With A-Rod (possibly) out, it comes time to ask the question: "who will play third instead." It's pretty interesting because there aren't very many good options. In fact, most of them consist of run-down or league average players such as Mark Grudzielanek or Aaron Boone. The only in-house options for the Yankees are Cody Ransom (hasn't even logged 200 MLB at-bats), Angel Berroa (mmm...no), and Eric Duncan (a former top-prospect, Duncan was rushed through the minor leagues and has been there since 2003). Now there might be some decent or far-fetched ideas out there (like a Phil Hughes-Alex Gordon trade, which I would be totally behind by the way), but I've already made up my mind of who I want to see donning the pinstripes: Bobby Crosby. Despite a career BA of .239 and having never hit over .276 in his career, Crosby seems like a good candidate. He's cheap, has been asking for a trade, and would probably do well in a temporary role with the Yankees. His teammates have come out and said that with Crosby's work this off-season, he's primed for a good 2009. Now a lot of you people out there may point to his bad statistics and say "no way!" but I think you should give him a shot. Give him a few starts or so and if he's not performing well, deal him, there's plenty of teams that could use a good back-up infielder. Or, keep him and do just that. There's really no reason not to make this deal. The Yanks would only have to give up a medium level prospect to get him and the deal could prove to have a lot of upside!
March 5, 2009
Who's on First, What's on Second, Bobby Crosby at Third Base?
With A-Rod (possibly) out, it comes time to ask the question: "who will play third instead." It's pretty interesting because there aren't very many good options. In fact, most of them consist of run-down or league average players such as Mark Grudzielanek or Aaron Boone. The only in-house options for the Yankees are Cody Ransom (hasn't even logged 200 MLB at-bats), Angel Berroa (mmm...no), and Eric Duncan (a former top-prospect, Duncan was rushed through the minor leagues and has been there since 2003). Now there might be some decent or far-fetched ideas out there (like a Phil Hughes-Alex Gordon trade, which I would be totally behind by the way), but I've already made up my mind of who I want to see donning the pinstripes: Bobby Crosby. Despite a career BA of .239 and having never hit over .276 in his career, Crosby seems like a good candidate. He's cheap, has been asking for a trade, and would probably do well in a temporary role with the Yankees. His teammates have come out and said that with Crosby's work this off-season, he's primed for a good 2009. Now a lot of you people out there may point to his bad statistics and say "no way!" but I think you should give him a shot. Give him a few starts or so and if he's not performing well, deal him, there's plenty of teams that could use a good back-up infielder. Or, keep him and do just that. There's really no reason not to make this deal. The Yanks would only have to give up a medium level prospect to get him and the deal could prove to have a lot of upside!
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