Gotham Baseball: Healey: Piazza Coming To The Bronx?

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Up until the last few days, Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman has often resisted the temptation of putting Mike Piazza in pinstripes.  But with his current catching situation (and don’t forget prospect Francisco Cervelli is still out with a broken wrist) and the very aggressive Reds trying to sign Piazza to a contract, Cashman and his advisors—we’re told by a team insider—are meeting to discuss whether a Piazza move is the right way “to address the current situation.”

Dusty Baker is telling friends that he’s “confident” that Piazza will sign with the Reds because “Tommy (Lasorda) will want him to play for me”.  Though most of the people that are monitoring the Cincy backstop search say the Reds want a “throw and catch” guy, Baker is saying that he thinks “Piazza could hit 25 homers in the GAB.”.

One NL scout we spoke to said that “Piazza’s defense isn’t what either team needs right now, but (he) does know how to call a game and both teams seem to feel that he would be a good influence on their young pitchers.”