Yankees react to Rickey's election

What kind comments from his team mates! It is great day for all the friends, team mates & fans of Rickey & Jim!

Julia
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Can anyone tell me how Rickey did not appear on 100% of the ballots? I mean seriously, I think we need to kick out some members of the BBWAA.

http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/filling-the-starting-void-with-a-familiar-face-6816/

Compare what they are saying about Ricky to what, say, Manny's teammates might say about HIM....

Pudge has no offers, he thought the Orioles were going to sign him, he may come to spring training in tampa and retire a Yankee.

Braves sign Derrick Lowe.

Matt, Bryan, Golf and others:
ESPN keeps track over QUALITY starts defined by them. Pettitte (69) ranks #2 over the past 3 years, 2nd only to John Smoltz (71), ahead of Johan Santana (68). This is an important point when you consider the lack of run support Pettitte has received. I saw Pettitte get mad in 2007, something I have never seen.

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By bpark23@gmail.com on January 10, 2009 9:00 AM

Am I correct that Cabrera would beat out Swisher in RF if Nady is traded?

Low n behold; braves made a low ball offer to lowe.

will ajax play in the MLB (end of 2009) ?
will Girardi change his jersey # ?
will 1B and 3B carry the team throughout ?
will cano rebound, hitting .300+ ?
will posada throw runners out high% ?
will melky learn batting discipline ?
will the new ballpark deliver a bang ?
will rickey go to the hall as a yankee ?
will hughes win 10 + games in 2009 ?
will Joba be a starter or closer after July ?
will we own 1st place this year ?
will CC win pitching triple crown ?
will arod hit 50+ in odd year 09 ?
will the rays-repeat ?

Yes bpark, I saw your post. And it's no surprise. Andy deserves to play in NY. Sign him for 11 or 12 and get it over.

No freakin earthly way Lowe is worth 4 years at $20M per. That's ridiculous.....

Thanks to the Braves, Pettitte will now make a case that $10 million is too low.

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Actually, Lowe is getting 4 years at 15 million per. While that seems high, the Braves needed an ace to solidify their new look rotation, and needed to keep him away from the Mets. Lowe was the best pitcher available. I think we are overpaying Burnett more than the Braves are overpaying Lowe.

I think the Yankees are done for the offseason. All this trade talk is probabaly the work of a New York media that has nothing to write about. Not discounting the possibilty that there will be a trade, but it's all blown out of proportion. The only real question left is Pettite.

To the writer of the River Ave Blues article I say this to you, go slam your head in a door. Sign Pedro Martinez? Are you retarded? How is he any better than Hughes or any other kid in the farm? I'd advocate bringing back Ponson before Pedro. Did that guy forget Pedro assaulted Popeye a few years back? Did anyone see the pic of Smoltz holding up his blosox jersey? That uniform makes anyone look like a TOOL. The Pinstripes make anyone look like a ball player!
Peace out.

Yes bpark, I saw your post. And it's no surprise. Andy deserves to play in NY. Sign him for 11 or 12 and get it over.

By rcngolf99 on January 13, 2009 2:25 PM
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It wasn't really directed at you, me and you hold the same position. He had 14 wins last year that isn't that terrible.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_heyman/01/13/scoop.young/index.html?eref=writers

Michael Young?

I just saw where Smoltz is signing for $5.5, a one year deal, Why does Andy thinks his worth is more than $10 mil, I would've rather have signed Smoltz. No, Andy's offer was not too LOW. sign Sheets!! forget Andy
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Yeah DigiDee!!! Go get 'em!!! THAT'S the kind of strident tone I like to see on these blogs.

TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

Signing Pedro Martinez is like voluntarilly taking youe gonads to a cheese grater and rubbing-HARD-then complaining about the infection 6 months later.

He is DONE ( d-o-E-n) and I can't see him pitching to a less then 4.50-4.75ERA this year. That's fine for a #5, but you have 5 chumps in the Minors who can do that. Or you can sign Perez for that kinda crap.

Pedro...yeah. Who's yer Mango?

OH, and don't get me started about this massive pile of rancid and decrepid feces that is the ommision of Bert Blylevin from the Baseball POS I mean HOF.

How do you rank #5 all time in strike outs and don't get in?

In an era where you have the alltime hits leader with a lifetime ban, the home run king a mega juicehead who is probably going to jail, and the moder day wins-leader wrapped up in steroids controversy, having a class act like Blylevin in the Hall of Fame should be considered an HONOR.

This entire committee who votes should be castrated, well, in the event they each actually HAVE A PAIR.

Hey Ole',

I am interested in your books. I need kindling for my winter fireplace.

I hear spam burns real well when you douse it with lighter fluid.

Yeah, I can't do math..... Sorry guys. Still... $15M for a number 3 or 4 who they need to be a number 1? We'll see......

I still think it is very very funny... less than a month out from pitchers and catchers that Manny hasn't been signed.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090113&content_id=3743011&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp

A new potential team to move either Nady or Swisher-- the latter before the former. I wonder who the Yanks would ask for in return? I can't really think of a hole that needs filling, anyone know the Braves system very well?

Didn't mean to hit submit,

They have a center-fielder Josh Anderson who looks very promising. He is a speedy left with a little pop who stole 42 bases last year while batting a very respectable .314. I'm not sure how high the Braves are on this kid though, presumably high.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Josh%20Anderson&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=461811

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/01/14/at-what-point-is-rotation-depth-a-concern/

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/pgStory?contentId=9078302#sport=COLLEGE%20FOOTBALL&photo=9078298

McClane to Clemens: "Your Trespassed".

I totally agree with what that article says bpark. The Yankees need to find at least one more solid, MLB-proven, veteran starting pitcher for their roster. They have a ton of good pitching prospects, but not nearly enough that are close enough to be MLB-ready to supplement the rest of the rotation, with total confidence in their ability to provide seamless help.

Trading Nady or Swisher for anyone will permit adding a few $$ to Pettitte's offer. My gut says he signs for $12 or $13 Million. Any other remaining FAs are not proven in NY as a Yankee.

Hughes is ready to be a starter in the majors. I haven't seen anything from him that says he isn't. You can't say that he isn't based on what you saw on him last season since he was pitching injured. He has done just about all any prospect can in the minors, and didn't allow more than 2 runs in 6 of his 7 starts in the AFL. On the other hand Austin Jackson showed that he he wasn't close to being major league ready hitting onl 1 HR and only .246, don't be surprised if we don't see him in the majors until some time next season. Bad news for Humberto Sanchez as he got smoked in the AFL allowing 16 earned runs in 12 innings.

Trading either Nady or Swisher would be a mistake as it would open up a hole which would be difficult to fill. Swisher offers an opportunity at improving a weak bench with the pop he has, plus his flexibility of playing four positions goes along way making a player like him valuable for any team to have. IT would most likely take at least 2 players just to replace him. Who would the Yanks replace Nady with? There is really no one better on the FA market (lets stay away from the Manny topic). If the Yanks did try to replace with a player it would be with a vet who would cost ajust as much as Nady if not more.

It will be interesting to see a former Yankee and a former Red Sox ballplayer sharing the spotlight in Cooperstown.

Rickey is the greatest leadoff hitter I have ever seen so far. He was the ultimate ballplayer: speed, power, a winner with a great eye and patience, a great teammate on and off the field. What more could the Yankees or any other team want in a player?

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back in the day, there was mad lynchin,
now we talk bout starting pitchin,
is andy petitte straight b iitch en
or does his wife want a new kitchen.

not to mention
andy has a pention
boo over all the tension
make him the pure sensation

proud petitte protects pure pride placing pesos pumping pennet

Rickey was the best leadoff hitter I've ever seen in my life.

Sean Serritella

Superior (or inferior) results in the AFL mean little as that league is primarily used to work on a new position or pitch or just to gain experience/confidence. For two years Eric Duncan was stellar but has shown little talent elsewhere. Hughes was there to gain innings pitched because of injuries. An equally good argument can be made to let Hughes dominate at AAA and hopefully stay healthy before joining the NY rotation in 2010.

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My thoughts are that a Nady/Swisher trade would result in adding a second utility infielder/outfielder (could be Berroa) with Ransom getting some outfield innings in the spring. A third such player could be part of the trade or obtained cheaply elsewhere to compete with Berroa/Ransom. Then signing Pettitte for a few more $$$ could still lower the overall salary total and give us greater flexibility. This would also result in more playing time for our fourth OF. We don't need a fifth for other than an emergency!

was andy ever our ace? what year(s)
kenny,cone, wells, clemens, roger, moose,wang,pavanno,etc,

Ransom has never shown himself to be more than a mediocre hitter in the majors it's iffy if he will even stick with the major league roster, and with the frailty of Damon and an unrpoven unknown in Gardner, having Swisher as another OF would be much wiser than having those two play the OF. This team needs a lot more pop of the bench right now and Swisher can provide that while a player like Berroa won't give much flexibility to the infield since he has played all but 6 games as ****, if, and that's a big "if" he can make it back to the majors. Again, losing Swisher would only weaken a weak bench. Ransom and Berroa don't do anything to change that.

Hughes doesn't need to dominate AAA for a whole year. He has shown that he can succeed at the minor league level and major league level. What he needs to do is stay healthy.

No, Pettitte was never an ace, he was a stopper though.

Pettitte was absolutely a big game pitcher but not a 20 game guarantee. However, he has ment alot to the Yankees players, coaches and organization over the years.