Richie Sexson: Welcome, white Tony Clark

Playing right to Cashman's "Statue of Liberty" strategy, the Yankees have signed Richie Sexson. While we're confident this signing was made purely to provide Girardi with a bat off the bench capable of hitting LHP, and not to replace Matsui's bat at DH, we don't see this providing the team with any sort of boost. Yes, Sexson's splits against LHP look good this season, but it's in a very small sample, and he hasn't shown any particular skill in that regard over the course of his career. I expect those stats to correct themselves and for him to show why the Mariners let him go in the first place.

Of the options available to fix the lineup, namely, signing Bonds or making a big splash with a trade, this is probably the worst scenario. Hopefully this isn't the last of the moves made.

Trade Deadline Approaching

It's funny that one of the biggest problems with Cashman this year is that he hasn't done anything. But how can I forget about Sidney Ponson and Eric Milton!!! Aside from picking up those washed up starters he hasn't done much. And now that the farm has shown itself to be worse than we all thought, with the graduation of Joba and then the injuries to Hughes and Kennedy, and the bombing of some of the position players, we don't have many tradable commodities. Hindsight is 20/20, but perhaps if Cashman wasn't so enamored with Hughes and Kennedy, he could have traded one of them when their value was sky high last summer or during the off-season (Santana).

Is Cashman going to continue this philosophy with every prospect? For example, will he be reluctant to trade Jesus Montero because he is tearing up Low Single A? or Austin Jackson who is having a fine season in AA? What if one of them were to be the key piece of a trade to bring in a young powerful bat like Matt Holliday or Jason Bay that could make the difference between making the playoffs this year?

The trade deadline is coming up fast and we will find out the answer to these questions soon. Though based on Cashman's last couple of seasons, I would more likely expect him to sign the recently released Richie Sexson. We all know that he is the player that the Yankees need to make them a championship caliber team.

EDIT 2:34pm:

And right on cue Cashman Signs Sexson