The Official New York Yankees Thread

Cliffy6745 · February 2012

Just read the Burnett press release, jesus, you already dealt him to Pittsburgh, could you stomp on his nuts anymore? While all true, that's rough.

PureandEasy · February 2012

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Just read the Burnett press release, jesus, you already dealt him to Pittsburgh, could you stomp on his nuts anymore? While all true, that's rough.

one reporter's comment: Why not just send A.J. through a wood chipper and ship the bloody remains to Pittsburgh?

that was rough

Cliffy6745 · February 2012

PureandEasy wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Just read the Burnett press release, jesus, you already dealt him to Pittsburgh, could you stomp on his nuts anymore? While all true, that's rough.

one reporter's comment: Why not just send A.J. through a wood chipper and ship the bloody remains to Pittsburgh?

that was rough

So true.

Yeah, I don't get it. There must be something behind that. No mention of Game 2 at all or game 4 this year. There has to be a reason behind that.

Newch91 · February 2012

Cliffy6745 wrote:

While it's only $1 mil, I'm not a big fan of this deal at all. For some reason the team likes Ibanez a lot more than Damon. Could be that Damon's asking for $5 mil while Ibanez is asking for $1 mil. I really hope he doesn't see more than 300 at bats.

I think Damon is gonna want to do more than just DH. He's gonna want to play the field, too, and the team feels good about their outfield players. Now if Swisher can actually contribute this year in the postseason (if the Yankees make it), then maybe they'd have a shot at winning the World Series.

Cliffy6745 · February 2012

Newch91 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

While it's only $1 mil, I'm not a big fan of this deal at all. For some reason the team likes Ibanez a lot more than Damon. Could be that Damon's asking for $5 mil while Ibanez is asking for $1 mil. I really hope he doesn't see more than 300 at bats.

I think Damon is gonna want to do more than just DH. He's gonna want to play the field, too, and the team feels good about their outfield players. Now if Swisher can actually contribute this year in the postseason (if the Yankees make it), then maybe they'd have a shot at winning the World Series.

I guess, to me Swisher is the least of the Yanks worries. He's a role player, the big guys were miserable last season and to me, that's a much bigger issue.

CROJAM95 · February 2012

Hey Cliffy

Girardi was on Mike'd up lastnite on NBC 4 here in NY, sang AJ's praises, mentioned game 2 and said for many struggling the way AJ did here in NY...... Many would completely fold, but AJ gave his all every time

Where's that press release, I gotta see it

Cliffy6745 · February 2012

CROJAM95 wrote:

Hey Cliffy

Girardi was on Mike'd up lastnite on NBC 4 here in NY, sang AJ's praises, mentioned game 2 and said for many struggling the way AJ did here in NY...... Many would completely fold, but AJ gave his all every time

Where's that press release, I gotta see it

Ah, that's good to hear. Glad someone is giving him some props. I definitely agree with what Girardi said.

igotid posted it on the last page. Here it is again

The New York Yankees today announced they have traded right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett and cash considerations to Pittsburgh in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Diego Moreno and OF Exicardo Cayones.

Moreno, 25, combined to make 41 relief appearances with Single-A Bradenton and Double-A Altoona in 2011, going 2-4 with a 3.63 ERA (44.2IP, 18ER). He struck out 45 batters and held opponents to a .218 (36-for-165) batting average. In five minor league seasons (2007-11), he has combined to strike out 212 batters in 194.0 innings pitched over 116 games (six starts). A native of Higuerote, Venezuela, Moreno was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2006.

Cayones, 20, was signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 4, 2008, out of Valencia, Venezuela. In three minor league seasons, he has batted .272 (128-for-471) with 34 doubles, seven triples, one home run and 68 RBI in 149 games, appearing at all three outfield positions. He split the 2011 season between the GCL Pirates and short-season Single-A State College, combining to hit .228 (26-for-114) in 38 games.

Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on December 18, 2008, to a five-year contract. In his three seasons with the club, he went 34-35 with a 4.79 ERA (584.0IP, 311ER) in 99 games (98 starts). His 58 wild pitches recorded during his three-year stint with the Yankees (2009-11) were the most for any Major League pitcher over a three-season span since Tony Cloninger threw 62 wild pitches from 1964 through 1966, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

He posted an 11-11 record with a 5.15 ERA (190.1IP, 109ER) in 33 appearances (32GS) with the Yankees in 2011, setting career-highs in home runs allowed (31) and tying a career-high in earned runs allowed, while ranking first with a franchise-record 25 wild pitches – the most by any Major League pitcher in a single season since the start of the 2000s and the fifth most since 1900.

CROJAM95 · February 2012

Thanks

Ouch

DS1119 · February 2012

I think Damon would have been a better fit than Ibanez and I think the salary considerations played a part in the Ibanez signing. Not really a big fan to be blunt.

Monster Rain · February 2012

I'm certain the Ibanez signing had everything to do with his asking price being lower than Damon's. However, even if Damon wanted $5 million, who cares? They saved $5million this year by sending AJ packing so Damon would have been a break-even signing as far as payroll is concerned. The extra money for a better bat shouldn't be that big of an issue, especially since Damon reached out to the team, so he must have been willing to be a DH instead of an OF. I hope it works out, but I have a feeling mid-June will roll around and we'll be wishing they'd picked Damon.