The Joe Crede era at third base has come to an official close. As I mentioned in my Free Agency post about a week ago, I'm looking forward to having Josh Fields playing at third for us in the upcoming season. Fields hit for an average of .244 during his one hundred games in the 2007 season, while filling in for an injured (and now departed) Joe Crede. He needs a little tuning on the defensive spectrum of his game, but other than that it looks like all systems are go for him at third!
OTHER FREE AGENT TALK
I just read on the mlb.com home page that my cross town rivals are possibly interested in The Big Unit? What benefit would that deal have on the team!? Their starting rotation, if management chooses to put him there, would most likely take a step down from where it currently is. Randy Johnson, granted a good pitcher a few years ago, is dropping down a steep hill where no once-highly-touted pitcher wants to end up at the bottom of. His speed is still where it was in his hay day, but he can't control when he throws 100 and when he throws 92 as much as he could in, say, 2001.
The Yankee's are looking for starting pitching like a child looks for candy. According to reports given by mlb.com, they're pursuing CC Sabathia, Jake Peavy, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe! They've already made a $137 million offer to Sabathia, which is a heinous amount to any pitcher. Peavy and the Braves have halted signing talks, so there is a possibility of him talking with New York now. Let me just say that if they get any one of these guys, their starting rotation will jump twenty feet from where it was last season.
There's still a good three months until players report (and let me tell you, they aren't coming soon enough), so a lot can happen between now and then.
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