Dear Mr. Cashman,
First off, we'd never tell you what to do.
Hell, you won it, baby! Whatever you decide: Fine with us.
As long as it works.
In the meantime, you want Roy Halladay, right? And you don't want them to get him, right?
Think Vernon Wells. (Not that Vernon Wells, the actor pictured right, but the Blue Jay.)
Toronto will swim Shit Creek to unload Wells' salary, which beats the GNP of Zambia, on anybody dumb enough to take him.
Let's do it.By adopting Wells, we leverage Halladay. We cough up prospects. That's your department. If Matsui signs elsewhere, Wells can DH, play right or left. He switch-hits. He's ripe for a comeback. Consider him this year's Swisher.
Every year needs a Swisher.
Oh, and one other thing...
SIGN JOHN LACKEY. IF YOU SIGN JOHN LACKEY, WE WILL WIN THE 2010 WORLD SERIES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO SIGN JOHN LACKEY. DO IT AND WE WILL WIN.
I like your thinking on Wells. But I might not sign Lackey but still take part in the case to drive his price up. Next year has a ton of good FA starters so much like when the Yanks bailed on Santana, they might be best off waiting.
ReplyDeleteWells isn't a switch hitter. He bats right-handed. Poorly.
ReplyDeleteSo on one hand, we have the pro-Lackey argument: Sign Lackey, win WS #28.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, we have the anti-Lackey argument... ... ... but let's drive the price up, since we don't need him anyway because Wang is coming back and at least two of Joba/Hughes/IPK/Gaudin will break with tradition and not be a total bust as a starter.
Lackey, please, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Frankly, I wanna see Chone "Shawon" Figgins. Nobody's talking him up, and therefore can be had for cheap under the radar. Then you let Damon & Matsui walk, get Wells or Halladay or Lackey or whatever.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Lackey. There. I said it.
ReplyDeleteSign the guy in the photo! Wez! Meanist post-apolcolyptic gay biker ever! No one will ever throw a pich at a Yankee ever again!
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