Ruben Sierra and the trade

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Here we go..

 

Sierra-

 

Years in Major League Baseball: 20 (signed with the Rangers in November 1982 at the age of 17)

 

Debut: June 1986

 

First hit: 3-run Home Run off Charlie Liebrant of the Kansas City Royals (source: Retrosheet)

 

Years on a MLB team: 18

 

He has been involved in a trade five times

 

He has been traded for Jose Canseco (1992), Danny Tartabull (1995) and Cecil Fielder (1996)

 

Career HR number: 279

 

Number of home runs hit by the three sluggers he was traded for: 1,043 (462/319/262)

 

# of teams that he has played for: 10 (Rangers, As, Yankees, Tigers, Reds, Blue Jays, White Sox, Mets, Indians, Mariners)

 

From June 1993 to June 2003 he has played for 10 teams

 

# of stints he has had with the Rangers: 3 (86-92, 2000-2001, 2003)

 

Ruben's age if the Yankees go to the 2003 World Series: 38

 

# of games in the playoffs for Ruben: 11 (5 in New York in 1995, 6 in Oakland in 1992)

 

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that's the skinny of the matter here.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Basically he's a nice bat off the bench, and a fill in DH. It remains to seen how he performs in New York though.

[Guest alkeiper]

Useless trade. The Yankees already have Bubba Trammell on their roster. Just give him more at bats.

[Guest Some Guy]

This seems like a Steinbrenner move, just like Canseco and others a few years back. I think Georgie thinks back and goes "didn't that Ruben guy hit a lot of HRs a few years back? Lets get him!" Forget that he's over the hil, that he called Torre a liar over playing time in 96 and doesn't get along with him, forget that he won't get any playing time after Nick Johnson comes back and Giambi goes to DH where he belongs, forget that he offers very little besides the chance of a HR here or there. This is not a move that Cashman would make, he seems to have common sense and knows how to put together a good team, albeit with considerable money at his disposal.