We’ve been down this road before, the FA signings, trades for players with bloated deals, Alex at ten(!) years, on-and-on. But no WS victory since 2000.
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Other than the Rodriguez trade (another salary dump), the Yanks were doing the same when they won WS; Clemens & Fielder come to mind as salary relief trades

I think Manny is going to wreak havoc and revenge on the Red Sox AND the Yankees in Toronto. He was supposedly a Jays fan growing up and they desperately need a DH. If Ricciardi sticks around , he will definitely go for Manny. As for the Mets, the Mets don’t play in the AL East so where is his revenge angle? Then again, when does Manny actually THINK and/or have a method for his madness?

As for the Mets, Omar doesn’t need a DH ,he needs an all around player in the outfield not Manny being Manny. Then again, Omar signed Castillo and Alou despite health concerns.

No thanks!

We’ve been down this road before, the FA signings, trades for players with bloated deals, Alex at ten(!) years, on-and-on. But no WS victory since 2000.

And I don’t see the Mets signing him either. There’s no DH.

You’d pretty much have to be crazy not to sign Manny. Granted, if he wants a 5 year deal, no way. But the guy can flat out hit and isn’t really slowing down. Nady would be lucky to be 1/2 as productive. Sure, Manny might be a pain in the butt, but that sure didn’t hurt the Sox very much in the past 5 years.Get rid of Gimabi and Abreu and replace them with Manny.

I don’t think it will happen though. As the above suggests, Queens seems like a much better fit

There’s no way that the Yankees, with so many outfield/1b/DH types, would go for Manny. But he’ll still end up in New York, as the Mets will finally get their man and be able to install an HoF outfielder for the first year of their new stadium.

Maybe he’ll get a chance to clobber the Sox once every three years or so – but he’ll get to hit in the Bronx every year in June.