Official Trade Ideas Thread

cmaff051 · Post #381 » by **cmaff051** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:45 pm

Farnsworth better be **** gone after this game. I'm sick and tired of him showing up people, especially Posada.

Post #382 » by **PR07** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:29 pm

I felt this excerpt of an SI article was good:

The Yankees are working on a two-pronged makeover of their bullpen that could significantly enhance their chances to get back to the playoffs for a 13th straight season, if only they can pull it off.

It won't be easy.

The first part of their plan involves acquiring "Game Over'' closer Eric Gagne, who happens to be one of the best closers of this or any era. Gagne once converted 84 straight saves and has converted an all-time best 96.2 percent of save chances (177-for-184). If he's willing, he would make a wonderful setup man for the Yankees.

The second, and perhaps somewhat easier part, involves ridding themselves of Kyle Farnsworth, the 99-mph-throwing setup man who's consistently proving that New York isn't the place for him. He may interest the Dodgers, among others. L.A. just called to inquire about Farnsworth, possibly indicating that its talks regarding Royals setup man Octavio Dotel have cooled.

(As a backup to the Yankees' first plan, it is believed the Royals also are speaking to the Yankees about Dotel, who likely also interests the Tigers, Indians and Cubs.)

The Yankees, who desperately need a better bridge to star closer Mariano Rivera, could be the most likely landing for Gagne. But that's only if he goes anywhere, and there's no guarantee of that at this point.

There are two important reasons the Yankees may be Texas' best option:
1) They have several young pitching prospects who could interest Texas
2) Along with the Mets, they are about the only contending teams on Gagne's list of 12 to which he can be traded to without his approval.

However, working against the Yankees is the distinct possibility the Rangers keep Gagne, and either try to sign him or let him go and accept the two draft choices as compensation.

For Gagne, who is 16 of 17 in saves and 2-0 with a 2.16 ERA, Texas originally asked the Yankees for righthander Joba Chamberlain, the emerging star of the Yankees system who's another option for the Yankees to try to solve their eighth-inning woes. But while the Yankees have deemed Chamberlain untouchable and are also said to be unwilling to deal Ian Kennedy or Alan Horne, they have a number of other pitching hopefuls to dangle, such as Jeffrey Marquez and Tyler Clippard.

34Celtic · Post #383 » by **34Celtic** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:25 am

Right, trade Mussina and pitching depth for an offensive upgrade we don't really need.

We saw what happened at the beginning of the year when we didn't have pitching depth.

Post #384 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:59 am

34Celtic wrote:Right, trade Mussina and pitching depth for an offensive upgrade we don't really need.

We saw what happened at the beginning of the year when we didn't have pitching depth.

Well to be fair, nobody in baseball has the pitching depth to handle what the Yankees came across. Wang and Pavano started the season on the DL, and Moose joined them after one start. Their replacements, Karstens, Rasner, and Hughes also ended up on the DL.

theknicks414 · Post #385 » by **PR07** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:39 am

If there was any question whether Kyle Farnsworth should be traded for 50 cents on the dollar, there may not be any more. He had the nerve to complain about how little he has been used lately.