Thursday, July 08, 2004

Clemens coming back to the Yankees?

Worthwhile article here. "Is Clemens coming back to the Yankees? Probably not."

About as likely as a trade proposal from a WFAN caller: "Jason Giambi for Randy Johnson. Jose Contreras and Kenny Lofton for Roy Oswalt and Jeff Bagwell."

The Yankees probably will get a new starter before long, but it will be a #5 starter to replace Contreras. Or they'll just trust El Duque. Contreras is reduced to an $8 million mop up man.

The top 4 starters are fine as long as you trust Mussina's track record. Of course, this also assumes Brown gets off the DL and back to form. Lieber's as good as any #4 in baseball and he'll just get better in the second half.

The Yankees seldom add superstars for the pennant stretch. I can't think of one in recent memory. It's always mid-level stars or role players. Instead of Carlos Beltran, they get David Dellucci. Instead of Sammy Sosa, they get David Justice. Instead of Big Unit, they get Denny Neagle.




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Agreed. Turtlenecks in Florida notwithstanding. The writers sure try to make him look ridiculous, though.