Monday, January 18, 2010

Heyman Ranks The Offseason Performances

Jon Heyman posted his list of the teams who had the best offseason so far on SI.com today. With the additions of Cliff Lee, Chone Figgins, and Casey Kotchman, the Mariners came in at number 1 on Heyman's list. The hated Red Sox came in second with their additions of John Lackey, Mike Cameron, and Marco Scutaro. Third was the Phillies, who traded for Roy Halladay. Baltimore, who brought in Kevin Millwood, Mike Gonzalez and Garrett Atkins, came in fourth. Fifth were the DBacks with their additions of Kelly Johnson, Adam LaRoche, Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy. The Yankees came in sixth on his list, here's what he had to say:
6. Yankees. Javier Vazquez brings back some bad memories for Yankees fans, but he provides the rotation just the sort of solid, innings-eating No. 4 pitcher they needed, at little cost (Melky Cabrera plus a prospect). Defensively, they are should be better with Curtis Granderson in for Johnny Damon (though Damon's return remains a possibility, and if he does come back, Brett Gardner would go to the bench). For now, though, the Yankees are down two very clutch hitters (Damon and Hideki Matsui) and up one injury-prone on-base machine (Nick Johnson, who had a .426 OBP last year but has averaged 94 games a season in his career).
The Rangers (7), Brewers (8), Cardinals (9) and Nationals (10) finished off his list.

I can't really argue with anything he said about the Yanks, although I'm not so sure about the other rankings. What do you think?

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