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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Pedro, Byrd, Ibanez, Figgins
On this date three years ago, the Red Sox traded for Doug Mirabelli to be Tim Wakefield's personal catcher. Mirabelli had to put his uniform on in the car from the airport and arrived 13 minutes prior to first pitch against the Yankees. While trades in April and May are rare, they are not unprecedented. Let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere...
- Fire Ned Colletti Now argues that Ned Colletti does not deserve an extension. My head just exploded.
- Sox and Pinstripes makes a case for the Yankees signing Pedro Martinez.
- Jorge Says No! takes a look at the market for Paul Byrd.
- More Hardball puts together a roster of the highest paid players ever.
- Fangraphs reviews the Yankees drafts from the past three years.
- The Fightins honor Raul Ibanez's first month with the Phillies. The signing was highly criticized.
- 6 Pound 8 Ounce Baby Joba contemplates the Yankees acquiring Chone Figgins.
Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.
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Ugh, no no no no no.
No to Pedro. $5M for someone who MIGHT be an effective reliever??! Riiiight.
No to Chone - he's going to cost too much. I'd take him for a few $M a year, but he's going to demand more than he's worth.
Posted by: V | May 01, 2009 at 09:34 AM
1. As long as we're talking about signing Chone and not trading for him. Problem is that he's a starter on almost every team and the Yanks wont have him starting, unless he's playing CF. I like CoCo Crisp better as a CF FA on a 1 year deal for the Yanks.
2. Why would they sign ANOTHER arm to block Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy? These guys are MLB ready and they need to pitch. Now, I'm one of Pedro's bigger supporters on this site, but he just doesn't make sense for the Yanks.
Posted by: melonis rex | May 01, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Completely agree with everything in that Colletti article.
Did Colletti make some good moves? Absolutely. One of them at the expense of my team. He also made some awful moves.
Logan White and Kim Ng are easily the centerpieces for the team's success. Good drafting? Check. International relations? Check (the Kuroda deal was almost all Logan White).
Posted by: melonis rex | May 01, 2009 at 09:53 AM
"The Fightins honor Raul Ibanez's first month with the Phillies. The signing was highly criticized."
One good month doesn't make it a good signing. Let's see how he is later in the year or the following 2 years.
Posted by: icedrake523 | May 01, 2009 at 10:41 AM
"One good month doesn't make it a good signing. Let's see how he is later in the year or the following 2 years."
Even Mets fans like yourself have to admit that Raul has had a good first month. Also, note that neither site said it was a good signing, so I'm not sure what you're trying to make a stand against.
Posted by: mford | May 01, 2009 at 11:47 AM
melonis-
I totally agree about Pedro to the Yanks (though I'm not as big of a Pedro supporter as you). What is the logic at this point of keeping Hughes and Kennedy down in the minors? They need to start facing MLB hitters, facing guys in AAA isn't going to make either that much better at this point.
Posted by: mford | May 01, 2009 at 11:52 AM
melonis -- which trade are you referring to? only trade i remember between OAK and LAD was bradley for ethier, and was that Coletti? i thought that was depodesta.
Posted by: metsknicksrutgers | May 01, 2009 at 01:18 PM
One good month doesn't make it a good signing. Let's see how he is later in the year or the following 2 years.
Posted by: icedrake523 | May 01, 2009 at 10:41 AM
icedrake,
you say that on your knees praying and fingers crossed?
Posted by: philsWSchamps | May 01, 2009 at 02:24 PM
Yeah, at this point what purpose would Pedro serve? Of course it's early and anything can happen (see Wang) but you can't sign Pedro and sit him in a glass case marked "break glass in case of emergeny". As for Figgins, he's a good player and might fit well in CF and as a super back up in case Arod needs a day of. I really like Pena's defense at SS and 3B but would prefer him back in AAA when Arod returns so he can play everyday and work on his offense. I'm not sure what it would take to get Figgins? I would NOT give up anything of signifigance (Hughes, IPK, Ajax, Montero, Betances, McAllister, Romine, Mitchell, Melancon) especially since he's a free agent next year. Would this deal work?
Alfredo Aceves, 26 yrs, AAA (4 starts, 2-0, 3.80 era, 23 innings, 8 walks/15 kos) and Shelly Duncan, 29 ys, 1B/Rf/Lf, (.372/.437/.756 w/ 9 hrs in 78 at bats) for Chone Figgins?
The Angels would get two viable #4 or #5 starters that might help them out.
Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | May 01, 2009 at 02:43 PM
"melonis-- which trade are you referring to? only trade i remember between OAK and LAD was bradley for ethier, and was that Coletti? i thought that was depodesta."
Yes, I was talking about Ethier for Bradley. I might be wrong on the Colletti/DePodesta thing though. If I'm right, it was one of Colletti's earliest trades. I might be wrong though.
Posted by: melonis rex | May 01, 2009 at 03:11 PM
I mean to include Igawa in that above trade proposal. Yes.....yes....yes. I know he's hot garbage but if the Yanks kicked in cash then why not?
Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | May 01, 2009 at 04:08 PM
"Did Colletti make some good moves? Absolutely. One of them at the expense of my team. He also made some awful moves."
I am no fan of Colletti, but I do think that much of the blame for the truly bad moves, especially Jones, lies on McCourt. McCourt is the one who basically ordered him to sign Jones to a high dollar, short term deal. Jason Schmidt, however, was completely Colletti's doing.
"Logan White and Kim Ng are easily the centerpieces for the team's success. Good drafting? Check. International relations? Check (the Kuroda deal was almost all Logan White)."
Don't forget salary negotiations as well. Also, the Kuroda deal was as much Takashi Saito and location as it was anyone or anything else.
"Yes, I was talking about Ethier for Bradley. I might be wrong on the Colletti/DePodesta thing though. If I'm right, it was one of Colletti's earliest trades. I might be wrong though."
The Bradley/Perez for Ethier trade went down 28 days after Colletti became GM. Given the nature of the deal and Ethier's particular tools, I am pretty sure that Logan White was the driving force behind that deal as well. I wouldn't be surprised if DePodesta had known about Ethier from his days in Oakland, given that Ethier was a high OBP/moderate (now higher) power college prospect.
Posted by: AA | May 01, 2009 at 05:38 PM