Rosenthal On Sheffield, Repko, McPherson

It appears as if Sherman is no fan of Sheffield either and the Yankees ever so quickly diced the idea of bringing him back for an encore visit.. Smart move.

My favorite part of Sherman's view on the new Yankee stadium:

"the only channel allowed on in the clubhouse is the organization's propaganda-laden house organ?"

With regards to the clubhouse have 5 TV's and all being onto the Yankee's YES channel. That was hilarious.

with a bench of swisher, cabrera, molina, berroa, it just doesn't match up.

maybe mcpherson instead of berroa, but then ransom would be the only one that could sub up the middle. not ideal flexibility.

maybe someone pays the right price for melk?

his bat would play well at YSIII

I'm failing to see the "upside" you guys are speaking about when it comes to McPherson right now. He hit .067 for the Marlins in spring training going 1-15! He's now 28 years old and has a career line of .245/.298 with 126 k's in 371 ab's. Yes, he has power...if he actually hits the ball. But I don't think the Yankees are nuts for not seeing this kid as "the answer".

I'm not a Berroa fan either...but this guy has more versatility and at least has had some success at the MLB level and a good spring.

I'm failing to see the "upside" you guys are speaking about when it comes to McPherson right now. He hit .067 for the Marlins in spring training going 1-15! He's now 28 years old and has a career line of .245/.298 with 126 k's in 371 ab's. Yes, he has power...if he actually hits the ball. But I don't think the Yankees are nuts for not seeing this kid as "the answer".

I'm not a Berroa fan either...but this guy has more versatility and at least has had some success at the MLB level and a good spring.

Posted by: jjyankeesfan2 | April 03, 2009 at 09:48 AM
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spring training stats are usally meaningless but the upside i refer to is the fact that hes 27 and has a 970 career OPS in the minors. Last you he went 275/379/618 with 42 hrs in AAA. Im not talking about the guy like hes the savior of the season or anything just saying he could be a platoon partner for Ransom. His "upside" is likely greater than anything Berroa would provide since Berroa really does nothing well

Oh, and as far as McPherson, don’t believe the hype. The three locations where he posted the strong lines, also happen to be three locations which are extremely hitter friendly. (Arkansas, Salt Lake City and Rancho Cucamonga) Take a look back at all the Angels prospects coming up the last few years where it was said they had such a strong system. You will probably find that none of them are coming close to what their minor league numbers point to being possible, and the best of the bunch (Kotchman) is right around League Average with the bat.

Really, there is little to no upside in Dallas. He might be an ok emergency fill-in, but nothing more.

I'd definitely take Melky over Wise/Anderson in center. Offer them Lillibridge for Melky and a low level guy or something, that deal would make so much freaking sense for both teams.

"42 homers is 42 homers, no matter how hitter-friendly the league. Not saying he deserves to be a regular or that he can ever even be that good, but 42 homers makes you a useful player, even if you're Dave Kingman."

I don't know, I really think McPherson has ran out of chances. Even with his monster numbers in AAA, he was still striking out at an EXTREMELY high clip (37.5%). He does have some serious power, but he simply doesn't make enough contact to be a solid MLB hitter. In each of his past two stints in AAA, he's posted subpar batting averages (.275 and .250, respectively) in spite of high BABIP's (.340 in each year).

I just see little reason to believe that McPherson is capable of making enough contact in the majors.

"no matter how many home runs he has hit against inferior pitching in hitter friendly locations at an advanced age."

That seems like a pretty solid way to sum up McPherson's 2008 performance.

I think the Yankees are making a big mistake by passing on McPherson. A platoon of Dallas and Ranson could provide at least league average offense and better then average power at the hot corner until Rodriguez's return. Berroa who will most likely get the last roster spot is a waste of space with no upside whatsoever.
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Why act as if Dallas is some sort of super human player. He hit a mere .263/.318 against righties. Berroa offers a little more versatility.

No thanks on McPherson....

We have enough underachieving here in Fresno. Sans Fresno State Baseball of course. The Giants need nothing that this guy has to offer.