Mark Feinsand of the Daily News reported this morning that Yankees are closing in on acquiring Mike Cameron for Melky Cabrera.
Initial thoughts?
A friend of mine suggests that the Yankees are acquiring Mike Cameron not only because he plays an adequate CF, but because he is also really good friends with CC. I don't know how much being friends with the ace pitcher weighs in on the Yankees' decisions for trades, but Cameron should be an adequate one year stopgap before super 5-tool prospect Austin Jackson is ready.
My only problem is that he strikes out a lot. However, even at age 35, he still has some speed and should cover a lot of ground in CF for the Yankees. And he stole 17 bases last year!
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1:19PM Edit:
Joel Sherman of the NY Post says a deal is "unlikely" while Kevin Baxter of he L.A. Times says the deal is done.
And Tom Haudcricourt of Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel reports that Brian Cashman tried to unload Kei Igawa on the Brewers. Gotta love C-Money's due diligence.
6:53PM Edit
Peter Abraham reports that deal is still alive and the Yankees can have Cameron as soon as tomorrow.
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i think it's stupid. they have to pick up cameron's 10 million dollar tab while melky's salary was less than a mil last year. granted he wasn't performing but cameron is not that much better. i'm pretty sure cc just wanted cameron out there with him. i loved melky! he and cano were so fun to watch
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