REPORT: Giants reject Yankees’ offer for Matt Cain
The Giants have reportedly rejected a blockbuster trade offer by the Yankees that would have included (from left to right) Montero, Swisher and Cain.
According to Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest, the New York Yankees recently offered the Giants a boatload of talented players in exchange for starting pitcher Matt Cain.
The Giants have reportedly rejected the blockbuster proposal.
NY Baseball Digest writer Frank Russo says the Yankees were offering outfielder Nick Swisher, top prospect Jesus Montero, and a couple of minor league pitchers from a list that included Dellin Betances, Hector Noesi, David Phelps and Adam Warren, all of whom are very good prospects.
Swisher, 31, batted .260 with 23 HR and 85 RBI in 2011. The former Oakland Athletic is a career .254 hitter and has never batted higher than .288 (2010).
Montero is one of baseball’s most promising prospects. The 21-year old catcher hit .328/.406/.590 (0.996 OPS) with 4 HR and 12 RBI in just 18 games with the Yanks in 2011. He blasted 76 home runs in 4+ minor league seasons before getting the call last year. His defense is pretty shoddy, but he’s a legit hitter.
Cain, 27, went 12-11 with a 2.88 ERA and 1.083 WHIP for the Giants last year. He struck out 179 batters and walked 63 in 221.2 innings. The right-hander, who has averaged 212 innings per year in his first six full seasons, can become a free agent at the end of the 2012 season and the Giants are trying hard to lock him up to a multi-year extension this winter.
The Yankees are desperate for starting pitching and also have reportedly tried to acquire Oakland’s Gio Gonzalez and the Cubs’ Matt Garza.
While the Giants may sorely be in need of the kind of offensive punch Swisher and Montero can deliver, Swisher is a free agent after the 2012 season, and the G-men already have Buster Posey behind the dish.
It’s a tempting offer, to be sure, but the Giants made the right call by “flat out turning down the deal.”
12 Responses to REPORT: Giants reject Yankees’ offer for Matt Cain
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Well maybe if Sabean hadn’t had a hard on for Sanchez, they wouldn’t be boxed in having to hang onto Cain.
HAVING to hang on to Cain? No…no we want Cain. Sanchez was always our best trading commodity and there are two players who define the Giants right now; Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum. Sabean and Bochy are all about pitchers and these two are young, talented fan favorites. Why would we trade who many would call the (unofficial) Team Captain for a back-up Catcher and a fourth Outfielder? If we sign Beltran we have him, Cabrera and Schierholtz with Torres able to jump in whenever. I don’t know why anyone thinks we need any more help in 2012. Folks, it’s in the bag. Giants win the NL West and from there it’s a roll of the dice like it is for everyone in the postseason.
Bahahaha really Yankees?!? LMAO! Get your own talent!
Thank goodness.
Fuck off Cashman! Nick swisher! The crack must be potent in NY!!!!
Oh no they diiiiiiidn’t!
Swap Texeira or Cano for Swish and we might have a deal.
@Michael Ain’t no trade worth Cain.
Thats what I’m talkin bout Justin! And texeira is a fuckin bumb! Cashman…….do you think we are that fucking stupid???
Cain in NOT for sale…unlike the rest of the pinstriped prostitutes you aholes buy!
Yankees think they can get away with murder! Ridiculous!
People really have to stop linking to NY Baseball Digest. Their rumors are BS from sources that aren’t close to Brian Cashman. Do you really think so clown scooped Joel Sherman, Jon Heyman, Buster Olney, Ken Rosenthal, Jon Paul Morosi, George King, and about 10 other Yankees beat writers?