***The OFFICAL Yankees Offseason Speculation Thread***

Rubeskies · #1 12-09-2005, 03:39 PM

Available CF or OF (In the event that Matsui is moved to center).

CF: Johnny Damon, Kenny Loften, Bernie Williams, and Preston Wilson

OF: Jeromy Burnitz, Juan Encarnacion, Juan Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hammonds, Richard Hidalgo, Jacque Jones, Eli Marrero, Reggie Sanders, Sosa, Rondell White.

If the Yanks aren't willing to move Matsui to center, Damon seems like the only viable canidate. Preston Wilson has good power but strikes out way too much. Lofton hit .335 last year in 350+ ABs and stole 22 bases and he is a pretty decent defender because he still has speed but is he reliable? Could be the answer to our leadoff problems if Cashman wants to gamble on an aging vet. And of course Bernie is Bernie.

Most of those other corner outfielders can all fill the role but none of them are exactly inspiring choices and I don't know how much I like Matsui in Center.

Besides that a trade could be in order. Milton Bradley has a lot of talent but he is a head case and I don't think he'd survive in New York.

Rubeskies · #2 12-09-2005, 03:55 PM

The Yankees resigned Sturtze but other options out there are:

Octavio Dotel is pretty solid. I'm not sure he'd be willing to go back to a setup role but Dotel, Farnsworth, Rivera sounds like something I could put my trust in.

Joey Eischen has a breakout season with the Nats last year. Lefty that had a 3.22 ERA and a 7.4 K/9 ration. Not bad. Better than Mike Myers.

Cal Eldrid is an aging vet who had a sub 3 ERA last year in 40 innings for the Cards. Hard to trust his stuff though.

Hasegawa and Chris Hammond are uninspired options.

Roberto Hernandez had a pretty good year last year. ERA Under 3 but he is getting old as well.

Braden Looper is meh.

Jim Mecir is an interesting option. ERA right around 3 with a nasty Screwball. If anything he'll be fun to watch.

Jeff Nelson is still available I think.

Ricardo Rincon is steady if uninitmidating.

Al Reyes could be a good pickup. His ERA was 2.15 for the cards and oponents from both sides of the plate were hitting below .200 against him.

Julian Tavarez is decent but a headcase.

Urbina is decent but injury prone, might be unwilling to not close and might actually be MIA.

TheRover · #3 12-09-2005, 04:57 PM

Mecir and Eldred have retired. Dotel had TJ surgery and will miss about half the season.

Rubeskies · #4 12-09-2005, 05:00 PM

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In that case Al Reyes and Joey Eischen would be at the top of my wish list.

Another player the Yankees should be considering (but don't seem to be) is Joey Gathright in center. Possibly one of the fastest men in baseball, he is young and he seems to have a big upside. They'd have to give up something to the DRays in prospects but thats nothing new.

TheRover · #5 12-09-2005, 05:04 PM

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Mecir and Eldred have retired. Dotel had TJ surgery and will miss about half the season.

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In that case Al Reyes and Joey Eischen would be at the top of my wish list.

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...except Reyes will miss the entire season with TJ surgery [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Rubeskies · #6 12-09-2005, 05:09 PM

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Mecir and Eldred have retired. Dotel had TJ surgery and will miss about half the season.

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In that case Al Reyes and Joey Eischen would be at the top of my wish list.

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...except Reyes will miss the entire season with TJ surgery [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Haha, this is all starting to explain how Scott Eyre got $11 Mil and Farnsworth $17 mil.

cdxx · #7 12-09-2005, 05:10 PM

no more jeff nelson back on the yankees experiments

sublime · #8 12-09-2005, 06:00 PM

Another player the Yankees should be considering (but don't seem to be) is Joey Gathright in center.

the yankees have nobody to give tampa for a young cheap player with nothing but upside. especially considering how difficult tampa is to deal with.

bugstud · #9 12-09-2005, 06:08 PM

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Another player the Yankees should be considering (but don't seem to be) is Joey Gathright in center.

the yankees have nobody to give tampa for a young cheap player with nothing but upside. especially considering how difficult tampa is to deal with.

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don't they still have eric duncan?

SuitedDucks · #10 12-09-2005, 06:46 PM

duncan struggled a bit this year in the minor leagues. hes still our best positional prospect.

best thing to do for the yanks is to sit back and not overpay for a cfer. id rather have bubba than overpay.