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I'm not saying Phillips is an All-Star, but he's versatile and has a good glove and can hit righties pretty well. With Keppinger already slated to be the 1Bman against lefties and Scott Hatteberg and Edwin Encarnacion on the team, there won't be much playing time for him. Surely he'd be worked into games, but I think it's a real possibility he doesn't make the team right out of camp.

And has signed with the Reds on a Minor League deal. Interesting choice. If he was going to sign a minor legaue deal he might as well have stayed here, he likely would have made the team.

With Hank Steinbrenner stating yesterday that he is "leaning twards" doing a Santana trade, it just disappointments me more and more. Firstly, the f***ing ego on this guy, overruling the opinions of not only the general manager, whom his father gave authority over baseball operations back when he negotiated his new contract either prior to, or following the 2005 season (I forget right now), and his brother Hal, who is supposed to be his equal in running the team, and who also oversees all of the Yankee finances. I DO NOT want to Lose Phil Hughes. The possibility of Joba being a bust and Phil going on to have an All-Star career is not something I want to have to face (not that I think Joba is going to be a bust, but Hughes was THAT GUY for about 2 years in the Yanee system). I say the Yanks should just wait this out, see if we need him at the trade deadline, reasess the situation, or even, and more preferably, wait until the offseason, provided he doesn't ink a long-term somewhere if he is perhaps traded mid-season. That way we can give him all the money he wants, and keep our prospects (granted we lose the picks). IDK, just my thoughts. I really hate to trade away some of our prospects after so adamently moving away from that sort of thing. Like father, like son I suppose.

Working on finding and adding ALL the minor league transactions I can find. Tires now, gonna go to sleep, look for the update within the next few days..

I see your point, but don't you think we could use him in at the Major League leve;? And whether he's in Scranton or the Bronx, he's still gonna be pitching innings. So I don't understand the reasoning.

Didn't the same thing happen 2 years ago with Igor and the Red Sox? He reportedly had a deal but in actuality didnt?

Right. The Yankees have always been ultra-conservative with Hughes's innings coming up, so I figured the same would be true this year, didn't even take into account his injuries though. I don't know what it is, but I just have a pessimistic feeling about Kennedy. That's why I tend to be down on the idea of him starting the season out in the bigs, but this is a big factor, especially considering our nice rich bullpen featuring the likes of Kyle Farnsworth and LaTroy Hawkins!

How come Kennedy's is higher compared to Hughes and Joba? I hope he's ready and can be productive in the bigs..

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3171228 Well here's another former Yankee postseason hero finding himself in some pretty big trouble this offseason. Way to go Jim! ...i think it's safe to say we won't have to hear him on mlb.com anymore..

If one of the 3 young guys were to have to start the season in Scranton, I really think it should be Kennedy. Joba was too good, and became too much of a fan favorite last year to start him in AAA this year.

That's somewhat of a disappointment. I really don't want to let go of Hughes at this point.

Roger's first public denial of using PEDs. http://www.youtube.com/wrclemens Says after Christmas he will go on 60 Minutes. Should be interesting.

Despite Buster's report that the Yanks would use Joba in the bullpen, the Yankees still intend to use him as a starter. rotoworld

You don't think, realistically, that a rotation of Wang, Pettitte, Hughes, Moose, Kennedy is pretty solid? Granted it's not the Red Sox rotation, but I think these guys can certainly get the job done. Look at the names in the Rockies rotation last year and look where they took them. You wan't be to be realistic or pessimistic?

It's whatever. That's what we have to work with. I'm trying to be optimistic, how would you like me to feel about the pitching staff?

That would be a terrible scenario. Hopefully BIG Stein wakes up from his non-existant state and tells Little Stein to easo off the GM, wright checks, and handle business operations. Leave the baseball to Ca$h, Stick, Opp, Newman, etc.

It's not. Hank is a mess. I like his enthusiasm and attitude, but he doesn't know baseball. When Cash negotiated his deal with George, it was included that HE would be the baseball man. I think it's disrespectful of Hank towards not only Ca$h, but George as well. In the article I posted in the Prior thread yesterday, Hank has a quote in there that's along the lines of "in the end the final decision will be mine, i'm the owner" regarding Santana. That erks me. I hope we dont have to witness the 1980's all over again. Hopefully little Stein learned something from Big Stein's mistakes.

I guess I can't be completely against this, considering how good he was last year. Although I was curious to see how he did in spring training preparing as a starter. This does make our rotation a little less cramped though.

Or a Met fan?

I must say after watching that press conference, Willis doesn't look to bad in that #21 Tigers jerseys. Idk if he'll be able to be a consistently quality starter in the AL, but I hope so. I've liked Dontrelle a lot since he came up, and really enjoy watching him pitch.

Did he? I'm sure he used Greenies and other amphetamines, I hadn't heard that he admitted PED use on Letterman though lol. Interesting. When was this, recently? Like within the past year or 2?

Where the hell do you guys get these things? lol

Thats awesome. Go for it Superjew...

Seriously Thumper, take it from me, somebody who knows. lol