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Pitching great Roy Halladay is retiring. He leaves with a 203-105 career record, with a 3.38 ERA. He owned first the decade of this century. -- Al
 
Nobody can say the Mets aren't spending money. They just dropped $20 million for 2 years on 40 year old Bartolo Colon after signing Granderson to a $60 million, 4 year deal. I'm sure Colon is a stop-gap to fill Matt Harvey's rotation spot while he recovers from surgery during the 2014 season. Granderson is a good signing. Don't know if Colon can keep putting up the numbers like last year again when he went 18-6 with a 2.65 ERA. Still, even 2/3 of that will help fill the Harvey gap. -- Al
 
lancer said:
Nobody can say the Mets aren't spending money. They just dropped $20 million for 2 years on 40 year old Bartolo Colon after signing Granderson to a $60 million, 4 year deal. I'm sure Colon is a stop-gap to fill Matt Harvey's rotation spot while he recovers from surgery during the 2014 season. Granderson is a good signing. Don't know if Colon can keep putting up the numbers like last year again when he went 18-6 with a 2.65 ERA. Still, even 2/3 of that will help fill the Harvey gap. -- Al
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Al:

$10 mil a year seems to be the going rate for stop-gap mediocre pitchers, Brian Wilson and Colon prove that.
 
I'm not sure this is a wise use of money, particularly when Mets have two top prospects that may be almost ready, Montero and Syndergard.
 
Did anyone see Cano's interview with ESPN last night? He basically said he would have taken less money from the Yankees if they had shown him more respect?

Huh?
 
I heard him complaining. There is no way he would have taken less money. Players always say that when their team doesn't sign them and go elsewhere. When Jose Reyes signed with the Marlins, I ceased to have any interest in him. Yesterday's news. Yankee fans should do the same.
 
Sad day for O's fans as long-time 2nd baseman Brian Roberts has signed with the NYY's. Roberts was with B-more for 13 years and was a fan favorite and a solid player. He has been slowed by injury for the last 4 years, averaging only 48 games a season since 2010. At 36 years of age, and with his injury history, he just didn't fit in the O's plans any longer. NY is taking a chance but Roberts could payoff if he can stay a little healthy. So long Brian and good luck with NY. -- Al
 
Sorry for the O's but really if the guy has been injured for the last 4 yrs who is getting the better end of this deal^&confuse. I hope he does some good but the track record the Yankees have with over the hill players is less than thrilling. I guess only time will tell...

As for Cano hes gone so on to other issues.

Dave
 
jazzeum said:
I heard him complaining. There is no way he would have taken less money. Players always say that when their team doesn't sign them and go elsewhere. When Jose Reyes signed with the Marlins, I ceased to have any interest in him. Yesterday's news. Yankee fans should do the same.
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When Cano is hitting .285 with 25 homers and 85 rbi's for a team that will not sniff the playoffs in his lifetime, no one will ever remember how good he was and how great a Yankee he might have been..Michael
 
maddadicus said:
When Cano is hitting .285 with 25 homers and 85 rbi's for a team that will not sniff the playoffs in his lifetime, no one will ever remember how good he was and how great a Yankee he might have been..Michael
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Couldn't agree more with this statement, that is a terrible hitters park, he was better off staying a Yankee and padding his stats hitting at Williamsport East with that comical short porch in right (the whole world other than Louis agrees on this one).

Watch the numbers Ellsbury puts up jacking home runs to right.

Cano is the classic example of an athlete who failed to use that blob of goo between his ears and realize it's not always, always, ALWAYS about how you can squeeze every last nickel out of a team and how playing somewhere you're comfortable is more important.

How much money do these guys really need; they make more in one year than most of us make in our lifetimes, yet it's never enough.

Have fun in Seattle.
 
Warrior said:
Couldn't agree more with this statement, that is a terrible hitters park, he was better off staying a Yankee and padding his stats hitting at Williamsport East with that comical short porch in right (the whole world other than Louis agrees on this one).

Watch the numbers Ellsbury puts up jacking home runs to right.

Cano is the classic example of an athlete who failed to use that blob of goo between his ears and realize it's not always, always, ALWAYS about how you can squeeze every last nickel out of a team and how playing somewhere you're comfortable is more important.

How much money do these guys really need; they make more in one year than most of us make in our lifetimes, yet it's never enough.

Have fun in Seattle.
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Not to mention the fact that the guys that get these huge contracts go on and on about why they signed with a particular team based on the idea that they have the best chance of winning etc. Once, just once I want a guy to have a post contract signing press conference where he says the truth: This team paid me the most. My legacy, stats and a championships are all irrelevant. I signed here for the money and nothing else.
 
George,

I agree the short porch at Yankee Stadium is a joke, the only thing is I think the green monster is just as big a joke. Frankly, I hate new Yankee Stadium. It is a lousy place to see a game, and I miss the old stadium terribly.:redface2:
 
Warrior said:
Bucky #$%^ing Dent and his 310 ft pop up home run in 1978 say hello................
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I am hoping Ellsbury becomes another Johnny Damon, who became a dynamic player when he came over. A runs sparkplug for an often time slugger dependent unreliable Yankee offence..Michael
 
maddadicus said:
I am hoping Ellsbury becomes another Johnny Damon, who became a dynamic player when he came over. A runs sparkplug for an often time slugger dependent unreliable Yankee offence..Michael
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The HMS NewYorkYankees is taking on water and the captain just asked you to rearrange the deck chairs.

Good effort, good job.

And he's already another Johnny Damon; helped us win a world series, now him, like Damon, is dead to me.
 
maddadicus said:
I am hoping Ellsbury becomes another Johnny Damon, who became a dynamic player when he came over. A runs sparkplug for an often time slugger dependent unreliable Yankee offence..Michael
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Huh? Damon was a wonderful player when he joined the Yankees in the downside of his career.
 
jazzeum said:
Huh? Damon was a wonderful player when he joined the Yankees in the downside of his career.
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Brad,
What are your feelings on the Grandiman coming to the Mets? Not a bad contract at all, 4/60........
 
I'm not sure what the NYY's plan for putting a team on the field in 2014 is, but it appears to be aimed at being old. Of the 47 players currently on the roster, 18 are 30 or older, with 9 of those 35 or older. And these are key players. It is possible that NY could field an infield of A-Rod (38 y.o.), Jeter (39 y.o.), Roberts (36 y.o.), and Teixeira (33 y.o.), with an outfield of Ellsbury (30 y.o.), Soriano (37 y.o.), and Suzuki (40 y.o.). Throw in the DH, Hafner at 36 y.o., and CC pitching (33 y.o.) and the youngest player on the field could be the catcher, McCann, at 29 y.o. A team AARP would be proud of. Also a team almost guaranteed to break down from physical problems. Not saying this will be the starting line-up, only that the potential is there. MEDIC!:rolleyes2: -- Al
 
Warrior said:
Brad,
What are your feelings on the Grandiman coming to the Mets? Not a bad contract at all, 4/60........
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George,

They're offensively challenged so this was a big plus. The catcher is a bit raw, 1B stinks, Murphy at 2B is dependable, SS I don't even know who will be playing there, 3B with Wright is solid, and the corner outfield positions are not strong, not weak, just not strong.

In addition, it had been in the media that the Mets were negotiating with the Grandiman but didn't want to give the fourth year. Had the deal fallen through they would have been ram rodded by the public.

Brad
 
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