Surprise, Surprise...
Yanks leading in Sweepstakes de Johan.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/12/01/santana.talks/index.html
I think I'd take Hughes, Cabrera and a couple of "lower" tier prospects instead of insisting on a third MLB-ready guy right now.
After this deal happens, is there anyone at 3B worth using Torii's old money on in the free agent market? We'd be otherwise in pretty good shape if we can bring in Cabrera to go with Young, put Cuddy at DH, and insert Hughes and Liriano at the top of the rotation.
I can't believe it, but I'm actually mildly excited to see how it all turns out now.
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December 2, 2007 at 2:17 PM
I agree MC to the A, it is exciting to see how it turns out, but over the last few days I've become concerned with our rotation-having given up Garza, losing Silva, and now probably Johan. I know that is where our depth seemingly was, but it is also how this team won in the past. Can we really expect Liriano to pitch the way he did pre-injury? His recovery makes me nervous, especially when everyone in the Giants organization knew that he had elbow problems (hence their willingnes to include him in the AP trade) before he even came to the Twins...seems like we're hurting pitching an awful lot in hopes of improving our offesne, thus is the predicament a small to mid-market club must face day in, day out...sigh
December 2, 2007 at 2:24 PM
As strange as it sounds, it's kind of fun to see the Twins mentioned every day during the offseason. If Johan's departure is a foregone conclusion, I'd be happy with the deal outlined in the article. Phil Hughes was their top pitching prospect until Joba came around, and Cabrera has been solid for them.
I, too, am a little worried about the overall depth of the rotation, but if Slowey and/or Perkins can step in, we'll be in good shape.
Not sure if there are any 3B free agents out there...Koskie? I'm only half-kidding.
December 2, 2007 at 6:53 PM
We have "Terry Ryan Syndrome" where we are all scared of giving up pitching talent. Agree with Luke, this is the dilemma of a $50 - $60 m payroll team. F the Red Sox, let's make a deal with the Yankees.
December 3, 2007 at 8:33 AM
Wait, losing Silva is a problem?
I'm still nagged by fears that losing Garza is going to come back to haunt us, but replacing Silva with Perkins is a good thing, to me.
Stenerud's right. We're not getting to the World Series with a shelf full of pitching and an anemic offense. Would have already happened if that were the right formula. I guess the potential downside to all these moves is we go 89-73 while losing too many 8-5 games instead of 89-73 while losing too many 3-1 games.
December 3, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Two more things:
1. Who's on here deleting their own comments? I'm guessing rts.
2. I was concerned about Johan in pinstripes and not the NL, but then I remembered something: We already can't beat the Yankees, even when Santana's pitching for us, so head-to-head, giving them Johan can't really hurt us. In that sense, the Yankees are the best possible AL team to which we could trade him.
December 3, 2007 at 9:59 AM
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