i understand why people wouldn't want any part of Bonds, but it's not like the Yanks haven't made moves like this in order to try & win games in the past.
i was pretty disgusted when they picked up Jose Canseco several years back just to keep him away from BOS... felt it was a pointless acquisition & added nothing to the team, but we ended up winning a WS in spite of it... not saying the same would happen here but Bonds is a way more intimidating presence in the lineup than Canseco ever was.
i dunno, i leave it up to the upper management to figure things out... this team definitely needs to do something cuz as it stands we don't have much depth at all due to Matsui's injury & the fact that Melky & Cano have struggled most of the season at the plate... we can't be relying on guys like Gardner, Christian, Molina & Moeller to pick up the slack (not that i have anything against those guys but they're not scaring anyone, let's be real about it)
looks like the Yanks are also looking at Freddy Garcia for the rotation:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spgarcia0717,0,5659392.story
Righty Garcia could be late-season pickup
BY KAT O'BRIEN | kat.obrien@newsday.com
9:28 PM EDT, July 16, 2008
Freddy Garcia, who has not pitched this season while recovering from surgery on his right .labrum, is preparing to work out for clubs, his agent Peter Greenberg said by phone Wednesday. The Yankees and Mets are among the dozen or so clubs that have expressed interest.
"We're hoping to showcase him, if possible, by the end of July," Greenberg told Newsday. "We think he's going to help somebody in the majors this year, September and October."
Garcia, 33, is 117-76 in his career with a 4.07 ERA. He has spent most of that time with the Mariners and White Sox, but was traded to the Phillies before the 2007 season. Bothered by shoulder problems, he went 1-5 with a 5.90 ERA.
Greenberg said Garcia is likely to sign for just this season, then go on the free-agent market. "You never know," Greenberg said. "If there's somebody that wants to sign him to a multiyear deal, we'll be receptive to that. Our preference is just to sign Freddy for the rest of this year."
Garcia has resumed throwing from a mound. His next bullpen session is expected to be Thursday, throwing 45 pitches (fastballs, changeups), then adding curve.balls next time.
The Yankees and Mets could have holes in their rotations. The Yankees don't know when or if Chien-Ming Wang and Phil Hughes will return. The Mets don't want to count too heavily on Pedro Martinez, whose health has been iffy.
[Edited by - TMS on 07-17-2008 9:34 PM]After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
7/19/2008 5:34 AM