Bye Randy Johnson. We hardly knew you, but we did find out that while you were a Yankee you were a giant SOB...It was announced late tonight that the New York Yankees had completed the trade of Randy Johnson back to the Arizona Diamondbacks for 4 players (1 major leaguer and 3 minor leaguers). As you may have read in some of my previous blogs, I was happy when I heard about this trade.
Overall, I thought Randy was a decent pitcher and his win-loss definitely backed that opinion as he went 34-19 in two regular seasons with the Yankees. Still, he has a horrible ERA each year and for the most part won a lot of regular season games because of the Yankees high run scoring production. He also was on the DL a bunch of times with a bad back, never pitched well in the postseason (a time when all Yankees -- maybe unfairly -- are ultimately gauged), and always seem like such an ass because of way he treated the media (not a big deal), the fans and most of all his teammates, like long-time Yankee catcher Jorge Posada.
In the trade, the Yankees received reliever Luis Vizcaino and minor league right-handers Ross Ohlendorf and Steven Jackson -- not to be confused with star St. Louis Rams running back of the same name -- and shortstop Alberto Gonzalez. Again, an interesting trade by Yankees GM Brian Cashman who continues to practice fiscal responsibility and a new Yankee thinking by trading old, expensive former All-Stars for prospects. With it, the Yankees wiped another expensive contract off the books and further built their minor league system.
I wouldn't be surprised if Johnson wins less than 10 games next year as the D'backs certainly aren't a high powered offense and he definitely showed signs during the last 2 years that he is breaking down because of his old, creaky back.
In the trade, the Yankees received reliever Luis Vizcaino and minor league right-handers Ross Ohlendorf and Steven Jackson -- not to be confused with star St. Louis Rams running back of the same name -- and shortstop Alberto Gonzalez. Again, an interesting trade by Yankees GM Brian Cashman who continues to practice fiscal responsibility and a new Yankee thinking by trading old, expensive former All-Stars for prospects. With it, the Yankees wiped another expensive contract off the books and further built their minor league system.
I wouldn't be surprised if Johnson wins less than 10 games next year as the D'backs certainly aren't a high powered offense and he definitely showed signs during the last 2 years that he is breaking down because of his old, creaky back.
See ya old man....We hardly knew ya!
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