What do you think about Justin Duscherer and Scott Posednik?

Well, one thing is for sure- Cashman is going to have to earn his money this offseason. I don’t envy him this year.

Damon on a one year deal for 2010.

Carl Crawford for LF – Opening Day 2011.

I would expect the Red Sox to be in the Lackey Mix, along with several others. If I were the Phils I’d be all over that guy. He’ll get a big contract, 4-5 years, not worth it for the Yankees. There was a rumor that the Yanks might actually release Wang, but I’d find that hard to believe. Although it would not surprise me if that injury ends his career as we knew it. The team should not count on a contribution from Wang. I wonder if Arizona would part with Haren for the right mix.

@ Steve Lombardi:
Just an aside about poll methods: People routinely favor the names in the order in which they appear, running out of steam/interest as they go down the list. So the results are partly a reflection of the ordering of the names.

@ #15:
Forgot to add, I don’t advocate signing Lackey. He’s not likely to be a bargain and he hasn’t gone over 200 IP since 2007. We took a chance with Burnett but I don’t think it’s a great idea to give Lackey a Burnett-level contract, which he’d surely ask for.

I’d offer Lackey 3Y/$36 tops and he can take it or leave it.

@ #15:
Joba HAD Lackey’s stuff, he just lost it somewhere along the line in 2009. His fastball and slider got plus-plus grades and his curve was ranked a plus pitch too.

Joba hasn’t achieved Lackey’s consistency but, to get to that point, he’s absolutely got to add the ability to throw a version of his breaking pitch for strikes.

Sure guys, the front door slider needs to be in the mix, but the strike out pitch, the weakly hit groundball pitch, the pop-up pitch…. will generally be the one that gets the batter to extend out of the zone. Throwing a 3-2 or 3-1 slider or hook for a strike is generally the hallmark of the elite pitchers. Very few younger guys, like Joba, do that regularly.

MJ, If Joba had Lackey’s stuff, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

On that topic, if Lackey wants to play in NY, we should get him. He’s younger than Doc H. and Doc would cost us Hughes or Joba, plus, plus, and a big contract. I’d much rather see us grab for a 2 behind CC, than add a cheaper 4 or 5. Moving AJ to the #3 spot gives us a huge edge over the comp. Wang will be a work in progress. Might be a year before he gets back to near form. Remember he struggled before the arm problems. Still, he’s young enough to take some risk. I don’t see how Hughes figures in the mix for the rotation. We’d be looking at the Phil Rules all year long. We, i.e., Joba, the Yankees and the fans, will finally get one (last?) look at Joba, uncaged, as a stater. If he can’t pull it off this year over the course of the entire season, he’ll be a late inning guy, and I think he’ll be a good one. Not Mo good, mind you, but who the hell is?

@ MJ:
They’d probably need an impact starter to build that package, and to get Felix I’d dump Cano in a heartbeat. I’m curious to see what Montero can do, but if Felix is on the line, I’m not that curious.

@ GDH:
I’d gladly start a package with Chamberlain and Montero and build from there for King Felix.