Do you think it's a good pick-up for them, or do you think they should have gone for another pitcher, either a starter or a reliever?
2006-07-31 11:48:02 · 10 answers · asked by oluciano1 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I'm not forgetting about Abreu and Lidle (which are both good acquisitions, as they fill various needs), but merely asking about the Wilson deal.
2006-07-31 11:54:22 · update #1
Leesword, you are worse than Michael Jackson.
2006-07-31 15:46:57 · update #2
Its good. They need someone that can play a decent 1st base and hit.
Giambi can hit but no field
Philips can field but no hit
What's with the Steinbrenner bashing. The Yankees make hundreds of millions of dollars more than they spend each year. Would you rather he just kept all that money to himself? The real problem is these teams(Marlin, Royals,etc) that collect millions of dollars in revenue sharing and never use the money to better their teams. As for pricing you out of the seats, this is AMERICA, we are a capitalist nation. Love it or leave it. And if you truly love the game and want to see pure baseball without all the greed there are plenty of amateur baseball leagues that are affordable to all. Quit bashing my fav team in my fav sport.
I'm talking to you leesword!!!
Gotta be a red Sox fan....
2006-07-31 11:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Poor Shawn Chacon. After a stellar 2005 he couldn't duplicate the success in 2006. And only one bad year can do a person in when you play for the Yankees. Craig Wilson is marginal at best. He's probably at his peak right now, considering his age (29). His career numbers: .268 batting average, .486 slugging, 94 home runs, 282 RBI. My question is, where does NY plan to play him? He played 1st base for the Pirates.
2006-07-31 13:15:35 · answer #2 · answered by indianalee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Craig Wilson is a MUCH better player than overrated Bobby Abreu. Trust me on this one.
In other news, Yankees still are pathetic.
2006-07-31 12:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Danny Tanner Owns You 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My only opinion is that Steinbrunner continues to ruin Amierican baseball with his buying-talent schemes that other teams can't match and which raises the cost of tickets to the point that an oridinary father can't take his sons "out to the ballgame" without taking out a second mortgage.
The game is what is important--played honestly, with enthusiasm and decently by clean-shaven child-heroes with Sunday-School haircuts. And not a gang of drug-crazed currently-out-on-probation parttime criminals and thugs.
Frankly, I don't care WHO Steinbrenner buys. It's all a slave market anyhow, full of unions, shysters and crooks. I'm just waiting for the basturd to die so I can find out if American-style baseball has survived him and will come back to brighten our lives today. As it is now, the only decent baseball still being played is in Japan, Latin America and on the sand lots of our nation's small towns by kids still in junior high.
2006-07-31 11:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wilson has some pop in his bat, but it doesn't help the pitching dilemma. The bullpen is not as scary since they lost flash, but the serious need is at starting pitcher. You can't win w/out good starting pitching. Go Tigers.
2006-07-31 12:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by Goblue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For 2 months they have been thinking of aquiring him, honestly I believe Cash waited too long to pull this off, now who goes Aaron Guiel, or do they delete one pitcher now that Chacon is gone
2006-07-31 11:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by The_Mick_7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you forgeting about Bobby Abreu?
2006-07-31 11:51:37 · answer #7 · answered by Pablo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much. He should be helpful in a bench role, but that's about it.
2006-07-31 12:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by danceman528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is gonna hit where?
2006-07-31 13:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Average player, won't help them much..........
2006-07-31 11:54:17 · answer #10 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋