Restoring Yankee Greatness

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Boston: Free agent P Roy Oswalt has been signed to a contract of $19,250,000 per year, for 7 years.
Houston: Free agent P Barry Zito has been signed to a contract of $10,846,100 per year, for 5 years.
Los Angeles (A): Free agent C A.J. Pierzynski has been signed to a contract of $8,020,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland: Free agent RF Trot Nixon has been signed to a contract of $5,398,200 per year, for 5 years.
San Diego: Free agent P Chan Ho Park has been signed to a contract of $4,527,500 per year, for 3 years.
Seattle: Free agent P Randy Wolf has been signed to a contract of $1,351,600 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 3B Aaron Boone has been signed to a contract of $999,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 2B Rich Aurilia has been signed to a contract of $2,038,400 per year, for 4 years.
Washington: Free agent 2B Mark Bellhorn has been signed to a contract of $741,000 per year, for 4 years.
Baltimore: Free agent CF Julio Ramirez has been signed to a contract of $444,000 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent P Scott Elarton has been signed to a contract of $664,900 per year, for 3 years.
Los Angeles (N): Free agent P Randy Flores has been signed to a contract of $460,000 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle: Free agent P Bob Wickman has been signed to a contract of $1,514,200 per year, for 1 years.
Boston: Free agent P Kelvim Escobar has been signed to a contract of $3,480,200 per year, for 3 years.
San Francisco: Free agent LF Carl Everett has been signed to a contract of $1,174,200 per year, for 3 years.
Florida: Free agent C Ben Molina has been signed to a contract of $848,400 per year, for 4 years.
Houston: Free agent CF Juan Pierre has been signed to a contract of $1,557,500 per year, for 4 years.
Baltimore: Free agent LF Nook Logan has been signed to a contract of $456,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cincinnati: Free agent P Jeff Weaver has been signed to a contract of $3,084,600 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis: Free agent 2B Adam Kennedy has been signed to a contract of $1,624,400 per year, for 3 years.
Minnesota: Free agent P Sidney Ponson has been signed to a contract of $2,531,200 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Tomo Ohka has been signed to a contract of $1,821,500 per year, for 4 years.
Boston: Free agent RF Michael Tucker has been signed to a contract of $1,054,400 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent 2B Homer Bush has been signed to a contract of $452,000 per year, for 1 years.
Houston: Free agent P Rudy Seanez has been signed to a contract of $4,148,100 per year, for 4 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent P Mike Timlin has been signed to a contract of $1,423,800 per year, for 1 years.

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Pittsburgh Gets:
1B Ken Youkilis
P David Pauley
Bost Gets:
3B Jose Bautista

Boston shot themselves in the foot with this deal. Bautista had just 111 AB's last year due to injury and hit .265 with 5HR's. Not too impressive. Youk at least carried a .375 OBP.

San Francisco: Free agent 2B Ray Durham has been signed to a contract of $4,845,100 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (A): Free agent CF Bobby Higginson has been signed to a contract of $610,200 per year, for 3 years.
Minnesota: Free agent LF Raul Ibanez has been signed to a contract of $6,482,400 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 3B Tony Graffanino has been signed to a contract of $4,422,600 per year, for 3 years.
Cincinnati: Free agent C Gregg Zaun has been signed to a contract of $834,600 per year, for 5 years.
Texas: Free agent C Todd Greene has been signed to a contract of $492,800 per year, for 2 years.
Toronto: Free agent SS Pokey Reese has been signed to a contract of $444,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Ugueth Urbina has been signed to a contract of $3,289,200 per year, for 4 years.

Detroit Gets:
P David Pauley
3B Wes Helms
Pittsburgh Gets:
SS Tony Giarratano

Pitt won on this deal. Helms hit 14HR's last season in limited time but isn't too good and doesn't carry much upside. Tony is 24 and still a high level spec. He hit .295 last year in 204 AB's. Pauley is trash.

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Colorado: Free agent P Aaron Fultz has been signed to a contract of $5,369,500 per year, for 4 years
Florida: Free agent P LaTroy Hawkins has been signed to a contract of $3,160,600 per year, for 5 years.
Cincinnati: Free agent P Chris Reitsma has been signed to a contract of $2,397,600 per year, for 4 years.
Minnesota: Free agent P Guillermo Mota has been signed to a contract of $1,512,000 per year, for 4 years.
San Francisco: Free agent P Jason Marquis has been signed to a contract of $6,622,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent SS Jared Gaston has been signed to a contract of $1,611,000 per year, for 2 years.
Toronto: Free agent 1B Walter Young has been signed to a contract of $402,500 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia: Free agent 3B Juan Castro has been signed to a contract of $598,400 per year, for 4 years.
Texas: Free agent P John Thomson has been signed to a contract of $520,500 per year, for 2 years.
San Francisco: Free agent P Yusaku Iriki has been signed to a contract of $2,082,500 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland: Free agent P Ron Flores has been signed to a contract of $1,059,500 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent P Roman Colon has been signed to a contract of $913,700 per year, for 2 years.
Atlanta: Free agent P Ricardo Rincon has been signed to a contract of $588,600 per year, for 4 years.
San Francisco: Free agent 1B Jason Giambi has been signed to a contract of $3,348,300 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (A): Free agent RF Jose Guillen has been signed to a contract of $7,605,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis: Free agent RF Richard Hidalgo has been signed to a contract of $1,863,000 per year, for 4 years.
Minnesota: Free agent 3B Pedro Feliz has been signed to a contract of $915,300 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 2B Matt Kata has been signed to a contract of $833,200 per year, for 1 years.
Baltimore: Free agent CF Ryan Christenson has been signed to a contract of $456,000 per year, for 1 years.
Los Angeles (A): Free agent P Brian Meadows has been signed to a contract of $2,335,000 per year, for 5 years.
Colorado: Free agent P Matt Miller has been signed to a contract of $1,759,500 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N): Free agent P Kevin Gryboski has been signed to a contract of $1,231,700 per year, for 3 years.

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Philadelphia: Free agent SS Alex Gonzalez has been signed to a contract of $7,822,900 per year, for 4 years.
Houston: Free agent LF David Dellucci has been signed to a contract of $5,334,600 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (N): Free agent RF Eli Marrero has been signed to a contract of $1,326,800 per year, for 4 years.
Texas: Free agent RF Casey Blake has been signed to a contract of $586,500 per year, for 3 years.
Oakland: Free agent CF Terrence Long has been signed to a contract of $666,000 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego: Free agent CF Chip Ambres has been signed to a contract of $470,900 per year, for 1 years.
Florida: Free agent P Justin Speier has been signed to a contract of $3,751,800 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Mark Redman has been signed to a contract of $6,135,600 per year, for 4 years.
Kansas City: Free agent C A.J. Hinch has been signed to a contract of $552,000 per year, for 3 years.

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New York Yankees Roster after ST:
Last season ------My Predictions for this year

C-Jorge Posada(.300 23 80) (.275 26 87)
C- Adam Melhouse(.381 0 0) (.246 2 17)
1B-Eric Duncan(.311 39 97-AAA) (.257 29 82)
1B-Doug Mientkiewicz(.266 1 34) (.264 1 16)
2B-Robinson Cano(.308 15 88) (.321 14 67)
2B-Miguel Cairo(.256 1 20) (.276 2 33)
3B-Alex Rodriguez(.300 47 128) (.315 52 147)
SS-Derek Jeter(.318 25 109) (.322 20 102)
LF-Jason Lane(.255 19 80) (.265 24 100)
LF-Kevin Reese(.500 0 0) (.245 3 15)
CF-Bubba Crosby(.242 6 22) (.278 4 31)
CF-Hideki Marsui(.313 31 110) (.325 36 126)
RF-Jason Bay(.286 33 114) (.280 35 134)
DH-Barry Bonds(.294 38 104) (.302 41 130)

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pitching

Ian Snell
Brandon Webb
Mike Mussina
Carl Pavano
Ervin Santana

Relievers
Octavio Dotel
Trever Miller
Brandon Donelly
Aaron Small
Kyle Farnsworth
Mariano Rivera

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And the season gets underway

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Yankees 3
Rangers 6

W. A. Eaton(1-0)
L. B. Webb(0-1)
S. F. Cordero(1)

Well Webb sucked in his first start giving up 5 runs. He also gave up 10 hits.

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Yankees 10
Rangers 12

W. S. Feldman(1-0)
L. O. Dotel(0-1)
S. F. Cordero(2)

Snell stunk up the joing giving up 6 in 3.1 innings. Where is my pitching????? A-rod went deep and Bonds hit his first HR as a Yankee.

PoG: Alex Rodriguez(1-4 1HR 3RBI 1R)

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Yankees 7
Rangers 13

W. K. Millwood(1-0)
L. M. Mussina(0-1)

Bonds hit a two run homer and thats about it. Our pitching is still terrible.

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New York Times

Giambi Fights with Torre!

5/1/06

Ted Wiliford
Staff Writer

After a recent lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, Yankees skipper called 1B/DH Jason Giambi into his office to discuss his play. Giambi was said to have struck the skipper after an intense conversation. When Giambi struck Torre in the side of the face, reserves Andy Phillips and Miguel Cairo happened to be outside waiting to see Torre. They darted in and held Giambi back. One unnamed Yankee player referred to Giambi's attack as being a result of "roid rage." Yankees GM was quoted as saying " We stand by Joe. He is our manager and will be our manager for a while."," Jason was clearly out of line in this situation and it will not be tolerated." Jenkins had no further comments on what would happen to Giambi. One scout jokingly said " I think they should trade him, but I don't believe anyone would take him." Some say he will be given his release, while a few close to the team have hear of interest from the Royals, Pirates and Padres. Joe Torre was taken to the hospital and released with minor bruising.

Wow! Is this just a PR ploy to get rid of an aging bat without backlash? I did'nt see any bruise on Torre's face


What's Giambi hitting?

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Originally Posted by TheeeeeeeeeYankeesWin

Wow! Is this just a PR ploy to get rid of an aging bat without backlash? I did'nt see any bruise on Torre's face


What's Giambi hitting?

He was traded to Pitt and signed as a FA with the Giants after being released by the Pirates in the off-season. I'll post his numbers for last season tomorrow.

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Imagine if Billy Martin did steroids! Reggie's head would have been knocked out of the infield.

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Jason Giambi hit .233 last year with 26HR's and 80RBI. He was released by Pitt on 10/9/2006. You know your bad when Pitt releases you

More notes on former Yankees:

Melky Cabrera hit .303 with 5HR and 35RBI. He also stole 36 bases and scored 80 runs for the Pirates.

Colter Bean finished last year with a 2.97 ERA in 67.1 IP for the Pirates. He could have helped us alot last year.

Jaret Wright went 17-7 with a 4.00 ERA for the Cards. He actually threw a no-hitter against the Reds.

J. Brent Cox threw in 14 ML games for the Angels and carried a 2.92 ERA.

Shawn Chacon finished the season as a reliever for the Angels and went 8-8 with a 3.98 ERA. He is now a reliever for the Giants.

Sean Henn went 1-3 in 7 games started for the Angels last year while carrying a 5.53 ERA.

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So...we are 0-3 and head into Boston to take on the Red Sux. Here's to hoping we get our crap together!

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Yankees 3
Red Sox 7

W. J. Papelbon(1-0)
L. C. Pavano(0-1)
S. M. Declaremen(1)

Pavano stunk. So did our bullpen and defense. We are now 0-4.

PoG: Jason Bay(1-3 1HR 2RBI 1R 1BB)

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Yankees 12
Red Sox 3

W. B. Webb(1-1)
L. M. Clement(0-1)

Webb decided not to suck and actually pitch. So we get our first win. Reese went deep filling in for Lane. Eric Duncan drove in 3 runs. One bad thing about this game...Brandon Donnelly got hurt

PoG: Eric Duncan(2-4 1R 3RBI)

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New York Times

Donnelly Out!

Ted Wiliford
Staff Writer

Right handed reliever, Brandon Donnelly, was injured in today's game. He came on to pitch in a game that was clearly over with the Yankees leading 10-3. He has bone chips in his shoulder and will miss the rest of the year. Last season, Donnelly went 3-5 with 6 saves and a 2.21 ERA. He also had 3 postseason wins out of the pen. Donnelly will be replaced by minor league righthander David Aardsma. Aardsma, once a high level prospect, has bounced around a bit before landing with the Yankees.

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Yankees 2
Red Sox 4

W. R. Oswalt(1-1)
L. I. Snell(0-1)
S. K. Escobar(1)

Our offense couldn't do much against the 133 million dollar man(Oswalt). Oswalt gave up just 5 hits in 8 innings. Lane went deep and thats about it.

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So we are 1-5 but we get to gome home for a series against the Rays. That always soothes are troubles, will it this time?

I hope so.

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Devil Rays 4
Yankees 1

W. T. Ohka(1-1)
L. M. Mussina(0-2)
S. U. Urbina(2)

Are you kidding me??? Did Ohka just shut us out????????