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"$ > heart" for a name ?

Perhaps you could find the heart character in your site to use to clean it up a little bit.

Chavez and Crede are both better fielders than A-Rod. I especially like Crede and have seen a lot of him. He's a money ballplayer. Has been injured a lot and is not a great hitter -- but he has power and makes his hits count.

If what you're saying is eat most of Giambi's salary and all of Chavez's, that's just too expensive.

One thought is to get Corey Koskie. Anyone who remembers his at bat that caused Rivera to blow a save in the ALDS knows what a clutch player he is. He also is a better fielder than A Rod. I think his contract might be up in Milwaukee. You could platoon him with Betemit at third.

And all ye of little faith: don't even think about moving Jeter to third this early in his career!!!

Corey-

Koskie isn't a bad idea either. And to clarify, I am not saying eat all of it, but what if the Yankees ate the option fee and therefore the A's saved about $15-million from this move?

Peter, both those angles should be pursued. What about Scott Rolen, I believe he has 2yrs left on his deal at 12mm per? He is also coming off an injury, he's an excellent 3B, and he had a falling out with the manager? My problem with Chavez is he is a lefty. Crede and Rolen are righties.

Tim

If the Cards would do Giambi for Rolen straight up, I would do it, but otherwise I think it is too much of a risk.

Puljos kinda has 1st base covered. Why is Crede/Chavez less a risk than Rolen? It may not take much but Giambi is definitely NOT a fit.

Tim- It's a risk from a financial standpoint. Rolen is due close to $40 million over the next three years (as is Chavez. Considering the health of both guys, I wouldn't want to be responsible for that entire tab. That's why using Giambi makes sense to me in any deal.

Now Crede doesn't have any of those problems because he is a free agent after 2008, so he is probably the safest choice of all.

Good point. I thought Rolen had 2yrs left. Crede would be my choice then although is there a difference to the severity of injuries. Rolen had surgery on his non-throwing shoulder. Crede and Chavez had back surgery, I believe.

Tim

Good point, but I think it is Rolen's third shoulder operation. He is a wonderful player and the Yankees could very well be better off with him 70% of the time than someone else, I just hope they protect themselves financially.

As usual, Jim Caple of ESPN had a funny take on you-know-who:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/071031&sportCat=mlb

Greg

Good stuff, especially the line about Jamie Moyer.

I created a chart to show how much per game, ab, hit, hr would a contract like this earn you. check it out.

http://www.fuckyouarod.com/?p=11

Peter,

I found a very interesting take on the you-know-who situation. I have to admit, I certainly didn't think it through the way the author did. But then again, he is a law professor. They and lawyers are funny like that. (Excepting, of course, those amongst them who regularly read this web site). I thought you might be interested. You can read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/sports/baseball/04score.html?ref=sports

I am neither endorsing nor condemning the author's stance (mostly because I'm still reflecting on it, but partly because I wanted to let others read it without prejudicing their views beforehand). At this point, I am merely pointing out that his logic is, at least, somewhat compelling.

What about trading w/ Baltimore for Tejada and moving him to 3rd. They have been trying to get rid of his contract for a couple of years, sounds like he wants out and Baltimore had said at the end of the year they didn't envision him at SS any longer. He has two years left on his contract for a total of $22MM. I think as long as he isn't on the Mitchell report he would be a great option and still is relatively young at 31.

Greg- I saw that and it is a very interesting take. I do think it is giving way too much credit to the player in question and it doesn't really account for the possibility that he just wants the most money.

Dave

It's an interesting idea and you hit upon my key worry- the Mitchell Report. I really worry about all those guys who used to play in Oakland.

That being said, if he is clean, it is a good move, he is actually due $26 million over the next two seasons, but it would give the Yankees time to see if Vechionacci is ready.

Given that all the candidates for 3B that people are talking about are unappealing for various reasons (high cost, either in players or prospects), what's wrong with a platoon? Nobody is talking about it.

A Betemit/Morgan Ensberg platoon could get you a .850 OPS at the cost of about $3M.

That's an interesting idea Jon. It seems pretty clear that Ensberg isn't capable of playing every day, but he does hit LHP well. He isn't a free agent, so unless the Padres non-tender him they would have to trade for him, but certainly doable, great thought.