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  1. yankees228
    It's going to be very interesting to see how often Dunn is willing to give the ball up the rest of the way, and how Coach K will counter. Got to admit, I absolutely love Jon Scheyer. EDIT: What guts from Zoubek!
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    Not sure if you're talking about Zoubek, but he came back with about 11 minutes left. You just saw why how ineffective Zoubek is at this point on the Lomers layup. He was right there and he didn't even contest it, because he was afraid to pick up his fifth. Baylor should really look to play in the paint for the rest of the game, or until Zoubek fouls out. EDIT: Oh, now I see you were talking about Lomers.
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    Might be a bit too early of a return for Zoubek. I think he'll either foul out or be very ineffective defending the interior.
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    Vazquez is making 11.5 million dollars in 2010. Granderson is making 5.5 million dollars in 2010, 8.25 million dollars in 2011, 10 million dollars in 2012, and has a 13 million dollar club option in 2013 with a 2 million dollar buyout. So that's a 17 million dollar commitment for 2010, a 8.25 million dollar commitment for 2011, a 10 million dollar commitment for 2012, and a 2 million dollar commitment for 2013. You really don't think there are a variety of other teams that are financially capable of making that commitment? Here's the way I look at it. The Yankees did not have a ton of money to spend this offseason towards their 2010 payroll. They turned 25.05 million dollars into Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez, Nick Johnson, Chan Ho Park, and Randy Winn. In my opinion, that's fantastic.
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    I agree that the Granderson and Vazquez acquisitions aren't something that all teams can do, so it's not an even playing field, but nothing is. There are a number of other teams that could have absorbed either of those contracts, but had no interest or weren't able to complete a trade. I know you're giving Cashman credit for the Granderson acquisition, so I'm just reiterating the point that I was trying to prove with this example.
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    As an example, I give them a lot of credit for this offseason. They didn't have a lot of financial flexibility (especially by Yankees' standards), and they had three glaring holes to fill. I think the Yankees' Front Office did about as good a job as you can ask, through two trades and one low-cost free agent signing. Couple that with Chan Ho Park and Randy Winn (both of which I consider to be good low-cost acquisitions), and I think we witnessed a very good job by the Yankees' Front Office that didn't involve any huge contracts.
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    That's fair - not a lot to disagree. All I'm really trying to say is that, in the free agent market, there isn't too much involved. However, in the trade market, there are a lot of variables. I don't give the Yankees' Front Office credit for acquiring guys like CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. However, while money helps in the trade market, I give the Yankees' Front Office credit because of the other things involved.
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    The Red Sox had the financial ability to trade for Abreu. They proved that the following offseason. Maybe they didn't think he was worth the price, but they could have made the trade. I'm not trying to minimize anything. The only thing I'm doing is stating facts in an attempt to prove my point - which is that Cashman, and the Yankees' Front Office, deserves credit for success in the trade market where money isn't the end all be all (like it typically is in the free agent market).
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    As the announcers mentioned at the time, the foul could have been called on Prince or Williams. Either way, Raymar Morgan should have been shooting free throws.
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    I didn't say every team, I said various other teams. If you take those two deals, for instance, there are, undoubtedly a number of other teams who have the financial ability to make those deals. At that point, amongst the teams who have the financial ability to make the deal, money becomes a small to non factor.
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    But unlike 20 million dollar AAV contracts, for most of those trades, there are various other teams that could absorb those contracts. EDIT: It's worth noting that Cashman has been so successful at the trade deadline that there used to be a very intelligent member (all but Gom will likely agree with the intelligent part) who was convinced the Yankees were cheating. I bring this up only to illustrate just how good a job Cashman has done in the trade market.
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    I can see them sitting Gardner against lefties, but, at least initially, I think they'll give Granderson every opportunity to improve against LHP.
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    Gom, Cashman has done a good job in the trade market, where money does play a role, but not as large a role as it does in the free agent market. In that regard, they've certainly shown an ability to compete outside of free agency.
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    Not sure what Scoop Jardine has to do before Boeheim realizes he can't run the point in a close game late.
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    Considering Mitre is further removed from surgery (and the Yankees probably like his stuff to some extent), coupled with the money difference, it makes sense to me. Now, I agree, as a Yankee fan, I hope he innings are reserved for mop-up duty.
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    According to Jacko the Red Sox had a higher drafting and scouting budget than the Yankees up until 2006. If this is true, it would help explain (it wouldn't be the only reason) why the Red Sox had better drafts.
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    I stated earlier that Girardi's fondness towards Mitre from 2006 in Florida might have influenced this decision. On second thought, that probably isn't the biggest factor. Gaudin signed a 2.95 million dollar non-guaranteed contract, and Mitre signed a 0.85 million dollar non-guaranteed contract. According to what I just read (yankees.lhblogs.com), the Yankees will only have to pay 1/4 of that salary now that he is released. Due to the fact that they probably don't view Gaudin as being so much better than Mitre, and based on some money saving decisions they've made this offseason (and all the talk of a budget), I think it's pretty clear why they made this choice. If the decision was made because they really like Mitre better going forward than I have to disagree with it. However, we (Yankees' fans) really have no complaint if it was made because of money constraints.
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    Gom's point about the draft was that the Red Sox have had more success than the Yankees without the influence of money. My lone point (nothing more to it) was that, if Jacko is correct, then Gom's logic is flawed. I'm not trying to justify anything, simply stating a fact.
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    Now, I have no idea if this is accurate or not, but Jacko makes an interest point (in direct response to Gom's main point) that has been overlooked by subsequent posts. Gom said that the Red Sox have shown they can compete without money, while the Yankees haven't. If Jacko is correct when he states the the Red Sox bumped up their draft budget while the Yankees did not, then, once again, it does come back to money.
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    I remember reading a quote awhile back from a scout who said that Joba has Justin Verlander potential, but if everything failed, he would still be Jonathan Broxton. I'm really not so sure everything failed, but considering this looks like a decision for the future, I really hope the scout is right.
  25. yankees228
    It all depends what Gom's point is. If his point focuses on the Yankees' drafting abilities, then it might have some merit. However, as you pointed out, if his point focuses on the Yankees' developmental abilities, then he's wrong.
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