The risk is minimal in the context of their outrageous revenue. Adding an all-star, in his prime, who can help the pitchers with his glove is well worth the risk. The track record at first since Tino left (the 1st time)speaks for itself.

The Yes network lost 10% of it’s viewership last year. New star faces who can play have to be in the mix.
Regarding the 6-7 years, Boras is thinking 10 and he may have A-Rod inspired vengenance on his plate. It will not be boring.

Or, if they want Jesús Montero to play 1B around 2012…
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There’s always a corner OF spot, as well as DH. The Yanks found a way to play both Nick Johnson & Giambi, I’m sure they’ll find a way to play these two, if Tex is signed, and Montero actually makes it.

He played “low A” this season – which means he still has to master “A,” “AA,” and “AAA” before getting a shot at the bigs. That’s three years, to get it done, in my book – and that’s thinking positive.
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Not true. He registered 525 AB’s at Single-A Charleston and hit a healthy .326/.376/.491 as an 18 year old. I would assume that earned him a promotion to High-A Tampa with an eye towards moving him to Double-A Trenton towards the middle to end of 2009. At that point, assuming he is still raking, he’d be a AA/AAA prospect in 2010 and thus on the big club radar for some time in 2011, as I said initially.

Further, I don’t think all prospects progress at the same rate through the minors. Age notwithstanding, if you can hit, you can hit. Jay Bruce was promoted three times (from A+ to AAA) as a 20 year old in 2007. Not saying Montero is Jay Bruce, merely pointing out that you don’t have to go pigeonhole Montero.

~~I can’t imagine it will take Montero three more years to make the big leagues. ~~

He played “low A” this season – which means he still has to master “A,” “AA,” and “AAA” before getting a shot at the bigs. That’s three years, to get it done, in my book – and that’s thinking positive.

~~So to recap, you vote no on the two biggest free agent prizes this offseason?Never invest money in anyone! There’s too much risk! And also, we’ve given out poor contracts in the past! But also, don’t depend on The Kids, they’re also too risky! Risk is bad!~~

Did I say “no” here? I just said that no one knows, for sure, how it will work out if you long-term him. That’s not a yes or a no…

Risk? Yes, there’s risk in every call. There’s also reward. And, that’s the job of the smart GM – to look at the risk/reward ratio and see if it’s in his favor…and, as in the case of the Yankees who have resources, have a sound back-up plan in case the risk happens.

Counting on Montero at the cost of adding Teixeira is nothing short of insane. If Montero turns out to be so great, he should be worth quite a lot on the trade market.
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noone said they were counting on him, my whole prob in all this is the fact that we are assuming montero to be a 1B. He’s currently playing catcher and if the yanks think hes the 1B of the future, don’t u think they’d have put him there?

Counting on Montero at the cost of adding Teixeira is nothing short of insane. If Montero turns out to be so great, he should be worth quite a lot on the trade market.
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I’m not counting on Montero at the cost of adding Teixeira. The decision to pursue Teixeira is separate and apart from Montero’s arrival in the 2-4 year time horizon.

Teixeira at an average of 6Y/17.5M with a few team options I’d do. The numbers Boras is talking about (10/20M), I’d say hell no and take my chances with Giambi/Posada/Damon/Matsui/Nady/Miranda for the next few years until Montero is ready to be given his chance.

Counting on Montero at the cost of adding Teixeira is nothing short of insane. If Montero turns out to be so great, he should be worth quite a lot on the trade market.