Fark it, Cashman should offer Ortiz a 1-year contract just so that he can show up wearing the pinstripes at Fenway. Some the fans some aneurisms and the booing would be so loud you could hear it in Pensacola.

idesofmarch: Some of the fans would have aneurisms

FTFM, since I butchered it

Papi as a Twin? HELP!!!

/DNRTFA

This off-season is already shiatty enough, thankyouverymuch.

chimp_ninja: Who looks at the Yankees and thinks the answer to their problems is more offense?

No, Ortiz is definitely not needed on the Yankees and they shouldn't pursue him, but it would be a great way to troll the Red Sox and their fans.

chimp_ninja: It's not clear why they Yankees would want him.

1) He's DH-only at this point, and even if he could play 1B, Tex is a superior defender who can't play anywhere else.
2) The Yankees are loaded with old guys who will want/need part-time DH work to rest.

To sign Ortiz, they'd have to dump some other good option, just to take a chance on a short contract for a 36-year-old DH.

Right now, the Yankees can pick up Swisher's option, and have:

C: ??
1B Tex
2B Cano
SS Jeter
3B A-Rod
LF Gardner
CF Granderson
RF Swisher
DH Montero

Who looks at the Yankees and thinks the answer to their problems is more offense?

would be nice to have a reliable post season hitter. Also. He would dominate in yankee stadium. Plus. You really cant discredit the fark you factor in signing away a red sox legend.

News Flash: David Ortiz is kind of a dick.

chimp_ninja: It's not clear why they Yankees would want him.

To fark with the Sox, of course. Would they have thrown so much money at Damon a few years ago otherwise?


Who looks at the Yankees and thinks the answer to their problems is more offense?

They went, what, 0/4 with the bases loaded in their last game? Maybe not more offense per se, but offense that doesn't fold under pressure. *cough*A-Fraud*cough*

Luthiel: Would they have thrown so much money at Damon a few years ago otherwise?

Damon's average season in four years with the Yankees:

144 games, .285/.363/.458, 19 HR, 74 RBI, 23 SB. Overall OPS+ 112.

Not bad for $13M per season.

As for Ortiz, no thank you.

Luthiel: To fark with the Sox, of course. Would they have thrown so much money at Damon a few years ago otherwise?

Damon was also four years younger than Ortiz at the time, and could play the field.

Cashman isn't a dolt, so I can see him pursuing Ortiz to actually sign him. Make overtures and annoy the Sox, maybe...

Killer Cars: Damon was also four years younger than Ortiz at the time

Wait, that sentence reads...weird...

Damon was 32 I believe when the Yanks threw $$ at him. That's what I meant to say.

Yanks_RSJ: Luthiel: Would they have thrown so much money at Damon a few years ago otherwise?

Damon's average season in four years with the Yankees:

144 games, .285/.363/.458, 19 HR, 74 RBI, 23 SB. Overall OPS+ 112.

Not bad for $13M per season.

As for Ortiz, no thank you.

Exactly. It's just trolling at this point. A funny troll, but far to expensive to be worth it at this point in his career.

182: boston as a sports town is going from sugar to shiat....

How so?

fatalvenom: How so?

Well, I for one would like Seguin and Marchand to get some help, because little else besides the goaltending on the Bruins right now is terribly encouraging.

Would love to welcome Papi to Toronto as our perma-DH. He always seems to kill it at the Rogers Centre.

/Anthopolousninja!
//Deploy!!

Shrugging Atlas: Yanks_RSJ: Luthiel: Would they have thrown so much money at Damon a few years ago otherwise?

Damon's average season in four years with the Yankees:

144 games, .285/.363/.458, 19 HR, 74 RBI, 23 SB. Overall OPS+ 112.

Not bad for $13M per season.

As for Ortiz, no thank you.

Exactly. It's just trolling at this point. A funny troll, but far to expensive to be worth it at this point in his career.

I agree with you, but when was the last time the Yankees suffered from sticker shock?

They are all hired guns.

robsul82: A nice way to troll, but there's no room.

Also, stay classy Red Sox front office for trashing Francona the way you did. I thought what George did to Torre was bad; but this tops it in every way imaginable.

Hell, even Schilling was giving it to the Red Sox. Curt "I used a bloody sock but my ankle was just fine" Schilling.

Rex_Banner: Yes, the Yankees should base all of their offseason moves on five games. That makes sense

Not so much; but what they should really concentrate on is more contact hitters. Even in '09, Tex and A-Rod were making contact instead of hitting for power. The years when the Yanks won it was based on guys putting a bat on the ball and forcing the defense to react, not muscling up for the HR.

idesofmarch: idesofmarch: Some of the fans would have aneurisms

FTFM, since I butchered it

I thought you had a stroke.

Rwa2play: Not so much; but what they should really concentrate on is more contact hitters. Even in '09, Tex and A-Rod were making contact instead of hitting for power. The years when the Yanks won it was based on guys putting a bat on the ball and forcing the defense to react, not muscling up for the HR.

Not really. They won Game 2 vs. MIN in the ALDS because A-Rod hit a 2-run HR to tie the game off Joe Nathan, and Mark Teixeira hit a HR in extras.

The tying and winning runs in Game 3 came on solo HR's by A-Rod and Posada.

In the ALCS vs LAA, the Yankees fell behind 3-2 in the 11th of Game 2. A-Rod tied the game with a solo HR. They won in 13. Jeter also homered in that game.

A-Rod and Damon both had 2-run HRs in Game 3, Yanks won 10-1.

World Series Gm 2 - Teixeira and Matsui solo HRs, Yanks win 3-1.

World Series Gm 3 - A-Rod's 2-run HR helped them rally from a 3-0 deficit. Matsui and Swisher homered later, Yanks win 8-5.

World Series Gm 6 - Matsui's 2-run HR in the 1st sends Yanks on their way to #27.

Yanks_RSJ: Rwa2play: Not so much; but what they should really concentrate on is more contact hitters. Even in '09, Tex and A-Rod were making contact instead of hitting for power. The years when the Yanks won it was based on guys putting a bat on the ball and forcing the defense to react, not muscling up for the HR.

Not really. They won Game 2 vs. MIN in the ALDS because A-Rod hit a 2-run HR to tie the game off Joe Nathan, and Mark Teixeira hit a HR in extras.

The tying and winning runs in Game 3 came on solo HR's by A-Rod and Posada.

In the ALCS vs LAA, the Yankees fell behind 3-2 in the 11th of Game 2. A-Rod tied the game with a solo HR. They won in 13. Jeter also homered in that game.

A-Rod and Damon both had 2-run HRs in Game 3, Yanks won 10-1.

World Series Gm 2 - Teixeira and Matsui solo HRs, Yanks win 3-1.

World Series Gm 3 - A-Rod's 2-run HR helped them rally from a 3-0 deficit. Matsui and Swisher homered later, Yanks win 8-5.

World Series Gm 6 - Matsui's 2-run HR in the 1st sends Yanks on their way to #27.

What I was trying to say was they were great powers who would make contact the other way. I saw a pitch v. A-Rod (might've been game 5) that he fouled off, on the letters, outer half of the plate. 2009 A-Rod would've crushed that the other way for (at least) a double.

It seemed like a lot of the hitters were trying to pull the ball and/or couldn't hit the ball the other way. Gardner seemingly was the only one who was willing to go the other way.

Yanks_RSJ, don't forget Jeter had a 2-run homer in ALDS game one against Minnesota, tying the game after being down 2-0, IIRC.

Seeing how the Red Sox front office has handled the past few days, I'm all for Ortiz and every other player sticking it to those ungrateful biatches.

fark THE RED SOX!

/I think the curse is back, and I don't expect them to win a championship again for another 80 or so years. hahahahaha

Rwa2play:

What I was trying to say was they were great powers who would make contact the other way. I saw a pitch v. A-Rod (might've been game 5) that he fouled off, on the letters, outer half of the plate. 2009 A-Rod would've crushed that the other way for (at least) a double.

It seemed like a lot of the hitters were trying to pull the ball and/or couldn't hit the ball the other way. Gardner seemingly was the only one who was willing to go the other way.

I know the company line is that A-Rod's knee and thumb weren't an issue, but I still think they played into the awful series he had. If nothing else, his being out of the lineup messed up his timing. You're absolutely right that normally he would crush that pitch. I thought the same thing when he fouled it off. Tex has already said that he fell in love with pulling in his LH swing and will work in the off-season to correct that and go the other way more. I think he'll do just fine with it with the months of work. Look at how Kevin Long helped Granderson. Granderson still swings at too much low crap, but his swing is so much more compact and tight. If he can help Tex make the adjustments to even go back up the middle, he comes back with a monster year next year.

Signing Ortiz would be funny and he'd be a good bat off the bench, but the DH spot will primarily be held by Montero while he plays BUC and the rest of the DH ABs will go to A-Rod, Jeter, Tex, etc... on half-day offs. Hopefully they bring Martin back to be the primary C.

sorry.. Ortiz is not a fit

Yankees have been trying to get speedier and Ortiz is even slower than Posada.

Yankees don't need another big bat. They need starting pitching and they need Tex and A-Rod to remember that yes, games DO tend to be played in October when you're with the Yankees.

The Bestest: Yankees don't need another big bat.

They need another October big bat.

The Yankees will sign Ortiz after they sign Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols.

Paka Ono: Seeing how the Red Sox front office has handled the past few days, I'm all for Ortiz and every other player sticking it to those ungrateful biatches.

fark THE RED SOX!

/I think the curse is back, and I don't expect them to win a championship again for another 80 or so years. hahahahaha

Yeah, yeah. Keep whacking off into your "1918" shirt and/or hat.

H31N0US: The Bestest: Yankees don't need another big bat.

They need another October big bat.

Since some fans are in love with small sample sizes, here's what Ortiz has done in his last three postseason series:

2008 ALDS - .644 OPS, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 4 Ks
2008 ALCS - .697 OPS, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 9 Ks
2009 ALDS - .167 OPS, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 4 Ks

Yankees will sign Verlander and Carpenter in the offseason, then pick up Papi during spring training. Pujols will be signed as well to be their DH, but only for road games on the western half of the country.

theFword: The Yankees will sign Ortiz after they sign Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols.

I dont think the market for fielder is going to be as strong as he thinks it is. Yanks dont need a fulltime DH because we rotate the dH position. But id pay that man 15 mil to be a dh on the yanks for a year.

there a game thread greened and just late?

Hey, if the Yankees really need a broken down full part time DH, I'm sure the Indians could be talked into trading Travis Hafner.

Please?

chimp_ninja: OPS? The other posters were talking about Real American Stats like Clutchiness and Grititude. Clearly, the Yankees need to sign David Eckstein, preferably nine of him.

Dirty jerseys + infield singles + sac bunts = Championship!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.


Also, NO.

Coco LaFemme: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.


Also, NO.

That will be my reaction if Papelbon expresses interest in the Yankees. Ortiz isn't a good fit, but at least he's not a douchebag.