Wow…

Tons of great stuff came out of the GM Meetings today, Including some, rather, disturbing news for yankee fans.

Lets start with fan favorite Carl Pavano. The guy we wasted $40 million
on, The guy who made 26 starts for us over four years, The guy who has
had virtually every injury known to man.

Well courtesy of Mark Feinsand of The Daily News, The yanks may just resign him. Yeah, I Know, Seriously…

Brian Cashman claims to still like the guy, well Mr. Cashman, I have a question for you,

WHAT IS WITH YOUR OBSESSION OVER INJURED PITCHERS?!

A.J. Burnett, Sergio Mitre, now Carl Pavano??

But I’ll leave this topic on one final note over Carl Pavano… Everryyboddyyy Hurttssss, Sometimes…..

Moving On: Hideki Matsui’s name has reportedly surfaced in trade talks.
According to the Denver Post,  The yanks could possibly shoot Matsui to
Seattle for a good to decent prospect. This is just a rumor so don’t
set your hopes to high. It’s then claimed that the prospect obtained in
the Matsui trade could be used as part of a package for the yanks to
pry Matt Holliday from Colorado. This package would mainly be about
Phil Hughes. You know how I feel about a Matt Holliday trade, if you
don’t then check out my previous entry. Heres a trade that I could see
possibly happening.

Yankees Get: Matt Holliday.         Colorado Gets: Phil Hughes, Mark
Melancon, Prospect in Seattles trade, Additional mid level prospect.

Again, this deal is contingent on the other so it could take alot for a
deal like this to work out. However the Rockies get what they want in a
MLB ready starter and a reliever to replace Brian Fuentes in the pen.

Jon Heyman claims that Jake Peavy has added the yanks to his “Willing-To-Accept-A-Trade-To” list.

While we’re on the subject of Jake Peavy, I might as well explain how I
feel about a Jake Peavy deal. I Hate It! Is Jake Peavy a good pitcher?
Yes. Has he won a Cy Young? Yes. Could he succeed outside of PETCO Park
and the NL? NO!  For those who don’t know, PETCO Park is one of the
biggest pitcher’s parks in the game (2nd to Comerica Park). Take him
out of there and his numbers won’t be nearly as good. Also he’s in the
NL. He’ll go from facing pitchers who can barely drop down a bunt to
David Ortiz. Here are his stats.

EASON		TEAM		W		L		ERA		G		GS		CG		SHO		SV		SVO		IP		H		R		ER		HR		HBP		BB		SO
2002		San Diego Padres		6		7		4.52		17		17		0		0		0		0		97.2		106		54		49		11		3		33		90
2003		San Diego Padres		12		11		4.11		32		32		0		0		0		0		194.2		173		94		89		33		6		82		156
2004		San Diego Padres		15		6		2.27		27		27		0		0		0		0		166.1		146		49		42		13		11		53		173
2005		San Diego Padres		13		7		2.88		30		30		3		3		0		0		203.0		162		70		65		18		7		50		216
2006		San Diego Padres		11		14		4.09		32		32		2		0		0		0		202.1		187		93		92		23		6		62		215
2007		San Diego Padres		19		6		2.54		34		34		0		0		0		0		223.1		169		67		63		13		6		68		240
2008		San Diego Padres		10		11		2.85		27		27		1		0		0		0		173.2		146		57		55		17		5		59		166

I know, I know. These are amazing numbers. Especially 2004 and 2007. But take him out of the NL, and that massive ballpark in San Diego, I wouldn’t be surprised if his ERA jumped an earned run.

—–GM Meetings: Day 2—–

No time to go into analyzing so im just gonna shoot out some rumors and other stuff real quick.

-Yanks ‘could’ really make a push for Big Tex.
-Mets might be interested in Javier Vazquez.
-Tigers are looking at Rafael Furcal.
-Yanks have declined options on Carl Pavano and Jason Giambi.
-A.J. Burnett has officially opted out… No surprise here.
-Theres a Kelly Johnson for Ryan Ludwick rumor floating around.
-Braves have offered Junichi Tazawa a contract.
-Nats are interesting in Big Tex and Matt Holliday.
-Theres a Khalil Greene for Coco Crispies rumor hanging around.