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Apr 26, 2012 -- 1:10PM, ArtVandelay wrote:

Apr 26, 2012 -- 8:00AM, qwik3457bb wrote:

Apr 26, 2012 -- 12:04AM, paterson wrote:

   Michael Pineda went 1 and 4 with an ERA over 5.00 in an expansive ballpark during the 2nd half of 2011. Do you think that might have been a clue that something was not right with him? I don't see how giving up an elite hitting prospect, even if he never develops into more than a reserve catcher, for a questionable pitcher was a good idea.

 

Not really. His peripherals were the same or better through the 2nd half. The 1 and 4 is the Mariners' awful offense as much as him. There was nothing really questionable, and if the results in the 2nd half had been just as good, the Yanks would have had to give up either Banuelos or Betances along with Montero to get him.

Cash is saving Betances and Banuelos to trade for Lackey and Brian Wilson...

I don't think the Beach Boys will trade Wilson.  You're the President.  Sober up and do something about this !   There's panic in the streets.

Apr 26, 2012 -- 5:47AM, Stratocaster wrote:

Apr 25, 2012 -- 11:36PM, TheIronHorse wrote:

Everyone has to stop with the Arod contract. It's ridiculous already. The Arod contract is not what's hurting the Yankees now. In 2 years it could be a different story, but stop lying to yourselves. The guy may need to DH once a week and that's it. There are plenty of at bats at DH to go around.

Don't kid yourself. That contract affects everything the Yankees do. They don't operate in a vacuum.

That contract hasn't detrimentally affected the Yankees at all yet. People just want it to have really badly because they don't like Arod. But that contract isn't the problem at all.

Last night game made me ill. This team couldn't get to reliever Scott Feldman, who started the game, yet Hughes continues to struggle and Girardi keeps pointing out that he won 18 in 2010 maybe that was an aberration because he has not come near that figure in two years. What are they going to do when Andy arrives? I guess it will be eenie meenie miney mo because I don´t know what other way they will choose between Garcia and Hughes.

Hughes will never be the star they thought they had in the Minor Leagues and the thought that they can possibly start Garcia tomorrow rather than CC is insanity because Verlander doesn't even need to pitch if Garcia is the starter. Two pitchers it´s all we have. Kuroda has not been consistent, lose one, win one, lose and lose, etc although he pitched very well against Darvish, but even 1 run would have been too much to overcome because Darvish was everything they said he was and I think he even tried harder to show the Yanks they made a mistake not bidding for him. Hughes and Phelps were terrible.

The trip to Texas was not a success

Apr 26, 2012 -- 12:04AM, paterson wrote:

   Michael Pineda went 1 and 4 with an ERA over 5.00 in an expansive ballpark during the 2nd half of 2011. Do you think that might have been a clue that something was not right with him? I don't see how giving up an elite hitting prospect, even if he never develops into more than a reserve catcher, for a questionable pitcher was a good idea.

   Even if you give all the characters in this sordid act the benefit of the doubt, doesn't it tell us something when he showed up looking like Hideki Irabu for training camp? Yes, the Yankees could use more pitching, but this was a dumb deal!

Ron is that you?