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Post by inger on Dec 29, 2023 22:45:43 GMT -5
At first glance he does seem like Harrison Bader 2.0. But he doesn't get injured as much. When it was first announced Grisham was part of the Soto trade, I looked up his numbers at B-R.com, and though he is left-handed, he actually has a reverse split, hitting lefties better than righties...please tell me that Cashman knew that prior to the trade.  Let Grishamism begin to flourish across Yankee Land…The Trent has arrived with his fly swatter bat… The second coming is upon us… |
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Post by bumper on Jan 4, 2024 11:07:49 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ...
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Post by kaybli on Jan 4, 2024 11:13:41 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 4, 2024 11:18:25 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... It's time for baseball to get back to work, this free agency is moving at a snail's pace. |
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Post by Max on Jan 4, 2024 12:26:46 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... It's time for baseball to get back to work, this free agency is moving at a snail's pace. Except for the Yankees and Dodgers, the Hot Stove has been mostly cold. |
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Post by inger on Jan 4, 2024 13:50:11 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. I fear he may die on the mound mid-game. There have been times when he’s had his good stuff that I’ve wished he would have… ⚾️…I wonder if he gets blood transfusions in between innings?… |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 4, 2024 13:53:14 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. I like Monty but I dunno if he can be the pitcher in ny that he was in Texas. He def was always solid enough but #2 starter here? Not sure. Snell the problem is always lack of innings which would be fine if they had other people who gave innings but Nestor is like a 6 inning pitcher tops, Rodon is who knows, Schmidt also has issues going deep. Really need someone that can be above average and give innings too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 4, 2024 14:08:35 GMT -5
Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. I like Monty but I dunno if he can be the pitcher in ny that he was in Texas. He def was always solid enough but #2 starter here? Not sure. Snell the problem is always lack of innings which would be fine if they had other people who gave innings but Nestor is like a 6 inning pitcher tops, Rodon is who knows, Schmidt also has issues going deep. Really need someone that can be above average and give innings too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Much has been made of Snell winning two Cy Young awards and as impressive is that is, they are the only two season that he's ever thrown more than 130 innings. This could be a case of Cashman overpaying for what a player accomplished in the past and not what the Yankees will be getting in the future. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 4, 2024 14:14:56 GMT -5
I like Monty but I dunno if he can be the pitcher in ny that he was in Texas. He def was always solid enough but #2 starter here? Not sure. Snell the problem is always lack of innings which would be fine if they had other people who gave innings but Nestor is like a 6 inning pitcher tops, Rodon is who knows, Schmidt also has issues going deep. Really need someone that can be above average and give innings too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Much has been made of Snell winning two Cy Young awards and as impressive is that is, they are the only two season that he's ever thrown more than 130 innings. This could be a case of Cashman overpaying for what a player accomplished in the past and not what the Yankees will be getting in the future. Having one pitcher in Cole that can go innings isn't ideal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by bumper on Jan 4, 2024 14:39:09 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. agree on both counts w snell but there's no one out there who's a sure thing (even yamamoto). monty's ok, but don't see him as a 1B to cole - probably a #3. if u wanna quibble about snell's length, monty averaged 5.89 innings while snell averaged 5.625. not even 1/3 of an inning more. ryu's coming back from TJS. see him more as a 3 or 4 if he can come back all the way.
burnes is the guy i like the most, but didn't include him because don't think the brewers who were division winners would trade their ace. they need offense but if you're a contending team, don't think you trade an ace. they don't grow on trees. plus he's a rental and not sure we have enough to get him in any case. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 4, 2024 14:48:42 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. I know we are well into an era where complete games are rare, but Snell stands out because not only has he never thrown a complete game, he has never lasted eight innings in a game and only five times has he even come out for the eighth inning. In his eight year career, he's had two great seasons, in each of which he won the CYA. Take those out, and in his other six seasons he's gone 36-41 and averaged 105 IP per year. Other than his two Cy Young years, his highest IP total is 129. For the kind of long-term contract he will demand, at age 31, it would be easy for that to turn into a disaster pretty quickly. |
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Post by inger on Jan 4, 2024 14:56:30 GMT -5
Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. I know we are well into an era where complete games are rare, but Snell stands out because not only has he never thrown a complete game, he has never lasted eight innings in a game and only five times has he even come out for the eighth inning. In his eight year career, he's had two great seasons, in each of which he won the CYA. Take those out, and in his other six seasons he's gone 36-41 and averaged 105 IP per year. Other than his two Cy Young years, his highest IP total is 129. For the kind of long-term contract he will demand, at age 31, it would be easy for that to turn into a disaster pretty quickly. And he’s ugly, too… |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 4, 2024 14:58:20 GMT -5
Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. agree on both counts w snell but there's no one out there who's a sure thing (even yamamoto). monty's ok, but don't see him as a 1B to cole - probably a #3. if u wanna quibble about snell's length, monty averaged 5.89 innings while snell averaged 5.625. not even 1/3 of an inning more. ryu's coming back from TJS. see him more as a 3 or 4 if he can come back all the way.
burnes is the guy i like the most, but didn't include him because don't think the brewers who were division winners would trade their ace. they need offense but if you're a contending team, don't think you trade an ace. they don't grow on trees. plus he's a rental and not sure we have enough to get him in any case. Yea I dunno I don't like hate the Monty thing but I still hesitate to call him in the same league as some of these other guys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by Max on Jan 4, 2024 15:06:54 GMT -5
alright, the holidaze are over, time to get back to business. we need a high end starter and some starting depth or else the soto trade is meaningless. though having him might give us a leg up, there are no guarantees for 2025 because we all know he's going to highest bidder. it's 2024 or bust. now that yakamoto is off the table, blake snell would certainly fill the bill. get a #5 or 6 starter and i'll take my chances ... Snell's walk rate and inability to go 6 innings on many occasions scare me. I would rather get Monty though I'm not in love with him either. Monty and Ryu would be adequate at this point in my opinion. Maybe a trade for Burnes. There are red flags with Snell, no doubt. But the other side of the coin is, with a bullpen like the Yankees have he doesn't need to pitch 6 innings, especially if the Yankees can add a pitcher like Hicks or Hader to their bullpen. The Snell talk has picked up. I don't know if it's just window dressing in order to get teams to lower their asking price for their starting pitchers or if he's really interested in pitching for the Yankees.
With all that said, in my opinion, the Yankees shouldn't offer him a contract longer than 3 years.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 4, 2024 15:11:21 GMT -5
I know we are well into an era where complete games are rare, but Snell stands out because not only has he never thrown a complete game, he has never lasted eight innings in a game and only five times has he even come out for the eighth inning. In his eight year career, he's had two great seasons, in each of which he won the CYA. Take those out, and in his other six seasons he's gone 36-41 and averaged 105 IP per year. Other than his two Cy Young years, his highest IP total is 129. For the kind of long-term contract he will demand, at age 31, it would be easy for that to turn into a disaster pretty quickly. And he’s ugly, too… Yeah, that's the deal killer right there.  |
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