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Yankees, Mets caught looking on Hansen; by Jon Heyman, Newsday
Topic Started: Sep 26 2005, 08:03 PM (84 Views)
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What a shame both the Mets and Yankees passed on Glen Cove's closer extraordinaire Craig Hansen, especially now that Hansen may be saving Boston's beaten-down bullpen.

With Hansen throwing 97 mph after his quick ascension, there's second-guessing especially over the Yankees' pick, Oklahoma prep shortstop C.J. Henry, well-regarded but years from the bigs. Hansen could have spelled well-worn Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera and perhaps eventually become Rivera's successor. The Yankees and most others are shocked at Hansen's speedy signing and promotion.

"If he shoves the bats down the Yankees' throats, their owner's going to go nuts," one scout predicted. "How they could have passed on this kid, I have no idea. Hansen stands right at the top of pitching prospects I've seen. And he proved he can start, too."

Oddly enough, word circulated throughout Yankees offices days before the draft they'd buck their history of not spending on American amateurs and Tampa-based decision-makers would take Hansen should he fall to No. 17. In the end, they signed Henry for $1.575 million, 60 percent less than Hansen ($4 million) signed for. "We try to toe the line a little bit," One Yankees person explained.

"The reality is, Boston got a bargain. The teams that passed have to spend $3 million a year to find a reliever. Boston got Hansen for four years at $4 million total," agent Scott Boras said.

One A.L. exec, defending the Yankees, said, "It's hard to take a bullpen guy with your first pick. It's only one inning." (Hansen was actually Boston's second pick.)

The Mets, preferring a starter, took another Boras client at No. 9, Wichita State righthander Mike Pelfrey, who seeks even more money. No (wheat) shocker here, the Mets aren't close to signing Pelfrey.

In a way, it's even sadder the Mets passed on Hansen since he pitched only three miles away at St. John's. "This is why the Mets fired their scouting department," the scout surmised. Actually, Mets people say it's not Pelfrey but subsequent picks in a "brutal draft" that clinched their 10-scout shakeup.

In any case, it worked out for Hansen. "I've always dreamed of being part of the great Red Sox-Yankees rivalry," said Hansen, who hasn't figured out why both local teams passed. "Right now it doesn't matter," he said. "I'm thankful to be part of a winning organization and I'm very happy to be in a pennant race."

(There's also a happy ending for Hansen's teammate, St. John's No. 1 starter Anthony Vavaro, who needed Tommy John surgery but still signed with Seattle for about $500,000.)


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Somewhere Ray is smiling or po'ed that the mets f*cked up by not drafting him!!!
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TheOne
Sep 26 2005, 08:32 PM
Somewhere Ray is smiling or po'ed that the mets f*cked up by not drafting him!!!

:laugh:

That was SO Ray's boy!!!!!
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Sep 26 2005, 09:45 PM
TheOne
Sep 26 2005, 08:32 PM
Somewhere Ray is smiling or po'ed that the mets f*cked up by not drafting him!!!

:laugh:

That was SO Ray's boy!!!!!

;)
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More brilliant scouting by the Yankees. Our front office has the magic eye. <_<
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Even if Craig Hansen was available, he still would have felt the effects of a dead arm during September or sooner.
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Sep 28 2005, 05:31 PM
Even if Craig Hansen was available, he still would have felt the effects of a dead arm during September or sooner.



He's currently pitching for the Sox BBF (and he was available).


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cmnyy
Sep 28 2005, 05:38 PM
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Sep 28 2005, 05:31 PM
Even if Craig Hansen was available, he still would have felt the effects of a dead arm during September or sooner.



He's currently pitching for the Sox BBF (and he was available).

I know that. I realize he was a avaible. I am just saying if the Yanks or the Mets got him, he still would have had the dead arm coming to the majors.
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