The big news at the winter meetings so far has been Brian Cashman’s meeting with CC Sabathia’s agents yesterday, but today the news doesn’t involve free agents.
Instead they are meeting with the Dodgers to discuss a possible deal involving second baseman Robinson Cano.
It doesn’t seem like the Yankees are actively looking to deal Cano, but instead it appears the Dodgers are looking to add him to their overhauled infield.
They’re also rumored to be interested in Melky Cabrera also. This makes sense as the team doubts the abilities of center fielder Andrew Jones and Juan Pierre may need to be replaced as well as he has requested a trade out of Los Angeles.
It’s unsure of who the Yankees would expect in return. The name Matt Kemp keeps coming up and that makes sense as they don’t have a strong center fielder ready to go next season. It is hard to believe that the Yankees would make that deal though. They would probably insist on acquiring pitchers like Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley.
I don’t think this deal is likely to happen, but it’s hard to tell at this early a stage. If they did the deal it would open a hole at second base. It is possible that they could sign Orlando Hudson who is probably one of the most overrated free agents out there. Unless they signed him to a very small contract they would have to give up a draft pick for a 31-year-old slightly above average second baseman.
Rob Abruzzese
December 8, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hey Rob! Nice blog you’ve got here! Ken Gurnick is reporting that this hasn’t actually happened, however, who knows at this point. Here’s a link if you’re interested.
http://hotstove.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/12/dodgers_yankees_havent_talked.html?partnerId=rss_la
Keep up the good work.