Nightengale On Holliday, Sheets, Yankees

Holliday to the Red Sox. Bay to the Giants.

say no to holliday, yanks fans.

Also, Owings should seriously consider the Rick Ankiel route.

Cashman not talking to agents makes sense. The GM meetings are about things like rule changes and management issues, not trades and signings.

The Yankees season was only over for a few days by the time the GM meetings started, so they aren't having their organizational meetings until after the GM meeting ended. Until those meetings are held, they have no offseason plans, which makes meeting with agents mostly pointless.

cashman doesnt need to talk to the agents...they'll come to him once they get their max offers from the other teams....this of course isnt how things really go down but it doesnt appear that the yanks have a hard on for anybody like they did last year....cashman please avoid lackey and holliday

"I know there are Cub fans who feel Fonteno is something special. Really, he is not an everyday second baseman. Plus, he is without any other positions he can play to justify him as a utility player. Other than the fact Fonteno hits left handed and has occasional power for a little guy, he is just a guy on the team. Nice guy, but the truth is Baker has more value because he can fill in a few different positions. If there is any GM who can find another part-time second baseman out of nowhere, it's Hendry. Non tender Fonteno."

Agree with everything here - perfectly said.

We know we arent going to be able to trade Miles (and Hendry was illogically excusing his horrific play just yesterday, so he will likely be around). Baker is set to be around, and Blanco is on staff as well. There isnt a real need for him now - and having 4 middle infielders means 3 will be on the bench.

Hendry should be pushing as hard as possible to trade him at the meetings (esp instead of wasting time with Grabow who isnt going anywhere if he is offered Arbitration). If he cant trade him, then just non-tender him to save the buck.

Knowing Hendry though, he will probably keep all of Fontenot, Miles, Blanco and Baker who will, with an OF like Fuld or Fox and Hill for back-up catcher, make one of the worst benches you could ever assemble.

I dont think the Yankees will sign anyone huge this offseason. I see Matsui remaining with the team now that Jr. Griffey resigned. Also I see them signing Damon(I hope they dont) They are going to do what they did in 2007 offseason and realize that they need to save up for Doc next year.

Im sorry I completely forgot about A-Rod in 07. They also signed Andy Pettite. srry

"The Sox can ill afford to lose the power and get another J.D. Drew"

Sox fans really need to get off of Drew's case. Of regular right fielders last year (not counting Zobrist) he was only out slugged by Justin Upton and Nelson Cruz. He lead regular right fielders in OPS. If you believe in UZR/150, he lead right fielders and was ranked 6th among all outfielders. Since the beginning of his contract, he's been 4th in OPS among regular right fielders. Sure the guy has injury issues that require us to carry a good 4th outfielder. But if there's one thing that Sox fans should criticize Drew for is his bat.

Nobody said I was down on Drew. I'm a Sox fan you morons. I'm saying that we HAVE J.D. Drew. We NEED power. The threat of putting the ball out of the yard with men on base. They didn't have that with Ortiz's struggles.

Also, yes, I am saying Bay is the better investment. He's familiar with his coaches, fellow players, and environment. He hits for more power the Holliday, the Holliday whose career has only been sparked by two decent years in mile high air.

And yes, the no errors argument IS valid. How can you say someone has below average defense when they didn't commit one single error, in left field, in Fenway Park, in front of the green monster. Give me all the queer internet baseball statistic site's irrelevant information and I'll settle on the fact that the man committed no errors.

I think it's a sure thing with Bay. He'll hit around .270, hit 35 HRs, and knock in a bunch of runs. You don't know if you'll get the Colorado Holliday, the Oakland Holliday, or the St. Louis Holliday.

Also, do you really want to focus all the effort on signing Holliday, let Bay walk, and end up with neither? I don't. Sign Bay.

No way Owings is non-tendered. If they don't want to pay him, there are a ton of other teams who would take him.

I don't think (or at least hope not) that the Yankees will invest in an expensive LF with Carl Crawford becoming a FA next year. CC would be an awesome fit in NY, and he is young enough to join the new young core the Yankees have.

I had the most rediculous dream last night. Now before anyone comments on how rediculous I am, please note I never ever would expect this to happen, but be a Sox fan if you're not for 5 seconds and see how this would make you extremely excited. For some reason, the SF Giants wanted JD Drew. So what they did was they proposed a trade where if Boston traded him and were willing to give up Manny Delcarmen, they'd pick up his contract. Theo got so excited, he almost had a panic attack. He immediatedly accepted, and the league office did too, stating that acquring a potential closer or at least a set up man to "Pet Sounds" Brian Wilson was enough to complete the trade with no money going to SF. Definitely a Christmas card with a $5 dollar bill like Gramma used to do, but no significant money. With the money the Sox saved plus the opening in the OF, the Sox signed Bay to play LF for 4/65 and Holliday to play RF for 5/80. The moves allow the Sox to bat Ortiz 7th, and he has a monster year hitting .290 40 110 and wins comeback player of the year. Since its a dream, ironically Bay wins a Gold Glove, having gone the whole 2010 season without committing an error. Wishful thinking? Yes. Which sucks, because unlike yankee fans who actually think if this were their situation that someone WOULD do this, I know its fake and I'd live to 560 before this would ever happen.

Oops meant:
Likely* buyers none.

Ha, ha!

The final revenge for this trade is now on the side of M's fans. Thanks to Bill Bavasi, Mike Hargrove, and John McLaren for recalling Adam Jones to the majors in 2006 and 2007, then letting him sit on the bench to keep it warm, giving him the extra service time to achieve arbitration eligibility a year early. M's fans can now gloat over this trade...

*Puts hand to earpiece as he receives an update*

No, wait...sorry. The trade still sucks. Bavasi still screwed us.

*Sighs and shakes fist at imaginary Bavasi in his head*