Trade for JA Happ?

[Mike Sixel]

Odorizzi is a very good value at 17 million. JA is not.

[darin617]

 

Happ would be an ok back of the rotation guy.  I kinda don't want to help the Yanks shed salary though, make that Cole contract hurt as much as possible.

 

They are gonna dump him some place.  I like the idea that we get Happ, good prospect, and $10M cash and send them a #25 prospect back.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

They are gonna dump him some place.  I like the idea that we get Happ, good prospect, and $10M cash and send them a #25 prospect back.

I don't know that they'd be willing to eat $10 mil *and* fork over a good prospect. The Angels just gave up an apparently good prospect (15th overall pick just 6 months ago) for $12+ mil salary relief, on a player that looked mighty toasty the last two years (-0.7 WAR in 353 PA).

 

Happ was at least a roughly average SP last year. He even made the Yankee playoff roster, albeit in the pen, and he had a couple appearances. The Yankees are probably hoping he'd be worth at least ~$10 mil to someone, without kicking in a prospect.

[Mike Sixel]

 

I don't know that they'd be willing to eat $10 mil *and* fork over a good prospect. The Angels just gave up an apparently good prospect (15th overall pick just 6 months ago) for $12+ mil salary relief, on a player that looked mighty toasty the last two years (-0.7 WAR in 353 PA).

 

Happ was at least a roughly average SP last year. He even made the Yankee playoff roster, albeit in the pen, and he had a couple appearances. The Yankees are probably hoping he'd be worth at least ~$10 mil to someone, without kicking in a prospect.

 

concur. Though the Yankees are much closer to the "cap".

[alphanumeric]

 

Not the greatest starter out there for sure. He could benefit from a change of scenery. Not everyone is mentally fit to handle the pressure of NY.

 

 

 

NY is almost certainly where we'll find ourselves early next october so let's go get someone that can handle it.

[nicksaviking]

NY is almost certainly where we'll find ourselves early next october so let's go get someone that can handle it.

Not Happ then I assume?