WHY YANKEE FANS PICK MARK BUEHRLE

You guys are smart. You must have saw the offer that CJ Wilson wants... 6 years $120 million and realized just how ridiculous it was. I am a firm believer that no one will offer that to Wilson, surely not the Yankees. Mark Buehrle on the other hand is a smart choice. Not only is he cheaper, he’s a lefty and durable. Yes, it’s true, the Miami Marlins have put in their offer, but based on their uniform styles alone, I don’t see how Buehrle goes to an un-sure thing in Miami, even WITH Ozzie Guillen as their manager. For a player Buehrle’s age, he just wants a World Championship and even he knows the Yankees will provide that. Buehrle is the perfect number 3 for the Yankees. If the Yanks start with their ace, CC Monster, they could put Ivan Nova in the number 2 hole and make Mark Buehrle number 3. That’s lefty, righty, lefty and changing it up helps against any tough hitting club.

When looking through the Bleeding Yankee Blue poll, ya’ll chose Buehrle (77 votes) and CJ Wilson was a close second with 62 votes. After that, it really was slim…. True... Edwin Jackson received 10 votes and Dontrelle Willis received 7, but after that, it was a small batch of 2’s, 4’s and 6’s. Yankee fans want quality and pitchers like Buehrle and Wilson provide that. Ya’ll are mad smart and we're thrilled you took our poll. Take a look at the full completed poll below:

So, hopefully the Yankee brass takes note and brings Buehrle to the Bronx. True, Wilson will give us a great performance, hell, he’d probably be a great Yankee, but the biggest concern this off-season for all teams has got to be long term deals… no team really wants to do that right now, they’ve seen bad contracts and bad returns on high priced players in the past and they don't want to make that mistake. Now, 2 pieces of information you need to know. CJ Wilson reportedly had dinner with the Angels brass, read HERE and Mark Buehrle has been visited by the Nationals at his home. Read HERE. I'm sure an offer has been made, so stay tuned for that.

But that being said, take a moment… comment and tell us if the BYB readers got this one right. Should the Yankees push hard to get Mark Buehrle on the free agent market? Let us know what you think.

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