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New York Yankees not likely to reach World Series |
Today’s gamesTampa Bay at Texas, 5:07 p.m.
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Trading places: 3-team deal left everyone happy |
NEW YORK (AP) — It was nearly two years ago, hours before the New York Yankees‘ World Series opener against Philadelphia. As players prepared, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman went up to his office and telephoned a half-dozen of his counterparts, among them Detroit‘s Dave Dombrowski. “I remember Dave saying, ‘Hey, what are you doing calling me? Isn’t this Game 1 of the World Series? You’ve got a big game tonight,’” Cashman recalled. “I was like, ‘Hey, I’m out of it. I already messed this team up enough. Nothing more I can do. So now I’ve got to talk about the 2010 team and how I can mess that one up.’” Fast forward 3½ weeks. Dombrowski was driving from Detroit to Chicago with his family for a Thanksgiving visit with his parents. His cell phone rang, and Arizona GM Josh Byrnes was on the line. “He said he talked to Brian. There was the potential of a three-way deal,” Dombrowski related. “Would we be open-minded to it? And that sort of got that ball rolling.” And so began the talks that led to an unusual seven-player trade that helped build three division winners. Come this weekend, the Yankees, Tigers and Diamondbacks all will be in the playoffs — Detroit and New York playing each other. Detroit sent All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson to New York, which dealt right-hander Ian Kennedy to Arizona, and lefty reliever Phil Coke and outfield prospect Austin Jackson to the Tigers. Detroit traded All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks, and Arizona sent touted young pitchers Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to the Tigers. Byrnes had called Cashman before contacting Dombrowski, feeling out the Yankees GM on what he might be looking for. Then running the Diamondbacks, and now San Diego’s senior vice president for baseball operations, Byrnes returned from the GM meetings in Chicago, gathered his aides and guessed New York was focused on Granderson. “We sat down as a staff and kind of played around with it on a dry erase board and felt like the Yankees were the logical spot,” Byrnes said. “We didn’t know that. We just thought about that. Granderson was a logical fit. Obviously, they probably had to assess that winter with (Johnny) Damon and (Brett) Gardner and some other things, how they wanted their outfield to be.” It took six weeks of talks from Cashman’s initial call until the deal was finalized on Dec. 9. Word started to leak out the day before, after the three GMs reached a tentative deal while meeting in Cashman’s suite at the winter meetings in Indianapolis. Granderson remembers where he was when he found out. “I was shopping at a West Elm store in Chicago,” he said. “I started getting text messages from my friends.” He put up MVP-type numbers this year, with team-leading totals of 41 homers and 119 RBIs. Austin Jackson, his replacement in the Detroit outfield, had 10 homers and 45 RBIs, played above-average defense and at age 24 has time to improve. Scherzer (14-9) is tied for second on the Tigers in wins, Coke is their No. 1 lefty out of the bullpen and also made spot starts, and Schlereth (3.51 ERA) was a key relief component for Detroit. Edwin Jackson pitched a no-hitter for Arizona against Tampa Bay in June last year, then was redealt a month later to the Chicago White Sox in July 2010 for Daniel Hudson, who at 16-10 is second in wins for the Diamondbacks this year. Kennedy has become a star in Arizona, going 21-4 with a 2.88 ERA, a performance that could earn him the NL Cy Young Award. He had impressed with the Yankees during three starts at the end of the 2007 season, but he was out for much of 2008 with a strained muscle near his right ribcage and bursitis in his right shoulder blade. He pitched in just one big league game in 2009 because of surgery to remove an aneurysm from beneath his right biceps. The trade moved him a lot closer to his California home than the Bronx. “I always heard my name up in trades every single year, every single offseason, so I didn’t really believe it at first,” Kennedy said. “I didn’t know how to react. You don’t know whether to act excited because you get to come to a new team, come to the West Coast.” As often is the case in baseball these days, money was a factor. While the Yankees took on the contract of Granderson, who is making $8.25 million, Detroit received four players whose salaries total less than $1.9 million. “For us, there are four guys on our ballclub that are all young service guys,” Dombrowski said. “Scherzer after this year is still three years away from free agency. Coke, same way with him.” And young players got a chance for playing time, which rarely happens with the Yankees. “I think it worked out for the best, for the players and for the teams,” Austin Jackson said. “I was excited to get the opportunity and try to get my big league career started, but I was kind of sad to leave a lot of my friends that I made over there.” When Kennedy left the Yankees, he briefly allowed himself to think ahead. At some point, whether by trade or free agency, there could be pinstripes in his future. “I told Cashman, ‘I know a lot of guys come back, and I know this is a business, and I could end up with the Yankees another day,’” Kennedy said. “He goes: ‘Yep, a lot of guys come back.’” ___ AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley in San Francisco and AP Sports Writer Noah Trister in Detroit contributed to this report. Comment Below!. Posted in yankees-news | Comments Off
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Tigs’ Verlander faces Yanks’ Sabathia to open ALDS |
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New York Yankees’ Postseason Roster: Let’s Guess… |
By Ed Valentine – Regional Editor
Follow , and Like SB Nation New York on Facebook. Sep 28, 2011 – The New York Yankees open the postseason Friday, playing either the Detroit Tigers or Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series. Let’s try to guess what the 25-man roster manager Joe Girardi constructs will look like as the Yankees pursue their 28th World Series title. Girardi has several interesting decisions to make. PitchingStarting Pitchers (4) — CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Freddy Garcia, A.J. Burnett Pretty obvious here. The Yankees have already announced that Phil Hughes will be in the bullpen. As for Bionic Bartolo Colon, he went 0-4 with a 5.37 ERA in his last 10 starts and pretty much pitched himself off the postseason roster. Relievers (7) – Mariano Rivera, David Robertson, Rafael Soriano, Boone Logan, Phil Hughes, Hector Noesi, Raul Valdes The surprise here is Valdes, who has impressed Girardi during a September call-up. He is a 33-year-old lefty specialist who pitched in 38 games for the Mets a season ago and five for the St. Louis Cardinals before coming to the Yankees. Girardi has wanted a second lefty, and Valdes might have shown enough the past month to grab a spot. If it’s not Valdes, look for the Yankees to reward right-hander Cory Wade with a roster spot. Position PlayersCatchers (2) — Russell Martin, Jesus Montero With Francisco Cervelli (concussion) likely not available for the ALDS and maybe beyond, the Yankees need to do something with the backup catcher slot. For defensive purposes they would probably like to get Austin Romine on the roster, but I don’t see how. To do so, they would have to drop either Eric Chavez or Chris Dickerson from the 25-man, and I don’t see either of those things happening. Montero will be the designated hitter against lef-handed pitching, so he is making the roster, anyway. The Yankees will just cross their fingers that Martin does not get hurt, forcing them to put the 21-year-old behind the plate. Or, turn to 40-year-old Jorge Posada — who caught once all season. Infielders (6) – Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Eduardo Nunez, Eric Chavez In this scenario, the Yankees keep two backup infielders for a couple of reasons. First, the ongoing health concerns about Rodriguez. Second, Chavez provides them a lefty designated hitter alternative if they choose to move away from Posada. Outfielders (5) — Brett Gardner, Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher, Andruw Jones, Chris Dickerson Dickerson provides the Yankees with a guy who can pinch-run late in games, and a player who is a quality defensive replacement for Swisher in right field. Speed and defense are valuable commodities in the playoffs, and Dickerson provides them. DH (1) – Jorge Posada If I had it my way I would keep Romine on the roster, use Chavez as the lefty designated hitter and dump Posada. I don’t think the Yankees will do that to Posada, though. Read More: alds, 2011 mlb playoffs, Eric Chavez (DH – NYY), Jorge Posada (DH – NYY), Phil Hughes (P – NYY), Bartolo Colon (P – NYY), Francisco Cervelli (C – NYY), Chris Dickerson (LF – NYY), Austin Romine (C – NYY), Raul Valdes (P – NYY), New York Yankees Follow , and Like SB Nation New York on Facebook. Do you like this story?
Ed ValentineRegional Editor Ed is founder and editor of Big Blue View, SB Nation’s New York Giants website. Ed loves the Yankees, but in all honesty could care less about the Knicks. E-mail Ed at edward.valentine@gmail.com.
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Yankees can laugh even after a loss |
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Tampa Bay Rays up next: New York Yankees |
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer >>up next vs. Yankees Tonight-Wednesday What’s new: The AL East champs have homefield advantage through the first two rounds. Rookie C/DH Jesus Montero appears to have hit his way onto the postseason roster. The Yankees are likely to rest several regulars each night. Key stat: CF Curtis Granderson could become the fifth to lead the majors in homers, RBIs and runs in a season. Connections: Rays DH Johnny Damon, RHP Kyle Farnsworth and senior adviser Don Zimmer were Yankees. … Yanks RHP Rafael Soriano was the Rays 2010 closer, RHP Cory Wade was at Triple-A Durham, pitching coach Larry Rothschild was the first Rays manager. Series history: Yanks lead season series 9-6, 150-85 overall, 68-47 at the Trop. [Last modified: Sep 25, 2011 09:14 PM]
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