Friday, November 13, 2009
NY Post - Sherman: Yankees likely to target available Granderson
CHICAGO—In a cost-cutting frame of mind, the Tigers have let teams know Curtis Granderson could be had for the right package, an NL executive told The Post.
The Yankees will almost certainly push to the front of the line when it comes to Granderson. He obviously would be an upgrade on the Melky Cabrera/Brett Gardner duo. In addition, the Yankees could quickly face a need to restore lefty power if Johnny Damon and/or Hideki Matsui leave to free agency. Granderson hit a career-high 30 homers last season, the fourth most by an AL lefty.
Brian Cashman met with Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski at the GM Meetings, which concluded yesterday, but it is not believed the two did any more than discuss needs and available players. However, they have a good relationship and have made significant trades before.
Granderson looks like maybe a 1.5 win upgrade on Brett Gardner or a 2.0 win upgrade on Melky. He projects to be around +11 +16 runs on offense and +4 runs on defense over Melky, and then around +20 runs on offense but -5 runs on Gardner. Depends on the price obviously, but he’d be a nice upgrade.
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