Yankee Land: The Fallout of 2006

Sean Mota

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Bill Maden, a very close friend of George Steinbrener, had a meeting with the Boss this weekend. According to Bill, George stated that Torres' days are done and that sweet Lou Piniella will be brought to manage the 2007 Yankees.

There is speculation that Alex Rodriguez will be traded in the off-season. The Yankees owe him 66million dollars for the next 4 years (Texas is paying the rest of the contract). The Yankees had had enough of the A-Rod poor post season numbers. Who they can trade him to will be interested since it is believed that the team is going to ask for George to carry some of the $66million owe to Alex Rodriguez.

Mussina's option will not be picked up and the Yankees will be in negotiation to bring him back for one year at a reasonable price. "This reasonable" price means that Mussina might get only money that a 4th or 5th starter could get from the Yankees. If Mussina asks for more than one year or more money, it has been speculated that the Yankees will not bring the right hander and will say goodbye.

Gary Schefield's option will not be picked up either and it is very likely that the Yankees will part ways with him.

B. Williams is a free agent and has been one of the corner stone of the Yankees since 1995. However, the Yankees may opt to not bring Williams back. There is a good chance that Bernie will stay with the club in 2007.

As to other options, there are very few the Yankees can make with their big contract players. R. Johnson will be back for the final year of his contract (that will be a relieved and hopefully will disappear from Yankee land). Wright is also in the same boat. As to young prospect, K. Hughes may be ready to jump into the ML in 2007. The left hander has been regarded as a good prospect within the organization.

If Piniella is hired, the dynamic of the team may change drastically. This move can sink the Yankees even more as it has been proven that Piniella is a very emotional manager who had rough times with players and management. It will be a soap opera in NY once again.
 
The thing that is probably driving George nuts more than losing is that the NEW YORK METS are not only winning, but have a happy, likable, "team". Something that cannot be said about his team!

All of this "Joe will Go" and "Lou will Come" is part of the old George scheme of getting the back pages when the Mets are doing well.

HA!
 
George needs to take a page from the Met's GM, and Dave Dembrowski, (Tigers' GM). Yuu need a TEAM. That means two starting pitchers who are going to get you at least 14 wins a piece, one starting pitcher that will get you at least 10 wins, and two more who will get you at least 8 wins. You also need two reliables in the Bull pen, and one closer.

To round it all off you need guys who can bat, who have each others' backs. So if one guy has a bad night, you know someone esle is going to step it up.

I will say Torre is not a great manager. He is decent at best. He has had awesome talent his last 11 years with the Yankees. I could have gone on as manager of the Yankees in 96-99 and won a Championship ring!
 
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Sad thing is, Now that the Yankees are out, they are still the story.
I have yet to hear any media types start to break down the ALCS....
I am sure they will do that tommorow, but come on, who cares what George does with or without Torre .....
He needs better pitching and a 1st baseman (Why are they playing a injured outfielder at 1st ?) than a new manager, last I checked, the manager doesn't win any games (Just ask Leyland).

The Yankees will due fine next year, they are not that far away from where they want to be.

Jimbo
 

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