Yankees' Rumors

The Yankees will have a long, busy and hopefully productive off season. Here's a couple of big ticket, headline splashing, new stadium warming names to divert our attention:

• "It’s hard to describe what CC has brought to the Brewers. He is an inning-eater in an age in which a “quality start” is defined by going six innings. He and his teammates know this is a short-term rental. The Brewers won’t be signing this guy, not when they have to compete with the Yankees, the Red Sox, and every big-market team out there (he already turned down $72 million from his previous team, the Cleveland Indians). But from the day that Milwaukee has acquired him, he has played like he has Brew for blood (somehow that doesn't sound as complimentary as I would have hoped), and his team and their fans know it."--Dugout Central. Hank's Dad would have had Santana and CC in the rotation this season--the good old days. Anyway, when's Pavano due back?
• More from Dugout Central: " I love boldness...I hate apathy..So let’s trade Pujols and see what happens. The team acquiring Pujols has to have deep pockets and Major League ready contributors to send to St. Louis. Who fits that description? New York Yankees: They have the money and the motivation – General Manager Brian Cashman surely is on the hot seat again. But do they have the talent? Robinson Cano could fill the Cardinals’ hole at second, Joba Chamberlain could be the missing ace and Philip Hughes could plug in the fourth hole, behind Chamberlain, Wainwright and possibly Carpenter. But it isn’t enough for the Cardinals" Just reading the idea of trading Joba and the conclusion that it's not enough makes me wince.

Enough of the pie in the sky, lets get back to reality: "“He’s not the villain he’s cast as,” Cashman, who signed Pavano to the contract, said Monday. “Carl Pavano has worked his butt off. He’s always tried. He just hasn’t stayed healthy. No one is trying to avoid him. When he’s healthy, he can pitch. He’s one of the hardest workers we’ve got. People don’t want to realize it or look at it, but that’s true.
“He hasn’t laid down on us, he just hasn’t been healthy. People lose their objectivity and make it things it’s not. The bottom line is, he’s had every intention of helping us, but between all the injuries, we’ve had a lot of stuff that hasn’t worked physically. When he’s healthy, he can do what few can do.”--NY Daily News (Hat tip Was Watching)

The song remains the same as the reinvention hits just keep on coming. It's time for the Brothers Steinbrenner to turn off the music.