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Not just the Mariners. A-Rod himself and Scott Boras are also to blame for A-Rod's downfall but the Mariners are definitely guilty to a certain extent. Yet they act like A-Rod was never a part of their organization. Faggots.
Rumor has it that the Yankees turned down an offer from the Reds proposing a Brandon Phillips for Brett Gardner recently. Details are sketchy and chances are more players would've been involved but either way it went nowhere.Stupid Yankees. They'll regret this when Brett Gardner leaves via free agency and signs with a team like the Mets.
Yeah if Gardner really is on the trading block and they want to flip a 2B then they might've missed a big one here.Phillips tends to get hated on due to his poor attitude, to the point where he actually becomes underrated. I don't think Yanks are going to get a better second base offer than that. He may be coming off a down year offensively but he still might be the best defensive glove at 2B in the league and even in his down year he wasn't necessarily horrible at the bat.
Quote from: Halu Sination on December 11, 2013, 08:25:28 PMYeah if Gardner really is on the trading block and they want to flip a 2B then they might've missed a big one here.Phillips tends to get hated on due to his poor attitude, to the point where he actually becomes underrated. I don't think Yanks are going to get a better second base offer than that. He may be coming off a down year offensively but he still might be the best defensive glove at 2B in the league and even in his down year he wasn't necessarily horrible at the bat.Well from the reports I've seen since I made that post appearently it might've had to do with how Phillips is a lot more expensive than Gardner (and he was even asking for a slight bonus if he's traded). Ergo it might not really be whether or not the Yankees value Phillips too low or Gardner too high, they just didn't want to pay Phillips for the rest of his contract.Still, you're right about how the Yankees won't get a better offer for a 2nd baseman. In the long run Phillips would be a good investment since Gardner is obviously going to leave after other teams offer him more money than the Yankees will, Infante will not be a long-term solution and they don't have any promising second base prospects coming up through their system (not anytime soon at least). Plus Infante and his agents will use this to their advantage seeing as how he's probably the best option left thus driving his price, if he were to sign with the Yankees, even higher.On a sidenote, I'm considering renouncing my status as a Yankees fan when Gardner leaves and Jeter retires, the appeal of the team to me was that their core was homegrown. But once Garder and Jeter go, who the fuck is left?Although I suppose I'll eventually go back to being a Yankees fan when the team has finally collapsed and the team has no choice but to rebuild and actually develop their own players again and goes back to being the lovable losers they were in the 80's/Roberto Kelly years .