Comments on: The Vazquez Deal

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:47:27 +0000

Braves won this trade even with Cabrera being -9 WAR

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By: Whartonite

Whartonite — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:19:38 +0000

Agreed. Luckily, I don’t think he could afford it if he wanted to. If he were gonna do something like that, he may as well just get Holliday, but that borders on ridiculous. I’m hoping Damon will break down and take a Nick Johnson contract. If not, it’ll be fun to watch Gardner finallyplay every day.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:31:07 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think Melky’s a great fit for them either, I guess he’s maybe keeping the seat warm for Heyward for a year.

That said, maybe he makes sense as a platoon partner for Diaz (although their career split vs RHP is similar, Melky’s been slightly better of late and is probably better in the field) and he’s another warm body, so that sort of makes sense.

It also gives them another guy who can play CF, just about – judging by last year, Schaeffer seems a questionable every-day guy for a team that’s looking to contend, and Nate McLouth really should never be in centre with his “golden” glove. Melky’s kinda useful as he offers them another handy solution to slot into multiple OF roles, and he IS only 25, so maybe another bit of power will come. If so, he’ll be an above-average switch hitter with an above-average glove, not bad. That said, I’m not sure they couldn’t just have got the same production (for the same $ price, or less) by just signing Gabe Gross and Reed Johnson or something.

By: PhD Brian

PhD Brian — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:31:03 +0000

A couple of years ago Vazquez was practically run out of town by CWS. They saw him as lacking any clutch skills,and useless in the post season. One year seems to have changed the minds of this crowd here.

My view is this is a fair trade. if Vizcaino turns in into a superstar, then 10 years from now it will make a “one of the worst trades ever” list (similar to the Expos Colon deal). And if Vazquez turns out to be the vazquez of his late 20s then the Yankees got screwed and seriously overpaid. Cabrera is cabrera. He is young enough to improve some, and will. At that point he will be an average quality player good enough to start for but not carry any team. And he will be fairly paid if not a tad cheap. I think this is solid deal for both teams.

By: MBD

MBD — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:32 +0000

Good point re Medlen. I got used to thinking of him as a reliever based on how they used him in ’09. Now if he can get his walks down.

Just can’t get my head around why they need another OF who doesn’t really contribute at the plate. Isn’t there anyone out there who can hit? Please, not Bay for 5 years in the NL.

By: Dirty Water

Dirty Water — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:53:28 +0000

If they could have received more for Vasquez they would have. That’s makes the most sense to me. Apparently, no team with $11 mil to spend on pitching was willing to pay more than what Wren received.

By: Dirty Water

Dirty Water — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:41:34 +0000

Last 3 years, UZR:
Teix: 2.5 -trending down
Cano: -1.9 -trending down
Jeter: -8.9 -trending up
Arod: -9.2 -trending down

and then there’s Posada..

In fact, isn’t INF defense a major weakness of this team?