And if he takes the same route out of Yankee Stadium that he did out of Fenway (abusing the manager in full view of the dugout cameras) Steve will have a nice new “Embarrassing the Stripes” post.

“What was that, a hundred years ago?”

That was 3 years ago. Is 3 years a 100 in baseball years? Regardless, if he doesn’t get enough playing time he’ll cause problems. I doubt he’s much different than he was 3 years ago. Silly not to consider that.

Sign Jay Payton, Burnett and Sheets and watch 2008 happen all over again. They need some offense and defense in the outfield and Payton is not really be a great upgrade. I’ve heard Kim Jones And MIke Kay trumpet the bullshit that the Yankee scouts have told them about Burnett: he plays for the big games. Whatta load of shit! He’ll be Pavano part 2. Sheets? If they lose out on CC. McClouth instead of Payton? The Pirates want something good this time and McClouth is a nice player that’s all. Imagine if the Yanks made the trade for Bay instead of Nady? We wouldn’t be talking about Payton………..

With the offseason, I am always interested in finding good Yankee discussion. I’ve waded here in the past and will stick around if the topics are interesting and the discussion intelligent. Of course, my presence might go along way toward preventing the latter!

williamnyy, just as a side note, if you keep posting comments here at this rate, you won’t be able to claim that you “rarely if ever visit the site”…as you did say the other day at another blog, discussing this one…

I’d take Baldelli on an incentive laiden deal any day over a guy like Payton who will suck up outs.
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Fortunately for the Yankees, the choices aren’t only Payton or Baldelli.

Neither should be on the Yanks, for different, but nonetheless legitimate reasons.

I’d take Baldelli on an incentive laiden deal any day over a guy like Payton who will suck up outs. Of course, that argument is a red herring. The Yankees should not really be considering either (unless Baldelli would sign a minor league deal).

Yeah, Baldelli, now there’s a sound FA signing…it’s not like he has a medical condition or anything…
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Agree with Steve on this one. The guy has a rare medical disorder that seems to be both irreparable and unpredictable. Upside or no, that’s not the kind of thing that shoulder surgery or a few months of rehab can correct. And that doesn’t even take into account the litany of sports-related injuries he’s had over the years.

How many of them can handle New York
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Overblown. If we’re talking about a backup/platoon player, I really don’t see how this matters. This person, be it Jay Payton or someone else, wouldn’t be asked to do much more than play 1-2 games a week. I’m not sure New York is going to eat up and spit out a role player.

There’s a difference between taking a gamble on a player with a lot of talent, and wasting a roster space on a player who is awful. As I clearly referenced in the post (and yet, for some reason, you still decided to take out of context), I would only pick Baldelli from the dregs available.