Originally posted by TonyWillLive:
So in your opinion Plawrence the Yankees can get Zito or Willis simply by offering anything? If their prospects aren't any good or worth the value of a Zito or Willis why would Florida or Oakland do it? I understand your point that if they offer something decent and better than another team, however I don't think the Yankees have anyone to trade. Peter Gammons mentioned their farm system as being very weak in Spring Training.
No, that is
not at all what I said.
What I
did say was - paraphrasing here - that if the Marlins (or the A's) were
determined to unload Willis (or Zito) in a salary dump, and if the prospects that the Yankees
offered were better than those
offered by another team, then they would make a deal with the Yankees.
Nowhere did I say that the Yankees could acquire Willis or Zito "simply by offering anything."
If the prospects that the Yankees offer are so weak that another team can make a better offer if they choose to, then obviously the Marlins or A's will make a deal with them, not the Yanks.
Whether or not the Yankees
do have prospects who are good enough to make the deal, and whether or not the Yankees are willing to
offer those prospects remains to be seen.
But I think that Duncan and Wang and maybe another mid-level prospect or two to get Willis might work for Florida, depending upon what other teams offer.
