Sunday, October 29, 2006

Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't

The free agent season is upon us and 5 Yankees have already filed for free agency. Sal Fasano, Nick Green, Miguel Cairo, Octavio Dotel, and Craig Wilson. With exception of maybe Cairo, and I stress the word maybe, I hope the Yanks don't try to resign these guys.
Nick Green strikes out too much and has a pretty weak bat. He strikes out over 25% of the time. You better be able to jack 30 HRs if you want me to overlook that. Hit the weights and get Lasik, then get back to me.
Sal Fasano has a nice 'stache, I'll give him that, but I'm not overly thrilled by backup catchers that can't hit their weight. John Flaherty weighs 200 pounds and hit .165 in his last year as a Yankee. Kelly Stinnett weighs 233 and hit .228 as a Yankee. Fasano weighs 246 and hit a buck forty three. See a pattern? There has to be a better hitting back-up catcher out there. Who knows? Maybe there isn't. I haven't looked at the list to see.
Dotel turned out to be a huge bust. We waited and waited for his return and when he finally was "healthy," which took like forever, he treated us to a 10.80 ERA over a mere 14 games. Nice job. Thanks for stopping by, now beat it.
Craig Wilson might be a little serviceable, but he wasn't exactly his "National League" self when he joined the Yankees. Over his 1/4 of a season in Pinstripes, he batted a ******** .212. That's over 50 points below his career average. His OBP was a little more than 100 points of his career mark. Exercise some plate discipline and we'll talk. Definitely not worth $3.3 million.
Miguel Cairo wouldn't be a bad guy to keep around. He can fill-in anywhere in the infield. He has decent speed and at a million bucks, might be worth taking a look at. The key phrase is might be.
Derek Jeter expects change. I think he'll get his wish.
J-Boogie

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