Unlike some ex-Yanks, who shall remain nameless, Mr. King has chosen not to poke his flaming love pump directly into my one good eye, by joining the Mets, Dodgers, O's, Jays or Redsocks - in other words, my mortal enemies. Give him credit. He has chosen to do what the NFL's Chargers, along with Ted Danson, Cameron Diaz and Slater from Saved by the Bell wouldn't do:
He will stay in San Diego.
As Yank fans, our case was simple: If you're not going to sign with the Yankees, just please don't stand outside our cage, rattling the bars with your salad spoon. Just don't sign with our arch rival. That's all.
And to his credit, now and forever, Michael King did us right.
He is staying put.
Someday, when he's pushing 38 as a worn-out 6th starter/middle-innings-sweat-sock, I trust the Yankees will bring him back. He will not have besmirched his Yankee time on Earth by teaming with Juan Soto or the Fenway frat bros. In my personal Monument Park, the plaque for Michael King will say: "WE SHOULDA NEVER TRADED YOU FOR WHAZZHISNAME."
But but BUT, this is no moment for moose tranquilizers and Calgon Bath Oil Beads. Michael King is now off the free agent board, which adds more pressure upon the Yankees to sign Tatsuya Imai. Or else. King was a distant fallback option. Now, if we lose Imai, the Yankees face a Katy-bar-the-door, Cashman trade apocalypse, which will probably recreate some of the worst trade fiascos of our past. I'm thinking Sonny Gray, Javier Vasquez, Michael Pineda, Frankie Montas, dear God, in the name of Ian Kennedy, don't make me do the entire list...
Wait, should he now be called Ian Trump-Kennedy?
One more thing. Today, the Interweb claims that Cody Bellinger - our dear, sweet Cody - wants a ridiculous eight-year-deal of $50 million per season. And I'm the Easter Bunny. Sorry to say, but if the Yankees sign Belli for a dollar a year, he still strangles the last seven years of dreaming that The Martian will become a great Yankee. If we sign Belli, The Martian is gone. Do we want to see what he does in another city? And do we think the Yankees can trade their way to a world championship? (Say, anybody know where I can buy some Calgons?)
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Knock Knock ?
Who the FUCK IS THERE? ITS 5:00 IN THE FUCKING MORNING FOR FUCK’S SAKE !
The Yankees Starting Ruh….
OH GOD. . . .
THE YANKEES STARTING RUH WHO ?
The Yankees Starting Ruh-Roh !
Can we start calling King either the Earl of Rochester or Lord Rochester? You know, THAT one...
Please…..effective immediately
50 million a year for Cody? Is Boras out of his fucking mind?
Rhetorical question.
Top international prospect opts out of agreement with Yankees, expects to sign with Mets: Sources
“… Wandy Asigen, a 16-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic, picked the Mets after working out in showcases for several teams over the past week. He recently backed out of his agreement with the Yankees, who are experiencing turnover in their international scouting department.”
- from The NY Times
I’m betting the team is laying people off. I guess Steinscammer is done pretending about competing; it’s all dollars and cents from here on in
The only good thing about the Mets stealing our top international target is that the guy responsible for the targeting has been fired for truly sucking at identifying the right prospects.
Of course, the Yankees now have an extra three million to offer someone else. Or they could up grade the sound system on Hal's Superyacht. I'm going to guess it's the latter.
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