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Old 11-05-2007, 09:57 PM   #95
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Originally Posted by FakeRazor
I think 2006 was his career year. He'll never put numbers up like that again. He's got a pretty good glove, but that's it. Maybe Betemit isn't the answer but I don't like the Crede for Damon swap. I don't think Melky is a legit leadoff guy yet, and he's who'd be leading off if Damon were gone.

There's room for Damon on the team. It's Giambi there's no room for, but nobody will take him. I'd almost rather pay him to play somewhere else at this point than trade Damon, who is good and left and keeps Matsui in the DH spot. Giambi just makes the team worse.

We need a bat at one of the corners. It's that simple. We lost a huge, huge part of our offense, and we can't go with Mientkiwicz and Crede. Think about it.

Melky Cabrera
Derek Jeter
Bobby Abreu
Jason Giambi
Hideki Matsui
Jorge Posada
Robinson Cano
Joe Crede
Doug Mientkiewicz

You're counting on Melky and his .327 OBP to lead off. You're also counting on Giambi to cleanup. We don't even know if Jorge will be back. Our pitching will be better this year but we still need offense because our pitching is young and our bullpen is pretty much up in arms.

I guess it could work if we trade Damon for Crede and then sign Torii Hunter or Andruw Jones. Then shift Melky to left. Still, no true leadoff hitter. Jeter can bat leadoff but he prefers the 2 hole and he's perfect there. I guess I could see Melky in the two hole because he's a good bunter and has pretty good speed but he can't hit and run like Jeter. Cano could probably hit second but he swings at too many bad pitches and isn't really a good baserunner, which is what probably keeps him out of the top of the lineup anyway.

Cashman has got his work cut out for him, to say the least.
Good Points.

Can Cashman pull something big off? On the level of landing A-Rod. he has doen an amazing job of off-loading guys, maybe he can dump the Giambino and pull the trigger on a trade that would leave us with Damon.
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