That I would want two solid prospects for DDJ (or one elite and one solid prospect, which would be too much for David, I will admit).

With that perspective in mind, reading that blogpost was the funniest thing I had seen in days (and that includes the copy of The Onion’s Our Dumb World that my sister gave me for Christmas). I would say there is no way in hell that Moore trades DDJ for a C+ level catcher and a C level, massively overpaid likely reliever who is still bouncing back from TJ surgery, but then again, it is Dayton Moore. But in a sane world, no way that happens. I’m with nwroyal—I’d flip DDJ for Gardner and Romine (maybe Romine, Melancon, and Gardner with a B-/C+ throw-in from us to even things out) . Montero may be untouchable, but that’s okay, people are saying he isn’t going to be able to stick at catcher anyways, and we’re set at 1B for however long Billy Butler is around. There isn’t anyone else in the Yankee’s system who I’d really want—Heathcott could be interesting in a year or two if he is as toolsy as advertised, and John Sickels likes Melancon a lot, but trading DDJ for a reliever and a low minors catcher would be a waste.

Honestly, the funniest part about this blog post is how much this guy overrates the NYY farm system. Montero, Romine, Manny Banuelos, and maybe Melancon or Zach McAllister are the only legit prospects the Yankees have ATM. Our farm system is in better shape right now, despite Moore having traded away Cortes and Saito for He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. Montero is a much better hitting prospect than anything we have, but we have significantly more depth in our farm system—I’d say we have 8-9 legitimate prospects, the Yanks have maybe 5 or 6 at best.