***yankees official offseason thread*****

[blunty31]

I didnt, but Hughes was very eratic , He looked brilliant 1 games, absolutly horrible the next. Kennedy was very solid and consistant in all his outings even though they were few. At this point we cant debate on whose the better pitcher, we can all agree Hughes has more potential, Im just not very high on power pitchers until they prove themselves.

[jtg51]

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I didnt, but Hughes was very eratic , He looked brilliant 1 games, absolutly horrible the next.

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Jesus, what did you expect from him? He didn't turn 21 until the end of June, but he had the second best WHIP on the entire staff among pitchers with more than 30 innings (behind Rivera). 7.35 K/9 and 3.33 BB/9. What more do you want?

[jtg51]

BTW, I think it's a lock Rivera and Posada will be back, thank god. And I'd be stunned if they sign a center fielder. Melky earned the job.

I also think A-Rod will be back. The fans seemed to accept him much more this year. Like I posted somewhere else, he didn't get booed in the playoffs. He got "M-V-P" chants. Every single thing he's said this year has indicated he wants to stay.

[HoyaSaxa123]

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Every single thing he's said this year has indicated he wants to stay.

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As opposed to him repeatedly saying throughout this year that he wants out? That would have made his life much easier.

[nutshot2]

The only other way I can see the outfield going is:

don't pick up abreu's option... sign hunter, move melky to right

[Triumph36]

moving cabrera to right is a horrible idea

[nutshot2]

it's not my idea, i'm just saying i could see it happening

[jtg51]

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Every single thing he's said this year has indicated he wants to stay.

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As opposed to him repeatedly saying throughout this year that he wants out? That would have made his life much easier.

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Why do people around here always act like this? Do you really think there's nothing in between what you said and what I said and there are no other possibilities, or did you just want to make a pointless smartass, sarcastic comment?

[HoyaSaxa123]

I'm not trying to be a smartass. I apologize if I came across that way.

I would really like to know what other options he has when making comments about his future. The focus is on him all the time. Imagine the commotion it would create if he even hinted at wanting to leave? His season, and the Yankees season, would probably be over.

[jtg51]

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I'm not trying to be a smartass. I apologize if I came across that way.

I would really like to know what other options he has when making comments about his future. The focus is on him all the time. Imagine the commotion it would create if he even hinted at wanting to leave? His season, and the Yankees season, would probably be over.

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He could have said the same thing everyone else always does: "I'm not going to talk about my contract until the season is over."

Instead he said things like (I spent 1 minutes googling this):

"You're asking me what my sincere feeling is. I want to 100 percent stay in New York. Period. That's it. I don't know how many ways I can say it."

"I want to be here. I want to stay here."

"I want to be in New York. This is the place I want to finish my career. That's it. We had options and we all know that, but I want to be in New York. That's it."

"I want to stay in New York, no matter what."

"I kept saying it this winter. I love New York. It's the greatest place for me to play."

"My wife loves New York. Our daughter [Natasha] is in music classes and [Cynthia] loves Central Park. She wants to be there for a long time."


That sounds like a lot more than just trying to say the right thing. Either he's a flat out liar, or he really wants to stay. If the Yankees want him to stay, they can pay him the most money and he wants to stay, I don't see how he's going to leave.