Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I'd rather go with Saltamatek. Garza would be interesting in NY. He's somewhat likeable now, but he'd be hateable in pinstripes.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote: > I didn't want him, so no big deal ... but it hurts that Crawford and > Ellsbury won't get to run on Posada. > > Wonder if this means that the Yanks will be trading top prospect Montero > for a pitcher (Matt Garza?) > > Steve O > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yankees Reach Agreement With Russell >> Martin<http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/yankees-reach-agreement-with-russell-martin.html> >> By *Tim Dierkes* [December 14, 2010 at 9:32am CST] >> >> The Yankees have reached an agreement with catcher *Russell >> Martin<http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martiru01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker> >> *, reports MLB.com's Alden >> Gonzalez<http://mlb.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/yankees_come_to_terms_with_rus.html>. >> With *Jorge >> Posada<http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/posadjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker> >> * moving into a designated hitter role next year, Martin should be the >> Yankees' starting catcher. Since Martin has less than five years of service >> time, he's under team control for 2012 as an arbitration eligible player. >> >> Martin, 28 in February, hit .248/.347/.332 in 387 plate appearances for >> the Dodgers before being non-tendered this month. His season ended in >> August due to a hairline fracture in his right >> hip<http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/non-tender-candidate-russell-martin.html>, >> so his Yankees physical is not a >> formality<http://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/statuses/14709946599870464>. >> Martin was once a rising star for the Dodgers, but he turned down a >> $4.2MM offer <http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-martinoffer120710>(an >> $850K pay cut) to return in 2011. The Red Sox and Blue Jays also bid >> for his services, though Boston's interest was >> limited<http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2010/12/14/yankees-sign-russell-martin-sox-had-limited-interest/>. >> Martin >> is represented by Matt Colleran. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
