Rumors abound that the Bronx Bombers are on the verge of trading for Rockies pitcher Shawn Chacon.
Are you kidding me?!?!
Chacon has an ERA this season of 4.30, and lifetime, it's 5.25. His K/9 ratio is an unimpressive 6.27 for his career, and he has an overall W-L record of 29-43 (1-5 this year). "But Hart," you say, "all of that was in Colorado." That's a fair point - except that since 2002, his road ERA is 5.21 (admittedly, a stronger 3.05 this year, but that may be anomalous). This guy isn't even Jaret Wright, and I don't need to remind you how dumb that signing was.
The AL East is a tough, tough division. We all know about Boston, and now there's a competitive team in Baltimore. If Halladay hadn't gone down last week, we might have seen Toronto buying up talent and threatening from the outside. This is no time to sacrifice any prospect for a guy who has proven that he barely belongs in the bigs.
But if the Yankees want to extend their four-year streak of outspending and then disappointing everyone, well, this is the way to do it.
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Sadly, no, Brian Cashman has learned nothing. That's why he should be considered one of the worst GM's in baseball. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this trade rumor is merely a fabrication since most agents, players and writers throw the words "trade" and "Yankees" together in order to get better leverage/story topics. Then again, it's entirely possible that the Yanks are considering it since, again, Cashman is a Class-A dope.
I agree that for the Yankees organization is a dumb move but on the other hand does anyone really think Cashman will keep his job if the Yanks don't make the playoffs? If I was Cashman I'd be trading anything and everything (from minor league players to popcorn machines) to try to do something to get into the playoffs
Mike is on to something here. But let's take it a step further. Cashman should be working out some deals to use other "city athletes" for the yankees. For instance, he gives GM Isiah Thomas tickets for a cruise to the Caribbean, in exchange for using lightning quick rookie guard Nate Robinson as a substitute base-runner for the NY-Boston series. Now that would be creative.
That's actually a pretty interesting idea, Gutsy. Nate Robinson played CB for the UW Huskies his freshman and sophomore years so there's no reason why he can't play baseball too.
Also, Mike, I think we have a chicken-egg thing to deal with here. Cashman's contract expires at the end of the year so the threat of firing is out the window. The question is: does he try his ass off to make the playoffs, future consequences be damned or does he do the smart thing and not force a playoff berth if it can't happen on its own. Tough call.
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