05/07: What's next?
Posted by: David
I just finished watching good old fashioned Yankees baseball from the not too old glory days. Mike Mussina pitched a complete game shutout and the Yankees defeated the Oakland A's 5-0 before 52,776 at the Stadium. How do we build on this?
Kevin Brown is going tomorrow. He is 0-4 with with a 8.25 ERA. He gave up six runs in the first inning in his last start to Tampa Bay. Does he have anything left? I think we will need the bats tomorrow.
How long before we start making deals? Who is out there? Who can we use as trade bait? Right now the Yankees bench is extremely weak. Jason Giambi was not available again today. With Sierra on the DL that leaves us with Rey Sanchez, John Flaherty and Bubba Crosby. The Yankees have to strenghten their bench and soon. The Yankees announcers said that Joe Torre reported that Rivera would not pitch again until Monday. He pitched two innings last night and threw 50 pitches. Can Sturtze or Gordon close, if needed tomorrow?
I throw out the following names as possible acquisitions:
1. Mike Piazza - He has a huge contract with the Mets and really should be with an American League team where he can DH.
2. Roger Clemens - The Yankees rotation isn't strong enough to go the playoffs.
3. Bobby Higginson - We need a left handed bat (and an outfielder).
I would love to see some discussion on possible trades.
I'm going to the game next Wednesday afternoon and look forward to a good time. I hope it is good old fashioned Yankees baseball. A strong seven or eight innings from the starter and Gordon and Mo to finish it off.
Kevin Brown is going tomorrow. He is 0-4 with with a 8.25 ERA. He gave up six runs in the first inning in his last start to Tampa Bay. Does he have anything left? I think we will need the bats tomorrow.
How long before we start making deals? Who is out there? Who can we use as trade bait? Right now the Yankees bench is extremely weak. Jason Giambi was not available again today. With Sierra on the DL that leaves us with Rey Sanchez, John Flaherty and Bubba Crosby. The Yankees have to strenghten their bench and soon. The Yankees announcers said that Joe Torre reported that Rivera would not pitch again until Monday. He pitched two innings last night and threw 50 pitches. Can Sturtze or Gordon close, if needed tomorrow?
I throw out the following names as possible acquisitions:
1. Mike Piazza - He has a huge contract with the Mets and really should be with an American League team where he can DH.
2. Roger Clemens - The Yankees rotation isn't strong enough to go the playoffs.
3. Bobby Higginson - We need a left handed bat (and an outfielder).
I would love to see some discussion on possible trades.
I'm going to the game next Wednesday afternoon and look forward to a good time. I hope it is good old fashioned Yankees baseball. A strong seven or eight innings from the starter and Gordon and Mo to finish it off.
Patrick wrote:
Well, I don't think Piazza makes a lot of sense just because I don't think we need any more DHs.
Higginson I wouldn't be for. I'm not personally familar with him (as in watching him), but his numbers and age remind me of Bernie Williams recent years, but worse. Which isn't good. I don't think he'd be of much use to us. I'd just as rather have Bubba and/or Phillips on the roster.
Clemens would be fine by me as long as the price was low. Having Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens (and Mike Mussina, for that matter) in the same rotation would be cool.
Mike Cameron is a name that has been thrown around that makes sense. He would play center with Matsui going back to left (and Womack back to second) and we'd be better defensively and offensively (although it's a limited sample as far as Cano).