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View Poll Results: What will you do if they reinstate the draft? | |||
Enlist happily and fight for my country. | 21 | 14.00% | |
F that, this war is stupid. | 40 | 26.67% | |
Move to Mexico or Canada | 36 | 24.00% | |
BASTARD!! | 53 | 35.33% | |
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Re: ***yankees official offseason thread*****
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[ QUOTE ] Next year who do you want pitching a GAME 7 in the playoffs and feel like yes that guy is gonna be lights out. Hughes...no Joba...no Kennedy...no Wang...not really Andy....yes [/ QUOTE ] Who was that guy from '96-'00? Other than Cone for the last couple of months of '96, the Yankees never had a super dominant, lights out starter on their World Series winning teams. [/ QUOTE ] news flash...its not 96-00 can it be done...yes but it sure would be nice to have Beckett/Santana/etc as our number one. I'll will wager( eventhough I am a diehard Yankee fan) if our starting 5 is Andy/Joba/Hughes/Kennedy/Moose next year we dont make the playoffs |
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I don't disagree with the views of Thay3r etc but I do think most Yankee fans view their prospects with a best case scenario type of view. I.E. Joba/Hughes can be awesome...thus they will be [/ QUOTE ] I agree with this. I remember Kyleb saying that the FLOOR of Phil Hughes was a #2 SP. well, that's pretty LOL. his floor is Mark Prior, or Kerry Wood, or any other young pitcher that gets hurt and is never quite the same, and at any rate is not a good productive pitcher for all his cheap years. |
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news flash...its not 96-00 [/ QUOTE ] You make a...compelling argument. |
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Its gonna suck seeing Rowand in a Yankees uniform. He is extremely frustrating, but you gots to love him. He is too cool to play for the Yankees, trade for JD drew or some other dbag.
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I would be all for trading for JD Drew.
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[ QUOTE ] I don't disagree with the views of Thay3r etc but I do think most Yankee fans view their prospects with a best case scenario type of view. I.E. Joba/Hughes can be awesome...thus they will be [/ QUOTE ] I agree with this. I remember Kyleb saying that the FLOOR of Phil Hughes was a #2 SP. well, that's pretty LOL. his floor is Mark Prior, or Kerry Wood, or any other young pitcher that gets hurt and is never quite the same, and at any rate is not a good productive pitcher for all his cheap years. [/ QUOTE ] This is a silly argument. Santana could easily get hurt as well, and the impact on a teams financials of a Hughes getting hurt is like a zillion times less than a Santana. |
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[ QUOTE ] well given this is mainly off of ESPN/CBS/and other web sites but I've never seen Kennedy mentioned as a having great stuff or B being anything more than a solid middle of the rotation pitcher. [/ QUOTE ] there's a reason why he was picked in the first round. if solid mid-rotation was all you could ask for at his PEAK, he would not be drafted #21. he has four legit very good to very-very good pitches, even if his fastball is 89-92 his control upgrades it quite a bit. plus, it appears that he can get it upto 94-95, but his control is much better if he doesn't. he has also reportedly developed a two-seamer last year. if he is a solid #3 for the yankees for 10 years and possibly #1 or #2 for 1-2 years, that's awesome. i don't know why you'd package him with your other best pitcher and a great CF and ship him for a huge contract. [/ QUOTE ] He was drafted in the first round because he was an advanced college arm, who put up great results for USC. He would be expected to be a low-risk signing, who could reach the majors quickly and contribute at a reasonable level. "Reasonable" being as a #3 or #4 starter. His raw stuff was seen as just about average, but it had a chance to play up due to his control. Where'd you hear that his ceiling was anywhere near Mussina or Maddux? That's a fairly ridiculous thing to say. People draft players like Royce Ring in the first round because they think there's less gamble in them producing on a big league level, it happens all the time in virtually every draft. "Signability" also has a lot to do with that. Kennedy's four pitches are pretty far from "very very good". If the planets align maybe he could pitch as a #2 starter on a contender, but the chances of that are pretty slim. |
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That starting five rotation... with AROD POSADA AND MARIANO coming back should make the playoffs just fine... plus they obviously can snag a #4 starter at anypoint from a small market team.... if they weren't DESTROYED by injuries early in the year they would have won the division
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That starting five rotation... with AROD POSADA AND MARIANO coming back should make the playoffs just fine... plus they obviously can snag a #4 starter at anypoint from a small market team.... if they weren't DESTROYED by injuries early in the year they would have won the division [/ QUOTE ] And we think we won't be fubarded by injuries next year becuse Damon, Hideki, Giambi, Pettite, Moose, Mo are all going on the HGH? |
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I'll will wager( eventhough I am a diehard Yankee fan) if our starting 5 is Andy/Joba/Hughes/Kennedy/Moose next year we dont make the playoffs [/ QUOTE ] I'll take it. |
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