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No Yankee
Chronicles this week. Why? You ask? Well, not much has changed. The Yankees
took five out of six from the D-Rays, and Rangers, which is nothing new, and
booing A-Rod continues to be the biggest fad since the Pokemon
craze of the late 90’s. HOWEVER, there was one itsy, bitsy addition to the
team, and his name is Bobby Abreu.
Abreu,
along with Lidle, came to the Yankees for four minor
leaguers. Many people like it, many people don’t. I fall into to group that
likes it. People are complaining about
his recent power outage. Since he put on a show at the homerun derby he has
only hit 14 HR. Well, so what? He continues to be an on-base machine. He will
drive in 100 and score 100. He plays a good right field and has a gun attached to
his right shoulder. So what’s not to like? Well, that’s a question I can’t
answer, because there isn’t anything I don’t like.
Well what about
the “feel good story of the year?” You know the Cabreras,
the Phillips’s and the Guiels of the Yankee world. Some
Yankee fans might be upset that they won’t be playing as much, and the Yankees
won’t be as fun and “lovable” as they have been the past few months. I
certainly don’t fall into the category. Guiel has
been designated for assignment, and the Yankees have traded Chacon for Craig
Wilson, who is a huge upgrade from Andy Phillips. Now that the Yankees have
added Abreu to their roster they’re a better team
offensively and defensively, and I’m all in favor of making your team better,
no matter how you do it.
Just imagine how
the Yankees’ lineup is going to look like if
I’m sorry, I
think the '27 Yankees are the best team of all time, but their lineup doesn’t
hold a candle to this one.
Another thing
that Yankee fans have been saying is, “Why did they get Lidle
and his 4.77 ERA, too? Well, he’s not
going to be their number one starter, or number two, or number three. He’s
going to be their number four or five guy. How many number four starters have
an ERA below 4.50 this year? I’m going to assume not too many when the league’s
ERA is 4.60. The Yankees only have 9 wins from their numbers four and five
starters this year. Lidle has 8 alone. Also, Lidle has failed to pitch 6 innings only 3 times this year,
something Wright and Chacon haven’t been able to do in their starts.
Meanwhile, the
Red Sox did absolutely nothing to upgrade their pitching, which is suspect to
say the least. This makes the Yankee acquisitions even more critical. The
Yankees added a bat, a valuable utility player, and something to clog up a
leaking back end of the rotation. Those were the three main problems that
Hopefully these
key acquisitions will stop the nay-sayers (ie:
Keith) from thinking the Yankees are going to be the odd team out of the
playoffs this season.
Disagree with something? Got something to add? Wanna bring up something totally new? Tony Aubry lives in Queens, New York, and can be reached at tony@baseballevolution.com.
