Calling price too high, Yankees exit Santana chase

Please...Hank dropped the ball on this one... The Yankees lineup is built for right now and so is Santana,Pettitte and Wang.Hughes and Kennedy are built for the future if they have one.Hughes was out for along time over a hamstring injury[could be an injury prone type] and Kennedy didn't look all that good to me thus far...If George was at the controls,I know what he does,what I would do...Trade Hughes,Kennedy and Cabrera for Santana in a heartbeat,Santana is only 28 and he is the best pitcher in the game bar none.Than you sign Aaron Rowand to replace Cabrera.Rowand is all around better than Cabrera,he hit 27HR had 95 RBI's,compared to Melky's 8HR and 56RBI's.Yanks rotation would be best in baseball,Santana,Pettitte,Wang ,Chamberlain,well than...Mussina.Remember folks this Yankee team is built to win "right now".

man wrote:

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i'm still here Jim. few of us talk sensibly and realistically about what is going on. no time for BS bashing etc...just a conv about facts and opinions.
me-i would love to have Santana and would give Hughes,Melky and another young kid and to keep Kennedy throw in some more cash.

i agree about santana, he is a cy young guy. but, it seems they wanted more. if they gave up kennedy and hughes, we are left with moose in the rotation and that is an automatic loss. i think the yanks had a fear they were not deep in other starters. having less meant they were 1 injury away from last year. you point out the cleveland series. funny thing. did you see the same 2 pitchers against the sox??? do you think that the yanks have been tight the past 3 years in the playoffs vs a loose sox team. the sox batters are not a tightly wound group the yanks were. the joe era in the end was not the same after 04. it is a fact and the results got worse not better. i see a different team this year, mental wise and it can only help. the sox go into a series knowing they will win, the yanks old mindset. the yanks go into a series wondering how they will lose. even derek finally gagged this year. i think young joe will help. maybe joba is the new lights out ace. we saw he could do that for up to 3 innings. lets see how it plays out. hughes did good in the series. kennedy is better then moose...

Pauly wrote:

Please...Hank dropped the ball on this one... The Yankees lineup is built for right now and so is Santana,Pettitte and Wang.Hughes and Kennedy are built for the future if they have one.Hughes was out for along time over a hamstring injury[could be an injury prone type] and Kennedy didn't look all that good to me thus far...If George was at the controls,I know what he does,what I would do...Trade Hughes,Kennedy and Cabrera for Santana in a heartbeat,Santana is only 28 and he is the best pitcher in the game bar none.Than you sign Aaron Rowand to replace Cabrera.Rowand is all around better than Cabrera,he hit 27HR had 95 RBI's,compared to Melky's 8HR and 56RBI's.Yanks rotation would be best in baseball,Santana,Pettitte,Wang ,Chamberlain,well than...Mussina.Remember folks this Yankee team is built to win "right now".

how about yanks just sign rowland anyway???

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Did you watch last season???The Yankees were not competitive, they got lucky and rode on AROD's back. Their "best pitchers" can't match up with Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, or even the Angels. Santana will not become free agent if another team is giving him close to what he's asking because of fear of injury or bad year. If he's traded, he's signing. While all the fans keep hyping of these rookie pitchers, you have to remember they're all just prospects. Anything can happen. Maybe only Joba is a sure thing. Hughes seems injury prone. While you wait for these guys to develop, all your position players are old and past their prime. By the time your pitchers pan out, you have no more offense. Gotta go for it now!!!!!

You lost credibility when you said that all the positions players are old and past their prime.

Cano
A-Rod
Jeter
Abreau
Cabrera

Old? Hardly. Past their prime? Uh, no.

yes but i still think now is the time to sign Santana and win. Hughes and Kennedy may still be learning the league, especially the AL East. hughes threw more, but Kennedy pretty new. Joba threw guys away in 2 innings of work-yet to see what happens when he goes 7 and sees guys 2,3,maybe 4 times thru. although Posada had best yr he not inhis prime, and face it as good as Mo is(i'd still take him over all,even Paps) he's not the Mo of yesterday. Jeter is still my SS but he IS losing a little range. and the Yanks platoon role @ 1st aitn gonna work. get someone there to play everyday with a sub now and then. let Giambi swing the bat.he may hit again and then you can trade him come July for something you need. why let him rot away on bench and get nothing for him. Damon ok in left,he's great leadoff hitter but where does Matsui go, DH?-nah...cant trade him either. just about all the Yanks have no trade clauses. if wanna stick with youth, i say move Hughes, Kennedy, and Melky and get Santana. let youth play CF-Jose Tabata.
Santana is the missing puzzle piece...mark my words, save this post, throw it back at me come next Sept if i'm wrong...

and on top of it all, Yanks management is going to be very cautious with the young arms this season...meaning what are we looking at, 5 maybe 6 innings per starter. the bullpen better be solid cuz they gonna be pitching as much as starters. i fine so long as Joba was the set up 7 and 8 inning guy but they commited to him as starter. so who in pen will eat up innings and not give games away. nothing bugs me more than a pitcher being pulled too early for putting 2 runners on and then the reliever gives up a hit to score those runs and charge them to the starter.