If Carlos Delgado Gets Traded to the Yankees...

[USSoccer]

The main issue is that if Hendry doesn't want to pay a 37 yr old Giles big money at the end of a contract, why would he pay Sheffield big money when he's going to be even older at the end of his deal?

 

Sheff only has one year left on his deal, so the risk isn't as great as it is with Giles.

 

He's going to want an extension to shut him up.

 

Just pick up Gary's 2007 option, and call it a day. Despite his age, I see nothing in his numbers to indicate that he can't be productive for 2 more seasons. Wood and Maddux will hopefully be off the payroll in 2007 anyway.

 

Who would you give up for him?

[TB_11]

Two issues with Sheff:

 

1) He has stated very clearly that he does not want to play anywhere else but New York. Maybe his feelings have changed since he vocalized his opinion last season, but there isn't anything to suggest that it has.

 

2) Age. He turned 37 yesterday. His road OPS's over the last four years: .985, 1.034, .859, .867 (Peter Gammons mentioned this in his latest article).

 

Unless we could convince him to come to Chicago for just a year - which seems unlikely given what he said about playing in New York - I don't see Sheff in Wrigley next year.

[nt3d]

I dunno. I think George is out to burn and pillage this year, no matter the rumors that they are cutting payroll. I could see him trading whatever he has (based on what I have read, it ain't much) to get Delgado, and inking Giles, without dealing Sheff. That would make that lineup ridiculous:

 

1B Delgado

2B Cano

SS Jeter

3B ARod

C Posada

RF Sheff

CF Matsui

LF Giles

DH Giambi

 

That could be as good the Yankees of the 1920s.

 

That's cheating