The Yankees are probably the only team on earth where income and revenue are items way down on the priority list. They know that that revenue is not going to be affected unless all hell breaks loose and the whole team goes down.

Bottom line is post-season success. The only way to get to the post-season is the regular season. That is exactly why Big Stein didn’t give a damn about spending money because the reward of a WS far outweighs any cost.

The saying is the Yankees don’t rebuild, they reload for a reason

~~In your opinion, does the team have to do something immediately? ~~

Like today, or tomorrow? No. There’s no decent pitchers available this split second. IMHO, you try and cover for the next 2 to 3 weeks with what you have…and, AT THE SAME TIME, start putting feelers out there, NOW, so that when someone is ready to deal, you’re all tee-ed up and ready to hit the ground running…and pull the trigger on a deal.

did anyone call out mike and the mad dog today about how lucky the yanks are that joba is a starter? Hell if he pitches like he did in his last start he can just assume CMW’s role as ace and the yanks have roughly the same roation as when they started: an ace, 2 good vets, 2 young struggling pitchers

Sidney Ponson was just officially released. Sure he’s an asshole. But he was 4-1 3.88 for Texas.

Just a thought.

Ultimately, the Yanks are going to have to make a big move. It may take a few weeks, but they need to bring in a front-line starter. Sabathia is a possibility. And given Seattle’s woes, I would add Bedard to the mix.

Steve,
In your opinion, does the team have to do something immediately? Or can they wait, give their internal options a chance, see if the offense can bash its way to more wins than it has so far, and then reconsider its position in July when there might actually be a market for pitchers? For that matter, what position does the team need to be in to make a move necessary in order to make that push for the post-season? Less than five games out of a playoff spot? Less than 10?

Wang is a big loss, the biggest that can be imagined pitching-wise short of Mariano going down. But it is a team game. And there are a variety of ways to win enough to make the post-season. A productive offense plus slightly improved (or just continued) performance from Andy and Moose can go a long way toward covering up for what may be a league-average or slightly less than league average replacement for Wang.

I think we all know that I don’t want the Yanks to make the playoffs. But I don’t think their response, right now, indicates that they are more than happy not to make it to October.

It’s a problem but not the end of the world. If the rest of the rotation holds their own then we can survive and still look good for the wild card. These are situations in which someone rises to the occasion. Let’s see who that will be.

I don’t want to throw away too much for CC. Better to trade lesser talent and get a legitimate starter, if not an ace.

Cash told Pete Abe that there really isn’t a trade market right now. So for the time being, it looks like the team needs to try to solve its pitching needs internally.

That doesn’t mean that the organization is throwing away the season.

The trade market should start to develop in July, but the team needs to get through at least the next three weeks with internal solutions, and based on where they are then, it will be clearer whether it makes sense to trade prospects for Sabathia, or Harden or someone else.