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07/04: Bret Boone

Posted by: Patrick

Via Pro Sports Daily, I noticed a number of pieces speculating on the Yankees interest in Bret Boone.

These articles include quotes like "A few teams, such as the ... Yankees, have the need and the wherewithal to acquire Boone to be their second baseman."

Do we have a need? The best I can figure is that Cano has looked a little iffy on defense at times. Boone looks like he is a very good defender - having won 4 Gold Gloves and 3 in a row (2002 through 2004) at second base. He's also a career .288 postseason hitter in 31 games. He's having a rough year at the plate and last year wasn't a particularly great year for him, either, although he still drove in 83 and hit 24 homers. Could Cano be a temporary solution in center with Boone temporary playing 2B (this year)? Is that a way that we can improve the CF situation (with a couple of side effects, such as improving our infield defense and our lineup as Boone and Cano in the lineup means that Womack won't have to be in it) and not trade any prospects? Then, possibly we can afford to acquire one big fish?

Hmm.

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Michael wrote:

The only reason I would like to see Bret Boone in pinstripes would be the look on the Boston fan's faces when they see "Boone" come up to the plate.

07/04 18:04:31

Seamus wrote:

There is no way Cano can play CF or any outfield postition in my opinion. He is not a fast runner. He's got a great arm but he'd be using it to throw balls that roll to the wall because he couldn't catch it.

Honestly, I don't know why they would speculate that the Yankees have a need to fill at 2B. Cano is actually having a better year than most second basemen in the league and I think that the mistakes he makes in the field are just simple rookie mistakes. The only way Bret Boone will come here is if the Yankees decide to trade Cano in order to fill another need.

Also, I'm just personally not a big fan of Bret Boone. I mean we all complain about Tony Womack, but are Boone's numbers this year really even that much better? Aside from Boone's run production which really isn't much, they match up pretty evenly.

07/05 03:58:28

Patrick wrote:

Well, Boone's OPS is .684 where Womack's is .545. So, that would equal quite a few more runs scored, I would imagine.

Probably just idle speculation, may not be anything to it.

Maybe he could be signed to be a backup. I haven't seen much of Russ Johnson, but I imagine Boone is a better guy to have, especially with his defense. At the same time, with that defense, I imagine he could find a starting job somewhere, if that's the most important thing.

07/05 08:40:25

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