Did Cashman see Cabrera, Colon news coming?

Happy 43rd Birthday to Mick Jr.

Talking about spike in performance it might be a good idea to look within at your own SS.

A connoisseur of the finest PED users, Cashman knows the subject matter better than any other GM.

wiseup: Of couse its not surpring. the yankees have been stuck up for a few years A-Roid, Pettite, Clemens, and who knows how many others.

If you were traded by the Yanks and have become better players since you left you must be on something. But Cashman fail to mention about Burnett who got away and is doing very well with the Bucs.

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Originally posted 09:32 AM ET  08.29 by Gibbs V

A connoisseur of the finest PED users, Cashman knows the subject matter better than any other GM.

I'd say Epstein would be right up there...

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Originally posted 09:56 AM ET  08.29 by toad

If you were traded by the Yanks and have become better players since you left you must be on something. But Cashman fail to mention about Burnett who got away and is doing very well with the Bucs.

They said the same thing about Melky just a week ago, then he was busted. Hope Burnett has someone peeing in a cup for him...

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Originally posted 09:56 AM ET  08.29 by toad

If you were traded by the Yanks and have become better players since you left you must be on something. But Cashman fail to mention about Burnett who got away and is doing very well with the Bucs.

His W-L record is nice, but his sabermetric pitching stats do not suggest an abnormal spike in performance. Also have to consider that he went from the AL East to the NL Central, a much weaker hitting division.

Colon? He had a good iedea.

Melky? No way. The numbers were not there and he traded him to the Braves. Melky started popping somewhere between Atlanta and SF. Look it up. He went from marginal/average to MVP type fast.

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Originally posted 10:06 AM ET  08.29 by Cherubim

His W-L record is nice, but his sabermetric pitching stats do not suggest an abnormal spike in performance. Also have to consider that he went from the AL East to the NL Central, a much weaker hitting division.

There ya go. You are right. It was never velocity or stuff with him. He was a head case that could not deal with the big City.

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Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  08.29 by THE BISHOP!

Talking about spike in performance it might be a good idea to look within at your own SS.

There's no spike in performance. He's hitting right around his career averages. His WAR this season is only 2.1, nowhere near his career bests.

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Originally posted 09:38 AM ET  08.29 by wiseup

wiseup: Of couse its not surpring. the yankees have been stuck up for a few years A-Roid, Pettite, Clemens, and who knows how many others.

Kinda like Boston with their laundry list of Ped users? How many titles would boston have in the last 95 years without peds? Think about that for a second. Manny has been busted and was on the mitchell report. Ortiz is on the mitchell report for a failed test. They win a title without those 2 guy's bats?

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Originally posted 10:09 AM ET  08.29 by danimal09752

Kinda like Boston with their laundry list of Ped users? How many titles would boston have in the last 95 years without peds? Think about that for a second. Manny has been busted and was on the mitchell report. Ortiz is on the mitchell report for a failed test. They win a title without those 2 guy's bats?

The Yankees may have won a few more WS without ARod's choking in the postseason year after year (save for 2009).

With Colon, I wasn't sure because I thought his fall off was possibly due to some injury related issues and that the operation that he had was restoring him to what he was. I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the situation. Melky's improvement was rather obvious.

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Originally posted 09:38 AM ET  08.29 by wiseup

wiseup: Of couse its not surpring. the yankees have been stuck up for a few years A-Roid, Pettite, Clemens, and who knows how many others.

Wiseup yourself...

Arod was confirmed to be doing roids...in Texas, before his time in New York.

Giambi confirmed to be doing them in Oakland, once again before going to New York.

Clemens started roids it looks like in Toronto. Once again, before coming to New York.

So while I cant stand any of the 3, or the Yankees, they signed the best players they could at the time. I doubt you would complain at your favorite team doing the exact same thing. It was in the steroid era and EVERY team had multiple steroid users. That includes whatever team it is that you happen to follow. It wasn't just limited to New York

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Originally posted 10:15 AM ET  08.29 by Cherubim

The Yankees may have won a few more WS without ARod's choking in the postseason year after year (save for 2009).

So very true. Arod and Giambi both cost em in the post season.

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Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  08.29 by THE BISHOP!

Talking about spike in performance it might be a good idea to look within at your own SS.

..here we go with the asinine statements...he's doing what he has always done in his career...and he has no girlfriend tying him down...

yes, most of baseball, NHL, NFL, track & field, cycling etc., we could go on.....forget about it, it's their bodies