Well, with Cliff Lee scheduled to take the mound tonight against Phil Hughes, it sounds like a deal is imminent between the Mariners and Yankees that will send Cliff Lee to New York. It's sad, because even a week ago, I was thinking it may be worth it to just keep Lee for the season, because while it is impossible to find a way back into contention, it would be nice to have another Cy Young award given to a Seattle pitcher. Then we could get the draft picks, retool next year and go from there.
But the state of the offense is just to horrible to ignore, so I am ready to send Cliff Lee to New York, as much as I hate to admit it. His pure dominance on the mound will be missed, but with Felix finding his form, Fister and Vargas pitching very well, and possibly Bedard, we may have enough depth at starter to makeup for his loss to some degree.
For Lee, we will at least receiving top Yankee's catching prospect Jesus Montero and second base prospect, David Adams. If this means Montero is brought up to M's and can start hitting, then Adams follows at least by next season, then fine. Get er done! I am just so damn sick of losing every game that Felix Hernandez doesn't complete or Cliff Lee doesn't pitch!
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