I Told You Pineda would not come north with the team

When I heard of the trade ( Jesus & Noesi for Pineda ) I freaked.

After a quick trip to Seattle to confer with ex-players, bimbos and a few regulars at the track, I learned that Seattle had pulled a fast one on Cashman.

These guys were all Mariner fans when the Yanks dropped a certain highly touted prospect on them a few years back for the aging, Ken Phellps. They told me that Seattle did exactly the same thing here.

They got Cashman heavy with martini's and king crab legs, and hooked him up with a lady for his enjoyment. Said lady, for those of you who read, now faces 52 charges just in the Cashman stalker case and is now making friends with the guards at Rikers.

So Cash dealt our best hitting prospect since, well, Jay Buhner and we get a useless shell of a half-season pitcher and, worse, have to sign a guy the Phillies no longer want to be our DH ( at far more money than they were paying Jesus). So, instead of bringing to bat the intimidating Jesus hitting .324 with 40 homers, the Yankees drag out Raul Ibanez who will hit .233 with 40 singles.

I told you at the time of the trade that Pineda would have arm surgery this summer. I told you he would not make it north with the Yankees. I reminded everyone that it made no sense for any major league team to trade a young, " potential number 1-2 starter " for a DH. It just doesn't happen.

Not only that, but Noesi ( a throw-in required by the Mariners ) will win 14 games for Seattle this year, while the 19 year old " prospect" we got in return leaves baseball to build a ministry in Oklahoma. In other words, you, I and we shall never again hear the name of the 19 year old that was part of the Yankee side of this trading error. Anyone who can name him without using any reference materials has a good shot at winning the next mega millions lottery.

So today Pineda undergoes his first MRI, as his arm strength is mysteriously down. Take heart, his body fat is mysteriously up, offsetting any problems with his arm. His here-to-for absent 3rd pitch is now serviceable enough to give him a 4-6 record at Erasmus Hall High School, in a good year. In other words, the Yanks can't win with this guy at AAA or AA.

The truth is, the Mariners took Cashman for far more than Louise Meanwell did, could or will. She only cost him his marriage, family and favored pew spot at Mary Magdelene Church of the Holy Redeemer.

The Mariners played him for a fool.

Now the Yankees can't win.

Now the rest of us have to live with another Jay Buhner trade for 15 years.