How long do teams have to bid on the posting? I guess what I'm really asking is how long until we know who wins the rights to negoatiate with him?
At some point you'd think that Cashman would learn his lesson about bringing mediocre NL starters into the AL East.
I was thinking the same exact thing, but I didn't really feel like getting into yet another argument today. Now, what dwalsh posted said it is Steinbrenner who is interested in Suppan. If that is the case, then Brian better get smart quick, and talk George out of it. Otherwise, this is the same old crap we've been doing for years, and next October will end the same way. The Boss probably saw that one Mets game, and decided that Suppan was his answer.
Suppan would come in and immediately be the #2 starter on the Yanks.. Hey isn't Maddux available, he seems to be more the Yanks style being the over the hill one time stud pitcher that he is..
Yankees | Team has not ruled out trading A-Rod Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:44:57 -0800 Ken Rosenthal, of FOXSports.com, reports the New York Yankees are not ruling out trading 3B Alex Rodriguez, according to major league sources. However, the Yankees will not approach Rodriguez or his agent, Scott Boras, about a trade and will instead wait and see if Rodriguez will come to them about waiving his no-trade clause.
Teams have four days from the day Seibu officially posts him to submit their bids to MLB. MLB will look over the bids, and send the highest one to Seibu. Matsuzaka and the team that won the bidding then have 30 days to negotiate the contract. If they don't reach an agreement on a contract within the 30 days, the team gets the bid money back.
Does anybody else remember the last time somebody tried bringing Suppan into the AL East? Boston picked him up in '03 at the trade deadline and he pretty much bombed there. I don't think he's gotten significantly better from that point. We're talking about a guy who has had an ERA under 4.00 once in a 12 year career. He did pitch outstanding baseball in the postseason last year, but I can't caution the Yankees against aquiring him and expecting him to carry the load in strong enough terms. BTW, the idea that he would be our #2 starter over Wang and Mussina (who I assume will be brought back) is laughable.
Jim Callis in his chat today on ESPN said he would take Hughes over Liriano. He said mainly because of Liriano's elbow, but it's still surprising he said that.
As of right now the Yanks have one quality starter. RJ is not considered a quality starter anymore at his age. Mussina will probably come back and that will make 2 quality starters. Suppan while not great would be an upgrade over anyone else in the Yanks rotation and has proven to be able to pitch in big spots.
Suppan in the AL is the exact opposite of "quality". Other than pitching a few more innings, I doubt he would be any better than Wright.
http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/1162412243.php Scroll to the bottom, Reds interested in mid-level Yankee prospects for Dunn.
Yankees | Interest in Helms Thu, 2 Nov 2006 02:01:49 -0800 The Newark Star-Ledger reports the New York Yankees have an interest in free-agent 1B Wes Helms (Marlins) to fill the right-handed first-base duty for the ballclub.
Yankees | Jeter wins Gold Glove Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:24:43 -0800 MLB.com reports New York Yankees SS Derek Jeter won an American League Gold Glove Award for the third time in his career.
There is a report out of Minny that jeter has won the AL MVP Award as well. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/columnists/charley_walters/15906443.htm
I realize there has been a trend in baseball over the past few years to have right-handed first basemen, but they are usually extreme power hitters, who are terrible on defense. It's not like this guy is freaking Pujols. When are we going to get a star defensive 1B, or just decide to leave Giambi where he is? I admit I don't know a lot about this guy, but looking at his stats on MLB.com, he doesn't particularly impress me. Don't we have bigger worries than first base anyway?
