The New York Yankees have done something! Spread the word! The Yankees have made a deal with someone other than Russell Martin!! Tell all your Yankee friends, celebrate, throw on your Yankee hat and wave your big foam Yankee finger!!! The Yankees did something!!After getting some doubtful signals from Andy Pettitte for the past 74 days and Cashman swearing he'd never give up a number 1 Draft Pick for anyone other than Cliff Lee, he lied to all of us... and I LOVE IT.
Jon Heyman from Sports Illustrated is reporting that Rafael Soriano is a New York Yankee. The deal is about $35 million for 3 years. Read it HERE on MLB Trade Rumors.
So what does this mean? Well, for starters, the Yankees have an incredible bridge to get to Mo. Joba's in there (unless of course the decide that he's going to be a starter), they have David Robertson, they have Pedro Feliciano and Boone Logan and now the have Soriano.
The upside, we look incredible in our bullpen. Soriano last year have a career year as a closer for the Rays, a 1.73 ERA in 64 games. I would assume he can maintain that, unless he needs to adjust to setting up rather than closing. It's good the deal is for 3 years because if Mo is eventually phased out through his 2 year contract, Soriano can fill in to close when needed to give Mo a rest and over time, by the 3rd year of his contract, Soriano will be the permanent Yankees closer.
The downside, We need some starters who can pitch us into the 7th inning sometimes. Mitre and Nova are not those guys, although I wouldn't mind seeing what Nova has this spring training and try to stretch him a bit. If we have pitchers that can't pitch into the 6th or 7th consistently, our bullpen will be shot by June.
So, Say Hallelujah... Say Amen. The Yankees made a move everyone! The Yankees made a move!! Rejoice! Hug thy neighbor. Things are happening.
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RFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOO....thanks for making me laugh this Friday morning.
ReplyDeleteHey, I think Cash and company have been reading your blog, :-))) since you were plugging this move for a long time now!!!
I agree with all your comments & analysis.
Do you think this means Joba (whom I love, but I don't know if he will ever be the '07 Joba, again) or "Houdini" (Robertson) could be, down the road available in any deal for a starter, via trade???
Don't get me wrong, I want to keep them both but I wonder if that was, hypothetically, part of the calculation with Soriano???
Have a great weekend....btw, I read Yankees blogs all the day, yours is really cool, in terms of color, background, layout, etc. but I am sure you know that, :-)))
Can't wait for my b-day next month, Feb 13, because that is the first reporting day for Spring Training, LOL
Carlos, thanks for the kind words. pass it along to anyone and everyone.
ReplyDeleteAs far as Joba, the Yankees love him and want the magic back from 2007, but if that doesn't happen, expect him traded. Sad but true. I hate to say it.
Keep reading, pass it on, and Thanks