http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1678044
as a sox fan Vazquez is the only pitcher i might have rather had than Schilling, but it's close. I also want Vazquez to pitch this season and leave. The Sox gave up some pretty good prospects, but not until they signed an ace (albeit old) for at least 3 more years. They Yanks just gave up something close to equal in prospects for a pitcher that might only be with them for one year. That said I guess there is little chance that yanks wont be able to throw enough money at him to keep him around. of course if i want to think about it that way, they could have just waited a year to throw the money at him and keep Johnson.
oh well. Good pitching beats good hitting, so I suppose this is a good deal. Johnson really did scare me more than any other yankee hitter at the plate this year.