Pineda

Okay, the mistake has been made but it could have been worse. Michael Pineda, though not a generational talent, has the upside to perhaps be a righty version of CC Sabathia. He's 6'7" and thick. If he picks up a change, he could really be that good, ie, a horse who has periods of Cy Young type dominance. Those are good to have. Not as good as having catchers who hit like Miggy, but better than having neither. Jose Campos is another good arm for the Yanks farm. I'm not sure if they are developing pitchers properly these days, but he joins a group of dynamic A ball arms, that also includes the big righties from last year's draft, Cote, Sharp, Davis and Maher. They'll all be 19 or 20 this year and have really nice power upsides.

The reason this trade was really made now is not because the Yanks don't think Montero can be a Posada level defender at C. It's because they wanted to add another ACE type and they didn't want to spend what it will take to lock up Hamels or Cain next year, because they need to be under 189M in 2014. That's all it was about: 2014; like all those lopsided trades the Knicks made leading up to 2010.

If you want we can look at the remaining Yanee Bats later this week. We still have a lot of them, but they are mostly in A ball or below.