Off Topic · Yankees trade for Chase Headley and gave Solarte and Rafael DePaola (page 2)

nyk4ever wrote:solarte is a career minor leaguer who the yankees signed for nothing. he had 2 good months but came back down to earth. headley had a mvp-type year a few years ago but has since been injury-riddled. the yankees are probably hoping he can take advantage of the short porch in left field since he's a switch hitter. great trade for the yanks.

exactly, I like solarte but he really came crashing back down to earth.. if healthy Headley is a better player...

Bonn1997 wrote:Acquiring guys who we think will take advantage of the short porch hasn't been working.

The yankees have had the good fortune of having George suspended when they built that dynasty team with jeter and crew, even going back a little before that with guys like cone and chili davis... but of late since 2009 and even before then, we have been on this quick fix, bad moves type mission.. we need to get younger and more talented at the skilled position. I like Brett gardner a lot, maybe we shouldn't have thrown a lot of money at ellsbury, since he is similar to gardner and honestly not much better if at all..

If Tanaka can stay healthy and not need surgery, I would like to see us get young in starting pitching and position players... Look at what the A's have done..

WaltLongmire wrote:Actually thought Solarte might have some potential.

Troubling stats for Headley, IMO. To me they point to PED usage.

Not the biggest of Baseball fans, but statically, this is more than just an anomaly. Reminds me somewhat of Brady Anderson,
Ken Caminiti, Luis Gonzalez, who all had their big home run years after 30, and played in the 90's and early 2000's.

Only difference is that Headley was 28 when he had his big year, which can be considered his "prime." However, the years before and after his big season,
especially the year after, where he had a similar # of plate appearances, are revealing.

Had 600+ at bats 4 times, and the 2012 numbers are too far beyond his average season to make me think there was nothing wrong.

Does the guy have back, rib, or shoulder problems? (JUST read that he has been taking injections for a back issue recently). These injuries can slow down a player.
Has he had back issues since he started playing?

AT ages 25-26, he was a pretty pedestrian player for a 3rd basemen who got to the plate over 600 times.

The Padres All Star SS was caught doing PEDs while Headley was in SD (2013 season), and there were rumors about Headley during and after his big season in 2012:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safa...

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	 BA	 OBP	 SLG	 OPS
2007	23	SDP	NL	8	21	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.222	.333	.278	.611	
2008	24	SDP	NL	91	368	331	34	89	19	2	9	38	4	1	30	104	.269	.337	.420	.757		
2009	25	SDP	NL	156	612	543	62	142	31	2	12	64	10	2	62	133	.262	.342	.392	.734	
2010	26	SDP	NL	161	674	610	77	161	29	3	11	58	17	5	56	139	.264	.327	.375	.702	
2011	27	SDP	NL	113	439	381	43	110	28	1	4	44	13	2	52	92	.289	.374	.399	.773	
2012	28	SDP	NL	161	699	604	95	173	31	2	31	115	17	6	86	157	.286	.376	.498	.875	
2013	29	SDP	NL	141	600	520	59	130	35	2	13	50	8	4	67	142	.250	.347	.400	.747	
2014	30	SDP	NL	77	307	279	27	64	12	1	7	32	4	1	22	73	.229	.296	.355	.651

kind of reminds me of Dan Uggla.. the braves signed him and I knew that dude was juicing.. LOL.. he has been a complete bust for the braves who cut him recently..

SupremeCommander wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Each season, it's getting harder and harder to be a Yankees' fan. I wish these Steinbrenners would sell the team.

It's scary how similar the Yankees' and Lakers' situation is

fishmike wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fishmike wrote:after having season tickets and going to playoff games during all those runs I dont even know who's on the team anymore. Zero interest. Ive totally checked out of baseball. Tanaka was nice, but unless you like seeing Jeter's farewell tour there is nothing about that team worth tuning into. They are in Scot Layden mode.

I can't believe you fish, you could sit through 13 years of knicks BS, but your turning your back on our beloved team.

IMO The absence of PED's has hurt the MLB and they don't even know it, Did you see the home run derby, fckng pathetic, one guy made it to the 3rd rnd by hitting 1 home run, real exciting.

The Al east is actually a super tight race, and although I don't watch many games, (maybe a inning here and there) i score watch like the dow jones.

Injuries have hurt this team just like the knicks, also our farm team isn't producing like it did in the 90's.

haha... not turning my back. Just waiting until its worth watching again. Its weird though.. I dont hate anything the Yankees have done, I just dont care. When Jeter got the first hit in the AS game I pumped my fist like it was 96 all over again. It was a nice slice of the past. I love Joe.. think he's a great manager. There is just nothing about that team that has me tuning in.

I understood not paying Cano. He's a postseason pansy and your not getting $250mm from the Yanks with his post season record. But getting McCann and Elsbury and Beltran told me everything I needed to know. Time for another hobby.

The current Yanks remind me of Howard Eisley, Shandon Anderson, Clarence Weatherspoon and Travis Knight. Just overpaid guys who are utterly uninteresting in every way.

This is going to come down to one of the tightest (is that a word)al east races in a very long time. Already after one game the trade impact is evident, dude hits a walk off..what do you have to say now?

SupremeCommander wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Each season, it's getting harder and harder to be a Yankees' fan. I wish these Steinbrenners would sell the team.

It's scary how similar the Yankees' and Lakers' situation is

what do you mean by this?

knicks1248 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Each season, it's getting harder and harder to be a Yankees' fan. I wish these Steinbrenners would sell the team.

It's scary how similar the Yankees' and Lakers' situation is

what do you mean by this?

Also happened to the Yankees in the mid 1960's.

Picking up Boozer at the expense of losing Marshall who, whatever his limitations as a player, seemed to deserve a spot on the Lakers.
No way Lakers can compete in the West, but they have a win now attitude.

Not as bad for the Yankees, since their division is not great, but they are heading toward the same path as the Lakers.

WaltLongmire wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Each season, it's getting harder and harder to be a Yankees' fan. I wish these Steinbrenners would sell the team.

It's scary how similar the Yankees' and Lakers' situation is

what do you mean by this?

Storied franchises who seem to be fading because of age and an inability to bring young talent onto their respective rosters.

Also happened to the Yankees in the mid 1960's.

Picking up Boozer at the expense of losing Marshall who, whatever his limitations as a player, seemed to deserve a spot on the Lakers.
No way Lakers can compete in the West, but they have a win now attitude.

Not as bad for the Yankees, since their division is not great, but they are heading toward the same path as the Lakers.

I seriously doubt this

Pineda's coming back any month (or two...or three) now!
Beltran's going back to the OF!
Jeter's better than Yaz now! Take that, DreadSuxNation!!!

Have you really applied for Cashman's job?

Which reminds me, is Cervelli a better hitter than Soriano, too?

Bonn1997 wrote:Well then that was a mistake. He was hitting the ball fine during the slump. His strikeout rate wasn't high. He just had a random stretch of bad luck where a low percentage of his balls hit in play resulted in hits.

I don't think professional baseball at this level is all about random stretches of bad luck. So if he was popping out and grounding out into double plays, that was okay?

You are really stretching to find reasons to have Cashman fired, aren't you?
What do you think of his McCarthy pickup now, or is that attributed to someone else? 4-0 looks fairly competent.
Or maybe it's just a random 4 game string of bad luck for opposing hitters...?