If I were the Yankees, I wouldn’t make the deal. I know it sounds crazy not to want to add a 28-year-old stud ace lefthander, but the price is simply too high. Dealing Hughes, who has been projected as a top of the rotation guy, is silly. Keep him, and use the $25 million a year to add pitching some other way. (Source: Mark Feinsand’s Blog)

Mark, what other way are the Yankees going to acquire anything close to Johan Santana’s production next year without giving up value? Please, do tell. I’d love to know.

The idea that just because the Yankees have money means they can improve without giving anything up is really dumb right now. That is only a valid argument when there are free agents and there are zero good free agent starting pitchers availible, let alone anyone that would rival the great Johan.

Spending $25M per year on Kyle Lohse isn’t going to make him pitch like Johan.