The Former Yankee Performance Thread v4.0

[roblyo33]

Remember when many of us marveled about the Sheffield deal and what a genius Cashman was for getting 3 young pitching studs. There's a trade that seems to have lost much of its lustre.

Getting a bag of balls for Sheffield would have been more than even.

[yanksphan]

Marlins released Proctor today.

Proctor>Betemit>Swisher.....that worked out well.

[sweet_lou_14]

Isn't this bizarre?

Still got a soft spot for the Big G.

[nnysiny]

ughhh, look at veins on his left bicep. dude is going to go out WWE style

[Mr. Mxylsplk]

John Wetteland was hospitalized today, after apparent suicidal behavior.

The Denton County Sheriff's office says they took a call from the Argyle/Bartonville area around 12:30 Thursday on a possibly suicidal person.

When officers arrived to the home, a man later identified as Wetteland came out with his hands in the air, saying he "needed help."

Best wishes to him.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/John.Wettel...2.1309057.html

[Yankee Tripper]

The Pirates claimed pitcher Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Mariners, according to a team press release. The designated Jeff Karstens for assignment to make room for Jakubauskas.

mlbtraderumors.com

[rpbri2886]

The Pirates claimed pitcher Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Mariners, according to a team press release. The designated Jeff Karstens for assignment to make room for Jakubauskas.

mlbtraderumors.com

But I thought Jeff Karstens was great, and Cashman was an idiot for letting him get away!

[Waitinfor27]

Guess I'll post this here; as per Lohud Shelley Duncan is now a FA.

Bet a million bucks the Pirates pick him up.

[Kluivert4Ever]

Yeah, sure has. Who were the pitchers again - Sanchez, Claggett, and ???

Wasnt it Melancon?

[flymick24]

nah, they just like our pitchers

[flymick24]

Wasnt it Melancon?

sanchez, claggett, and kevin whelan, whelan being the lone survivor of the bunch

sanchez looked like a great pickup at the time, but the dude just couldn't stay healthy... thus the risk in acquiring him

[Kluivert4Ever]

sanchez, claggett, and kevin whelan, w

Oh yeah, Whelan. My bad.

[DaSh 1s]

Former MLB catcher Sal Fasano will manage the Blue Jays' Class A Lansing affiliate, according to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com.

[ajra21]

sanchez, claggett, and kevin whelan, whelan being the lone survivor of the bunch

sanchez looked like a great pickup at the time, but the dude just couldn't stay healthy... thus the risk in acquiring him

i still liked that trade merely for getting rid of sheff for more than abag of balls.

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

i still liked that trade merely for getting rid of sheff for more than abag of balls.

I would have taken a bag of balls.

[False1]

i still liked that trade merely for getting rid of sheff for more than abag of balls.

Anyone who knocks that trade is the King of All Hindsight. That was a fantastic move by Cash, who picked up Sheffield's option explicitly to trade him. He judged the market right in that there was at least one suitor willing to give up prime prospects to acquire/extend a slugging RH bat. As pitching prospects go, Sanchez was a gem and Whelan was a project with a tremendous arm. Sanchez has had injury problems and is looking like he's flaming out. He's only pitched ~50 innings since TJ surgery in '07. I know the Yanks released and then re-signed him last year, but I don't think they've given up on him entirely. Hopefully it just took him some extra time to recover from TJ and he can develop into a contributor for us or another org.

Whelan's issue is control. He has overpowering stuff - he just can't locate it. See his '09 stats between Trenton and SWB...

Whelan '09: 4-0, 2.67 ERA, 67 IP, 85 K, 41 BB, 6.0 H/9, 11.4 K/9

[Yankee Tripper]

Pirates have tentative interest in Xavier Nady and Ron Villone

Ron Villone is still in baseball? I thought he was finished a year and a half ago.

[eaganmafia]

Ron Villone is still in baseball? I thought he was finished a year and a half ago.

He's got a heartbeat and he throws with his left arm...he'll always have a job in baseball.

[Mark19]

The Mets and Cards are also looking at Nady as a buy-low guy. A supplemental pick would have been nice but I can understand why the FO didn't want to risk having him back on a 1 year/$7+ million deal.

[BronxYanks45]

Cody Ransom signs a minor league deal with the Phillies

[The Greek]

Cody Ransom signs a minor league deal with the Phillies

This is the Phillies attempt to get revenge on Girardi.

[BronxYanks45]

Angel Berroa signs a minor league deal with the Dodgers

[StantonFan]

Stanton Pumped To Start Coaching Prep Team

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yanke...a9t3yhfTqoIyyM

Mike Stanton has yet to retire from baseball officially, but he has found himself a pretty good job in the game he loves.

The lefty reliever, who earned three championship rings during his time with the Yankees, now is the head coach at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.

The school has a tremendous winning tradition, just like the Yankees. The Ironmen football team was No. 1 in the nation this past season, and over the last two years the baseball team put up a 59-5 record, including a majestic 33-0 mark in 2008 under Greg Butler, who is now an athletic director at another school. Stanton helped with the team last year on the freshman, JV and varsity level.

Stanton, 42, looks at this as a great opportunity, plus he gets to coach his son, Cameron, who is a right-handed pitcher and outfielder.

Why did Stanton want to coach at this level?

“I’ve been on the road so much,” he said. “Then I started going to see my son play. It kind of turned into me hanging around every day and they ended up giving me a uniform. But I’ve always had a passion of working with kids."

“One of the things we’re really going to preach is teamwork, and being for the team,” Stanton said. “That’s always been my approach to put the team first, especially being the offensive linemen of baseball. While I was in New York, my job was to protect Mariano.”

Best of luck to my favorite player...

[BronxYanks45]

some updates: Eric Hinske is now on the Braves

[BronxYanks45]

some updates: Shelley Duncan signs minor league deal with Indians with Spring Training invite