Yeah, I just heard. Humberto Sanchez is a pretty good pitching prospect. Between, Wang, Hughes, and Sanchez, they could have 3 good young starters for years to come. 2 yr extension as part of the trade.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaroonNGold @ Nov 10 2006, 01:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lol. The Tigers just got worse.Sheff sucks now.</div>I dont think you can say he sucks as he was injured for 80% of the year last season. But the guy is going to be 38 and doesn't have that much left in the tank. Theres only so many more seasons of .300/30/100 he can put up.I just think it was foolish of Detroit to give up a Good Young Pitching Prospect like Sanchez for the aging veteran who has those 3 years max. Sounds more like a desperation move to make a big splash yet Free Agency hasnt even opened yet.
I'm glad my Yankees got rid of Sheff.Yes it eliminates some depth, but I'll take Abreu over Sheff any day.It gives them some young talent that hasn't been seen in a while.
So lets see... the Yankees got 2 of the Tigers' top 3 Pitching prospects (including their number 1) as well as another young arm for an aging, overpaid outfielder who was leaving no matter what?How can you not like the trade? :drool: Honestly I would not have complained if all we got was Humberto Sanchez.... 2008 RotationWangHughesSanchezFA playerFA playerBTW, if we had kept Sheff he'd have been our 4th or 5th best Outfielder. So like TC said, if eliminates some depth but look who we still have left... 4 starting quality Outfielders.DamonCabreraAbreuMatsuiPick one to play 1st/DH for us as Cabrera is the best fielder and a good hitter in his own right. There is a reason the Reds offered Griffey for Cabrera & Cash in 2004 and the Yankees turned it down (we needed OF help at the time).GREAT trade. :drinks: :clapping:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The 23-year-old Sanchez was a combined 10-6 with a 2.53 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 123 innings with Triple-A Toledo and Double-A Erie this year. He is a hard thrower and was mentioned in trade speculation last summer before hurting an elbow."We're happy we're adding three quality arms to our system, hopefully we can use to out advantage and give us more depth and flexibility," Cashman said. "Sanchez obviously has a lot of potential. He has a lot of ability and we're planning on him going to spring training and hopefully take a lot of steps forward. We look at him as a long-term asset that hopefully we can cash in as early as '07."Whelan, 22, was 4-1 with a 2.67 ERA and 27 saves for Class A Lakeland. Claggett, 22, was 7-2 with an 0.91 ERA and 14 saves for Class A West Michigan."We gave up a lot," Dombrowski said. "I winced."</div>If he can come up that quickly, man will I be happy with our 3 young arms manning the bulk of our rotation.This makes me hope the 38-45 mil for Daisuke Matsuzaka from the Bosox reports are wrong, because having those 4 locked down for the future would be crazy delicious. RJ still has 1 year left on his contract, so 2008 is looking to be the big turnover year with Sanchez, Wang, and Hughes for sure, along with a couple other newcomers (hopefully younger newcomers).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Nov 10 2006, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>So lets see... the Yankees got 2 of the Tigers' top 3 Pitching prospects (including their number 1) as well as another young arm for an aging, overpaid outfielder who was leaving no matter what?GREAT trade. :drinks: :clapping:</div>The Tigers didn't give up 2 of their top 3 pitching prospects. Not even close.The Best Pitcher in their Farm System Right now was probably Sanchez. Although id say in the Long-Run, Left-Handed Andruw Miller is by far the one who will likely have the Brightest Future, only problem is he is still very raw and needs some time to develop his stuff which is why I would rank Sanchez before him right now. After him though comes a whole assortment of pitchers like Jordan Tata, Will Ledezma, and probably even Kyle Sleeth are better pitchers then Whelan. He would come after all of them. Whelan is basically a One Pitch Pitcher who right now can dominate A-ball hitters, but would get killed in the Higher Levels of the Minor Leagues. He does have a developing Splitter, but has future reliever all over him. The main chip in this deal is Sanchez. Whelan will probably make the major leagues in 2-3 years as a middle reliever, but he isnt a 'Top Pitching Prospect' so to speak. The Third dude is basically a throw-in. Maybe the Yankees see something in him, but I havent heard much to think he is anything special.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Nov 11 2006, 02:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Nov 10 2006, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>So lets see... the Yankees got 2 of the Tigers' top 3 Pitching prospects (including their number 1) as well as another young arm for an aging, overpaid outfielder who was leaving no matter what?GREAT trade. :drinks: :clapping:</div>The Tigers didn't give up 2 of their top 3 pitching prospects. Not even close.The Best Pitcher in their Farm System Right now was probably Sanchez. Although id say in the Long-Run, Left-Handed Andruw Miller is by far the one who will likely have the Brightest Future, only problem is he is still very raw and needs some time to develop his stuff which is why I would rank Sanchez before him right now. After him though comes a whole assortment of pitchers like Jordan Tata, Will Ledezma, and probably even Kyle Sleeth are better pitchers then Whelan. He would come after all of them. Whelan is basically a One Pitch Pitcher who right now can dominate A-ball hitters, but would get killed in the Higher Levels of the Minor Leagues. He does have a developing Splitter, but has future reliever all over him. The main chip in this deal is Sanchez. Whelan will probably make the major leagues in 2-3 years as a middle reliever, but he isnt a 'Top Pitching Prospect' so to speak. The Third dude is basically a throw-in. Maybe the Yankees see something in him, but I havent heard much to think he is anything special.</div>According to the Minor League Rankings by Scout.com they gave up 2 of their top 3.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Nov 11 2006, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>According to the Minor League Rankings by Scout.com they gave up 2 of their top 3. </div>Only because Ledezma was in the Major Leagues, and Miller was unsigned at the time. Either way though, according to them Whelan was the 97th Ranked Pitcher in the MiLB.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Nov 11 2006, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Nov 11 2006, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>According to the Minor League Rankings by Scout.com they gave up 2 of their top 3. </div>Only because Ledezma was in the Major Leagues, and Miller was unsigned at the time. Either way though, according to them Whelan was the 97th Ranked Pitcher in the MiLB. </div>Like I said though, I honestly would have been happy with just Sanchez. They other two are bonus material, and if they develop into solid mid-relievers then hey, you can never have too many good mRP's. :thumbsup:
Miller was their first rounder this past season. And he even pitched in the bigs during September call-ups. But that was because he put it in his contract that he had to be called up this year.
