We heard the same thing a few weeks ago from Andrew Marchand from ESPN Radio with some of the same names mentioned. While it seems that the Yankees will definitely try to make a trade for some type of relief help, most of their options appear to be dead ends.The Yankees, in dire need of a setup man, eventually will target the best available late-inning relievers — the Rockies' Huston Street, Diamondbacks' Chad Qualls and Astros' Jose Valverde. In fact, they already have expressed interest in Street, according to major-league sources.
Each of those pursuits, however, would be complicated.
The Rockies, lacking an internal replacement for Street, do not plan to trade him until just before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, if they trade him at all. Don't look now, but the Rockies' eight-game winning streak has left the team only 4 1/2 games back in the wild-card race.
Qualls, meanwhile, recently missed time with forearm tightness. And Valverde has been on the disabled list since April 26 with a right calf strain. The last thing the Yankees would want is a health risk, so other relievers such as the Orioles' Danys Baez also could appear on their wish list.
Hopefully Brian Cashman can get creative and work a deal, because until Brian Bruney can come back and remain healthy the Yankees pen is gonna be in pretty bad shape, especially against the better teams in the league. And even with a healthy Bruney the pen could still use another reliable arm.
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yes please. obviously last night was or should be the final straw.
After watching this team this year I am convinced that they are a slightly better than .500 club. The Red Sox have shown us how an organization is to be run. Cashman's contract should never have been renewed and the team needs to be re-built. It's looking more and more like the '65 team as age begins to take it's toll.
there's mix of good young players and veterans on the Yanks and they should be in it til the end. Its no excuse to wave the white flag. boston has become very good, finally seeing products from the farm system help them bigtime. Truth is before 2007 they did not have these good young kids. It took some time for them to draft and reap the rewards. Their 2004 team was mostly veterans and 1 guy from their farm system. And many years before 2004 they could not boast about a crop of young kids from the farm coming up and winning. The yankees could, with leftovers from 1995: jeter, mo, andy, posada still remaining, although not getting any younger. Yanks can't bottom out, not in the NY market. They need to mix young with the "old" , via trades or drafting, or recruiting internatinally, and take their chances.
Dear God. The Yankees do not need relievers...They need bats that hit singles and score runs. They have a minor league filled with pitching talent, Roberstson, Melancon, DeLaRosa, Bruney, Brackman. Aceves looks good and had 1 bad outing, this is the AL you need to score 4-5 runs to win and they are not! Hoping for the lucky home run does not win championships, see the 1997 Seatle Mariners! Simpler solution Fire Clueless Joe and Cashman and release Damon, Matsui and Swisher and bring up some youth to energize a dead team. This is a third palce team at best if nothing changes.
Dennis Tampa
Come on. We're two games out of first. We need bullpen help and we need it fast. Cashman should get Street already.
Why is BP help gonna correct our hitting with RISP?
Yes, we need BP help but we need real hitters not frauds like the ones we have had for years now.
And, Cashman is involved, you can forget about anything decent coming back to the Yanks and Cashman will just give away our players. We have been watching this for 10 years. When are you people goign to learn? Cashman is awful and he is why we are in this position. He is the problem. Just wait until he extends Jeter next year.
The Yanks definitely are more in need of an arm than a bat.
Who said bullpen help was going to help with RISP?
Street barely has been shaky in Oakland and Colorado -- he'd get eaten alive in New York. I'd rather see Valverde.
"After watching this team this year I am convinced that they are a slightly better than .500 club."
Really? This past weekend was ugly but that's a little extreme. This team is going to take it to the Sox in the 4 game set at the Stadium in August and win 90+ games. Unfortunately, until that series we all have to sit and complain about how the Yankees aren't good enough to compete.
overeact much?
The only reliever that Rosenthal mentioned that is worth getting is Huston Street.
Valverde Chad Qualls wont get the job done in a big spot like last night at Fenway.
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