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

[WaffleCrusher]

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Why are people so obsessed with catchers offensive outputs? Do you realize Posada is probably the worst in the league at the a huge part of the job -- giving pitchers confidence to throw all of their pitches in big spots.

This aspect magnifies even more in close playoff games, which are dominated by pitchers b.c. top pitchers control games much more than top hitters (i.e. Arod, who mainly feed their sick stats off 5.00+ ERA guys, who unfortunately for Arod appear in the playoffs quite rarely).

And its not like the Yankees need Posada's bat / can't afford to bat a scrub hitting catcher in every game.

If Pudge were avail and I had Yankees payroll, I'd offer him 35-40mil for 2 yrs, or 20 for 1. One of the very very few spots in free agency where paying a huge yearly salary is actually ok.

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[wisehandpoker]

Are you sure Pudge would take it? 3/60 imo gets it done.

[Karak567]

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APXG:

whose gimmick account are you? You can be honest - the secret's out now.

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[onlinebeginner]

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You know if you guys don't want Posada, the Mets will certainly be happy to take him.

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dude hes gonna be 36, has played C for his entire career, is coming of a monster season in NY....believe me you don't want him on your team with what he will get paid.

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THANK YOU!!!!! if you could give him a reasonable 3 year deal that'd be great... but I wouldn't be suprised if he got a monster 4 year deal... it's just not worth it... trade melky if you have to... get a catcher, there has to be a way... also what's the minumum amount of years the yankees could offer Rowand... would he sign a lucrative 4 year deal... cus that'd be sick

edit- plus i think his 36th birthday was this past august

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you might be the most negative poster i've ever seen. YOU are the black hole. i understand realism but jesus christ.

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you sound like a woman

[onlinebeginner]

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even 3 years for posada is too much IMO., but if any team can pay for one 1.5 valuable years over 3-4 its the NYY.

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I completely agree... the problem however is that since he's making all this money in the 3rd 4th and godforbid 5th season of the deal... he'd probably still catch... him at Catcher and Jeter at SS in 4 years are probably the only things stopping this team from another dynasty with their sick young pitching/ player adding ability

[onlinebeginner]

BTW A catchers game calling ability is the only significant intangible in baseball...to say it doesn't exist because there isn't a good way to record it as Data is ignorant

Is jose molina a good catcher?

[Triumph36]

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even 3 years for posada is too much IMO., but if any team can pay for one 1.5 valuable years over 3-4 its the NYY.

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I completely agree... the problem however is that since he's making all this money in the 3rd 4th and godforbid 5th season of the deal... he'd probably still catch... him at Catcher and Jeter at SS in 4 years are probably the only things stopping this team from another dynasty with their sick young pitching/ player adding ability

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I don't think Posada at catcher will be a major liability in the coming years.

you seem to think the yankees can use jose molina which is LOL.

[Needle77]

Suzyn Waldman is such a great great great reporter. That on-air crying session was perfect.

[APXG]

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whose gimmick account are you? You can be honest - the secret's out now.

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lol, i only post opinions that are controversial / provide an alternative perspective. imo when everyone agrees with you, its a waste of time.

also, explain how / why posada being handicapped when catching pitches is not a huge problem. one could easily argue that if molina / anyone else is behind the plate, yankees win game 2.

on the flip side, i can't even envision a scenario where replacing posada's bat in the lineup with molina's would cost an entire game. over the whole postseason through the WS, the posada-molina batting edge probably would add up to less than 1 "game".

[sylar]

way to answer the question