OT: Yankees with three consecutive walk-off wins

[Orioles1954]

Say what you want about my Orioles, but compare what the Twins got for Santana to what we got for Bedard.

Adam Jones (one of the best young five-tool players in baseball)
Chris Tillman (2 ERA in Triple A at age 20, considered future ace)
George Sherrill (All-Star closer last year)
Tony Butler (Rotator Cuff surgery, but considered a possible closer)
Kam Mickolio (Scrub throw-In)

That trade alone got Bavasi fired in Seattle. The future is looking bright in Birdland.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Say what you want about my Orioles, but compare what the Twins got for Santana to what we got for Bedard.

The Twins got a bag of rocks in exchange for Santana -- and Santana is better than Bedard.

[tbob]

Todd:
Tori Hunter- Twins got nothing, let him walk.
Johann Santana- Twins got Gomez and his . 178 BA who now plays defensively in the 9th inning, Mulvey and Humber, both pitchers in the minors and both very mediocre AAA players
Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza- Garza is one of the rising stars among young pitchers and was the MVP of the AL championship series, Bartlett was the Rays MVP last year, is hitting over .350 and is the glue in the Rays defense. We got Delmon Young who is a defensive liability, has little or no power and Brendan Harris who Gardenhire hates and will not play.
Mike Lamb, Adam Everett, Senor No-Smoke Guardado, Craig Monroe, Livan Hernandez, all busts and out of the organization after 1 year.
"Arm pit" Ayala, a free agent acquistion from the Nats who was the worst pitcher on the worst team in the majors last year and has stunk it up.
Now, please tell me how in 2 years GM Bill Smith still has a job. He is a joke and the worst GM in baseball. I truly expect him to use Joe Maurer through the 2010 season and then trade him as free agency nears for another bag of rocks. Look for Maurer in pinstripes in 2011. I despise Smith as do most Twins fans for doing absolutely nothing to help the Twins win a very winnable AL Central.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by tbob

Todd:
Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza- Garza is one of the rising stars among young pitchers and was the MVP of the AL championship series, Bartlett was the Rays MVP last year, is hitting over .350 and is the glue in the Rays defense.

Bartlett is actually hitting .384 and while he was Tampa Bay's MVP last season he's playing much better this season. And Garza is only one of the top pitchers in baseball and was, as you pointed out, the MVP of the ALCS last year.

But wait until the All-star break: surely they'll be back in the minors -- with Carlos Gomez and Phil Humber.

[Kehfee]

So with the Yanks sweeping the Twins. How many games did they pick up on the Jays?

[Orioles1954]

I think the Blue Jays have officially joined the AL Central without telling anybody. Once they play some AL East teams, they will fall off a bit.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Who knew the highlight of the Yankees season and new stadium would be an exciting sweep of the Twins. The worst was Aroid hitting the walkoff, if it was Jeter it would be much easier to cope with. We lost every game but it sure was exciting to watch and pulled the Yanks out the mud, for the moment.....