So now that we have packaged three young, developing Yankees and sent them off to Jay Buhner land, it is time for Brian to do something that, at least, has the imagery of helping the Yankees in 2010.
Sure, Austin jackson was touted as our first "can't miss " prospect since Derek Jeter; sure, he hit .290 at AAA at age 20, and has the speed and arm of our best centerfielder since Mantle; sure Phil Coke was expendable due to his irritating habit of losing focus; sure, Ian Kennedy was another top draft pick pitcher who we only got to see fail; but Brian easily dealt these young players for a likely cast-off who costs a lot and can't hit any lefty including Nick Swisher.
If any of you bothered to read the Detroit papers on this deal, what you will see is, " we bamboozeled the Yankees again." There are references to the detritus the Tigers gave the Yankees for Gary Sheffield. Basically, this is the best deal Detroit has made since they took the Edsel off-line. " It is like stealing candy from a baby, anytime you trade with
the Yankees" ( sports writer requested anonymity, here ).
So, Mr. Cashman, how about backing up this fiasco with something that will help us, rather than damage us for a decade. How about signing John Lackey?
It will only cost money. Not the future.
We don't actually have any more young talent to dump anyway. We are back to the days, with this latest and worst single swipe of the pen, when everyone judges the Yankee minor league system to be, " that vast pinstriped void where 33 year old never were's and has beens compete for the title in the Staten Island summer league."
Brian has recreated, virtually overnight, a minor league organization stocked only with some 32 year old cans of wax beans and rotting vegetables. Eric and Shelly Duncan have regained their status as "Yankee top prospects."
True, we still have Kei Igawa, but it didn't cost us Austin Jackson, Phil Coke and Ian Kennedy to get him. It didn't even cost us the rights to Andy Brackman.
It must be a horror in waiting to be a young player with ability signed into the Yankee organization. Where the formula for success is; the better you do, the higher potential you show, the faster you are on a train out of here.
Older and slower. Another platoon guy for the outfield. It gives us leverage negotiating with the 36 year old guys we all want back.
That's the ticket for 2010.
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Ah yes a main reason this trade is bad for the Yankees is because the Detroit media says it is.
It's tough in the offseason, but this blog should stick to the humor and not the analysis aspect of the Yankees. It's what you're good at.
One of the Detroit columnists is far from happy. He's actually calling it a salary dump, even though Curtis is set to pull down around $5M this year.
Anonymous:
this "analysis" IS humor. your command of irony is deplorable. I won't explain Alphonso's cultivated persona because that would be antithetical to the point of it all.
I don't see how this hurts the Yankees. Jackson's scouting report essentially has him projecting as a Granderson clone in the BEST case scenario. He only hit 4 HR's last year and struck out 123 times while only walking 40 times. Kennedy is projected to be a back of the rotation starter. You decry not giving young Yankees a chance but you're advocating signing the oft-injured John Lackey and pushing either Hughes or Joba into the bullpen, both of whom should be given a chance to start and develop (we won with a worse rotation last year. Joba can only improve and Hughes can't be any worse than Mitre). This trade was a steal. You personify the stereotypical "spoiled Yankees fan".
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