Comments on: Don’t Count on the Yankees to Make a Free Agent Splash Again http://fullcountpitch.com/2009/11/19/dont-count-on-the-yankees-to-make-a-free-agent-splash-again/ For the Serious Baseball Fan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Allan http://fullcountpitch.com/2009/11/19/dont-count-on-the-yankees-to-make-a-free-agent-splash-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 David Allan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:36 +0000 http://fullcountpitch.com/?p=2935#comment-2668 Billy have you contemplated a trade for a player like Roy Halladay that is still out there. So lets say they go get one of the two left fielders that are on the market. We can be sure that will be 17 million plus, sounds like Boras is trying to get $20/year for Holliday and Bay's agent is saying he's been the games most productive and durable left fielder over the past 5 years. So he might be 20 as well if Holliday gets his money. Plus it is said the that Yanks have been very active in talking to the Blue Jays about Doc. So that is another $16 million I believe, plus an extension, there is no way you trade for him for one year. A left fielder, plus Doc puts you over 200 million with 11 spots left to fill. It's not impossible to think they could get up into the $230-250 range. Plus both Bay/Holliday and Halladay's signing or extension means more long term cash on the books. I've said it other places as much as I would sound like a whiner, that would be enough for me. The game is still great, no actually it's amazing. I'll keep playing, I'll coach, but at that point, it won't be the have, middle of the roads, and have not's as you pointed out recently. At that point even the so called "have's" won't have enough to compete, and what is the point in supporting that? Billy have you contemplated a trade for a player like Roy Halladay that is still out there. So lets say they go get one of the two left fielders that are on the market. We can be sure that will be 17 million plus, sounds like Boras is trying to get $20/year for Holliday and Bay’s agent is saying he’s been the games most productive and durable left fielder over the past 5 years. So he might be 20 as well if Holliday gets his money.

Plus it is said the that Yanks have been very active in talking to the Blue Jays about Doc. So that is another $16 million I believe, plus an extension, there is no way you trade for him for one year.

A left fielder, plus Doc puts you over 200 million with 11 spots left to fill. It’s not impossible to think they could get up into the $230-250 range. Plus both Bay/Holliday and Halladay’s signing or extension means more long term cash on the books.

I’ve said it other places as much as I would sound like a whiner, that would be enough for me. The game is still great, no actually it’s amazing. I’ll keep playing, I’ll coach, but at that point, it won’t be the have, middle of the roads, and have not’s as you pointed out recently. At that point even the so called “have’s” won’t have enough to compete, and what is the point in supporting that?

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