2014 New York Yankees season thread Vol. (84-78) .. Essential's Offseason thread coming soon

sucks how we got him closing out his career , thats a bonafide legend who still got it out there ...
 
onewearz said:
sucks how we got him closing out his career , thats a bonafide legend who still got it out there ...
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Beltran too. From hitting POV.

Imagine if we wanted him when he really wanted to play for the Yankees and instead signed with the Mets
 
Essential1 said:
Beltran too. From hitting POV.

Imagine if we wanted him when he really wanted to play for the Yankees and instead signed with the Mets
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Seven years ago, Carlos Beltran and Scott Boras famously came to the Yankees during the final minutes of the outfielder’s free agency, offering to join the team at the discount rather than sign elsewhere. The Yankees said no thanks, and off went Beltran to the Mets for seven years and $119M. Jon Heyman says Beltran (no longer a Boras client) did the same thing this year, offering himself to the Yankees at the last minute for the same two years and $26M he got from the Cardinals. The Yankees again declined, and now he’s in St. Louis.

I still think that passing on Beltran before the 2005 season was one of the biggest mistakes the Yankees have made under Brian Cashman, though in hindsight you can say they dodged a bullet given all his injuries in recent years. This time around it’s a different story, because he is older with bad knees and the Yankees don’t need the offense or an outfielder. It’s pretty clear that Beltran wants to wear pinstripes though, it just doesn’t look like he’ll ever get the chance.
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Pulled from an article I just found from 2011.
 
macbk said:
Essential1 said:
Beltran too. From hitting POV.

Imagine if we wanted him when he really wanted to play for the Yankees and instead signed with the Mets
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Seven years ago, Carlos Beltran and Scott Boras famously came to the Yankees during the final minutes of the outfielder’s free agency, offering to join the team at the discount rather than sign elsewhere. The Yankees said no thanks, and off went Beltran to the Mets for seven years and $119M. Jon Heyman says Beltran (no longer a Boras client) did the same thing this year, offering himself to the Yankees at the last minute for the same two years and $26M he got from the Cardinals. The Yankees again declined, and now he’s in St. Louis.

I still think that passing on Beltran before the 2005 season was one of the biggest mistakes the Yankees have made under Brian Cashman, though in hindsight you can say they dodged a bullet given all his injuries in recent years. This time around it’s a different story, because he is older with bad knees and the Yankees don’t need the offense or an outfielder. It’s pretty clear that Beltran wants to wear pinstripes though, it just doesn’t look like he’ll ever get the chance.
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Pulled from an article I just found from 2011.
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Had we gotten him in 05, I doubt he has as many knee problems because he could have DH'd a lot, saving himself from fielding.
 
They didn't want Giambi at first then though, he was getting all the DH AB's those first couple seasons.

Yanks didn't want to put him in CF and I don't think they were shopping Hideki or Sheff.
 
Proshares said:
They didn't want Giambi at first then though, he was getting all the DH AB's those first couple seasons.

Yanks didn't want to put him in CF and I don't think they were shopping Hideki or Sheff.
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You're right.

But I'm saying when the knees really became a problem in 09.

The age of Sheffield, Bernie, and even Matsui could have gotten Beltran 100 games in the field that first year, and 30 or so at DH.

But all revisionist history
 
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this ump is looking to get back into the clubhouse and watch game of thrones ASAP :lol:

nice series, fellas. catch y'all on the next one
 
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