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In a report for the New York Post, George King quotes Hank Steinbrenner as having one regret while running the Yankees alongside his brother Hal and Brian Cashman:
I should have pushed harder for the [Johan] Santana deal.
King goes on to say that Hank was talked out of the deal by Hal and Cashman, who believed that the cost in talent (Melky Cabrera, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy) and money was too high for Santana.
It’s very difficult to determine whether the cost for a player will appear to be too high down the road, even if the price seems steep today. Johan Santana got a 6-year, $137.5 million extension with the Mets, and pitched himself to a 16-7 record (although he deserved better) with 3 complete games, 2 of which were shutouts while posting a league best 2.53 ERA.
CC Sabathia, who is clearly an extraordinary regular-season pitcher, has thus far failed to come close to duplicating that success in the postseason, and despite that, it is widely believed that $137.5 million will just be the start of the conversation with his agent.
My point? It’s clear that Johan’s contract has become an absolute bargain, and I’m glad we got him for the price (in talent and dollars) that we did. This also could help one argue the possible high price, many year signings of Manny Ramirez and Francisco Rodriguez, as either deal may appear low-cost by the market’s standards in just a year or two.
By the way, Melky Cabrera hit .249 this year in 414 ABs, with 8 HRs and 37 RBI while Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes started a combined 17 games for the Yanks and won a total of zero.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Yankees are showing interest in 1B-3B Shea Hillenbrand.
Yankees P Scott Proctor might be moved to the rotation for 2007.
The A’s have promoted bench coach Bob Geren to be the clubs next manager.
The Red Sox are showing interest in former Expos and Brewers P Tomo Ohka, who was a former prospect in the Red Sox organization.
SS Alex Gonzalez has been offered a 3-year, $15 million contract from either the White Sox or Reds.
A’s owner Lewis Wolff said the club will consider bringing in OF Barry Bonds to replace the all-but departed DH Frank Thomas.
The Orioles could persue either Mariners 1B Richie Sexson or Reds OF Adam Dunn this winter.
The Cubs are open to trading C Michael Barrett for some pitching help.
The Astros and Rockies have discussed a trade that would bring P Jason Jennings to Houston while sending either OF/2B Chris Burke or P Brad Lidge to Colorado.
The Mets are showing interest in P Adam Eaton, but his agent says he believes the Mets have Eaton as a “backup choice”.
SNY had former Met Lee Mazelli in their headquarters for an interview yesterday. It is believed he would work during Mets broadcasts.
The Red Sox could try to convince P Roger Clemens to return to Boston to be the teams closer.
Sphere: Related ContentKen Rosenthal of Fox Sports has a crapload of nuggets this morning:
The Mets are still interested in White Sox P Javier Vazquez, but he views the Rangers as the most likely trade partner. Rosenthal suggests the Sox trade Vazquez and OF Brian Anderson to Texas for some of Texas’ pitching prospects, namely Thomas Diamond and John Danks.
The Dodgers are close to signing 1B Nomar Garciaparra to a 2-year deal.
With the departure of DH Frank Thomas to the Blue Jays, expect the A’s to inquire about C Mike Piazza, OF Cliff Floyd, OF Aubrey Huff, OF Frank Catalanotto and 1B Shea Hillenbrand. The alternative route would be to acquire a bat by trading P Esteban Loaiza.
The Giants, Rangers, Orioles and Astros are the four teams most interested in OF Carlos Lee. Lee is a fallback option for the Giants if they fail to re-sign OF Barry Bonds.
If the Devil Rays move either OF Carl Crawford or OF Rocco Baldelli, they will be moved for a young pitcher with ace-like potential. Possible targets include Angels P Ervin Santana, Dodgers P Chad Billingsley and one of the Marlins young pitchers.
Astros.com reports Astros GM Tim Purpura denies having discussions with the Red Sox about P Brad Lidge.
Newsday reports Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez has no plans to waive his no-trade clause.
The Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox and Scott Boras plan to keep the Daisuke Matsuzaka contract negotiations “as quiet as possible”.
The Philadelphis Inquirer is reporting that free agent OF-2B Alfonso Soriano has said he prefers to stay on the east coast.
The Denver Post reports that the Cubs, Rangers and Astros are all showing interest in P Jason Jennings.
Joel Sherman of the NY Post reports that the Rockies have told the Yankees they will take on half of the $23 million still owed to P Carl Pavano.
Sphere: Related ContentAccording to the Baltimore Sun, the Yankees have agreed to trade P Jaret Wright to the Orioles in exchange for P Chris Britton. The Orioles are also expected to recieve $4 million to help pay off Wright's $7 million salary.
Britton was 0-2 with a 3.35 ERA and one save in 52 games as the set-up man behind closer Chris Ray. Wright finished 11-7 with a 4.49 ERA.
I think the Orioles are run poorly than the Knicks. Seriously. When was the last time they made a good move? Melvin Mora? That was 7 years ago. They need to clean house, and it starts up top with owner Peter Angelos.
Mike Vaccaro in The New York Post outlines how the Mets have saved themselves several years of payroll expense by locking in Jose Reyes at a discount until 2010.
Yankees when their core group of stars inched closer toward free
agency. The Yankees have done little wrong in the past dozen years, but
one place where they were regrettably lacking was in being this
pro-active. It cost them probably $50 million extra when they finally
signed Bernie Williams, maybe as much as $100 million when Derek
Jeter's mega-deal was finally complete.
As a result of the bloated contract they were
forced to give Jeter, the Yankees will pay their shortstop almost as
much this year - $21 million if you include the pro-rated signing bonus
- as the Mets will pay Reyes from 2007-10. By any measure, that's a
damn good value. Especially when you consider that Reyes is the nerve
system that has driven so much of the Mets' success this year.
The
Mets' on-field success had already justified much of the Mets' new
decision-making policies. Taking this step with this player only
solidifies it. If you're a cornerstone Met, you now understand the club
realizes how important you are to the franchise's future. That's good
news for Mets fans.
These days, Fred Wilpon lets Omar Minaya do the talking.
This is a very different Mets front office from the ones in years past. Steve Phillips was very tight lipped about what he was up to, and Fred Wilpon, never a particularly chatty man, would at least entertain an interview or two to give his state of the union address. Jim Duquette was a quick and devestating (the K word) blip on the Mets front office radar. Some might say there were too many cooks in the kitchen for Jim to take all the blame. He was the man given all the responsibility, with none of the power. Today, Omar is the Mets mouthpiece, blessed by Fred to pretty much have carte blanche and thats just how Fred likes it.
In an article in the New York Times, Murray Chase chronicles the new Met front office and the two suddenly quiet owners in New York.
He does, as well, point out that Brian Cashman, after all these years, still does not hold all the keys to the Yankees castle…
In February 2005, a column appeared in The Times reporting that when the Yankees signed Jason Giambi as a free agent in 2001 they deleted, at his agent’s request, all mentions of steroids from the contract.
Hearing
the report on a radio talk show while he was driving to work, Cashman
called the show and labeled the report hogwash. The next day the team’s
chief operating officer acknowledged that the Yankees did precisely as
was reported.
Cashman did not make a second call to the talk show saying: “Oops, never mind. I was wrong.”
Cashman can think he has all the authority, but as long as he works for Steinbrenner, the Yankees have a higher authority.
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