WHY THE YANKEES LET ANOTHER ONE GET AWAY

The Cubs and the former Pittsburgh Pirate lefty Paul Maholm are close to working out an agreement. That's coming from various reports but started with Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports. As you know, because of the Yankees being in the “Year of Wait”, we here at Bleeding Yankee Blue had suggested 3 pitchers the Yankees could go after, perhaps at a reasonably low price and still be able to save a few bucks waiting for a big splash in a future Free Agent market in the years to come. Read 3 PITCHERS THE YANKEES SHOULD CONSIDER. Paul Maholm is one of those pitchers and now it seems like he and the Cubs are only hours away from making a deal... here is Ken Rosenthal's Tweet HERE.

Let me re-state, not only do I like what the Yankees are doing right now, I appreciate and understand it. If they don’t want to pursue ANY help in their starting pitching and just have the guys they have duke it out with the youngsters like Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances to fill spots, I have nothing bad to say about it. It makes sense, sure… but that 1 quote from Hal Steinbrenner from back in November still continues to echo in my head…

" I’m still a little concerned about our rotation.”

Why did he say that if he wasn’t going to do anything? If Cashman said that to the media and did nothing, he would later say “There wasn’t anything out there we were interested in.” For a Steinbrenner to say that, well, that’s just unusual. Steinbrenners mean what they say and say what they mean… except Uncle Hank… he just says anything.

My point is there is pitching out there to be had and it's NOT expensive pitching. I'm a believer of spicing things up, stockpiling arms and have the boys compete for spots, especially if you aren't going to spend big money...which it appears the Yankees aren't. Sure, guys like Maholm or Rich Harden may not be better than what we have already, and you know my standards are high, but there is pitching out there. Maholm could have been an interesting alternative to throw into the mix. But, it appears that he and the Cubs may be wrapping up a deal soon, if you believe Ken Rosenthal at least.

The Free Agent market’s getting leaner Ladies and Gentlemen… how many days until Spring Training again? 37? Damn I’m ready.

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