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December 31, 2004
Go Yanks Go!
Just when I was getting over the disappointment of the Yanks not being able to consummate a horrendeous three way trade with the Diamondbacks and Dodgers, they come back at me with an even worse deal!
They Get:
-A 42-year-old pitcher with a bad back who needs saline injections in his knee to pitch. For THREE years! For $16M/year!
They Give Up:
-A 28-year-old pitcher that was unanimously seen as the best piching signing of 2004, eats innings like a knuckleballer, strikes out a bunch of guys and is widely considered to be one of the smartest men in baseball
-One of there two marketable minor leaguers, making it more difficult for them to make trades at the deadline this year
-Another $9M, just for kicks
-A slam dunk chance at signing Carlos Beltran. They may still get him, but even the Yankees eventually run up against financial constraints
In sum, they give up two guys that could be hurting the Sox for the next 10 years for a pitcher whose body could go caput at any moment.
This, in the shadow of the real most important deal of the year, the sox signing Wade Miller for change. Wade has had a sub 3.40 ERA three of the last four years, including during a year where his shoulder was coming apart.
I'm really starting to look forward to the century of the Boston Red Sox.
Posted by stan at December 31, 2004 11:24 AM