Yanks: No on Cole
When I woke this morning, the first headline I saw was that the Yanks had come closest to making a deal for Hamels, and was chilled to my very quick. The report went on to say the Yanks had offered a package of prospects -- not even the movable veteran roster player -- but prospects.
Hopfully, this was just an example of Cash confusing the market, but recent Yankee behavior has me wondering. If they end up spending prospects for the privilege of paying a declining Cole Hamels, after passing on fixing a lot of damage they had done to their own farm by signing Moncada, I won't know what to tell you.
Back in the 1950s and early `60s, the Yanks used use the Kansas City Athletics and then the Baltimore Orioles to develop players for them. Somtimes they would trade them young players for a few years only to re-acquire them when ripe. Other times, they'd just wait for them to come up with a guy - like Roger Maris - and take him.
Now that the Yanks are finally developing players again it would be ashame if they were to forego the benefits of their effort with another grab for the fool's gold of the over 30 market.
Look, Cole Hamels is a good pitcher, no question about it, but he's unnecessary and there's a fair chance thay any prospects we trade for him would hold more value soon. Heck, if they were to become regulars, they're 6 years of salary control would blow away the honor or paying Cole till he retires.
A big reason the Yanks have declined is because they are constantly buying decline. New Yankee Stadium is NOT the Genesis Chamber as we are constantly remdinded and they HAVE TO stop shopping the over 30 market.
And here's another chilling thought, informed by the bs they spewed about Moncada. The Yanks have 2 first round picks, and 4 top 100 picks. They're going to have a very good to great draft. Sadly, I could easily see them rationalizing trading a bunch of prospects before or after the draft - probably after and closer to the deadline - and saying the farm was refurbished by the draft. Scary.
posted by Kalel9 @ 10:35 AM
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And yet, he's marketable, which make Hal and Levine's eyes light up with dollar signs.
As I said in the other thread, if they acquire him for anything of significance, I'm done with this team until new people are in charge.
This is about Cashman. Why? Because he values pitcihng over hitting; he has said so repeatedly.
So while the owners and Harpo Marx in an expensive suit may insist on winning now at the cost of future sanity, it is the GM who has convinced them that pitching holds the keys to the shithouse...um, kingdom.
Hamels is too much of a name brand to assume the offer was Cashman driven. We've already learned he' not allowed to spend that kind of money on his own.
He still a pitcher. If it was a brand-name hitter, I agree with you.
It still beyond his spending tier and it's a pitcher that the Sox maybe after and that Levine and Hal have heard of.
I have no doubt that Cashman has gone overboard during the current pitching era, but he did want Moncada, and we have been drafting good hitters the past few years, signed a ton in IFA, and also gave out 4 big deals to "hitters" last offseason.
I don't dispute a budget. I am merely imputing to Cashman priorities that he himself has repeatedly articulated.
Beyond that, he understands his bosses' goals and continues to accept their money.
Taken together I think it is reasonable to think he wants to direct his assets toward as many established top of the rotation starters as his allotted budget will allow.
Still, he's clearly been about targetting fixable pitchers in the trade market and looking for swing and miss. Rather than being a big game, big name hunter in pitching, which the org was with Tanaka, but he was the first since Cliff Lee.
They didn't got after Jon Lester...
Heyman says they were never close: http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/25098725/yankees-were-never-close-to-getting-hamels-so-was-any-team-close
I'll say again -- anything of value for him and his contract, and I'm done.
I doubt Hamels is traded. Lee is seeing Dr. Andrews. Phils need someone to pitch.
do you believe everything you read in the papers? ever heard of teams using the media to drive up prices?
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