Sexson to Yankees is a Dumb Deal

Desperate for a bat since Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon are on the DL, the Yankees signed the awful, dispicabile, and pathetic Richie Sexson today to a tentative contract, ESPN.com is reporting.

The signing of Sexson is totally stupid! Jason Giambi may not be a great defensive first baseman, but he is having a renissance season with 17 homers. There is no need for the Yankees to add another first baseman, since they could easily live with Giambi's defense in favor of his red hot bat.

The Yankees true needs are in the outfield, speicifally left and center fields. Hideki Matsui is gone for the year with his injury; Johnny Damon is on the DL, and is no longer the player he was in Boston and Oakland, and Melky Cabrera is too small to play center field, and he has been batting around .240 all season. Logical tells you the Yankees should try to trade or aquire an outfielder.

Don't tell that to Brian Cashman, who out of desperation brings in Sexson, who was released from the last place Seattle Mariners, because he was batting .218 this season with 11 homers and 30 RBI. Last year, Sexon batted .210 and struck out 100 times. Also, the rap on Sexson is that he is a lazy player - not exactly the type of guy you want in the clubhouse.

This is a terrible aquisition for the Yankees, who bring in a guy who has failed, repeated times, to fulfill the expectations; now they expect him to fulfill those lofty expectations for them - really dumb.