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.