BOHAN wrote:

y sign a new catcher when mauer is a free afent this winter??? y not go after him??? u can move posada to dh and not sign matsui… how sick would a lineup of jeter damon tex arod mauer cano posada melky gardner be? honestly?? with that lineup and the pitching we have signed??? that would be a crazy team

cause maur is gonna command a tex-like contract while the kids from the dominican costs beans? (yankee beans)

Meanwhile, Jesus Montero, whom Steve once dubbed the next Brien Taylor, is already in AA.

Moral of this story: Most prospects do indeed flame out. But some don’t. This is why teams continue to sign prospects, and why fans continue to pay attention to them.

Mauer is not a free agent until after 2010.

Assuming he doesn’t sign an extension with his hometown Twins.

y sign a new catcher when mauer is a free afent this winter??? y not go after him??? u can move posada to dh and not sign matsui… how sick would a lineup of jeter damon tex arod mauer cano posada melky gardner be? honestly?? with that lineup and the pitching we have signed??? that would be a crazy team

Not long ago, no one paid attention to these signings or the draft. We were smarter then.

Yeah, just like it.

Except that the Yanks now have multiple good catching prospects.
And you wanted the Yanks to sign him “now”, but they didn’t, the Mets did.