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notsureifsrs
that’s a difficult case for sherman to make, given that montero has provided in 100+ games the same production that pineda has to the yankees in zero games
i’m not a big pineda fan, but they also got jose campos in the trade. the injuries to both aren’t good, but the amount of potential there is still enormous
LazerTown
I agree with you. When I first saw the trade I was surprised but then liked it. Montero is a mediocre catcher, sure you can teach him 1B but they already had Teixera there. They had to make the trade because of their lack of young starting pitching, and the fact that it’s easier to fill the dh spot than to get a top end young starter. I don’t think Seattle even views him as a long term catcher.
The rest of the article is bad too. Kontos for stewart? Kontos has had a bad fip for awhile. Even his xfip this year has him at 3.40 era. Nothing spectacular for a reliever. Getting rid of Maxwell and keeping jones at the beginning of the year. Lets see, a career journeyman or someone who had a .247/.356/.495 line last year. Dropping Dewayne for Ichiro. A 34 yearold outfielder with a career .230/.267/.392 line for ichiro. Ichiro has somewhat turned it around and his obp this year with the Yankees is .318. Who knows if Dewayne wise would have got hot with the yankees like he had done with the sox. Quintana? Sure it would have been nice, but he 22 and still in A ball. I’m sure that there were alot more players that looked more worthy protecting.
We all can look back at the past, but most of these moves that the yankees made baseball sense.
Slopeboy
@LazerTown
Hindsight is 20/20. You may be interested to know that in the spring, Sherman was singing the praises of the Pineda/Campos for Montero trade. He went on about how the jury was still out on Montero’s future as an everyday catcher and how the pitchers were just what the Yankees needed.
The jury is still out on the trade. A season is no where near enough time to make an assessment with young players and he knows that. It’s just that it would not be a good fit to the story.
YanksFanSince78
Sherman’s article is so lazy and I wonder if he has an axe to grind since he and Girardi got into it recently. He acts as if Montero is a more rare commodity than Pineda. Montero IS a special player who I loved as a prospect but the fact is, at the time they had Martin who was coming off of a good season, a servicable Cervelli and Romine near mlb ready with Sanchez and Murphy 2-4 years away also. Meanwhile, how often do you have the chance to acquire a young mlb pitcher w/ 1 year success under his belt?
Sherman is a joke.
mstrchef
If I understand correctly, the Girardi-Sherman tiff was a result of Girardi getting upset at Sherman asking a legitimate question about Sabathia’s health. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but it sounds like a Girardi move.
Vmmercan
Sherman asked three different questions about his health, not one. THAT is what annoyed Girardi.
mstrchef
Did Girardi duck the questions or did Sherman think that Girardi was not telling the truth about Sabathia’s health?
As an aside, the Orioles broadcasters on Saturday said CC was 6’5″, 315 lbs. Have the Jets come calling yet?
Slopeboy
He’s working on it. He’s gone on the Red Sox diet- chicken and beer!
levendis
he responded all 3 times that he’s healthy, and finally told him he’s not lying. Sabathia also said he was healthy.
Lee Taylor
If Bobby V actually did anticipate more bad criticism coming to Boston, then why does he not take the high road with the media? He sets himself up for ridicule for how he’s been interviewing and if you go to Fenway, the crowds are now chanting “fire Bobby!” So he gets it at the home ballpark which is sad, but it’s all on him because he didn’t give fans, media, or players a chance to even want to take his side.
Rabbitov
He is a delicate flower.
guest_54
Another thing I’ve noticed is that it always seems to be everyone else’s fault when people have a history of not working well with others. Maybe, as you seem to suggest, he should look in the mirror and see what Bobby can do to get along better? However, it’s also true that winning cures many things; so, it’d be interesting to see how things might have been if they were playing well.
Michael 22
“Matsuzaka said through his interpreter, Jeff Cutler…” He’s been here since December, 2006! That’s 69 months. And he still needs an interpreter? Doesn’t show much desire to fit in, but that’s my opinion.
notsureifsrs
uh huh. i know that’s what’s been holding ichiro back all these years
LazerTown
Sometimes they use an interpreter because it helps them have a more legible interview. English and Japanese is much harder than Learning German or Spanish for someone that speaks english. It is different language family, different sounds, different written characters.
YanksFanSince78
As long as he’s not talking to his teammates using an interpreter then it doesn’t really matter does it?
Matthew Gerard Knauer
Wieters learned a bit of Chinese so he could talk to Wei-Yin Chen on the mound during games. Just saying.
LazerTown
Yea but it probably isn’t anymore than a few phrases. Nice, but is different. In interviews you have to understand abstract questions and answer them.
BoSoXaddict
Yeah, Dice-K’s inability (or just lack of motivation) to fully learn English has always bothered me as well.
mehs
Maybe he just has Sammy Sosa moments during interviews and forgets every word of English he knows.
ChefR
All they talked about for the last number of years was what a great prospect Montero was developing into, even back when Posada was able to catch. I still think it was a complete mistake trading him away because catchers with a full arsenal seem to be the rarest of commodities out there. Besides, starting pitchers play once a week.
withpower
I really don’t know about giving Cano a $200MM contract starting at his age 31 season. They may have to do it, though.
sdsuphilip
Joel Sherman must be ignoring that Montero has no business starting behind the plate.
mstrchef
Is Montero Piazza-level bad or just mediocre-level bad?
sdsuphilip
Piazza level bad if not worse, slow pop up time, bad arm strength, bad fundamentals, and poor recieving. Once Zunino gets up to Seattle in 2013 he will just be a full time DH.
teufelshunde4
No kidding about that one.. But hey according to any NY writer the Yanks prospects are the best in baseball every year.