Last year, the Yankees lost two games in the World Series and both of those were started for the Phillies by Cliff Lee. Now, the Yankees are reportedly on the verge of acquiring Lee.
Lee is 8-3 with a 2.34 ERA this season, having a preposterous 89-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio for the woeful Mariners, who acquired Lee from the Phillies this past offseason. With his contract up after the season, Seattle is eager to move him for young players and ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that while the Yankees are close to making this deal happen, other teams are still in the running.
No matter, it's a certainty that Lee will be traded by the July 31 deadline. And when he is, it will be the third time in a year Lee has moved, going from Cleveland to Philadelphia, Philadelphia to Seattle, and Seattle to New York or somewhere else in that span. Lee is represented by Scott Boras and will seek top dollar in the offseason so even if the Yankees fail to acquire him now, it seems pretty certain they will land him as a free agent and that he will be a part of their 2011 rotation.
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