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seriously, this guy has to go. bad pitcher, bad teammate, bad haircut...he gots ta go

honeslty vg, no way he signs with the rangers....they play in a band box and its like 600 degrees come july and one other thing too.....they suck

or shane the hom run diSpencer..minus the defense

this is true, I wonder if they try and trade him in the off season. If Im the Yankees I dont do it. Guy will be a FA after next season, no need to give away Hughes when you can wait a year and have both. I dont think there is any way that he doesnt see free agency. Guy will get a 200 million deal easily

basically said they dont care about winning and that he has no idea why he is still there and that he cant wait to become a FA so he can sign with a team that cares about winning

Toomer has always been a hard working, dependable receiver and just a plain ols class act of a human being. He is a model football player, one of a dying breed. Guy is money

168 of his career RBI's came in years where he was primarily a starter, if not the starter on his team. Besides RBI's is one of the worst stats you can ise in judging a hitter, its a team stat, not an individual stat. OPS is a much more telling Cairo career OPS is 664 Betemit is 780 Betemit is clearly the bette player.

I was gonna say borough park

no prob...Im not being a hater, Im just telling it like it is.

like I said, 26 year old pitchers are not prospects

dude, he is 26, thats not young for a rookie, its down right old..in other words, he never was a prospect. He spent 6 years in the minor leagues beofore getting a taste of the majors and if John Lester was healthy, youd have never even seen him. The fact that he had some lucky success in his first few outings y short ml career shot up his trade value. The guy is nothing more that a long reliever/spot starter. His rough starts are more indicative of the major league pitcher he is/will be than his first few starts. Peter Gammons is a moron, dont listen to anything he says...the 16 year old is the best guy in the deal...but he is 16 and who knows what can happen bewtween now and when he is ready. The bottom line is that Tyler Clippard, Bret Gardner and Alan Horne were a better offer as all 3 could play in the major leagues right now.

dude Cairo sucks. Ill just leave it at that. Betemit is a very good guy to have on the bench. His plate discipline has much improved ala Jose Reyes. He gives a guy with an 833 OPS to come off the bench and give us a quality at bat and can spot start giving the left side a rest. Its a much needed piece for this team.

dont get me wrong, I love Joba and Ive been high on him since they drafted him, but he is 21 years old and this is is first professional season....even though he was a national champion in division 1 with Nebraska. I think Chris Britton is the better choice for now. He's been around a while and was a successful relief pitcher in this division last year. I honestly have no idea why he hasnt been with the team all season. Besides, I feel that Joba should be called up as a starting pitcher, not a reliever. I know many other pitchers who are now successful starters have done the same, but I just dont favor it.

Ok, with the red sox getting gagne, I think I might have to eat my words by saying that the Yanks will win the division, its going to be nearly impossible now. With that said, I give Cashman alot of credit for not giving in to Texas' ridiculous demands for Gagne. Im still amazed of how teams constantly bend over backwards to accommodate the red sox and make them better. They give up a shitty starting pitcher in Gabbard, a 16 year old, and an outfield prospect who projects to be nothing more than a 4th outfielder. Yet they wanted the Yankees starting center fielder and/or one of their 3 top pitching prospect who happen to be in the top 10 in all of baseball, with 2 of them being number 1 and number 2. Fuckign amazing. Im glad to get rid of Proctor, the guys arm is shot, there is no doubt in my mind...and he's been down right awful all season. In the trade we add a much needed bat to come off the bench and a guy who can fill in defensively and give Jeter and Alex a rest....and he can actually hit a home run, unlike Cairo, who sucks. Look, the Yankees have arms in the minors that can do as well, and in my opinion, better than Proctor. We all know how Torre hates using rookies ect, by trading proctor and not getting gange, this forces him to actually use these kids and not let them rot. So instead of a rookie arm being called up and sitting in the bullpen for 8 games before Torre puts them in in a bases loaded, no out, tie game in the 7th inning situation, only to give up a hit and the go ahead runs, then have Torre never use them again because he not confident in them; he will be forced to use them like normal relievers. And he might actually be suprised that when used normally, these kids can pitch and get people out. Its not fair what Torre does to rookie bullpen arms by making them sit forever and then throwing them into the fire and losing confidence in them when they dont do well after not pitching in a game over a week...most of the time, its even longer. Would I have liked the Yankees to get a bullpen arm? yes. But not at the price teams were asking for 2 month rentals. And I feel its addition by subtraction with Proctor. Torre now has to use the youngsters and we dont have to watch Proctor give up any more home runs and blow leads. They did go out and get a much needed bat to come off the bench and Im happy with that. So in essence, the Yankees filled 2 of the 3 glaring weaknesses via trade by getting a back up catcher, who can hit at least 220 in Molina and a guy who can hit a home run off the bench. The bullpen is the only thing tha=ey didnt address, but like I said, the Yankees have arms in theminors that can do the job, now Torre has to use them....and for the record, Id much rather give Edwar Ramirez, Alan Horne and Chris Britton the nod over Joba.

its a great trade for both teams. The Braves get a much needed middle of the line up slugger and the Rangers get some good prospects and the best young catcher in the game...Ianetta would be next in line...I wish the Yanks would trade for him

Look, I dont mean to sound like a know it all dick...Im not, Im wrong alot. but Im 100% right about Perez. Out of the top 20 ERA leaders in the NL Perez has the second highest DIPS percentage at 1.44 and a DIPS ERA of 4.10. that tells me that his 2.84 ERA is not a true indicator of his skill. as I dont feel like explaining DIPS, please read the following at your convienience. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/...-look-at-dips1/

right on all parts, what I meant by hanging is that it just doesnt that devastating drop it used to so it looks like its a hanger compared to what it used to be...bottom line, its a very tattooable pitch now.

I guess you arent aware that Ive lived in New York City (mostly in Manhattan) my entire life and have many good friends who are Mets fans that I see on a regualr basis and believe or not, I watch alot of Mets games with them. Ive seen Oliver Perez pitch at least 10 times this season. And as I already said, he has good stuff, just no control and his mechanics are awful. I dont know what youre talking about when you say that his sliders can be thrown anywhere in the strike zone. His command is atrocious. If he were to get with a pitching coach who could get him to perform correctly, he'sdbe a really good pitcher. The guy almost falls down after every pitch, his body is all over the place. he will continue to have rollercoaster seasons if he doesnt fix his mechanics...therefore in the long run, his numbers will reflect what his career numbers are up to this point. If you think that averaging 110 pitches per 7 innings isnt a problen then you dont know anything about baseball, or more specifically pitching. And Id say a guy that throws 110 pitches every 7 innings is very lucky to have a 2.84 ERA John Maine was highly regarded, the Orioles are just retarded. I said it from day one to all my mets fan friends that they were getting a diamond in the rough with Maine and he was the guy who was the real chip in the deal. Seriously, use your brain, if youre the Orioles, (well bad example cause theyre morons) would you send a minor leaguer out there at the end of the season every 5 days because you didnt think he was a legit prospect? Come on. He didnt do well, even though he showed good stuff and the moronic Orioles gave up on him, but to say he was never a highly touted prospect is pretty ignorant. And Barry Zito had many fine seasons without Rick. He just sucks in San Fran, he lost velocity on his fast ball and his once great curveball has been hanging more than its been biting.

thats a good point. If Eli continues to grow and the guys stay on the field I see no reason why the Giants cant go 10-6

I agree with you about Perez, when any left handed pitcher can command his pitches, theyre tough. But thats one of his problems, he has trouble commanding he pitches and I think his mechanics are the reason why, the guy is all over the place. When you average 110 pitches per 7 innings and have the numbers Perez has, one can say he's been lucky...better yet, enigmatic or a paradox Kay is a moron, he doesnt know anything, dont listen to anything he says, he will only make you dumb. And again, how much validity can you put on the O's? That team has been a mess for years, their ownership/upper management has been downright awful. They have no idea how to evaluate talent or run baseball team all together. When a pitcher who posses great stuff does well, Peterson is a genius. I get it

If Perez was on the Yankees, you think Id have him over Wang on any projected list? I said Id take Perez over Mussina and he is having a good year, but he's gotten very lucky and as a Mets fan who watches all the games, you should know that better than anyone. What does he average like 110 pitches per 7 innings? Like I said, he is wildly effective....and that wont last forever.

theyre the worst I know Im going to sound like a homer, but what they did to Rivera in 2004 and Jeter last year was just ridiculous and I agree that there is no reason for Gwynn not to have been a unanimous vote...fucking assholes. Guy was one of the greatest hitters in the history of the game and a class act...againg, fucking assholes

what reese is doing with strahan is good for the black community...and thats always cool with me

its an extremely small scale, but he had the same good stuff he has now as he did then, he was just raw. Alot of great pitchers didnt have immediate success in their initial call ups. That doesnt change the fact that the stuff was there and he was a highly regarded prospect; there is no way that he gets 8 starts in the big leagues if he wasnt. And just to make another point...it was the Baltimore Orioles who gave up on him, Id say theyre the worst managed (upper management) team over the past 8 or nine years.