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July 17, 2006
Reggie Sanders
From Jon Heyman today:
The Yankees are heavily involved in trade talks to acquire either the Phillies' Bobby Abreu or the Royals' Reggie Sanders.
On Friday the Royals dropped their asking price on Sanders, and talks have progressed to the point where the Royals had a scout watching the Yankees over the weekend. Kansas City apparently is no longer insisting on prized pitching prospect Phil Hughes, Jose Tabata or Melky Cabrera and appears willing to choose from New York's second-tier prospects, which include Tyler Clippard, Jeff Karstens, Stephen White, Jeff Kennard and T.J. Beam. A deal may be expanded to also send relievers to the Yankees, possibly including veteran Elmer Dessens.
You know, there's probably a reason why Reggie Sanders has played on 8 different teams in the last 9 years. (If he came to New York this season, it would be nine in nine for him.)
Sanders has been terrible this season. His Offensive Winning Percentage, to date, is .334 - yes, three-thirty-four. He's 38-years-old. He's whiffed about once every three At Bats this year for the Royals - and has walked 22 times in about 15 weeks of play.
If I were Brian Cashman, I would not trade one of Joe Torre's used green tea bags for Reggie Sanders.
Why New York would give playing time to someone like Reggie Sanders over Kevin Thompson is beyond the reaches of my mind.
Actually, no, I can comprehend the reason for such a move - it would be gross incompetence.
Please, pass on Sanders.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at July 17, 2006 01:59 PM
Comments
If a any pitching prospect (no matter how remote) is traded for Reggie Sanders, I will be highly disappointed.
This goes, without saying, for Tyler Clippard.
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at July 17, 2006 03:41 PM
This would be atrocious... This is not the definition of YOUNGER...
Posted by: rmd0311 at July 17, 2006 04:50 PM
I trust that Cashman would not trade anything of value for Sanders. And those names are surely names that the untrustworthy Heyman just threw out there.
Those names are equivalent in value to the players that went to Cleveland for David Justice, but Justice was 4 years younger than Sanders and having a great year at the time.
Sanders was good last year, but his numbers this year suggest that he is washed up. Salary relief is about all that KC could expect to get for him at this point.
Posted by: jonm at July 17, 2006 06:30 PM