According to Bruce Levine, I doubt he is related to Randy Levine in case you were wondering, the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs have discussed a trade that would bring second basemen Darwin Barney to New York. These talks happened before Robinson Cano and Omar Infante came off the Yankees board so the speculation is that talks may begin again.
Barney is 28 years old and the equivalent of Brendan Ryan at second base, great defense and absolutely no bat. I have to wonder if we are interested in someone like that why don't we just use Ryan there and have Nunez on the roster for insurance purposes? I digress, Barney is a 10 or more runs saved per season kind of guy which would be nice to have around with Derek Jeter's diminishing range but at what cost? I know we cannot replace Cano's offense but we could at least try, this is not even trying. If this is the best we can do just put Kelly Johnson at second base like I said to in September.
Barney is under team control for three more seasons and is projected to earn $2.1 million in his first trip through arbitration.
Darwin Barney....I thought that was why Brendon Ryan was signed.
ReplyDeleteI read nice things about his game, but we have Ryan / Johnson, and Barney can not hit..
Talking Barney of being the starting second basemen.
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