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According to a report in the Dominican newspaper Impacto Deportivo, the Yankees are on the verge of signing Manny Ramirez to a three-year, $75MM deal. The report says negotiations are advanced and an announcement would take place Monday or Tuesday. If true, this would be an incredible scoop. However, there is reason for skepticism. The money and timing just don't seem right.
Hm...perhaps my memory is foggy, but when was the last time one team signed 3 of the top free agents in the same offseason?
I wouldnt doubt it would be the Yanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
If true, where would Manny play? That would be my concern, although having two of the best power hitters hitting back to back would be scary good
I dont think it would help them that much to be honest. It seems like nowadays the teams that look the best "on paper" usually crack under pressure.
We need another power hitter
Manny is one of the best power hitters of this generation
I don't see how this move wouldn't help
Right now, it's what....Quote:
Originally Posted by defense
C - Posada
1B - Swisher
2B - Cano
3B - A-Rod
SS - Jeter
LF -
CF -
RF -
DH -
Melky Cabrera, Johnny Damon, Xavier Nady, Hideki Matsui, and Manny Ramirez are the remaining 5 guys to fill those 4 slots. Personally, to maximize production on both sides of the field, I'd probably go with an outfield of Matsui in left, Damon in center, and Nady in right, with Manny as the DH. Manny really SHOULD DH at this point. Cabrera should get a good deal of playing time as a late-game defensive replacement for Matsui, coming in to play center with Damon shifting to left. You also have to account for the odds that Damon/Matsui/Ramirez are all aging and/or prone to injury, so they will, in some combination, miss a chunk of time for which Cabrera will be the starter.
I'm just saying, but on the whole in recent years, the Red Sox have basically been the best team on paper...and well...do I need to say much more than that?Quote:
Originally Posted by ragecage
didn't they trade cabrera for cameron?
It was rumored to be very close but was never completed, and may never be completed. If it does wind up happening, I would probably go with Damon in left, Cameron in center, and a Matsui/Nady platoon in right, with Manny DHing.Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
I dunno, but i presented a hypothetical scenario in the summer, that everyone ridiculed me about (even though it wasn't even mine) that I'm gonna break out.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
No, but the Yankees were the best team on paper before that, and well, they choked. If I had to put a years salary I still say Tampa is the better team no matter what the Yanks do.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Before when? In the last few years, it's been the Red Sox.Quote:
Originally Posted by ragecage
And exactly what is "choking" to you? Not winning the World Series? Because, that's the only definition I can come up with that would consider the Yankees as "chokers", and I think that's an awfully harsh (and inaccurate) label to put on to 29 different teams every single year. By any reasonable definition of success, the Yankees have been extremely successful in the last decade and a half.
Having not won the World Series since 2000 isn't indicative of any 'choking', unless you're using a different definition of "choke" (and when I think "choke" I think "cracked under pressure", which is what it appears you're using as well). In a 30 team league with an 8 team, 3 round playoff system, the World Series winner is really rarely the best team in the league, and the playoff teams that didn't win the World Series didn't "choke", unless we take "choke" to simply mean "losing a 5 or 7 games series." Losing a playoff series does NOT mean that the team "cracked under pressure."
I haven't looked into the teams that closely, and won't until spring, but just off the top of my head, I don't think I'd disagree.Quote:
If I had to put a years salary I still say Tampa is the better team no matter what the Yanks do.
The only time we have choked is in 2004 IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Do you really think that those Yankees were any more susceptible to pressure than any other version of the team? Entire teams aren't likely to wilt under pressure. **** just happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5DiMaggio
I'm just saying. You can't go up 3-0 and lose though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM