Corey wrote:

the part i find amusing about this deal is that they made the pirates give us 400k in cash for the deal to happen.

Definitely a strange twist in this Hinske saga. The Pirates are giving the Yankees money? Is this the Bizarro world or something?

@bfriley. Pena might be their future SS if Jeter moves position. It stands to reason that Pena would learn the outfield in a more appropriate manner(in the minors) than doing it on a team in the middle of a playoff hunt. Does anybody remember how the unlearned Irish Hammer ,Murphy, was in the outfield for the Mets this year? I also don’t want to hear people complain that Cash Man made him learn in the majors when the Rays are heating up and they need to win games not experiment in the outfield. A first from Butch, I gave the Yankee GM a compliment!

the part i find amusing about this deal is that they made the pirates give us 400k in cash for the deal to happen.

Corey wrote:

@ Steve Lombardi:
what about sheff? he started out as a SS shifted to 3B then to the OF all in the big leagues

Sigh…OK Fine

I like Pena, but we aren’t talking about Ryan Braun here. It’s not a guy who’s bat you HAVE to have in your lineup every day. In fact, you probably don’t want it in the lineup everyday, at this point. I mean he’s a part-time player at the position he’s GOOD at, why would he rate time at a position he’s never played before. I mean the guy has a total of 23 hits in the majors.

Sending him back down to AAA not only lets him learn the OF, but it also allows him to play every day and, hopefully, improve his hitting.

And, for the record, I’m pretty sure Yount switched to the outfield between seasons, meaning he’d have Spring training to learn the .position

From Baseball Reference:
1984
120 Games @ SS
39 Games @ DH

1985
108 Games @ OF
12 Games @ DH
2 Games @ 1B

@ Steve Lombardi:
what about sheff? he started out as a SS shifted to 3B then to the OF all in the big leagues

bfriley76 wrote:

Stop baiting, Steve.

Didn’t Tony Phillips learn to play the OF at the big league level too?

Of course – ‘tho, I am tired of seeing those Green highlight clips on MLBN and ESPN when the Red Sox win…
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You and me both. The nice thing is that it’s a testament to how bad Julio Lugo sucks and what a crappy signing that was.

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Did Robin Yount go to the minors for a year when he made the move from SS to CF? Not really…

Stop baiting, Steve.

MJ wrote:

I assume you were kidding Steve. Right?

Of course – ‘tho, I am tired of seeing those Green highlight clips on MLBN and ESPN when the Red Sox win…

Did Robin Yount go to the minors for a year when he made the move from SS to CF? Not really…

@ Steve Lombardi:
you dont really learn how to play the outfield by just takin fungos you really do need to see live flyballs. ball comes off the bat completely different in a gaqme then off a fungo. if you could learn to play outfield just by takin some fungo flyballs everyone would be a gold glove outfielder