Offseason Hotstove Thread

OK, Thanks Max, I didn't see it reported like that. I saw Jones name and prospects but never both Jones and Hampton. I guess it's a moot point now. I wouldn't have included Jones, but if you are "all-in" would/should the Yanks have built a package around Hampton? The "all-in" speculation that occurred after Soto was interesting to me. A lot of writers said the Yankees needed to be "all-in" to leverage the Judge/Cole years but I don't believe I've heard Cash or Hal use that termonology. I'm not suggesting they be "all-in" (at least the way I define it) which would include moving top prospects for immediate help and blowing through the LT threshold. I think trying to be competitive while keeping an eye on the future feels like a better approach.   

While I don't believe there is a League wide "Yankee Tax", GMs are people and have personalities. Some have friendships and are more comfortable dealing with each other, have built relationships. I think to some degree that is why we see teams make deals with common trading partners. I'm just guessing but if packages are close in talent, you make the deal with your buddy, if you are going back and forth with several teams, you give your buddy the last opportunity to bid. Cash has been at this a long time, one would have expected him to have created a lot of relationships and I'm not saying he hasn't but maybe he hasn't? 

All speculation on my part and as with most speculation from an uninformed source there may be some truth and some BS.  

You got to know when to hold them

I've always been one to prefer a mostly homegrown team. The Yanks now have the opportunity to be just that, while getting younger. The addition of Volpe, Wells and Dominguez is a good start…hopefully Jones and a few others will pan out. I’d rather not mortgage the future for possible short-term rewards.

I remember the game this picture was from. Most people probably think Boggs has dirt on his uniform from sliding or diving. However, it is actually barbeque sauce he spilled on himself from the chicken he ate before the game.

Thibg is , stanton , rodon , wright , and weaver , were all either cheaper or alternate moves made by cashman after he passed on better players because of his prospect hugging or in weaver’s case one of many examples of cashman’s lousy judgement in talent . Remember cashman didnt see harper as a fit a year later so he got stanton as the cheaper alternative deal . As for brown that deal was simply a garbarge for garbage deal because weaver was such a horrible failure . In fact if you go look at cashman’s history of starting pitching trades since the brown trade , they were almost always the cheaper alternative after passing on the sure things . And to no surprise they didnt work out very well or ended up badly . Why? Because you get what you pay for .