Or maybe they’re a good team going through a bad spell and people should calm the F down.

Word.  When they’re in 2nd place I’ll start to fret.

I am concerned that this team is too old. I see a lot of downside risk going forward.

MLB trade rumors says Yanks in on Dempster?  Why would we pursue pitching unless they plan to unload one of the current staff?  I guess I don’t see why they would spend for a 35 year old who won’t likely be around next year. Perhaps its just BS

Tex’s injury is huge. He’s the kind of hitter who takes forever to find his stroke and had just started to show potential.  Even if it takes a week or two which would be judged favorably, he’s probably going to be lousy for a month trying to get back his timing.  That’s the unsaid thing often with absences, particularly long ones, the coming back to form thing. A-rod, Pettitte, Joba- even if they come back it could well be that they won’t resemble what we have hopes for in terms of performance.

MLB Trade Rumors generally has every team in on every player.

It’s starting to stink like Red Sox Nation around these parts

[4] I’m sure Cashman kicks the tires on every player.  It’s not like he has anything better to do.  “Dempster? Sure what do you want for him? Sanchez and Nova? Nah, that’s alright - we’re good. How about Carmen Angelini?”

I suppose you could go after Dempster with an eye on trading someone like Hughes or Nova for a good OF.

Aside from how he has been handled-would Yanks be better served now using Phelps as is or bumping Freddy out of rotation? For me if Tex goes down, probably along with the season, why not use Phelps as a starter to see how he figures into 2013?  I hope that Nova, Phelps and Hughes are all around for next year and not traded.
Cano has picked a very bad time to slump, no?  Grandy not making much of a case either for an extension at high dollars. Way too many K’s and last night was pretty bad against a right hander.
Like him or not, it appears Buck has changed mindset in Orioles locker room and they appear to be confident. This reminds me of 1993 Yankees that he turned around and Yanks haven’t been a sub .500 team since.

From the RAB comments section:

“We need a big splash-

Top flight starter to compete with the Angels rotation
Catcher who can hit
Fill in 3rd baseman for Alex
Big RH bat who can replace Andruw Jones
Another quality reliever who can help us in one run games”

So, essentially Cashman needs to swing deals for Cliff Lee, Carlos Ruiz, Chase Headley, Shin-Soo Choo, and Jonathan Broxton. Today. On the last day of the trading deadline.

Goodbye, farm system.

[8] You’re giving up on the season and going into rebuild mode with a 4 game lead, and 3 days removed from having the best record in all of baseball ?

Oh-kaaaaay.

I mean, I agree they’re terrible as is, given all the injuries and stuff, but the thing to do now is take a step forward, not put your hands in your pockets and say “oh, well, let’s see what happens next year”.

And they have to do SOMETHING with Wise, per MLBTR:

•Dewayne Wise refused the Yankees’ outright assignment to Triple-A, Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News reports (on Twitter). The Yankees have until Wednesday to trade or release Wise, who was designated for assignment and outrighted to Triple-A earlier this month.

So, bring him up, or package him in a trade for something useful ?

[9] screw it, let’s just swap teams with someone.

Top flight starter to compete with the Angels rotation

Andy Pettitte.

Catcher who can hit

Francisco Cervelli.

Fill in 3rd baseman for Alex

I don’t know.  David Adams.

Big RH bat who can replace Andruw Jones

Ronnier Mustelier

Another quality reliever who can help us in one run games

Joba.

Done.

So, bring him up, or package him in a trade for something useful ?

The problem is you can’t bring him up without creating a 40 man roster spot.  And if he was worth anything in a trade he probably wouldn’t have cleared waivers.  I’m guessing he’ll be released.

[10]  I’m not giving up, but I think Phelps has more to contribute to the team going forward than Garcia does.  Unfortunately, we have to wait until Garcia bombs until they replace him with Phelps who would probably need to be stretched out again ...

I can’t imagine Wise bringing something back in a trade - he’ll be a minor league FA and anytime can sign him for depth.  If Teixeira hits the 15 day DL, I don’t see anything wrong with bringing up Cust.  The offense doesn’t lose that much.

Minor bump in the road in August - concentrate on getting everyone healthy for September/October.

[14] I agree, but I think as long as Garcia is cromulent, you ride him.

I also agree on Wise, but if they needed an extra piece to throw into a package…wait, that makes no sense. The other team could always have gone and got him if they wanted. OK, it does make sense if you need to even up the trade value to get it through, so… oy.

Maybe it’s Soriano via Dempster (if that makes sense)? That’s a whole lotta money for a whole lotta flawed players, although Soriano would temper the loss of Swisher if the Cubs ate a huge part of that contract.

I’m not giving up, but I think Phelps has more to contribute to the team going forward than Garcia does.

Seems eminently reasonable to think that Phelps is better than Garcia right now. But if you’re keeping both of them, switching their roles might create problems. That wouldn’t stop me from doing it, but it might be stopping them from doing it.

[17] If you figure they’ll be roughly equally effective, the biggest reason you may want to switch them now is for next season.  However, if it’s just a matter of building IP at this point it may only be 10 or 15 extra IP.  If Cashman has already decided Phelps has shown enough to be penciled into a starting spot next year (maybe he hasn’t), then those IP could be useful, but not critical.  So no point in rocking the boat for what’s working now, if it doesn’t really affect next year.

wow. good thing he hits a lot of singles.