I saw the YES footage – and he did cry. That tells me that Kyle liked being here, being part of this team, and playing for Girardi. Gotta respect that, no?
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Meh… He can always come back as a FA. Next time he’ll just have to add a NTC

I saw the YES footage – and he did cry. That tells me that Kyle liked being here, being part of this team, and playing for Girardi. Gotta respect that, no?

pete abe is reporting farnsworth cried…kinda sad…wonder if farnsworth would like the fact that everyone knew he cried since hes such a tough guy and all

I don’t see we can’t do anything but love this deal. Great move. And he flipped Hawkins for a potentially useful 2B prospect just a little bit ago, another solid move.

According to Cashman, the trade was entirely Detroit’s idea. They called him up and presented the deal.

I think it’s a no-brainer. The upgrade at catcher more than makes up for the loss of Farnsworth from the bullpen.

~~Not a good offensive player? Excuse me? The guy’s hitting .295. Last year he hit .280.~~

Batting average doesn’t paint the full picture. FWIW, I’ll have some analysis up on Pudge later today.

Does anyone know what Pudge’s caught stealing rate is? It has to be a drop from Molina since he was the league leader, but how much exactly? As for his offense, his OBP in particular has been awful. .290 is a big jump over the other catchers, and that’s the big difference – its one more competent bat at the end of the lineup.

i would have given him away for free (he hasn’t been THAT good this year?), the fact that we got a good backstop for him is cake

I think we should be looking at this trade as part of the other trade in the sense that Nady/Pudge is a lot better than Gardner/Christian/Molina/Moeller.

You would think that would make the Yankees offense at least a little more consistent.

just got back from the game… what a pleasant suprise!