If Matsui and Sheffield aren't healthy, then it might be a disruptance. Otherwise...you're getting two All-Star veterans with major playoff experience and clubhouse clout. How is that a disruptance? It's not like they're two guys the team acquired at the trade deadline. I'd think it would energize the team to have the familiar faces back in the lineup.
I know everyone loves Bernie. He did a lot of great stuff once upon a time. He's probably a nice guy, too. But he's been hovering somewhere in between "sub-par" and "lousy" for four years, at the plate and certainly in the outfield. Gary Sheffield at 80% is still a significant improvement.
meh, i think this is where our baseball philosophies differ. you're a big fan of the stat line. i'm a big fan of the intangibles.
i don't see how it could not be disruptive, replacing players that have basically played the entire season -- and done so a lot better than you give them credit for. hell, even living in a stat world, i find it impossible to spit on a 285 batting average.
full season to full season ideal? sure, odds are, sheff and upperdecki will be significantly more important to a team than bernie and cabrera. but we didn't have the ideal this year, we had a rough spot to work through, and one the yankees have built off to become one of the best teams in baseball; two highlights of which were melky and bernie.
you don't think there could be a negative team impact by splitting up the gutty core?
