Santana Deal Is Still Alive as Yankees Keep Pettitte
NASHVILLE, Dec. 3 — The Yankees’ pursuit of Johan Santana showed a flicker of life early Tuesday morning when the Minnesota Twins backed off their demand that the right-hander Ian Kennedy be added to the Yankees’ trade offer.
星期二凌晨，當Twins放棄了他們的要求：將右投的Ian Kennedy列入Yankees的交易名單內，Yankees尋求Johan Santana加入的過程猶如起伏不定的人生一般。
But with the Yankees’ midnight deadline for a deal come and gone, the teams had still not reached an agreement on the third player to be added to the package of Phil Hughes and Melky Cabrera. If the sides cannot agree by Tuesday morning, the Yankees say they will back out of trade talks.
Yankees午夜的交易截止日期已經過了，但是雙方的球團對於誰是第三個應該列入Phil Hughes和Melky Cabrera這個交易案的人選遲遲沒有達成共識。假如雙方沒有辦法在星期二早上達成協議，Yankees說他們將會退出交易的協商。
“If things don’t change drastically, it’ll probably be no,” the senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said.
＂如果事情沒有戲劇化的轉變，那麼可能將不會達成任何共識。＂洋基的資深副總裁Hank Steinbrenner這麼說。
The Yankees did land one veteran left-handed starter for the top of their rotation on the first day of the winter meetings. Andy Pettitte informed the team that he will return in 2008, a move that bolsters a young rotation.
Yankees在冬季會議的第一天，就已經替球隊的輪值表找回了一位資深的左投手。Andy Pettite告知球團，2008年他將會繼續替Yankees效力，這樣的舉動也提振了年輕投手們的士氣。
It would stand to reason that the Yankees could still add Santana, despite their deadline, if either side changes course. But Steinbrenner said he would not be disappointed to keep Hughes and Cabrera.
假如有其中一方（Yankees或是Twins）改變想法，可以合理的推論Yankees依舊希望Santana的加入，儘管有所謂的截止日期。但是Steinbrenner說他對於留住Hughes與Cabrera並不會感到失望。
“I’d be happy either way,” he said. “The young pitching is just going to take a little longer, as they do when they’re 21 or 22 years old. Santana didn’t really hit his stride until he was 24. But I think our guys are ready to do something this year. They’re certainly going to be — all of them — top-notch pitchers.
＂我依舊感到高興＂他說。＂年輕的投手正準備承擔起責任，就如同他們在21、22歲時所做的一樣。＂Santana在24歲以前並沒有發揮出他最大的潛力。但是我認為我們的小夥子已經準備好在今年有所作為。無疑的，他們全部都將會成為頂級的投手。
“And that’s the way you’ve got to do it with pitchers. You’ve got to grow your own. You can buy position players, but you’ve got to grow your own pitching, because nobody’s going to give it to you.”
Certainly not the Twins, an organization that held onto center fielder Torii Hunter last season even though Hunter was a potential free agent unlikely to return. Minnesota seems prepared to keep Santana and closer Joe Nathan to make another run at an A.L. Central title.
“I’m thinking they’re going to keep us,” said Nathan, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn., and met with the Twins on Monday. “They’re just trying to improve our team to get it as good as it can be for the ‘08 season, hopefully. Right now, I’m just going to assume that our team is going to have myself on it and have Johan on it. I’m sure Johan is thinking the same thing.”
＂我認為球團（指Twins）會留住我們＂Nathan這麼說，這位住在Knoxville的投手，在星期一的時候與球團會面。＂球團正試著改善球隊，希望讓球隊可以面對08賽季挑戰。現在，我試著假設球隊明年依舊會有我和Santana待在陣中。我相信Johan和我想的是一樣的。＂
In Pettitte, at least, the Yankees retain a pitcher who worked a team-high 215 1/3 innings last season. The team did not announce the deal, but Pettitte has a standing offer for one year and $16 million, and his agent, Randy Hendricks, confirmed his client’s intention in an e-mail message on Monday.
“Calls and requests for him to return from Brian Cashman, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Joe Girardi, among others, influenced him, as did an outpouring of requests from Yankees fans,” Hendricks said, after the news was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
“Laura gave her support and blessing. As to why now, he felt he should commit now so the Yankees would know they would have him as they formulated their team for 2008.”
Posada, the Yankees’ catcher, said last week that in his conversations with Pettitte, he got the impression that Pettitte was leaning toward retirement. Pettitte and his wife, Laura, have four children and live near Houston.
But Pettitte showed last season that he could still succeed in the American League after three seasons in the National League with the Astros. He went 15-9 with a 4.05 earned run average and added an excellent start in the division series against Cleveland.
More important, perhaps, was the condition of his elbow. Pettitte mentioned several times last season that he was surprised at how strong his elbow felt all through the year, even though it had given him trouble almost every season since 1996.
Pettitte’s return eases the burden on the rookies Joba Chamberlain, Hughes and Kennedy, who are expected to be part of the rotation. The Yankees have two other veteran starters, Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina, plus holdover Kei Igawa.
Cashman, the general manager, would not discuss Pettitte or Santana. But Steinbrenner said on Sunday that he believed the Twins were using the Yankees’ offer to get more from the Boston Red Sox, who will not trade Jacoby Ellsbury and Jon Lester in the same deal.
The Yankees’ sense on Monday was that the Red Sox were not serious about acquiring Santana for themselves, offering just enough to force the Yankees to give more but not enough to truly appeal to the Twins.
The Yankees made one move official on Monday, finalizing their two-year, $4 million contract with backup catcher Jose Molina and designating infielder Andy Phillips for assignment. Cashman said the team had “full focus” on pitching depth and had little interest in the free-agent market.
Cashman said Kyle Farnsworth would take over for Chamberlain as the Yankees’ eighth-inning setup man, and the depth of the Yankees’ farm system would help in potential deals.
現金人說，放肆火將會從喬巴那接手Yankees第八局先生的工作，而Yankees農場的農作物將會在未來的交易上提供幫助。
“We’re certainly proud of the work we’ve done, because right now I can sit at the table with any team in baseball and have a conversation,” Cashman said. “Two years ago, that wasn’t possible.”
INSIDE PITCH
The Yankees acquired Jonathan Albaladejo, a right-handed reliever, from the Nationals late Monday night for Tyler Clippard. Albaladejo, 25, worked in 14 games last September with a 1.88 earned run average. Clippard was 3-1 with a 6.33 E.R.A. in six starts for the Yankees. The deal is contingent on the players passing physicals.
Yankees在星期一晚間，透過球員交換，送出了Tyler Clippard，從Nationals得到Jonathan Albaladejo。25歲的Albaladejo去年9月出賽14場，擁有1.88的ERA。Clippard為Yankees出賽的6場先發當中，獲得3勝1敗的戰績和6.33的ERA。交易在兩位球員通過體檢之後生效。
News source http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/sports/baseball/04yankees.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin
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