In the New York Post, Mike Puma quotes Yankees GM Brian Cashman as saying…
“This is what the rotation is, and this is what we’re going [to spring training] with.”
However, according to the Associated Press, Yankees VP Hank Steinbrenner said the following about his team’s pursuit of Johan Santana while talking with reporters in Florida yesterday…
“Nothing is really decided at this point. I’m still leaning towards doing it. There’s others leaning not to do it. There are some others that are leaning to do it also. Disagreements within the organization. Nothing major, but just different opinions. I’ve changed my opinion a couple
times…I’m going to make the final decisions because when you’re the owner you should.”
According to Puma, citing ‘sources,’ the Yankees do not have an official standing offer to Minnesota for Santana.
Meanwhile, at his blog for the Journal News, Peter Abraham writes…
“The Twins must be loving this. Cashman is like a poker player who’s buddy is standing behind him saying, ‘Wow, you have two kings.’”
…from what i understand, while hank would like to acquire santana, cashman and Hal Steinbrenner do not, because cashman has ‘a plan,’ and it includes Phil Hughes, and hal has a budget, and it doesn’t include santana…
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Hank is a moron. I love that guy.
“It’s my decision” He is such a tub of crap. He just loves saying that it is “His decision.” Fat, drunk, idiot……..I hope Santana blocks the trade and say he can’t play for such an a$$hole……….
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
you’re being too tough on him…how do you know he’s drunk?
it’s an animal house quote
If you look up “ass clown” in the dictionary, there’s a picture of Hank Steinbrenner.
i really didnt think it was possible for me to hate a baseball owner this much. But there he is. hes such a #@#$@ ^$#%
im still never going to get how a package of hughes, melky, marquez could be considred more valuable than gomez, mulvey, pelfrey, fernando/heilman
melky is a medicore CFer, and while hughes is an extremly talent pitcher hes proved just as much as mike pelfrey has @ the big league level. obviously hughes still holds much more value than pelfrey, and rightly so but marquez? give me a break. its hughes and 2 craps for johan.
I don’t see how Melky is a mediocre but what it comes down to, I think, is the players the Yankees and red sox are offering are less than 2 years away from making the big leagues. They could be making an impact for the twins this year and pushing them toward being a championship team in 09, 010 where as the most valuable players we’ve offered are a year to 2 years away from making a big league roster.
You think Melkey is less than mediocre or better? His numbers say that he is less than average starters in CF but his energy and I guess some more potential puts him just about average or above. To me he is the 22nd best starting CFer in baseball.
I’d say he’s slightly better than average defensively and has the tools to become an impact bat. He just turned 23 in August so he still has potential.
I hate the Yankees and their fans. Don’t listen to the speculation. I am NOT going to the Bronx.
lol, but could you imagine is this is really johan, i always wondered if players or managers or guys like gary and keith had alias’ and were commenting among us.
This is freakin’ ridiculous.
The Mets just gotta give 3 guys: Gomez, Guerra, Mulvey.
Then give Humber and another pitcher with less value (Moviel/Rustich/Clyne), and add Gotay.
If you’re desperate, make it Gomez, Heilman, Guerra, Mulvey, Humber & Gotay.
Hank reminds me of the wig guy from Goodfellas.
Baby boss’s daily news conferences. Ugh. Make a deal Omar!
How would you know anything about the Mets.. I doubt you even watch Yankee games. You’re probably too concerned with watching the next episode of Grey’s Anatomy.
wow the 2007 winner was the st louis cardinals… so they wouldnt have played them in the world series. I dont think the yankees will any match for the tigers or sox this year, their rotation is very shaky, chien ming wang is not really an ace in my eyes and i doubt pettitite will still be very good. Joba and hughes will probably be preety good tho.
DON’T FEED THE TROLLS
I just love the way that Hankee seems to think that everyone is just waiting for him to decide what he wants, including the Twins.
Unless Smith told them they can have Johan immediately for X, Y and Z, the other team sinvolved might have a say in things!
yay, the yanks are getting santana. yay. another reason to say they rule ny. yay! mets are second rate…yay! 3rd place….yay!
gotta hand it to hank, he knows how to get it done. he walks the talk. but omar and wilpons are impotent and all talk (which is cheap). yay!!!!
If the Mets don’t get Santana, it better not be because they held back on any of their prospects. The only excuse would be because the Twins insisted on Reyes.
can all Yankee fans and sympathizers please report to the
nearest highway, there is traffic to be played in, thank you
Hank Steinbrenner didn’t waste any time revealing himself to be a simpleton, did he?
He’s more of an odiot than his dad
If the “owner” has to make these decisions, as Hank says, I think the Yankees are in a wonderful position to have an even more bloated payroll with aging stars at every position, just like a few years ago. Either the Yankees have no real desire to obtain Santana, in which case they actually have a plan to drive up the cost to other teams or they are just the most dysfunctional front office in baseball, as they always should be.
I think this clown will blink in the end and give up 5 or 6 prospects to get Santana and outbid himself in a 8 year 170 million dollar contract while patting himself on the back like he did with ARod.
Tool doesn’t even begin to describe this guy. He is quickly moving into the pantheon of self important offspring who would be living in the gutter if it wasn’t for their birthright, see James Dolan. Jeffy W looks like a mastermind compared to these guys.
Amazing how 2 minutes in the spot light gives some people dillusions of grandeur.
Keep it up Hank, you make me confident the Yankees will be no closer to another WS than they’ve been since 2000.
Besides his possible support for the acquisition of Santana, from our perspective, Hankee’s emergence as a blowhard with some decision making power is good news.
It makes the backpages a bit more interesting and gives us someone to aim our venom at now that Clemens is headed for prison. Having a loose cannon makes Ca$hman’s job that much harder.
It’s only a matter of time before he fires Cashman.
The Mets just gotta get Santana and keep Martinez, Pelfrey & Niese.
Screw Heilman, Guerra, Mulvey, Gomez or whatever.
nah man—-we gotta keep Nando and GUERRA
im open to trading anyone else—-gomez, heilman, pelfrey, humber, mulvey, neise, anyone. we gotta keep those two tho.
But why Guerra? we have an abundance of young pitchers, and virtually no need for Guerra with Santana.
The Mets will always have big prospects. Relax.
and you post this here why? I fail to see the connection.
So we have a Skankee fan to help debate about Johan. Why is it you say that F-Mart is overhyped? Every scout seems to think differently
Neutral analysts say that Marquez is worse than Humber. ALL OF THEM.
You’re a clown.. go spank it with the skanks.. get lost
Stop making stuff up about me you a$$h013 skankee. DIAF.
Arc-boy, get the f out of here, don’t you have to get fitted for knee pads??? Or is derek letting you off the hook for now…?
Please, you’re a fool. Willie is getting every chance to succeed here. Torre was a Met and brought you to 12 straight playoffs and you ran him out of town. Every word that comes out of the Yankee organization this whole entire off season has been oozing with hypocrisy.
Gotta agree. Mets fans are massive hypocrites. They’re still acting like won something last season, or like they actually have some good prospects.
The fact is Pelfrey blows. He’s thrown 1 decent game in his career. HOORAY! Humber still hasn’t made it back from surgery. And why shouldn’t we think FMart is overrated? Didn’t we just see Milledge plummet down to cast off status? Wasn’t he the last hyped Mets prospect?? Who’s to say that in 3 years Omar won’t deal him for the 2011 versions of Church and Schneider?
Oh, maybe we should discuss that crop of middle relief garbage Omar hauled in. None of them will amount to much either.
You say Mets fans like you are not one of us. What are you two skanks doing on this blog? Your BS points couldn’t be argued on a different blog?
How in the hell can you say like we are acting like we won something last year? You have no leg to stand on..
Go read the discussion about Jimmy Rollins and the “collapse”….
TRUMPZILLA IS A YANKEE FAN. jesus christ, how much more obvious can it be?!
Wow. And I criticize Matt for spelling and grammar. This guy is definitely a product of the Bronx public school system.
Let me guess you think the Yanks can beat Detroit or us?
Do you think Mets can win WS even if They trade for Santana?
I believe they can get there out of the NL, yes.
After that, Johan and Pedro are a potent 1-2 that yes, would give the Mets a shot at winning a short series.
Just like the skankees won it ALL last season right? Your an idiot.
He pitched in 4 games in 06.
Red Sox = us
You fail to see the connection? It’s saying that regardless of what Hank yapping about it being his final decision, he has very little say in whether Santana goes to the Yankees. If the Yankees are out, the Sox are probably out. If they’re both out, that leaves us as the twins only option if they want to deal him.
go take some grammer lessons; you are hurting my eyes
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