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Post by inger on Dec 7, 2022 19:12:48 GMT -5
Yes, and the jokes stopped bothering me over thirty years ago.  Clank… |
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Post by acuraman on Dec 7, 2022 21:10:10 GMT -5
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Post by noetsi on Dec 8, 2022 8:11:37 GMT -5
I think this is an awful deal. Between Cole, Stanton and Judge we will have no money to spend on young players with speed and the ability to hit. Instead we will have old guys who strike out endlessly.
Another awful decision.
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Post by inger on Dec 8, 2022 9:22:34 GMT -5
I think this is an awful deal. Between Cole, Stanton and Judge we will have no money to spend on young players with speed and the ability to hit. Instead we will have old guys who strike out endlessly. Another awful decision. I know Russ. I was hoping they’d sign Wee Willie Keeler instead too, but then I found out he was dead. But seriously, folks. If the big feller had walked I would have seen it more as an opportunity than a disaster. I just hope Judge becomes one of those exceptions that prove a rule and will still be hitting long balls at the end…Playing every day. Good to see you back! … |
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 8, 2022 9:39:45 GMT -5
I think this is an awful deal. Between Cole, Stanton and Judge we will have no money to spend on young players with speed and the ability to hit. Instead we will have old guys who strike out endlessly. Another awful decision. Take those three off the team and the Yanks are a 5th place team that would be lucky to draw 20K a game. |
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Post by inger on Dec 8, 2022 11:38:58 GMT -5
I think this is an awful deal. Between Cole, Stanton and Judge we will have no money to spend on young players with speed and the ability to hit. Instead we will have old guys who strike out endlessly. Another awful decision. Take those three off the team and the Yanks are a 5th place team that would be lucky to draw 20K a game. True, but think of all bunts❗️… |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 8, 2022 11:53:03 GMT -5
I think this is an awful deal. Between Cole, Stanton and Judge we will have no money to spend on young players with speed and the ability to hit. Instead we will have old guys who strike out endlessly. Another awful decision. Take those three off the team and the Yanks are a 5th place team that would be lucky to draw 20K a game. We always hear the Yankees need to spend money on players who hit for average but never are offered the names of those players. Just complaints without one example of a solution. By the way, Judge finished second in the America League in batting average last season at .311. |
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Post by bearman on Dec 8, 2022 12:34:03 GMT -5
Take those three off the team and the Yanks are a 5th place team that would be lucky to draw 20K a game. We always hear the Yankees need to spend money on players who hit for average but never are offered the names of those players. Just complaints without one example of a solution. By the way, Judge finished second in the America League in batting average last season at .311. I am one of those that have called for more contact hitters and less whiffers. Trade Donaldson, sign Benintendi and plug Volpe and Peraza into the lineup. I really don't know if they are ready but if they are we would be moving in the right direction. To be sure when I say "trade" Donaldson I know we would have to pay to get rid of him but we just cannot go into another year with him in the lineup. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 8, 2022 12:59:03 GMT -5
We always hear the Yankees need to spend money on players who hit for average but never are offered the names of those players. Just complaints without one example of a solution. By the way, Judge finished second in the America League in batting average last season at .311. I am one of those that have called for more contact hitters and less whiffers. Trade Donaldson, sign Benintendi and plug Volpe and Peraza into the lineup. I really don't know if they are ready but if they are we would be moving in the right direction. To be sure when I say "trade" Donaldson I know we would have to pay to get rid of him but we just cannot go into another year with him in the lineup. Spending money is the key phrase, in other words via free agency. Donaldson was a salary dump taken on solely to get Minnesota to trade IKF. Volpe is a farmhand, and Peraza is already on the roster. Benintendi was obtained in a trade. Every season, one poster laments every free agent deal, yet never offers an actual free-agency eligible player the Yankees should target and obtain. Where are these young, base-stealing, .300 average available free agents who do not strikeout? |
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Post by bearman on Dec 8, 2022 13:39:50 GMT -5
I am one of those that have called for more contact hitters and less whiffers. Trade Donaldson, sign Benintendi and plug Volpe and Peraza into the lineup. I really don't know if they are ready but if they are we would be moving in the right direction. To be sure when I say "trade" Donaldson I know we would have to pay to get rid of him but we just cannot go into another year with him in the lineup. Spending money is the key phrase, in other words via free agency. Donaldson was a salary dump taken on solely to get Minnesota to trade IKF. Volpe is a farmhand, and Peraza is already on the roster. Benintendi was obtained in a trade. Every season, one poster laments every free agent deal, yet never offers an actual free-agency eligible player the Yankees should target and obtain. Where are these young, base-stealing, .300 average available free agents who do not strikeout? I didn't suggest anyone in particular because they are not there. We could sign one of the $280 million shortstops but I am not suggesting that. Maybe one of those is Peraza and/or Volpe. We didn't see enough of Peraza to find out and I do not have an informed opinion on Volpe. I'd settle for a .280 hitter that plays good defense, steals a few bases and doesn't strike out a lot. Maybe Peraza, Volpe and Cabrera can do that. We haven't seen enough to determine that but absent signing a $280 million shortstop I would like to see what they could do. |
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Post by acuraman on Dec 8, 2022 14:32:18 GMT -5
Peraza is the best SS and he should be the 2023 starting SS with Volpe getting called up after they trade Torres. If they find a sucker for Donaldson great, but if not, the Yankees might keep Donaldson until they find out if DJLM is healthy enough for the season. I know....its not what you want to hear.
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Post by domeplease on Dec 8, 2022 16:08:20 GMT -5
Spending money is the key phrase, in other words via free agency. Donaldson was a salary dump taken on solely to get Minnesota to trade IKF. Volpe is a farmhand, and Peraza is already on the roster. Benintendi was obtained in a trade. Every season, one poster laments every free agent deal, yet never offers an actual free-agency eligible player the Yankees should target and obtain. Where are these young, base-stealing, .300 average available free agents who do not strikeout? I didn't suggest anyone in particular because they are not there. We could sign one of the $280 million shortstops but I am not suggesting that. Maybe one of those is Peraza and/or Volpe. We didn't see enough of Peraza to find out and I do not have an informed opinion on Volpe. I'd settle for a .280 hitter that plays good defense, steals a few bases and doesn't strike out a lot. Maybe Peraza, Volpe and Cabrera can do that. We haven't seen enough to determine that but absent signing a $280 million shortstop I would like to see what they could do. YES, YES, YES, KEEP/PLAY Peraza, Volpe and Cabrera TRADE Donaldson, Hicks, Torres, etc. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 8, 2022 17:26:12 GMT -5
Spending money is the key phrase, in other words via free agency. Donaldson was a salary dump taken on solely to get Minnesota to trade IKF. Volpe is a farmhand, and Peraza is already on the roster. Benintendi was obtained in a trade. Every season, one poster laments every free agent deal, yet never offers an actual free-agency eligible player the Yankees should target and obtain. Where are these young, base-stealing, .300 average available free agents who do not strikeout? I didn't suggest anyone in particular because they are not there. We could sign one of the $280 million shortstops but I am not suggesting that. Maybe one of those is Peraza and/or Volpe. We didn't see enough of Peraza to find out and I do not have an informed opinion on Volpe. I'd settle for a .280 hitter that plays good defense, steals a few bases and doesn't strike out a lot. Maybe Peraza, Volpe and Cabrera can do that. We haven't seen enough to determine that but absent signing a $280 million shortstop I would like to see what they could do. Exactly. That "they are not there" was the point of my original post. Signing Judge is neither excluding nor blocking Peraza, Volpe, or Cabrera; however, his signing does somewhat guarantee that the Yankees will be in the playoff mix again next season. Without Judge's 11 WAR, the Yankees do not make the playoffs last season. The Yankees could have six 300 million dollar contracts and still be swimming in revenue. You will be hard-pressed to find even one poster on this forum who has not advocated for Peraza and Volpe to join the major league roster. But to say that we should not have signed Judge because the Yankees need more players to hit for average, steal bases, and put the ball in play is fatuous. One has nothing to do with the other. Aaron Hicks in his ten seasons in the major leagues has a cumulative WAR of 13.8. Aaron Judge nearly accomplished that number in a single season of 2022. Judge now makes four times what Hicks makes. Comparatively, that is a bargain. |
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Post by bearman on Dec 8, 2022 21:52:00 GMT -5
I didn't suggest anyone in particular because they are not there. We could sign one of the $280 million shortstops but I am not suggesting that. Maybe one of those is Peraza and/or Volpe. We didn't see enough of Peraza to find out and I do not have an informed opinion on Volpe. I'd settle for a .280 hitter that plays good defense, steals a few bases and doesn't strike out a lot. Maybe Peraza, Volpe and Cabrera can do that. We haven't seen enough to determine that but absent signing a $280 million shortstop I would like to see what they could do. Exactly. That "they are not there" was the point of my original post. Signing Judge is neither excluding nor blocking Peraza, Volpe, or Cabrera; however, his signing does somewhat guarantee that the Yankees will be in the playoff mix again next season. Without Judge's 11 WAR, the Yankees do not make the playoffs last season. The Yankees could have six 300 million dollar contracts and still be swimming in revenue. You will be hard-pressed to find even one poster on this forum who has not advocated for Peraza and Volpe to join the major league roster. But to say that we should not have signed Judge because the Yankees need more players to hit for average, steal bases, and put the ball in play is fatuous. One has nothing to do with the other. Aaron Hicks in his ten seasons in the major leagues has a cumulative WAR of 13.8. Aaron Judge nearly accomplished that number in a single season of 2022. Judge now makes four times what Hicks makes. Comparatively, that is a bargain. If anything in my infrequent posts on this board suggest that I feel like signing Judge was fatuous I apologize for my inability to communicate. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 8, 2022 21:56:31 GMT -5
Exactly. That "they are not there" was the point of my original post. Signing Judge is neither excluding nor blocking Peraza, Volpe, or Cabrera; however, his signing does somewhat guarantee that the Yankees will be in the playoff mix again next season. Without Judge's 11 WAR, the Yankees do not make the playoffs last season. The Yankees could have six 300 million dollar contracts and still be swimming in revenue. You will be hard-pressed to find even one poster on this forum who has not advocated for Peraza and Volpe to join the major league roster. But to say that we should not have signed Judge because the Yankees need more players to hit for average, steal bases, and put the ball in play is fatuous. One has nothing to do with the other. Aaron Hicks in his ten seasons in the major leagues has a cumulative WAR of 13.8. Aaron Judge nearly accomplished that number in a single season of 2022. Judge now makes four times what Hicks makes. Comparatively, that is a bargain. If anything in my infrequent posts on this board suggest that I feel like signing Judge was fatuous I apologize for my inability to communicate. You are not the poster to whom I was referring. "Every season, one poster laments every free agent deal, yet never offers an actual free-agency eligible player the Yankees should target and obtain." |
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