"The Giants, who are desperately seeking offense, have inquired about Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui's availability. Matsui has a no-trade clause, so if there's a match there, the Yankees first would have to get his approval.I understand we don't know if the Giants have offered Cain or Lincecum for Matsui yet, or if they will at all. But if they have, Brian Sabean should immediately be fired.
The Giants have a lot of good young pitchers whose names have come up in trades, with Matt CainTim Lincecum at the top of the list, followed by Noah Lowry and Jonathan Sanchez. The Yankees, who have said they are out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes, would still like to upgrade their pitching staff."
Hideki Matsui has two years left on his contract, at $13MM per year. Matt Cain is signed for the next three years, for a total of $7.6MM, with a $6.25MM team option for 2011.
This is a very rough way of comparing players, but Matt Cain's career ERA+ is 119. Matsui's career OPS+ is 125. So they're both very good.
Except Matt Cain is ten years younger. This would be a higher profile, much dumber version of the Milledge trade.
(I could go through the exact same thing with Lincecum, but let's just say he had a 3.59 fielding independent ERA at the age of 23 this year, and is probably going to cost less over the next five years than Matsui will over the next two.)
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Are you trying to say you would put this past Sabean? I certainly wouldn't. They might actually give him an extension if he can land Hideki...after all, he would draw a crowd, and the last thing that clubhouse needs is another young loose cannon.
Oh, no, I wouldn't put it past him at all. If I'd seem this rumor regarding a competent GM, I would have ignored it. But since it's Sabean doing something senseless that involves making the team ten years older, I figured there's probably some truth to it.
Fire Sabean? Hell, if he actually offered it and the Yanks turned it down, Cashman should be fired. In fact, the fact that it wasn't accepted by the Yanks is the best evidence that teh deal wasn't offered.
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