Can't disagree with you there. Just unsure why the Yankees wouldn't have been in on someone like Harden.
Are the Yankees too top loaded with talent, such that other teams only ask for their very best prospects because they have a few of them?
Like I noted yesterday, Lavarnway and Middlebrooks were probably the 3rd best picks in their respective classes (BOSTON classes, mind you) but they both look a lot better without Rizzo and Kelly, Hagadone and Westmoreland around.
Mostly I just feel a lot better going into a NYY series with the pitchers you listed than I did a few years ago when they had pitchers like Mussina, Pettitte, etc.,