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After 17 years Posada can retire comfortably. The salary structure is such that you don’t need that last “hang on” year any more. Babe Ruth with the Boston Braves (although he was hoping for a manager slot), Hank Aaron with the Brewers (saw him live vs. NYY at Shea), Willie Mays and Duke Snider with the Mets, many such examples in decades past.

We lose an aging strong hitter in Posada , the Tigers get young Prince Fielder to go with those arms?  I’m not happy that Prince was “Imported TO Detroit”.

Good Trade.  Not sure if Montero will ever be better than a below average catcher, and this team does not need a 23 year old DH.  So, I’d rather have a young arm that throws 95+ with lots of upside.

Wow… Not a word about Montero/Pineda.  This place really is dead.

No one played the game with more passion. I think he will have a hard time leaving the game.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he winds up on the coaching staff in 2013.

To Jorge Posada, who hung up his mitt quietly through an ESPN story.  No way Posada would play elsewhere and drag it out as DH (even assuming someone would want him.)

He was a pro’s pro.

A-Rod on the recommendaiton of Kobe Bryant and with the blessing of the Yankees and the Commissioner’s office, was sent off to Germany for some sort of centrifuge treatment for his knee.   You can’t make this stuff up.

In other news, the Yankees signed Hideki Okajima to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. He’s a lefty, so he’s worth a shot I guess.

This is what qualifies as news in the Yankees off season this year.   WHOOPPEE!!  Who the heck is pitching for this team other than CC?

Go get the young man from Oakland. Give them Montero and nothing else. We have other catching prospects. When Swisher is done, we’ll sign Andre Ether from the Dodgers to be a bat and play right field.

Gonzalez has pitched well for a bad team. A club can control him for another 4 years, he’s lefthanded, and gifted. Try to get him. Try not to give up the crown jewel pitching prospects.

Take the good pitcher over the good hitter.

By the way, who cares about Burnett. The Yankees have wasted plenty of money on other players, at least we got Game 2 of the 2009 WS out of him. If I were Girardi, I would tell him (assuming we keep him), “So we tried to trade you, can you blame us? What are you going to do about it? Prove us wrong.” And hand him a ball.

To: Mets fans
Fr: Roundtable
Re: Jose Reyes

Do not be mad at Jose Reyes for leaving. Your team never made an offer. Reyes went back to the Mets after the Marlins made their offer and it was met with silence. He can’t play for the Mets if they never offer him a contract and a position.

And, by the way, if you call talk radio and say you are never watching baseball again because Reyes is gone, then you never loved the game in the first place. The game should be enough.

That is all.

Hey, logic finally prevails and the NYY wish to disassociate themselves from A.J.

Hey, if we are still stuck with him at least the front office has decided not to coddle the jerk. I’m liking that.

The Mets are picking up .220 hitters and chair throwing pitchers, but they are doing SOMETHING (besides building repelling).

I will readily admit that I found it hard to dislike Francona. He was a great manager for them. But Bobby V will be good for the Sox-Yanks rivalry. He knows how to get under people’s skins and he loves to beat the Yankees. And you know what he’s thinking: “This team without even trying is good for 85 wins and with me as a manager, I’m worth about 10-12 wins just by being in the dugout. And I’ll be able to out manage anyone in a playoff series.”

The interesting aspect to this is the tension that will occur between Bobby and the Sox front office team. The Red Sox after enjoying success over the past decade are now committed to the principles of sabermetrics fully. He said he didn’t believe in it when he was with Texas but has accepted it somewhat. He wasn’t fooling me any. He still doesn’t believe in it. It will be interesting to see that tension and when they meet up with the Yanks to see the mind of Bobby V go against Girardi’s “magic binder” which holds the secrets of Hogwarts and Mordor all in one easy to find index.

However, the stakes are high for Bobby because with the talent on the roster and the resources of the franchise, he’ll have no excuses. The Roundtable will be able to say to him just like Kirk said to Khan: “Khan, I’m laughing at the superior intellect.”

The Wild Card is fine, I like it too. But let’s face it, the format change is not for someone like me. I don’t need baseball jazzed up to be interested in it. I find it interesting on its own merits. It’s for the casual fan and for the younger generation that needs a little something extra.