothing except that they're out of it but at the end of negotiations the Yankees WILL get involved in the Teixeira sweepstakes. I really love Teixeira as a player and I think he's the ideal Yankee. I'd be thrilled if we some how could get him. We do have the money because all of this money we've spent this offseason came off the books so dispite our spending spree we're still saving money.

I don think we get involved in the Manny sweepstakes unless Boston signs Teixeira and Manny's only getting short term offers. Then I think the Yanks will match a 2 year offer or something and see if he'll take it. I think Tex is much more likely than Manny but you never know. I dont think ANYONE could protect Arod in a lineup like Manny so who knows.

Yanks aren't going to trade Hughes, specially when they don't need to add a SP like Peavy. B/c of the signing of CC and AJ, there is now more time for those youngsters to develop.

Another thing to consider is that if the Yanks sign Tex, they won't lose a 1st round pick, meaning the Angels would probably get their 2dn rounder. The Yankees will have picks in the first and second round of the draft in 2009 because of players unsigned in 2008 anyways.

manny will do amazin for the yanks if he ends up their. he will especially try his very best against boston just to piss them off.

projections:

36 HR
110 RBI
.320 AVG

gianthinker:

Look at Damon's numbers. Yanks can live without Matsui, can't without Sparkplug-Johnny leading off. They don't HAVE to move Matsui to sign Dunn/Tex/Manny BECAUSE he's in his walk year. Bring him off the bech to spell the corners/DH.

Damon-DH/LF
Jeter-SS
A-Rod-3B
Dunn-LF/DH
Nady-RF
Swisher-1B
Cano-2B
Posada-C
Cameron/Gardner-CF

Matsui
Melky/Gardner
Ransom
Molina

the yankees better hope all of these signings go off without a hitch. the way they're signing type A free agents, they won't be getting much help from the farm for quite a while.

aznxjapboiz...

You're primarily one of the major reasons I am hesitant to comment here. At no point did your incoherent, angry comment display any intelligence or thought as to what the larger picture is.

My question to you sir is where are you from and what team do you follow? Other than the following the production of the yankees...

This is the question I will be asking every ignorant commentor from here on in.

Been commenting for these last two days, first time ever on this site and I think a lot of people need correcting. Someone needs to do it..

and third place is still third place!

Red sox person. You were not old enough obviously to know that the RS were there or less for like two decades if not more. 1 year does not warrant the comment you made. Take this response I am giving you out of good faith, cause frankly, you will not get one from me again. I know everyone else no longer replies to you on here.

aznxjapboiz- you're blaming the collapsing world economy on the yankees? You gotta be fu*king stupidest post I think I have ever read and thats saying something.

Red Sox Dynasty your perpetually terrible posts are nothing but a joke. I like how you think ellsbury, lowrie, bay and big papi will have bounceback years but for some reason only cano and arod will. Your posts are complete garbage and nobody takes you seriously

How will the yankees trade matsui? obviously my fellow yankee fans would like to trade the aging OF with no knees... be reasonable.. no one will take his salary for anything worthwhile in return..

Manny is more headache than worth

I think the Yankees are in the same boat with Matsui and Damon that the Cubs are in with Marquis and Lee: Yeah, we want to trade them, only everybody that is offered them either wants to give them back an equally large contract, or expects them to pay 1/2+ of it and give the yanks/Cubs virtually nothing in return, which is why the Yankees/Cubs still have Damon, Matsui and Lee (not Marquis, he stinks) teams are not going to take on injury guys like that making 12+ million that are relegated to corner OF/DH in Damon/Matsui's case and pay them as if they were 30 years old and prime years.

Which makes me wonder.. Why are the Yankees talking about weak knees Dye? Same boat as Damon and Matsui with his bad body, even if he did have a good 2008 season?

As much as would like to see Tex sign with Anaheim and Boston for what he could do with those lineups, the yankees have let the guy walk by (so far) that they could have used the most and after him? Dunn, can sign him for 4 years for what can get Manny for 3.

I'd appreciate feedback on my idea.

Since the foundation of "sport" requires a level playing field and there is no salary cap in baseball, it is encroaching on becomming a spectacle rather than a sport.

How would baseball fans react if there were 5 team salary levels which would allow small market teams extra roster spots ie:

Under 50 Million = 30 man roster
Under 70 Million = 29
Under 90 Million = 28
Under 110 Million = 27
Under 130 Million = 26
Over 130 Million = 25

Thanks

Next year get rid of nady and get holliday that would be great. Then Austin Jackson to omg.
Lineup:
1.IDK RF
2.Jeter ss
3. Manny DH
4. arod 3B
5. holliday LF
6.posada C
7.swisher 1B
8.cano 2b
9.jackson CF
idk = pick up

That= lowering salary
Set up= Set up man

"First of all the recession we have is partly due to the fact of the new freaking Yankees Stadium"

I hope that the college that gave you your degree in economics offers refunds.