Brian Cashman always has good intentions when he speaks to
the media about growing our club from within and giving the kids a chance.
What do I mean? Well, with
CC Sabathia getting put on the DL before
yesterday’s game and
Andy Pettitte getting hurt by a liner in the 5
th
inning fracturing his ankle (Read
HERE in case you live under a rock), Cashman
said clearly that he wanted to bring
Freddy Garcia into the starting role and
being up someone like
Adam Warren to take Garcia’s spot while the big guys
heal. Read
HERE. Look, that’s all fine and good,
but that’s not realistic to what the Yankees REALLY want to do.
The Yankees preach patience, but that’s what they want you
to believe. There’s nothing wrong with
that, that’s their job, to not show their hand but instead, lurk and sneak a
call and put the pieces in place to get quality and experience for what many know will be a
strong run for the American League pennant after the All-star break. The Yankees may give you every indication
that they will bring up youngsters to fill the gaps and help make the run, and
sure, 1 guy may help, but the Yankees want a seasoned Major League pitcher, a
rental if you will, and for me, I am pretty positive that they’ll be working the
phones pretty hard right now to try and pick up someone like a
Matt Garza now that Andy and
CC are down for the count.
You have to assume CC and Andy will be back, but what if healing
takes longer to heal than they think? Let’s face it, that’s very possible when
where talking about a 40 year old pitcher.
Andy is pretty invincible but a busted ankle is no joke. Getting insurance, stability with a starter
like Matt Garza makes sense to me. Plus, let’s think about this, we have 2 overhyped pitchers in
the minor leagues in
Dellin Betances and
Manny Baneulos, (read
YOUNG GUNS III: STRUGGLE OF THE KILLER B's)
and while I have a thing for Manny Banuelos and won’t give up on him yet, I
have not problem packaging Betances and/or
Cory Wade and/or even a Freddy Garcia for a Matt Garza or someone else who I believe can give us results.
Why? Because we have guys like
Joba Chamberlain and
David Aardsma working their way back and they can fill the long
man and extra reliever role while we add a starter, especially
at the trade deadline. Plus, you need to
realize,with a guy like Garza for example, the Cubs are done this season, they'll probably sell of guys like crazy.
What about
Francisco Liriano? For some reason the Yankees and Liriano are always connected and that can only mean 1 thing; both the Twins and the Yankees have talked more than once about it. Buster Olney tweeted about it as well. Read his Tweet
HERE. Clearly it may be a good fit for the Yankees.
Another option may be
Zack Greinke. Ken Rosenthal reported
HERE that if the Brewers can't sign him to a long term deal they may be willing to part with him by the deadline. That would be interesting. Sure, we’ve heard the stories about Grienke
and how he’d fail in New York because he pitches better in a small market, but
how the hell do we know? He’s never pitched in New York as a Yankee. I’d be willing to try.
And while we’re throwing out names, what’s to say the
Yankees won’t throw the farm at Seattle again and take another shot at
King Felix? Sure, he's under contract with the Mariners until the end of 2014 but crazier things have happened and I have always believed that the Yanks
have the best shot to land him, whether it’s now or later. Plus, they’ve already given up
Jesus Montero
to the Mariners, a guy they swore they wouldn't part with. And yes, the Mariners are clearly getting more back on the
Michael Pineda/Montero trade than we are right now.
Why not throw more into the Mariner pot and see what type of deal we can make?
Yes, it's true, the $189 million cap is a concern, the Yankees want to
be under that cap, plus they need to figure out the futures of
Curtis Granderson and
Robinson Cano in pinstripes.
I can tell you this, they like both and according to Brian Cashman, they
will do their best the bring them both back, read
HERE. So
Cashman really needs
to get creative and do what he does best, negotiate good deals.
Look, I’m not expert, but I know there’s pitching out there.
The question becomes, What are the Yankees willing to part with, how much will
they spend and save and will they get seasoned players to help them win down
the stretch? I believe they can handle
those questions… After all, it’s their job to win it all for us fans, the same fans who pay these players' salaries. At the end of the day, we want to win and we
want the best team on the field and believe me… Yankee brass knows that. Stay tuned.
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