who does Hank want playing center, and left this year if Melky is gone.
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By default it would be Damon & Matsui. Gardner & Duncan would be backups, I suppose.

I can’t wait to see how much and how long they throw at C.C. this winter, because of this. If the Yanks don’t do something soon, Cashman will be gone probably sometime after the trade deadline.

Another point, is that Melky was part of that trade too, and just who does Hank want playing center, and left this year if Melky is gone.

-…if Hughes and Kennedy are simply in the rotation and pitching well…

A huge if from what I’ve seen so far. Cashman may be long gone by that point anyway. And in 2010, Jeter will be 37, A-Rod 35 and Mo 41.

–I fully believe Cashman is going to look smart with this deal very soon.–

Yeah right.
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“Very soon” as in a few years — not next week. I’ve seen every single Santana start this year and it’s obvious that last year’s numbers and diminished stuff had nothing to do with his crappy team and a loss in interest. Santana’s velocity is down, and he’s needed a ton of pitches to get through six innings against teams that don’t hit that well. He’s been bailed out again and again getting to face the weak bottom of NL lineups. I know he’s a second-half pitcher, but he’s simply not the same pitcher he was two years ago. I suppose he would still be an ace in the AL, but what will he look like in two years? I doubt he’ll be worth twenty million dollars a year, and if Hughes and Kennedy are simply in the rotation and pitching well (at 23 and 25, remember) then I would say Cashman will look smart.

I just want to know where Hanks buys his “blames Brian Cashman for everything” bumper stickers.

Hank’s dispute is with Hal (a.k.a. the smarter brother) not Cashman.

–I fully believe Cashman is going to look smart with this deal very soon.–

Yeah right.

Santana has a sub 1.00 ERA at the Stadium, or so I believe. With the wet noodle bats, could be ugly; tonight or tomorrow, weather having a say in when Santana pitches. Will Hankenstein be in he owners booth so they can show him explode?

BOOM!

I like Jon Heyman, and he may be right about this but……he is also a huge Scott Boras lackey, and Boras is his “source” on alot of things, so its hard to say, I’ll have to take this with a grain of salt.

Well said, MJ. And hop has it right, too.

What Hank has shown himself to be so far is basically a brat fan. He sounds like a lot of the people who bitch and moan on the message boards about the team, expecting them to never have any problems and sounds personally offended when they do.

Hank should actually watch his 20-mil-a-year wet dream pitch once in a while — he’s not doing that well. He hasn’t faced many good teams, and he’s struggling to give six good innings. He might dominate the lefty-heavy Yanks tonight, but I fully believe Cashman is going to look smart with this deal very soon.