Carl Crawford-Hideki Matsui Deal to Rekindle?
A carefully guarded secret MLB News on Line uncovered directly from the Yankees offices in The Bronx indicates that for more than a year the team has been trying to acquire Tampa Bay outfielders Rocco Baldelli and Carl Crawford, though the talks cooled after neither team could reach an accord coming out of spring camp.
Now with the Rays having flirted with first place and the Yankees having flirted with last, could the two teams' potential reversal of fortunes result in the deal being turned upside down?
It is far to early to write off the Yankees as contenders for a playoff berth, but given numerous problems with the starting rotation it is conceivable that the team might reach a point at which Managing Partner George Steinbrenner or his son Hank Steinbrenner may decide that the Yankees best long term outlook would be to position the team to win next year, when contending will be far more critical with the opening of the new Yankee Stadium.
Either way, the Yankees are in need of a youth movement and the Rays are in need of experience, so don't be surprised if circumstances intensify the need to consumate the long considered, on-again, off-again deal for Crawford, with someone like 35-year-old star outfielder Hideki Matsui -- according to knowledgeable sources -- in the bait.
Labels: Carl Crawford, Hideki Matsui, Rays, Yankees
posted by The Bronx Bomber @ 5:10 PM
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Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International. The former Cooperstown Museum Guide is a graduate of State University of New York at nearby Oneonta.
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name the last time a two teams in the same division traded star players? those deals don't happen, and the Yankees and Rays are not about to help each other out, especially with both teams still in the playoff hunt.
Why on Earth would the Rays trade Crawford for Matsui?
Veteran or youth, Crawford is the better player. That would be a ridiculously stupid move for the Rays.
who writes this garbage? no way in hell tampa trades their best player to a division rival for an aging washed up DH. you call matsui a "star OF", but hes not a star, never has been. he gets fame because hes japanese and plays in new york.
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