[ThePundit]

Aaron Guile - a KC castoff is doing really well in right field for the Yanks. There's absolutely no need for the Yanks to raid their farm system for Abreu or any other right fielder for that matter.

[Lefty Noob]

Haven't been following this kid. What kind of numbers is he putting up?

[MVB]

He's homered in two staright games...last night's homer was the difference in the ballgame. He also had a clutch RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, a week ago...

He's only been given a couple of days to play, so his numbers aren't that stunning....yet:

12 G ( only 26 at-bats), 3HR, 6 RBI, .577 SLG, .830 OPS

[ThePundit]

3 homers in 26 at bats is really good. He also plays a nice right field. He's made a couple of catches including one last night that Sheffield would never have made. Between Bernie Williams and Guile, they have enough production from right field.

[MJHMarc]

If Guille keeps on playing like this, I could see him starting RF for the Yankees in the future.

Gary Sheffield becomes a free-agent at the end of the season, and will most likely retire at 37 years old. Unless he signs a short-term contract, I don't see him returning to baseball.

[EmpireWF]

Guile is not the type of player who can be productive as a starter as you may think. He's been a nice player in the short stints he gets to play. Nothing more nothing less.

[MJHMarc]

So, who do you think the Yankees will acquire to play RF next season?

Gary Sheffield is a tad bit old to be playing baseball. But then again, so is Randy Johnson.

[mervinout]

the melk man in rf. The yankees have no need to spend insane amount of money to bring a starting rf in. Melky is a solid part of his team, and he has earned his spot to stay

[MVB]

His name is spelled Guiel.... by the way.

[MJHMarc]

Thanks for the spell-check, MVB. I should've caught that myself! Though, I cannot compare to this forum's biggest Yankee fan.

According to Yahoo! Sports.Com, Melky Cabrera leads the league in the average of LF's HRs, RBIs, SBs, AVG and runs. That is excellent for an athlete who is just turning 22 early next month.

You have an excellent point there, mervinout. The Yankees don't need to waste money acquiring players when they have all the players they need already. However, I expect some huge "Abreu to the Yankees" this off-season. Expect the impossible.

One minor problem with your thoughts, mervinout. Melky Cabrera is a registered left-fielder, even though he has played eight games in right. He is obviously a better fielder in left, but I am sure he will be happy to adjust to right if it makes a difference in his salary.

[MVB]

On the subject of possible trades:

Originally Posted by New York Post

The Post has learned the Yankees and Braves have held discussions about the Yankees acquiring switch-hitting infielder Wilson Betemit and may be willing to give up reliever Scott Proctor...Betemit was hitting .290 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 85 games going into last night. "He is a [Placido] Polanco-type hitter with more pop," a scout said of Betemit, a career .284 hitter with 13 homers and 52 RBIs in 230 games.

The Braves also like Columbus (Triple-A) lefty reliever Matt Smith and righty T.J. Beam, who was recalled by the Yankees on Monday.

Not only would it be stupid to give Proctor away ( especially when he's pitching so well of late), but the Yanks couldn't even use Betemit! Where would he go? Cano is the Yankee secondbaseman... Green and Cairo are pretty good backups.

[MJHMarc]

Steinbrenner always acquires pitchers and batters that he doesn't need.

What help has Randy Johnson done since we acquired him?

Steinbrenner feels that if you take other stars away from their teams, you will beat the teams. It has worked in past years, except some teams like Boston won't trade away their top players (aka David Ortiz).

[mervinout]

remember melky came up as a cf, thats why he is playing lf. Because of Lf in yankee stadium if you dont have a true LF the next best thing isnt a RF but a CF for that spot IMO. He can play right pretty well, and he can go back to the domincan leauge in the winter and play rf and get adjusted.

On those trade rumors with the Braves i cant see cashmen doing that trade. The Braves have no pitchers to trade back to add in. The only thing i can think of is cano is going to be out a lot longer. Because if that isnt it its stupid because cairo is a great utility man and Nick green like guile has done there fill in jobs just fine this year not to warrant bringing in another IF

[GreenMonster]

Guiel is just another Kansas City Royal that will shine when he's outside Kauffman Stadium. Guiel had a big fan following but now unemployed GM Allard Baird kept him down in AA Wichita and AAA Omaha. It showed what a GM could do if he didn't like you. Hopefully he'll stay on the good side of the Cash-Dude. I'm not saying he'll be in the ranks of Johnny Damon or Jermaine Dye as former Royals that went on to greatness. But if he's good enough to play for the Yankees you'd think he's be good enough to play in the Professional Minor League Team known as the Royals.

[mervinout]

its amazing to look at two different ends of the spectrum, on one end you got the royals spending no money and running their organzation into the ground for generations. On the other end you got isiah running his team into the ground by not being able to get under the salary cap by my 35th birthday and im only 23 lol