Cash: Don't hold your breath on another deal
He pulled off that swell Nady & Marte deal with the Pirates. And for a moment, it was Christmas in the Bronx.
Yet, Brian Cashman isn't optimistic about making a trade for a starting pitcher this week. And if the Yankees get another catcher, it'll probably be somebody off waivers after Thursday's 4 p.m. trade deadline.
"It's so hard to find matches that are fair for both sides. It just makes making trades almost impossible, it seems like. Every now and then you run into one but, it's so difficult...I'm not optimistic.'' Cashman said before tonight's game. "But I would've said that last week prior to the Pittsburgh deal.
"I'd say between now and the 31st, most likely, that this is what we've got. But let's keep working the phones.''
POST GAME NOTES: Though Cashman indicated the decision on Posada's surgery was fated before today's BP, Joe Girardi mentioned that there was "no whip in (Posada's) bat'' during batting practice.
That might have just served to indicate to Posada, himself, that it was time to bow out. "We're going to miss him, but, let's get it fixed and get him ready for next year,'' Girardi said.
BOSTON AND BALTIMORE combined for 32 hits over the past two nights, which is the most hits allowed by the Yankees in consecutive games since Aug. 25-26, 2006, at Anaheim. KYLE FARNSWORTH gave up a run for the first time since June 22, vs. Cincy, snapping an 11-outing scoreless stretch. JOHNNY DAMON's homer was his first since May 27, at Baltimore - snapping a 156 AB homer-less span.
Don't hold my breath on another deal?
How come Pudge is here?
Posted by: Raven | July 30, 2008 at 06:46 PM
I don't know how the pitchers will respond to pudge - theyve pitched well to Molina thus far. The one thing I love about this deal, however, is that for the first time I can remember the yankees are selling high on a guy. As Maddog always says "Farnsworth could get a hundred guys out in a row, I still don't trust him in a big spot."
Posted by: Evan | July 31, 2008 at 08:45 AM