Tigers Thoughts had put a post about Pudge a couple days ago that has a lot of implications for the Yankees this coming offseason.

Applying my formula to this upcoming class, here is how I am projecting the Elias Sports Bureau would rank the American League Catchers if the season ended yesterday.The top 7 would qualify as Type A players, while the next 7 are Type B. Martinez and Posada are in the midst of injury plagued seasons, while guys trailing Rodriguez such as Jason Varitek and Kenji Johjima are struggling this year. As a result, I am fairly confident in saying that Ivan Rodriguez will be a class A player this offseason. This means the Tigers would get a sandwich pick and a first/second round pick if he signs with another team after being offered arbitration.

Now, I don't know if the Yankees would offer Pudge arbitration (with his age, he just might take it if he gets no other offers, right?) but I do know that the Farns definitely wasn't a Type-A free agent. So, if this all works out perfectly, the Yankees could have just traded Kyle Farnsworth for Pudge and a couple of very high picks. Not too shabby.