Roy White was really a fine ballplayer, which I never fully appreciated as a youngster, at the tail end of his career.

This team could win a shitload of games. I'd bump Van Slyke for Otis in a heartbeat, though.

It really does show how hard it is to make the Hall of Fame.

[1] He also came up as a 2nd baseman, alomg with Hoss Clarke, and was then coverted to a LFer... where he set the record for most consecutive error-less games.

He was one of the most solid, dignified, underrated Yankees of all-time.

http://www.fangraphs.com/graphswd.aspx?teamid=9&pos=LF&season=2011&season1=1944&grid=25
(A really, REALLY cool utility from FanGraphs!)

Anyone hear of the trade of Montero for Pineda? Heyman confirmed. Oh my!

The deal is Pineda and Jose Campos for Montero and Hector Noesi, a source tells MLB.com's Greg Johns.

from MLBtraderumors.

[6] Jose Campos better be REALLY good...
I am not happy about this trade..

Who is Jose Campos?

[8] Exactly.
Twitter feedback from many is that Yanks made a great deal..I don't know, have they SEEN Jesus hit? Pineda is nice but Jesus can be a 30+ tater guy..

Here's a scouting report.

http://marinersfarmreview.com/2011/07/mfr-top-20-prospects-20-jose-campos/

That's from last summer. KG ranked Campos the Mariners' #5 prospect last week over at BP.

Here's another scouting report from the summer.

http://mariners.scout.com/2/1095822.html

this is pretty crazy...

mussell & romine behind the dish. old guys to dh.

Here's from a scouting report over the summer:

[blockquote]
Campos is a very, very impressive young man. While he doesn’t have the upside that Felix or Pineda did at his stage, he still shows a lot of things that you like to see, especially in what he flashes for future development at his age. His body type is almost picture-perfect for the type of pitcher he is, which only adds to the excitement and feelings of plus projection.

If I had to throw a future projection on him, I’d say Campos has a good shot at holding down a third or fourth slot in a rotation in fine fashion, with a chance at being a number two if his command improves sufficiently. If his command doesn’t progress enough, however, he could still have solid enough value as a late-inning reliever with his stuff. This is a kid to keep an eye on, and be more than willing to get excited about.
[/blockquote]

Man, I think this trade just broke River Ave. Blues ...

Maybe this means that Cletus Pisshands isn't retired quite yet!

Boo. I like Montero. :-(

[13] Haha!
[12] Twitter is exploding too, glad I got my new iPhone to check as I head out.

And here I was thinking I was going to upgrade the server tonight.

I've never seen Montero play, but holy crap Pineda is impressive.

Wow, and you landed Kuroda, too. Congrats on another fine season for y'all.

We got Kuroda too? I love shopping.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

Patience paid off.

CashMoney!!!!!

[0]

Hmmm .... methinks I traversed the same material as Joe did ... kind of

http://valueoverreplacementgrit.com/2012/01/12/ten-years-no-hof-votes-where-is-the-love/

I'm going to miss Montero ... a lot. But Pineda is going to make all the "possibilities" of Hughes a reality. This kid is GOOD.

So, CC, Pineda, Kuroda, Nova, Hughes/Garcia.

Guess who's missing from that picture?

Oh yeah, fucking AJ ...

My non-Yankee fan people are jealous. I'm getting "kudos" texts. Hope they're right.

[25] yeah, let's hope we eat some dough and get rid of his punk ass and disgusting tattoos.

i dig kuroda. reportedly, a 1-yr. deal bet. $10-11mil. we should all be so lucky...

i was really hoping jesus would homer at the pale hose, so i can say:
"Jesus just left Chicago" ...there, i said it! ; )

[26] I hope it works out like the Granderson/Kennedy exchange did, Pineda's a stud and Montero becomes a mid-order masher.

[27]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaEkGRM-ZBY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfhUQSid2s

[29] nice dude! i totally didn't realize that was on there. i just pulled the cd from my collection and will have to spin it!

New thread above.