WHY BOBBY VALENTINE ANNOYS ME

When Bobby Valentine was asked about the Yankees recent upgrade with the signings of Michael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda, he designed this answer to annoy the hell out of every Yankee fan out there. He did it because he knew it would annoy us. Sure, I fell into the trap, I’m now writing about it:

“They’re probably an upgrade from Colon and Garcia. Probably, I don’t know. It seems it…Pineda, when I saw him the first half, he looked unhittable. Second half, he was OK.” (The Mariners) saw a lot of him and they traded him....Kuroda is a good pitcher –a year older than he was last year, pitching in the American League and not the National League, pitching in not a great pitcher’s ballpark from a great pitcher’s ballpark.”

Come on Bobby, would you be saying that if the Sox signed Kuroda, because they were in the same type discussions as the Yankees were of Kuroda. This report is from January 10th, Read HERE. The difference is, we got Kuroda, the Sox didn’t. Now, in full disclosure, you know my personal feelings about Kuroda. I don’t love the guy and I would have never have signed him if the Yankees didn’t also snag Pineda. Kuroda helps, but doesn’t dominate and everything Bobby V is saying about Kuroda is true, but don’t say it if the Sox were trying to snag the same guy, you look like a fool.

As far as Pineda, sure, Bobby is right, he hits a wall, but he's 22 and that’s going to happen. No doubt Pineda is an upgrade though and has he develops, he’ll go longer into the season with a better success rate. (By the way, read WHY PINEDA HAS ACE POTENTIAL...A SABERMETRIC VIEW.) There is also the possibility that an increase in innings could hurt Pineda next season, something a lot of people aren’t talking about but it’s true. You just never know.

And finally, is the Red Sox recently minor league signing of Vicente Padilla a better signing than Michael Pineda or Hiroki Kuroda? I think not. In fact, just replace Kuroda’s name with Padilla in Valentine's comment, you have the same result:

“Padilla is a good pitcher—a year older than he was last year , pitching in the American League and not the National League, pitching in not a great pitcher’s ballpark from a great pitcher’s ballpark.” It works both ways Bobby and the fact that not 1 reporter pressed him that is ridiculous.

Bobby V is going to annoy me all season, I can tell already. Any chance we can get Francona back in the fold? Oh… too late? OK… Damn.

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