Buzz: Yankees close to getting Curtis Granderson
Jon Heyman of SI.com says the Yankees, D-Backs and Tigers have agreed to a deal.
According to Heyman, OF Curtis Granderson will go the Yankees, Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy will head to Arizona, and prospects Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth, Austin Jackson and Phil Coke will go to the Tigers.
Update at 1:42 pm:
Buster Olney of ESPN.com believes a three-team deal that could send Curtis Granderson to the Yankees is ‘close,’ while Joel Sherman of the New York Post believes the Yankees have been sent his medical records.
According to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, the D-Backs will get Ian Kennedy from the Yankees and Edwin Jackson from the Tigers, with Arizona prospects Daniel Schlereth and Max Scherzer going to Detroit.
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Yankees will give up two players in the deal.
Update at 11:42 am:
Jon Heyman of SI.com believes talks between the Tigers, D-Backs and Yankees, which could send Curtis Granderson to the Bronx, ‘is back with a chance.’
Update at 9:40 am:
Jon Heyman of SI.com says a newer version of the three-team deal, one that could have sent Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy to Arizona, “looks very unlikely.”
…is it me, or are most reports about what can’t happen, instead of what can or is going to happen…
According to Heyman, the Yankees will need to part with four prospects in any three-way deal to acquire Granderson, including Phil Hughes and Austin Jackson.
Original Post at 11:22 pm:
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Yankees, D-Backs and Tigers were discussing a three-way trade that could have sent OF Curtis Granderson to the Bronx, Edwin Jackson to Arizona and prospect Max Scherzer to Detroit, but the deal has reached an ‘impasse.’
…earlier today, the buzz in Indianapolis said the Tigers were looking for top, young, zero-to-three pitching prospects in return for jackson…
Earlier today on ESPN News, Peter Gammons said the Tigers asked the Yankees for RHP Phil Hughes and top OF prospect Austin Jackson in a deal for Granderson, then asked the Cubs for top SS prospect Starlin Castro.
…those are pretty serious packages for granderson… the Mets can afford to get him, but i just don’t think they’re inclined to part with a player like Ike Davis… Omar Minaya told reporters today he doesn’t intend to deal from the team’s top minor league talent… i agree, i don’t think this is the off season to do that, and so i believe he’s right… but, this also means the Mets will struggle to acquire a player like granderson…
…at some point, every season, i do it, and i hear from other fans doing, and we complain that the Mets have a weak farm system, they need to rebuild the system, etc., etc., and then we all demand they trade their best prospects in moves like the above… well, at some point, a team has to not make the deal and let the farm grow… and, it seems like now is that time…
