Commenting On Davidoff’s Choices
Yesterday, Ken Davidoff of Newsday floated out the Yankees could employ to improve the rotation. Let’s take a look and make some comments.
His first option was trading for . He knows it’s not going to happen. We know it’s not going to happen. Let’s just move on.
Door number two is a trade for centered around Manny Banuelos or . This is definitely more likely, but may not be cheap or easy…and I’m okay with that. I’m much more bearish on Garza than most seem to be, though, so take that with a grain of salt.
Next, he throws out the money suggestion (a 4/$48M contract for ), but quickly dismisses it. I don’t dislike Jackson as much as some do, but I wouldn’t give him four years. If he can be had for 3 years at 10-12 million a year, sure go for it. The odds of that happening? Not likely.
Choice four is the stopgap option of or . This is what I want, but it appears that the Yankees don’t want this. I think that says more about the medicals of Oswalt and Kuroda than it does about anything else. Davidoff has a Kuroda signing as more likely than an Oswalt signing, but given what we’ve heard over the last month or so, I’m not holding my breath on either one.
Number five? One word: BARTOLO. Davidoff suggests bringing back for another go ’round. MJR covered that here. I would like to see this, even if Colon is just a swingman at the beginning of the year, ready to swoop in if someone sucks or when someone gets hurt. Davidoff, however, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to bring Colon back. I’ll disagree with him there, especially if Colon takes a deal similar to the one Davidoff suggested ($2M + incentives).
Lastly, he talks about trying to find another lottery ticket with guys like , , or even . If you want to bring one of those guys in on a minor league deal, go ahead. I talked about these guys long ago and think the same thing now: Minor league deal? Awesome. Anything else? No.
Tagged with: Bartolo Colon • Dellin Betances • Edwin Jackson • Felix Hernandez • Hiroki Kuroda • Jamie Moyer • Jeff Francis • Manny Banuelos • Matt Garza • Rich Harden • Roy Oswalt
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Option 7:
Sign no one. CC, Nova, Burnett, and Garcia head in as definite options, and Noesi, Hughes, Warren, Mitchell, Phelps, Banuelos, Betances and whomever else battle it out in spring training.
There’s no reason to promise a spot to someone like Bartolo, or an injury risk like Oswalt, when we have plenty of very solid options to fill in. Save the money, retain the flexibility.
I can’t imagine signing Colon would cost that much or require a guaranteed rotation spot. I think he was good enough last year to merit another look. I am baffled that there has been seemingly no interest in him after a solid season.
I get a little nervous from how he fell off at the end of last season. But yeah, I can’t imagine he won’t get a MLB deal from someone. On a minor league deal again? Sure, I’ll take him.
Agreed. Also, Matt’s dreaming if he thinks Colon can be had for only 2m guaranteed. He got half that after missing an entire year. He came back, proved he’s healthy and can still pitch. He’s not particularly durable, but he missed very little time and was well above average for a starter. I think he’s in line for 1/5 guaranteed, probably with a vesting option.
@EJ: looking at the list you present, expecting Phil to rebound, hoping AJ figures something, I’d love to sign Bartolo for about $5, on the basis of long man/rotation, as needed. If he excels, he’ll be satisfied with a firm spot, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he shares the thought that 150 good innings may be his limit.