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Santana Deal Is Still Alive as Yankees Keep Pettitte

By TYLER KEPNER
Published: December 4, 2007

重點: Santana交易戲還在演, 並沒有落幕。這場戲中紅襪是玩真還玩假很快便知分曉!!

1. 雖然小老闆要雙城隊說清楚到底要不要交易, 但直到現在雙城還是沒給答案。

2. 小老闆Hank說如果交易不成要留下Hughes和小卡布, 他也不覺得失望。他說年輕選手
   要成大用要多花點時間, Santana也是到24歲才真正大爆發, 但他相信這些年輕選手今
   年會有好表現, 他們當然都即將成為頂尖的投手。

3. 還有一個可能是, 雙城隊其實準備多留下Santana和救援投手Joe Nathan一年, 去爭美
   聯中區冠軍,  Nathan表示他覺得球團是想把他和Santana留下來, 他說Santana應該也
   這麼想。

4. Andy Pettitte已經決定回洋基再投一年, 在現金人, Jeter, Posada, 和Girardi一堆
   用電話加人情的攻勢, 以及洋基球迷的期盼, 打動了Pettitte的心。他的另一半Laura
   給他支持和祝福, 更重要的是Pettitte過去一年提到好幾次, 他也沒想要自己的手肘
   這麼的強壯, 原本1996年後每年他的手肘都會出些狀況。

5. Pettitte的回籠減輕了洋基先發輪值的負擔, 加上張伯倫, Hughes和Kennedy三個菜鳥,
   洋基還有王建民和Moose兩位有經驗的投手, 還有一個留校查看的井川慶。

6. 現金人昨天並沒有提到Pettitte和Santana的事情, 到是小老闆Hank認為雙城只是在利
   用洋基提供的籌碼去逼紅襪出更多好物, 但紅襪並不肯一次同時送Jacoby Ellsbury和
   Jon Lester。

7. 洋基週一發覺紅襪分明是玩假的, 並不是真心想交易到Santana, 他們提供給雙城的名
   單只足夠逼洋基付出更多的代價, 但卻不足以滿足雙城的要求。

8. 現金人說Farnsworth後面的less不用再加了, 他可以接替張伯倫當八局重要的中繼投
   手, 而現在農場有足夠的深度讓他有足夠的籌碼坐上談判桌去談交易, 他說兩年前這
   是不可能的。

9. 洋基在週一晚用Tyler Clippard交易來國民隊的後援投手Jonathan Albaladejo, 今年
   25歲是位右投手, 今年九月在14場比賽的ERA是1.88。

NASHVILLE, Dec. 3 — The Yankees’ pursuit of Johan Santana showed a flicker
of life early Tuesday morning when the Minnesota Twins backed off their
demand that the right-hander Ian Kennedy be added to the Yankees’ trade
offer.

But with the Yankees’ midnight deadline for a deal come and gone, the teams
had still not reached an agreement on the third player to be added to the
package of Phil Hughes and Melky Cabrera. If the sides cannot agree by
Tuesday morning, the Yankees say they will back out of trade talks.

“If things don’t change drastically, it’ll probably be no,” the senior
vice president Hank Steinbrenner said.

The Yankees did land one veteran left-handed starter for the top of their
rotation on the first day of the winter meetings. Andy Pettitte informed the
team that he will return in 2008, a move that bolsters a young rotation.

It would stand to reason that the Yankees could still add Santana, despite
their deadline, if either side changes course. But Steinbrenner said he would
not be disappointed to keep Hughes and Cabrera.

“I’d be happy either way,” he said. “The young pitching is just going to
take a little longer, as they do when they’re 21 or 22 years old. Santana
didn’t really hit his stride until he was 24. But I think our guys are ready
to do something this year. They’re certainly going to be — all of them —
 top-notch pitchers.

“And that’s the way you’ve got to do it with pitchers. You’ve got to grow
your own. You can buy position players, but you’ve got to grow your own
pitching, because nobody’s going to give it to you.”

Certainly not the Twins, an organization that held onto center fielder Torii
Hunter last season even though Hunter was a potential free agent unlikely to
return. Minnesota seems prepared to keep Santana and closer Joe Nathan to
make another run at an A.L. Central title.

“I’m thinking they’re going to keep us,” said Nathan, who lives in
Knoxville, Tenn., and met with the Twins on Monday. “They’re just trying to
improve our team to get it as good as it can be for the ‘08 season,
hopefully. Right now, I’m just going to assume that our team is going to
have myself on it and have Johan on it. I’m sure Johan is thinking the same
thing.”

In Pettitte, at least, the Yankees retain a pitcher who worked a team-high
215 1/3 innings last season. The team did not announce the deal, but Pettitte
has a standing offer for one year and $16 million, and his agent, Randy
Hendricks, confirmed his client’s intention in an e-mail message on Monday.

“Calls and requests for him to return from Brian Cashman, Derek Jeter, Jorge
Posada, Joe Girardi, among others, influenced him, as did an outpouring of
requests from Yankees fans,” Hendricks said, after the news was first
reported by the Houston Chronicle.

“Laura gave her support and blessing. As to why now, he felt he should
commit now so the Yankees would know they would have him as they formulated
their team for 2008.”

Posada, the Yankees’ catcher, said last week that in his conversations with
Pettitte, he got the impression that Pettitte was leaning toward retirement.
Pettitte and his wife, Laura, have four children and live near Houston.

But Pettitte showed last season that he could still succeed in the American
League after three seasons in the National League with the Astros. He went
15-9 with a 4.05 earned run average and added an excellent start in the
division series against Cleveland.

More important, perhaps, was the condition of his elbow. Pettitte mentioned
several times last season that he was surprised at how strong his elbow felt
all through the year, even though it had given him trouble almost every
season since 1996.

Pettitte’s return eases the burden on the rookies Joba Chamberlain, Hughes
and Kennedy, who are expected to be part of the rotation. The Yankees have
two other veteran starters, Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina, plus holdover
Kei Igawa.

Cashman, the general manager, would not discuss Pettitte or Santana. But
Steinbrenner said on Sunday that he believed the Twins were using the Yankees
’ offer to get more from the Boston Red Sox, who will not trade Jacoby
Ellsbury and Jon Lester in the same deal.

The Yankees’ sense on Monday was that the Red Sox were not serious about
acquiring Santana for themselves, offering just enough to force the Yankees
to give more but not enough to truly appeal to the Twins.

The Yankees made one move official on Monday, finalizing their two-year, $4
million contract with backup catcher Jose Molina and designating infielder
Andy Phillips for assignment. Cashman said the team had “full focus” on
pitching depth and had little interest in the free-agent market.

Cashman said Kyle Farnsworth would take over for Chamberlain as the Yankees’
 eighth-inning setup man, and the depth of the Yankees’ farm system would
help in potential deals.

“We’re certainly proud of the work we’ve done, because right now I can sit
at the table with any team in baseball and have a conversation,” Cashman
said. “Two years ago, that wasn’t possible.”

INSIDE PITCH

The Yankees acquired Jonathan Albaladejo, a right-handed reliever, from the
Nationals late Monday night for Tyler Clippard. Albaladejo, 25, worked in 14
games last September with a 1.88 earned run average. Clippard was 3-1 with a
6.33 E.R.A. in six starts for the Yankees. The deal is contingent on the
players passing physicals.


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推 andy80209:雙城會不會兩頭空呢...
※ 編輯: leddy           來自: 220.132.198.21       (12/04 23:44)
推 scarad:nice
推 appshjkli:“Two years ago, that wasn’t possible.”
推 gelee:這才叫做談判！樓上一堆人不知道在戰什麼的........
推 numblife:推第8點 有梗 幽默...
推 siliver:小老闆這麼講是讓人感動拉,但問題是他老子等的下去嗎??
推 bluejason:推第八點的梗
推 seekforever:其實我不知道什麼叫作"玩假的"?? 人家玩假的offer都比
→ seekforever:你好 那你叫作玩什麼?? 紅襪出這樣意思應該是如果拿到
→ seekforever:當然很好 拿不到至少也可以讓洋基損失更大吧
推 appshjkli:你的話可以對原文作者講,在這裡說沒用(攤手)
推 redsnipertd:我們換到Santana了!->Jonathan Santana Albaladejo
→ redsnipertd:而且只用了Clippard,根本不用以量取勝!
推 gelee:seek，看看下一篇吧.....redSOX offer比較好？噗.......
推 seekforever:Abraham只不過是個記者而已 是有比BP.BA專業喔
推 appshjkli:希望Albaladejo是真貨,這樣的話或許可以當MO的備胎
→ gelee:不要說雙城GM啦，RS這種offer雙城球迷會買帳嗎？
推 seekforever:不過我倒是發現不管哪國球迷講的話好像都差不多....
→ seekforever:我不覺得紅襪offer有好到可以拿下Santana
→ seekforever:只是至少比目前洋基出的offer好 我的想法在前幾篇請看
推 vanprasth:每家球迷都覺得自家的新秀最好阿
推 slider4520:Farnsworth後面的less不用再加了    我也笑了
推 ninetales:好久不見的柯南出現在文章中了!真相只有一個 山大王來吧
推 jackoop:根本就不覺得紅襪是"全心"要搶Santana
→ jackoop:只是不小心撿到或是逼洋基出大物都賺就是 怎麼都贏
推 HCSYF:談判都是這樣阿 除非談判資訊不公開
推 ntou92710007:留校查看的井川慶~~~XDDD
推 webberhan:推第八點
推 AmadeusJun:大家冷靜一點嘛 全文最大的梗明明就是第八點 XD
推 NJN:第七點很有趣...
推 Conpana:老實說ㄨㄨ迷也是想盡辦法抬高自己球員的身價嘛 然後只要
→ Conpana:洋基的球員除了評價五星的真的酸不下去以外(其實大帝這稱
→ Conpana:號一樣被酸過)竭盡所能的貶低 以及一直不停的酸人嘛  ㄎㄎ
推 kauw:希望總統 大帝明年有好表現 ...
→ kauw:不然洋基迷大概會跟前年CASHMAN沒有用王 CANO去換北極LOWELL
→ kauw:咬著不換 希望洋基運氣好轉 這幾年是吃這也癢 吃那也癢..