OK, now home and don't have to type on that iPhone.
I take back what I said. If Smoak, Beaven, Lawson and Luecke are indeed the names, then this was a no-brainer for the Rangers.
Smoak has potential but they can bring Chris Davis back up there won't be a difference. Besides, they can go get another 1st baseman later. Beaven will be somebody and I hate to lose him, but you have to give to get. The other two guys are down the road kind of guys. They didn't give up anyone that I considered untouchable.
The Rangers made the right move and I have gone from being cautious to ecstatic the more I think about it. 5.5 game up on the Angels and adding an ace. Rangers fans don't often find ourselves in this position.
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
good possibility. im goin with the mets. maybe the dodgers.
anyone, but the mets!
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
OK, now home and don't have to type on that iPhone.
I take back what I said. If Smoak, Beaven, Lawson and Luecke are indeed the names, then this was a no-brainer for the Rangers.
Smoak has potential but they can bring Chris Davis back up there won't be a difference. Besides, they can go get another 1st baseman later. Beaven will be somebody and I hate to lose him, but you have to give to get. The other two guys are down the road kind of guys. They didn't give up anyone that I considered untouchable.
The Rangers made the right move and I have gone from being cautious to ecstatic the more I think about it. 5.5 game up on the Angels and adding an ace. Rangers fans don't often find ourselves in this position.
hope to see ya in the fall
mariners trade in the same division...lol how can you be a seattle fan right now??
i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
good possibility. im goin with the mets. maybe the dodgers.
Dodgers too busy spending their money on mental telepathy, and the Mets'll fuck it up of course. Detroit has a TON of money coming off the books. I think they make the biggest of splashes. Bigger than the Yankees.
don't sleep on the angels either. they got shut out of the FA pitching market this past year. They could be looking to spend and their owner has deep pockets
OK, now home and don't have to type on that iPhone.
I take back what I said. If Smoak, Beaven, Lawson and Luecke are indeed the names, then this was a no-brainer for the Rangers.
Smoak has potential but they can bring Chris Davis back up there won't be a difference. Besides, they can go get another 1st baseman later. Beaven will be somebody and I hate to lose him, but you have to give to get. The other two guys are down the road kind of guys. They didn't give up anyone that I considered untouchable.
The Rangers made the right move and I have gone from being cautious to ecstatic the more I think about it. 5.5 game up on the Angels and adding an ace. Rangers fans don't often find ourselves in this position.
I don't get the fascination with chris davis. the guy can't make contact, let alone get hits. I know davis has been doing well in AAA, but I think going from smoak to davis is a significant downgrade.
that being said, I do like the trade for the rangers. offense isn't their problem...they should be fine even if they have to play davis every day
good possibility. im goin with the mets. maybe the dodgers.
Dodgers too busy spending their money on mental telepathy, and the Mets'll fuck it up of course. Detroit has a TON of money coming off the books. I think they make the biggest of splashes. Bigger than the Yankees.
don't sleep on the angels either. they got shut out of the FA pitching market this past year. They could be looking to spend and their owner has deep pockets
Good point. They really don't have an ace right now. I'd go Detroit, then LAA.
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
I hate to say it, but the Yanks.
He's from Arkansas as is Burnett and they have the same agent. He's going to look for similar money and most teams won't give him 5 or 6 guaranteed years.
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
I hate to say it, but the Yanks.
He's from Arkansas as is Burnett and they have the same agent. He's going to look for similar money and most teams won't give him 5 or 6 guaranteed years.
i applaud your common sense
nobody gonna give him yankee money
plus we lose javy and andy so the money and pitching will be there and needed
i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
OK, now home and don't have to type on that iPhone.
I take back what I said. If Smoak, Beaven, Lawson and Luecke are indeed the names, then this was a no-brainer for the Rangers.
Smoak has potential but they can bring Chris Davis back up there won't be a difference. Besides, they can go get another 1st baseman later. Beaven will be somebody and I hate to lose him, but you have to give to get. The other two guys are down the road kind of guys. They didn't give up anyone that I considered untouchable.
The Rangers made the right move and I have gone from being cautious to ecstatic the more I think about it. 5.5 game up on the Angels and adding an ace. Rangers fans don't often find ourselves in this position.
I don't get the fascination with chris davis. the guy can't make contact, let alone get hits. I know davis has been doing well in AAA, but I think going from smoak to davis is a significant downgrade.
that being said, I do like the trade for the rangers. offense isn't their problem...they should be fine even if they have to play davis every day
It's not a downgrade for 2010 though. Smoak has struggled big time this year. Batting .209 with 8 HR and 34 RBI. Davis can't do much worse. Well, yes he can, and has, but I don't care.
I hated Chris Davis last year and of course he couldn't hold his job this year. But I don't think it will make a major difference this year and they can address that situation later.
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
I hate to say it, but the Yanks.
He's from Arkansas as is Burnett and they have the same agent. He's going to look for similar money and most teams won't give him 5 or 6 guaranteed years.
i applaud your common sense
nobody gonna give him yankee money
plus we lose javy and andy so the money and pitching will be there and needed
Plus Pettitte is always year to year. Having a base of CC and Lee at the top of the rotation is not a bad thing. Too bad Cleveland didn't have them together for too long.
Prediction for 2011 on where Cliff Lee goes: Detroit Tigers. Book it.
I hate to say it, but the Yanks.
He's from Arkansas as is Burnett and they have the same agent. He's going to look for similar money and most teams won't give him 5 or 6 guaranteed years.
i applaud your common sense
nobody gonna give him yankee money
plus we lose javy and andy so the money and pitching will be there and needed
And you keep reiterating the fact of why people are glad a team without an owner, in disarray, and owned by MLB got Lee this year and not you guys. Could it be the pretentious, spoiled, attitude of its fans?? Hmmmm....Remember you're the Nazis of sports.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
the yankees...set to look like a bunch of chumps today
PHEW
the guy that looks the worst today is ruben amaro. compare what the mariners got for lee to what the phils got for lee. Not even close
well ruben looks bad, sure.
its just fun to see the yanks get used like this though....especially after all their bandwagon fans hop on board knowing nothing of what they speak of. that's always fun.
There were lots of winners and losers in the 24-hour Cliff Lee saga:
Winners: The Texas Rangers (of course). General manager Jon Daniels and his staff have steadily built a rising young powerhouse, a process that included the remarkable trade of Mark Teixeira and the adept signing of Colby Lewis. And in a summer in which the Angels have taken a step backward, this is the Rangers' window of opportunity. So they added the biggest difference-making player in the trade market. The other day, we posted Stephen Oh's Accuscore analysis about how much Lee would help Texas, in the regular season, and in the postseason.
The big question about the Rangers was whether their rotation depth could hold up, and with Lee on board, they are now the clear favorites in the AL West. A year ago, Michael Young called Daniels as the Rangers mulled the possibility of trading Justin Smoak and Derek Holland for Roy Halladay, and Young told Daniels that if the team chose to keep its roster intact the players would be fine with that decision, as they understood that the club was moving in the right direction.
On Thursday, Ron Washington had the pleasure of telling Young that the Rangers had landed Lee, and there were handshakes and backslaps all through the Texas clubhouse. "Dude, we're getting Cliff Lee," Young told teammate Ian Kinsler, as Evan Grant writes.
Winners: The Seattle Mariners. Oh, sure, the 2010 season didn't play out the way GM Jack Zduriencik had hoped. In a perfect Mariners world, Lee and Felix Hernandez would have pitched the Mariners into the postseason.
But the end result of the Mariners' decision to trade for Lee worked out very well for Seattle. They traded pitcher Phillippe Aumont, catcher Tyson Gillies and pitcher J.C. Ramirez to the Phillies in December, and in return, they got a strong half-season from Lee, a power-hitting, switch-hitting star prospect in Justin Smoak, and three other prospects. If they had proposed that kind of trade with Texas in the winter (minus the Lee production, of course), Zduriencik would have been laughed off the phone by the Rangers.
The Mariners had long coveted Smoak, writes Geoff Baker.
Losers: The New York Yankees. They wanted Lee, they tried to get him, they moved to the 1-yard line on a deal -- they actually had an agreement in principal, pending an examination of medical records -- and they missed. Some folks within the Yankees' organization were upset about Friday's turn of events, believing that somebody in the Seattle organization has a beef with the Yankees and won't make a trade with them. But others were more circumspect, noting that no deal is done until it's officially done; until then, it was fair game for the Mariners to shop the Yankees' offer elsewhere.
But it's not as if the Yankees got scalded in this. They still probably have the best team in baseball, they still have an extremely deep rotation (especially now that A.J. Burnett has found himself), and they'll have catching prospect Jesus Montero for another possible deal down the road.
They wanted Lee, but they didn't have to have him.
The Yankees feel used, writes Tyler Kepner. Other general managers would not have handled this the same way, one Yankees official tells Joel Sherman.
Losers: The Philadelphia Phillies. They're currently looking for starting pitching, after deciding to trade Lee, and the Mariners' haul for the left-hander demonstrates once and for all that Philadelphia didn't get as much as it could have in a trade for one of the best starters on the planet. But there is one consolation prize: The Phillies' fan base will swallow the whole Lee situation a lot easier knowing he's pitching for the Rangers, rather than the Yankees (unless the baseball gods somehow arrange a Texas-Philadelphia World Series).
Winners: The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox. The Yankees' division rivals have a tough enough challenge as it is, but at the very least they won't have to deal with a rotation of CC Sabathia, Lee, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes and Burnett. As Joe Maddon says within this piece, it's better that Lee went to Texas than the alternative.
Losers: The Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics. The Rangers were already the best team in the AL West. They just got better, and more difficult for the other teams to catch.
Losers: Owners of other teams. There was already anger in some team offices because of the way Texas has been able to add players like Lewis and Rich Harden, and now they get Lee while operating with financial aid from other teams. Nobody resents the Rangers' baseball operations people for doing what they can to try to win, but there are a lot of folks upset that Texas has been allowed to take on salary. "It's a joke," said one high-ranking executive Friday evening
Winners: The lawyers. Look, I don't know anything about bankruptcy other than to know that's it's probably something you want to avoid. But I got a ton of e-mails Friday from lawyers telling me that a business going through a bankruptcy proceeding is not usually permitted to take on more debt -- and in this case, the Rangers took on roughly an extra $2.5 million in the salaries of Lee and reliever Mark Lowe. Will that become a problem in court? I have no idea. But I'd bet it's something that will be looked at by some people who finished law school.
not looking too good in his first start with the Rangers, losing 5-0 to the ORIOLES!
actually the opposing pitcher has a one hitter going for him.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Let me break this down for you, first round we spank the Twins ( Yankees version of Even Flow)
Second Round we Spank the Rangers, an(Oldie but a Goodie, Yankees version of State of Love and Trust)
World Series, we Spank Atlanta, (A crowd Favorite, sing along, Keep on Rockin in the Yankees World).
See ya in October Sucka's!!!
Maybe he can help us beat the fucking Orioles. Jesus Christ, two blown games back to back?? WTF?
Doesn't look like it.
Jesus Christ. That was fucking brutal. We dropped three straight to Baltimore.
Cliff Lee is the real fucking deal though. Give him a game to get his feet wet with your organization and you will see his brilliance! Enjoy him while you have him.
Losers: The New York Yankees. They wanted Lee, they tried to get him, they moved to the 1-yard line on a deal -- they actually had an agreement in principal, pending an examination of medical records -- and they missed. Some folks within the Yankees' organization were upset about Friday's turn of events, believing that somebody in the Seattle organization has a beef with the Yankees and won't make a trade with them. But others were more circumspect, noting that no deal is done until it's officially done; until then, it was fair game for the Mariners to shop the Yankees' offer elsewhere.
But it's not as if the Yankees got scalded in this. They still probably have the best team in baseball, they still have an extremely deep rotation (especially now that A.J. Burnett has found himself), and they'll have catching prospect Jesus Montero for another possible deal down the road.
They wanted Lee, but they didn't have to have him.
The Yankees feel used, writes Tyler Kepner. Other general managers would not have handled this the same way, one Yankees official tells Joel Sherman.
Comments
I take back what I said. If Smoak, Beaven, Lawson and Luecke are indeed the names, then this was a no-brainer for the Rangers.
Smoak has potential but they can bring Chris Davis back up there won't be a difference. Besides, they can go get another 1st baseman later. Beaven will be somebody and I hate to lose him, but you have to give to get. The other two guys are down the road kind of guys. They didn't give up anyone that I considered untouchable.
The Rangers made the right move and I have gone from being cautious to ecstatic the more I think about it. 5.5 game up on the Angels and adding an ace. Rangers fans don't often find ourselves in this position.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
anyone, but the mets!
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
They won't. They know they won't. It is about taking the once in a generation chance right now. Without having to give up too much to do it.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
hope to see ya in the fall
mariners trade in the same division...lol how can you be a seattle fan right now??
don't sleep on the angels either. they got shut out of the FA pitching market this past year. They could be looking to spend and their owner has deep pockets
I don't get the fascination with chris davis. the guy can't make contact, let alone get hits. I know davis has been doing well in AAA, but I think going from smoak to davis is a significant downgrade.
that being said, I do like the trade for the rangers. offense isn't their problem...they should be fine even if they have to play davis every day
and this right here is why the mets are a joke
the fans are more worried about what the yanks do then their own team
what a joke of a team
hey at least dickey is pitching tonight
Good point. They really don't have an ace right now. I'd go Detroit, then LAA.
I hate to say it, but the Yanks.
He's from Arkansas as is Burnett and they have the same agent. He's going to look for similar money and most teams won't give him 5 or 6 guaranteed years.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
i applaud your common sense
nobody gonna give him yankee money
plus we lose javy and andy so the money and pitching will be there and needed
It's not a downgrade for 2010 though. Smoak has struggled big time this year. Batting .209 with 8 HR and 34 RBI. Davis can't do much worse. Well, yes he can, and has, but I don't care.
I hated Chris Davis last year and of course he couldn't hold his job this year. But I don't think it will make a major difference this year and they can address that situation later.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Plus Pettitte is always year to year. Having a base of CC and Lee at the top of the rotation is not a bad thing. Too bad Cleveland didn't have them together for too long.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
And you keep reiterating the fact of why people are glad a team without an owner, in disarray, and owned by MLB got Lee this year and not you guys. Could it be the pretentious, spoiled, attitude of its fans?? Hmmmm....Remember you're the Nazis of sports.
All in good fun, kid!
6-1 with a 2.62 era
how's aj and javier working out for ya
i'm not worried bout the yanks at all i just don't wanna give up the farm system for a rental player who will be a yankee in the off season
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
well ruben looks bad, sure.
its just fun to see the yanks get used like this though....especially after all their bandwagon fans hop on board knowing nothing of what they speak of. that's always fun.
eat 3rd place Sawx fans. Buy, don't rent. get comfortable, you'll be there for a few years
shouldn't they buy then?
its a buyer's market anyways these days...
AWWWW your Anger is DELICIOUS!!!
Go Tigers!!
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Rangers, Mariners emerge as winners
July, 10, 2010Jul 108:56AM ETEmail Print Comments19
There were lots of winners and losers in the 24-hour Cliff Lee saga:
Winners: The Texas Rangers (of course). General manager Jon Daniels and his staff have steadily built a rising young powerhouse, a process that included the remarkable trade of Mark Teixeira and the adept signing of Colby Lewis. And in a summer in which the Angels have taken a step backward, this is the Rangers' window of opportunity. So they added the biggest difference-making player in the trade market. The other day, we posted Stephen Oh's Accuscore analysis about how much Lee would help Texas, in the regular season, and in the postseason.
The big question about the Rangers was whether their rotation depth could hold up, and with Lee on board, they are now the clear favorites in the AL West. A year ago, Michael Young called Daniels as the Rangers mulled the possibility of trading Justin Smoak and Derek Holland for Roy Halladay, and Young told Daniels that if the team chose to keep its roster intact the players would be fine with that decision, as they understood that the club was moving in the right direction.
On Thursday, Ron Washington had the pleasure of telling Young that the Rangers had landed Lee, and there were handshakes and backslaps all through the Texas clubhouse. "Dude, we're getting Cliff Lee," Young told teammate Ian Kinsler, as Evan Grant writes.
Winners: The Seattle Mariners. Oh, sure, the 2010 season didn't play out the way GM Jack Zduriencik had hoped. In a perfect Mariners world, Lee and Felix Hernandez would have pitched the Mariners into the postseason.
But the end result of the Mariners' decision to trade for Lee worked out very well for Seattle. They traded pitcher Phillippe Aumont, catcher Tyson Gillies and pitcher J.C. Ramirez to the Phillies in December, and in return, they got a strong half-season from Lee, a power-hitting, switch-hitting star prospect in Justin Smoak, and three other prospects. If they had proposed that kind of trade with Texas in the winter (minus the Lee production, of course), Zduriencik would have been laughed off the phone by the Rangers.
The Mariners had long coveted Smoak, writes Geoff Baker.
Losers: The New York Yankees. They wanted Lee, they tried to get him, they moved to the 1-yard line on a deal -- they actually had an agreement in principal, pending an examination of medical records -- and they missed. Some folks within the Yankees' organization were upset about Friday's turn of events, believing that somebody in the Seattle organization has a beef with the Yankees and won't make a trade with them. But others were more circumspect, noting that no deal is done until it's officially done; until then, it was fair game for the Mariners to shop the Yankees' offer elsewhere.
But it's not as if the Yankees got scalded in this. They still probably have the best team in baseball, they still have an extremely deep rotation (especially now that A.J. Burnett has found himself), and they'll have catching prospect Jesus Montero for another possible deal down the road.
They wanted Lee, but they didn't have to have him.
The Yankees feel used, writes Tyler Kepner. Other general managers would not have handled this the same way, one Yankees official tells Joel Sherman.
Losers: The Philadelphia Phillies. They're currently looking for starting pitching, after deciding to trade Lee, and the Mariners' haul for the left-hander demonstrates once and for all that Philadelphia didn't get as much as it could have in a trade for one of the best starters on the planet. But there is one consolation prize: The Phillies' fan base will swallow the whole Lee situation a lot easier knowing he's pitching for the Rangers, rather than the Yankees (unless the baseball gods somehow arrange a Texas-Philadelphia World Series).
Winners: The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox. The Yankees' division rivals have a tough enough challenge as it is, but at the very least they won't have to deal with a rotation of CC Sabathia, Lee, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes and Burnett. As Joe Maddon says within this piece, it's better that Lee went to Texas than the alternative.
Losers: The Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics. The Rangers were already the best team in the AL West. They just got better, and more difficult for the other teams to catch.
Losers: Owners of other teams. There was already anger in some team offices because of the way Texas has been able to add players like Lewis and Rich Harden, and now they get Lee while operating with financial aid from other teams. Nobody resents the Rangers' baseball operations people for doing what they can to try to win, but there are a lot of folks upset that Texas has been allowed to take on salary. "It's a joke," said one high-ranking executive Friday evening
Winners: The lawyers. Look, I don't know anything about bankruptcy other than to know that's it's probably something you want to avoid. But I got a ton of e-mails Friday from lawyers telling me that a business going through a bankruptcy proceeding is not usually permitted to take on more debt -- and in this case, the Rangers took on roughly an extra $2.5 million in the salaries of Lee and reliever Mark Lowe. Will that become a problem in court? I have no idea. But I'd bet it's something that will be looked at by some people who finished law school.
I'm glad he didnt go to the Twins too....for other reasons though. Go White Sox!
It's also nice to see the Yankees get fucked like that.
actually the opposing pitcher has a one hitter going for him.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Jesus Christ. That was fucking brutal. We dropped three straight to Baltimore.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Second Round we Spank the Rangers, an(Oldie but a Goodie, Yankees version of State of Love and Trust)
World Series, we Spank Atlanta, (A crowd Favorite, sing along, Keep on Rockin in the Yankees World).
See ya in October Sucka's!!!