Post=fish wrap.

Zero due diliegence here.
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P.S. Youkilis, Embree,  and Jon Lester  for Barry Zito, Just Do It.
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Is it me, or was nothing actually said in this article?  The Post saw them talking, and then they rehash rumors we've heard already.  Typical NYPost shitstir.  There's nothing there yet.
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Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and Arizona GM Joe Garagiola Jr. spoke for about five minutes yesterday morning

The Yanks Rotation get's older but better...On opening day their ages and annual salaries:

Johnson 41 $16.5M (6M deferred)
Brown  40 $15M
Mussina 36 $19M
Lieber 34 TBD (approx $6M if he is resigned)
I expect to see the Yankees continue to decline even if they do get the 41 year old Johnson...
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There is no way on God's green Earth that Kevin Brown is on the Yankees next year....
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What type of drugs are you on? First, get off the Youks to Oakland bus. They do not need him a all. Don't start talking about moving him over here to take this guy's place. They don't need him. Zito is the worst of the "Formerly Big Three" and trading Embree for him would leave us with yet another hole in the pen. Using John Lester is just ridiculous piling on.

Relax. We're the champs for a reason.
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IIRC, Brown has a no-trade clause in his contract.
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IIRC, Brown has a no-trade clause in his contract.
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And Brown is owed in the vicinity of $15 million next year. Nobody's touching that unless NY eats a sizeable chunk, probably at least $8 million, maybe up to $10, who knows. Given, if any team can take that kind of a hit, it's the MFY (Sterling Hitchcok and Drew Henson come to mind).

I hope he IS there and has to pitch against us in another big game!
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The Cards and D-backs may be close to a deal that would send young pitchers Dan Haren, Kiko Calero and or Rick Ankiel to Arizona for SP Randy Johnson.

MID-WEEK UPDATE: The Yankees are now angling for a trade for Randy Johnson. A potential three-way may involve the A's and could see SP Mark Redman and prospects wind up in Arizona.

yeah, but would RJ waive his no-trade clause to go to St. Louis?  If he goes anywhere, I see him staying in the southwest(LA/ANA) or NY, but then again, that's just me.
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I hope you're not serious.  There is no way he will be in Boston, nor do I want him in Boston.  We would be giving up top prospects for a 41 year old.
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Let them Randy Johnson and whoever else they want.  It wont make them any more likely to win and it will just make it that much more ridiculous when we beat them again next year!!!
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Yankees feeling randy after Sox World Series Win

According to a Boston Dirt Dogs source, the New York Yankees will acquire Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson (should be next week) in exchange for starting pitcher Javier Vazquez, third-base prospect Eric Duncan, $4M per year, plus a "yet-to-be-determined part, either a new pitcher the Yankees acquire or, less likely, set-up man Tom Gordon."

The Yankees, unwilling to meet Arizona's current trade demands for left-hander Randy Johnson, have broken off talks with Arizona, The Sporting News has learned.

The abrupt shift by the Yankees might only be a ploy to create leverage in future discussions. But for now, the Yankees will shift their focus to free-agent pitchers — including, perhaps, right-hander Pedro Martinez.
The Diamondbacks, in turn, could play their own form of hardball with Johnson, threatening to keep him unless he waives his no-trade clause for another team.

The Yankees are believed to be Johnson's first choice. However, the Red Sox, Angels, Cardinals, White Sox also are interested in Johnson. The Diamondbacks, still reeling from their ill-fated trade of right-hander Curt Schilling and acquisition of first baseman Richie Sexson last off-season, are trying to exact a high price from the Yankees. Yankees right-hander Javier Vazquez is at the center of the package that Arizona would receive.

If the Yankees are indeed serious abandoning their quest for Johnson, their free-agent pursuits could include not just Martinez, but also left-handers Eric Milton and Al Leiter and right-handers Carl Pavano, Jaret Wright and Jon Lieber. They likely would add one of those pitchers even if they acquired Johnson.

A baseball official told MLB.com that Arizona is asking for Javier Vazquez and cash considerations to put toward his three-year, $34.5 million contract, as well as prospects Eric Duncan and Chien-Ming Wang. In addition to the three players and the cash, Arizona wants the Yankees to deal for one of Oakland's "Big Three" of Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder, and include that pitcher in the trade as well.

Apparently MLB.com said this is the trade demand, Gammons kind of got this one right.
Unit price is high
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MFYs pull out of RJ talks

The Yankees have said that they will no longer persue RJ.
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Looks like the DBacks really don't want to deal with NY--
based on the asking price.
A bit ridiculous considering what they traded Schilling for last year.
The Yankees are being made to look like a bunch of fools--having
to trade for another pitcher, etc.
Johnson will give you one good year for sure, but after that, it's hard
to say...42? look at Kevin Brown.
I'm guessing Cashman isn't involved in this one.

I also think the luster of that Yankee uniform has been tarnished
by the success of the Red Sox--and could make a difference in
who gets whom in the FA market.
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