Olney's Latest: Dodgers, Yankees, Pedro, Strasburg

I would love to see a swisher or nady for stokes or green between the NY clubs. Yanks are dying in the BP and the Mets lack power from 1b/OF
problem solved.

The Yanks' pen has a 2.63 ERA this month and has been getting progressively better all season. They could definitely use another arm, but they're not THAT desperate.

what a joke!? swisher or nady for stokes or green, are u serious?

As inconsistent as the Yankees' offense can be, I think they need to add rather than subtract a bat.

The yanks need bull pen help and the Braves need a bat. So would a Rafael Soriano or Mike Gonzalez for Swisher work. It would basically be a swap contracts are very similar.

"Negotiantions between Strasburg and the Nationals are off to a sluggish start" Does that mean Boras doesn't already have Lerner bent over a table while anally violating him?

And obviously I meant Nady would still start and Nady would be the one not capable of fielding but would be able to pinch hit (my order of words could've been misleading).

If the Yanks would trade Nady or Swish to the Mets, I'd like to get Parnell + a hitting prospect in the process.

I'd like to see a trade with the Reds go down since they need some real help with their lineup as well. Swish or Nady for Arthur Rhodes or Nick Masset and a prospect like Drew Stubbs.

Maybe the Giants as well?

Swisher or Nady for Affeldt + prospect?

my bad, I just signed up, sorry for the triple post =P

I thought Boston was abusing their BP until read that chart with the top 5 relievers all in the 27-30IP range already and then see that LAD and Philly already have 2 guys well over 35IP that they count on and have to have for serious help and LAD also has Broxton with 33IP, Atlanta's 3 effective relievers all have piled up 30+ innings, looks like some NL teams are already working on blowing out arms early.

"Swisher definetly wouldn't be traded. Cash might field offers for Nady but his value is near zero and will stay there unless he shows he can at least be an offensive force. If he does prove to be a good bat then the Yanks might decide to keep him since they're fighting for the playoffs and beyond, Arod is struggling and we could use a righty w/ power."

Yeah, and our bullpen feels 1 man short of a complete staff.

Having a solid, veteran, stable reliever outside of Mo will do wonders for our pen (like affeldt or rhodes). I feel way too uneasy about which Phil Coke or David Robertson we are going to see every night. If we got a nice reliever like that along with a good hitting prospect like Drew Stubbs or Todd Frazier. I would be down in a second to give away one of our power hitters (i'd like to give away Matsui first but I doubt he has any value right now).

Also, remember Ajax is hitting .343 right now AAA, and he should be ripe to come up by late august-ish.

The only power hitters that could be traded are Matsui (damaged goods), Swisher (too valuable to us right now) and Nady (also damaged goods). The way our offense and pitching have been we really can't afford to trade away a bat unless we're getting something useful in return. Unless it's a salary dump we shouldn't expect anything of signifigance in return for either Nady or Matsui. Furthermore, the Yanks have had a way of making mediocre/below avg pitchers look like the 2nd coming of Don Drysdale.....we need as much offense as we can get.

A bullpen of Mo, Coke, Hughes, Aceves, Robertson, Bruney and maybe Tomko works for me. It's just a matter of them producing. Also, if Marte can return before the end of July then maybe he can help. As of now, with the mix I just mentioned, the bullpen has been great of late.

I agree YFS78, I wish we had a coach like Maddon rather than Joe Torre part 2.

It's generally known that aggressive base-running is usually successful in the end, thats why the rays are so successful.

I can't wait till this offseason, right now we have like 3 or 4 DH type guys, and I can't wait to see them unload Matsui and either Nady or Damon in order to free up some cash.