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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 15, 2024 17:35:23 GMT -5
From what stories that I have read about the Hot Stove Trades, the Yankees consider the Martian, Hampton and Jones as untouchables. They have told the Brewers and the White Sox no in their talks about Cease and the Brewers Pitcher.
Clipper While i totally get why dominguez and hampton are off limits and agree that they should be in regards to cease . What i dont get is why with just 17 games in AA , jones is off limits when they have a bit of a long jam in the inf |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jan 15, 2024 17:51:16 GMT -5
From what stories that I have read about the Hot Stove Trades, the Yankees consider the Martian, Hampton and Jones as untouchables. They have told the Brewers and the White Sox no in their talks about Cease and the Brewers Pitcher.
Clipper While i totally get why dominguez and hampton are off limits and agree that they should be in regards to cease . What i dont get is why with just 17 games in AA , jones is off limits when they have a bit of a long jam in the inf
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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 15, 2024 17:57:46 GMT -5
While i totally get why dominguez and hampton are off limits and agree that they should be in regards to cease . What i dont get is why with just 17 games in AA , jones is off limits when they have a bit of a long jam in the inf
ClipperWell unless they dont plan on re signing soto , they have a bit of a log jam in the of too . Dominguez , judge ., stanton . Either way i dont get why he is so untouchable |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jan 15, 2024 18:10:35 GMT -5
Yankees top prospect Spencer Jones talks growth, amazing Little League days, off-field passion | Q&A
Published: Jan. 13, 2024, 7:00 a.m. NJ. Com
Spencer Jones
By Randy Miller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
What do you get your 22-year-old son for Christmas when he already has a couple million bucks in the bank and a townhouse across the country in his college town?
Yankees No. 1 prospect Spencer Jones made it easy on his parents before flying from Nashville to his San Diego roots to spend the holiday with family.
“I got the best present I think any young man can get,” the slugging outfielder told NJ Advance Media the other day. “It was a nice cast iron pan from my parents. I kind of suggested it. I was like, ‘Hey, I don’t know if you guys got me anything for Christmas yet, but I really want a cast iron pan.’”
Jones didn’t want any cast iron. He wanted one of Dad’s Griswolds. They’re the Rolls Royce of skillets and his father has a bunch of them.
Chris Jones, who was on the crew team while working toward his Ivy League degree at Penn, is an interactive marketing developer for Titleist. At home, the father of 4 boys is the family cook.
“Growing up at our house, my dad would shoo us out of the kitchen,” Jones said. “He didn’t want us to get in the way of what he was doing. He loves to cook and he’s got this thing where he’s so particular about his cookware. The silverware that we have, you can’t buy it anywhere except if it’s on eBay once every two years. He’s super particular. He has all these cast iron pans, frankly as a collection. I told him, ‘Whatever pan you use the least, I would love it.’”
Jones loves cooking, too. He got the itch from his father, who got it from his mom.
“My Nona would be in the kitchen all day cooking and cooking and cooking,” he said. “Cooking is my hobby. I cook almost every day. It’s fun to hang out in the kitchen.”
Last summer, Jones’ 1st full season as a pro, he was the chef for his 2 roommate teammates when they had a night off at home. Still a novice, his meals usually consist of just 1 or 2 courses.
“I cooked a lot of red meat, a lot of chicken, a lot of salmon, a lot of rice,” he said. “I didn’t cook as many vegetables as we’d probably like to consume, but that’s what I’ve got rolling so far. Hopefully by this time next year I’ll have a couple other things figured out … maybe some sides, maybe some vegetables.”
By this time next year, the 2022 1st-round draft pick out of Vanderbilt might be big-league ready.
Jones, who was drafted in the 1st-round out of Vanderbilt in 2022 and signed for $2.88 million, made big progress last season playing High-A ball for the Hudson Valley Renegades until late August and then the Double-A Somerset Patriots.
Except for his 155 strikeouts in 537 plate appearances, the offensive numbers were good to excellent: 267 average, 29 doubles, 16 HRs, 66 RBIs, 43 steals and a .780 OPS in 117 games.
His center field play was superb, too. He used his good speed to run down a lot of balls hit into gaps, he raced in to make diving catches and his throwing arm is both strong and accurate.
“His ceiling is huge,” Patriots Hitting Coach Jake Hirst said last September. “He’s huge. He throws the ball hard. He hits the ball hard. He gets down the line in 4 or 5 steps. It’s crazy.”
If Yankees newly acquired star outfielder Juan Soto leaves the organization after this coming season as a free agent, and that seems a lot more likely to happen than not, their starting outfield at some point next season or the year might have Jones in center, fellow young gun Jasson Dominguez in left and Aaron Judge in right.
If Jones pans out like the Yankees hope, fans will fall in love with his game and probably his personality, too. He’s super friendly, engaging and has a reputation of being a really good guy.
Jones talked about his 2023 season, his future, his dominance as a Little Leaguer and more for a Q&A with NJ Advance Media:
How is your offseason going?
Jones: It’s going great. I’ve been in Nashville the whole time except for Christmas. I work out at Vanderbilt with a bunch of ballplayers, guys that I went to school with, a bunch of big leaguers.
Spring training starts for Yankees pitchers and catchers on Feb. 14 and five days later for everyone else. You’ll be invited to big-league camp.
Jones: I’m definitely excited to get around the older players and pick their brains a little bit, see how they work. I’m looking forward to any opportunity I can get to hang out with the big leaguers.
You get compared to Aaron Judge a lot. He’s 6-6, you’re 6-6. You bat left and he bats right, but a lot of what you two bring is similar. You’re both home run hitters who are complete players. How can being around Judge a lot this spring help you?
Jones: I want to learn from Judge. He’s my size and doing it at the highest level, so there’s a lot of information I’m sure that I can learn from him. I’m looking forward to potentially developing a relationship that way.
What have you been focusing on in your offseason workouts?
Jones: I got linked up with a hitting guy and we’ve been working on highlighting my athletic moves. Generating power isn’t a problem. It’s more about being in a consistent spot to allow myself to track the baseball well, then attack from there. There have been some minor changes with my swing, some rhythmic stuff. I’ve been focusing on having a good base, having a good trigger spot and then allowing my body to work naturally. I’m trying not to be robotic or super technical with my movements. I’m trusting that if I have a good setup and a good finish, everything else will take care of itself.
What do you take out of 2023, you first full season as a pro?
Jones: How long it is. It’s a lot of games. I knew that going in, but it’s something that you don’t really understand until you play all those games. Staying healthy the whole time was the main focus. I was able to do it, and I think it had a lot to do with preparation and nutrition. I’ve been hammering those things home this offseason to make sure I can play 150 games this year.
The one stat that you probably want to improve the most is your strikeout rate. You’re a tall guy with a long swing. You’re going to hit homers and you’re going to strike out. Judge’s K rate last year was 28.4 percent. You were 28.9 percent.
Jones: I think a lot of it had to do with staying locked in throughout my at-bats, not giving up on certain pitches. That’s something that comes with time and experience. It comes with trusting the work that I’ve put in. This year I’m going to focus a lot more on my approach and preparation, guys that we’re facing, shapes of pitches.
The Yankees trade for Juan Soto has been their biggest offseason storyline. It took some time to complete the 4-for-2 deal because the Padres wanted such a big return for Soto. Your name was in the trade rumors. You’re from San Diego. Were family and friends back home telling you they wanted you to be a Padre?
Jones: My buddies would text me every single trade rumor. One day my high school coach texted me, ‘Are you getting traded?’ I want to be Yankee. It’s as simple as that. There’s a lot of pride that comes with being in this organization. I want to play in New York and I be a great player. Obviously I didn’t get traded and I wasn’t too worried, but it was funny hearing from my buddies and everybody else. They want to see me play and it’s difficult with me being on the East Coast. I understand where they’re coming from. Everyone grew up big Padres fans.
What does being in the Yankee organization mean to you?
Jones: The legacy of the Yankees is part of the history of baseball. It’s one of the most successful organizations in all of professional sports, if not the most successful, so it’s an honor to be part of the organization and treated the way I’ve been treated. I’m looking forward to the future and helping out the big club at some point.
Your most surprising stat last season was the 43 steals. I can’t think of anyone your size who ever has been a big base stealer. A-Rod and Jose Canseco ran a lot early in their careers, but they were two or three inches shorter.
Jones: I’ll be honest, I didn’t think 40 was possible. Then once I got over 40, I wanted 50. This year the goal is definitely 50. My grandpa coached Little League teams and in tryouts he’d always look for the guys who could run the best because he thought they tend to be the best athletes. Growing up, my dad put me and one of my brothers in sprint training. I did in in seventh, eighth and ninth grade. Running is one of the best exercises for developing your lower half and speed. We worked a lot of from. My dad said, ‘If we can get the angles right, you can be really fast.’ When I got older, I got more into it once I started to understand like fundamentals and mechanics and it’s something that I carried with me. I love running fast. It’s a good feeling.’
I bet your high school track coach tried to recruit you.
Jones: The track coaches wanted me to do the long jump, but it was during the baseball season.
Did you play other sports?
Jones: I played Pop Warner football and basketball in middle school. I wasn’t the best basketball player. I couldn’t run and dribble at the same time. I’d get the ball and be afraid to move because I didn’t really know where the basketball was when I’d bounce it. The high school football coach was always telling me, ‘We’ve got to get you out there.’ I’d say, ‘Sorry, man, I play baseball.’
You were a standout left-handed pitcher and hitter in high school. You planned to be a 2-way player in college before you hurt your arm. Were you dreaming of being the next Shohei Ohtani?
Jones: Seeing Ohtani do it when he first came the United States was the coolest thing ever. I hoped it was possible. But after getting hurt a couple of times, I realized it wasn’t as realistic as I dreamed it to be when I was 18. I made 4 starts my senior year and that’s when I fractured the tip of my elbow. I got a couple pins put it. I pitched again in summer ball after I rehabbed, then I threw another curveball and tore my ACL in a June game against the Anderson’s Pea Soup. I was done pitching.
Do you miss it?
Jones: I wonder what would have happened if my arm stayed healthy, but I like hitting the ball. It’s way more fun. We had a batting cage in our backyard for me and my three older brothers. My dad built it out of metal pipes. He can’t throw, so he bought a pitching machine. He would read books about hitting, watch YouTube videos. He got me a hitting coach that I’ve been working with since I was nine years old. When I got a little older and started to hit balls through the batting cage net, he had to put it to rest.
Give me a quick scouting report on you as a pitcher?
Jones: Well, I threw it hard. I was 90 to 93-ish. I didn’t really know exactly where it was going. I didn’t know if it was going to ride if I threw my two-seamer. I wasn’t consistent with my release point. The only pitch I could really throw for strikes was a curveball, and it got a lot of swing and miss.
What were you like in Little League?
Jones: I was your prototypical big kid. I was 6-2 when I was 12. I was way bigger than everybody else. I threw close to 80 mph with that curveball coming straight out guys. My dad was my coach all the way through and he told me there was a conference before my last Little League year. The other coaches wanted to put an L screen in front of the pitcher because I hit the ball too hard. My dad said, ‘We can’t do that. I want Spencer to enjoy baseball. I don’t want him thinking playing hard will freak him.’ We so kind of kept it.’
Do you remember any of your Little League stats?
Jones:. A lot of intentional walks. I went up there batting righty 1 time and walked. I hit a bunch of homers. I hit well over .600 my last year. It was a lot of fun. We almost made it to Williamsport for the Little League World Series one year. We lost in the Western regionals to Nevada.
As a kid, were you thinking that you were going to be a big leaguer because you were so big and so much better than most everyone?
Jones: I was infatuated with baseball. I always had MLB Network on TV. The shows on baseball history, I’d always be glued to the screen watching and learning all these different things about all these different players from the past. I think that’s when I fell in love with the game. As I got a little bit older and started playing travel ball, one of my coaches told me that he could definitely see me playing college baseball at a mid-major school. I thought, ‘OK, that seems like relatively attainable. I think I could work to that.’ Then after my first summer of playing in a lot of national tournaments, the summer before my freshman year in high school, SEC schools were reaching out to me. That’s when I realized I’m considered really good.
You were drafted by the Angels in the 31st round as a high school senior. Did you think about signing?
Jones: I had some conversations with scouts leading up to the draft, but they all wanted me to be a pitcher. I’ll never forget meeting with a scout who was super honest to me. He said, ‘If there’s any doubt that you have about professional baseball, just go to college.’ At that time, I thought, ‘If I get hurt again, what’s it going to look like for me in baseball?’ It was just one of those things where I had a number that I’d sign for. When clubs couldn’t reach it, I said, ‘Alright, I’m going to school.’
You went across the country to play for an SEC baseball power. Three years later, you’re a 1st-round pick. What keyed your development?
Jones: I had to develop personally before I could develop on the baseball field. I had some growing up to do, for sure.
Vanderbilt baseball is like Alabama football. The best of the best go there. You played with guys who will be big leaguers. The Rangers drafted pitchers Jack Leiter second overall 1 year and Kumar Rocker 3rd the next. You say that you grew up in college. Did being around so much talent help?
Jones: A lot of it had to do with perspective. When I was younger, I was mostly concerned about making sure I was in the best possible position to continue to play baseball at the next level. In college, I had some social things to work out. I learned how to be a good teammate when I was at Vanderbilt. Seeing all those really good players that I was playing with, I learned to understand how they worked, the way that they communicated, the way that they approached certain things. When I was there playing with Leiter and Kumar, you never heard them say the word draft. Ever. The second somebody would bring it up, they’d shut it right down. They always were concerned about their next start. That’s something I learned from them. Focus on what’s directly ahead of you, what you’re doing that day.
When did you commit to Vanderbilt?
Jones: I committed before I played an inning of high school baseball. I was a freshman. That’s part of the reason why I stopped playing all the other sports. I didn’t want to get hurt playing basketball or hit my head playing football.
You committed as a high school freshman? Wow. Did you even go to Nashville to visit Vanderbilt?
Jones: My dad and I drove around to look at some local schools. My parents said they’d pay for 1 out-of-town visit. I saw Vanderbilt play in the College World Series and said, ‘I want to go there. I want to go see it.’ I fell in love the 1st time I saw it.”
Since you’ve studied up on baseball history, you probably know a lot about the Padres’ greatest hitter ever. Tony Gwynn was coaching college baseball at San Diego State when you were a kid. Did you ever get a chance to hear him talk hitting at a baseball camp. Did you ever meet Gwynn before he died young?
Jones: I never had the opportunity to cross paths with Tony. I wish I could have. He left coaching by the time I was being recruited. My hitting coach that I had since I was nine used to throw batting practice to the Padres back in the ‘90s. He worked with Tony all the time. He would always talk to Tony. So a lot of references that he would make were based off of Tony Gwynn’s philosophies, what he believed in as far as box presence and controlling the zone.
Who were your favorite big leaguers?
Jones: My hero growing up was Adrian Gonzalez. When I was a kid, he was the man in San Diego. The Rangers were really good in the beginning of the 2010s when Josh Hamilton was there. I loved watching his game.
I was at Yankee Stadium in 2009 when Hamilton put on a show at the All-Star Home Run Derby. Are you a fan of home run derbies? Ever been in one?
Jones: I would love to do a home run derby as a big leaguer. I’ve been in Little League and high school home run derbies. I’ve won a handful. A buddy that lived down the street from me, literally one of my best friends, he beat me every single time from age eight to 11 and I hated it. I took it personally getting beat all the time by him.
You’ll probably start this year back in Double-A and end up in Triple-A. Who knows? Maybe you’ll follow Dominguez’s 2023 path and go from Somerset to the Bronx in one season. Does that cross your mind?
Jones: Ultimately the goal is to be a really good big leaguer, not a really good minor leaguer. So it’s all about developing my tools to allow myself to become that player that I want to be someday. I’m excited about this coming year, what I’m going to learn, who I’m going to be around, things I’m going to see. Experience it and grow from it.
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2024 19:13:16 GMT -5
While i totally get why dominguez and hampton are off limits and agree that they should be in regards to cease . What i dont get is why with just 17 games in AA , jones is off limits when they have a bit of a long jam in the inf
ClipperIt would be exceedingly rare to move a CF capable of to IB. Yes, Bellinger does it, but usually its a corner OF… |
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Post by vtfan on Jan 15, 2024 19:23:55 GMT -5
Jones is consider to be an Outfielder, not an infielder. If he played 1B it would be additional position to be able to play for the team.
Clipper It would be exceedingly rare to mo e a CF capable of to IB. Yes, Bellinger does it, but usually its a corner OF… Jones shows signs of being a very good OF and hitter, so I'm definitely on the list of those who don't want to trade him--not even for some one-year "great" pitcher. As for 1B, yes, his size allows for that change, but he's also a speedy outfielder and plays CF very well so far. As for a 1B option, that's also true for Rice, a LH hitting catcher like Wells (and maybe better, but time will tell), if he continues hitting the way he did last season. |
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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 15, 2024 19:35:54 GMT -5
It would be exceedingly rare to mo e a CF capable of to IB. Yes, Bellinger does it, but usually its a corner OF… Jones shows signs of being a very good OF and hitter, so I'm definitely on the list of those who don't want to trade him--not even for some one-year "great" pitcher. As for 1B, yes, his size allows for that change, but he's also a speedy outfielder and plays CF very well so far. As for a 1B option, that's also true for Rice, a LH hitting catcher like Wells (and maybe better, but time will tell), if he continues hitting the way he did last season. Showing signs is a big difference than being a sure thing , especially when most of his playing time is in A ball . You would think guys like frazier , andujar and bird would have bern enough to be wary of quickly putting the untouchable label on an unproven prospect |
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2024 19:47:31 GMT -5
Jones shows signs of being a very good OF and hitter, so I'm definitely on the list of those who don't want to trade him--not even for some one-year "great" pitcher. As for 1B, yes, his size allows for that change, but he's also a speedy outfielder and plays CF very well so far. As for a 1B option, that's also true for Rice, a LH hitting catcher like Wells (and maybe better, but time will tell), if he continues hitting the way he did last season. Showing signs is a big difference than being a sure thing , especially when most of his playing time is in A ball . You would think guys like frazier , andujar and bird would have bern enough to be wary of quickly putting the untouchable label on an unproven prospect My belief is that there should never be such a thing as untouchable. I don’t believe Jones is labeled as such in toto. I believe he was untouchable in a trade for Cease, and that in that instance he should have been. I noticed that you had earlier mentioned him as a 1B, but he’s considered to be a CF that can stick at the position in the future due to his speed and athleticism. He’s a giant lottery ticket. If we can cash it in we have a rare player, so trading him would be only if we’re chasing a blue chip star, and even then reluctantly… |
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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 15, 2024 19:52:37 GMT -5
Showing signs is a big difference than being a sure thing , especially when most of his playing time is in A ball . You would think guys like frazier , andujar and bird would have bern enough to be wary of quickly putting the untouchable label on an unproven prospect My belief is that there should never be such a thing as untouchable. I don’t believe Jones is labeled as such in toto. I believe he was untouchable in a trade for Cease, and that in that instance he should have been. I noticed that you had earlier mentioned him as a 1B, but he’s considered to be a CF that can stick at the position in the future due to his speed and athleticism. He’s a giant lottery ticket. If we can cash it in we have a rare player, so trading him would be only if we’re chasing a blue chip star, and even then reluctantly… I can agree that he shouldnt be traded for cease , the guy is too inconsistent . But i have no problem trading him for burnes |
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2024 19:59:34 GMT -5
My belief is that there should never be such a thing as untouchable. I don’t believe Jones is labeled as such in toto. I believe he was untouchable in a trade for Cease, and that in that instance he should have been. I noticed that you had earlier mentioned him as a 1B, but he’s considered to be a CF that can stick at the position in the future due to his speed and athleticism. He’s a giant lottery ticket. If we can cash it in we have a rare player, so trading him would be only if we’re chasing a blue chip star, and even then reluctantly… I can agree that he shouldnt be traded for cease , the guy is too inconsistent . But i have no problem trading him for burnes As I said, it would be painful, but I would indeed trade him for Burnes, who fits the bill perfectly for what we need right now. While Burnes peripheral numbers have been changing a bit that may be that he’s adapting to learn to pitch more to contact. He looks like one that can do so. At 28-29 years of age he can’t keep blowing the ball past hitters forever and pitching to contact can lengthen his career and his individual outings as well… |
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Post by jiminy on Jan 15, 2024 20:09:31 GMT -5
Why Luke Weaver is an important depth addition for the Yankees He isn't Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but he can provide help to the pitching staff. yanksgoyard.com/posts/why-luke-weaver-is-an-important-depth-addition-for-the-yankees-01hkxcskvmhhLuke Weaver was designated for assignment by two different MLB teams in 2023. The Reds, whose rotation had a 5.43 ERA in 2023, decided they'd be better off without him on Aug. 16. He caught on with the Mariners a few days later, making five total appearances before being cut loose on Sept. 10. Then the Yankees came calling. They claimed Weaver off waivers on September 12, placed him on the active roster, and gave him three starts as the team abandoned their playoff hopes. He became a free agent following the World Series, seemingly ending his Yankee tenure. But something seemed to click for Weaver in those final three starts, at least enough for the Yankees' front office to bring him back on a one-year, $2 million deal on Thursday. Over 13.1 innings against the Pirates, D-backs, and Blue Jays, Weaver posted a 3.38 ERA, and struck out 28.1% of the batters he faced -- a huge improvement over his marks with the Reds and Mariners. This is all well and good, but a 13.1-inning sample is likely not what convinced the Yankees to give him another shot. Instead, it's the change in process that contributed to the success that pitching coach Matt Blake and the rest of the Yankees' brain trust think that they can work with. In a June 23 start against the Braves, while still with the Reds, Weaver decided to try something new. He abandoned his slider, which had been getting demolished to the tune of a .377 batting average and .679 slugging percentage, and introduced a cutter and sweeper. Unfortunately for Weaver, that day was not his day. He got walloped for seven hits and five runs across 3.1 innings, and raised his season ERA to 6.86. But his lack of success in that outing didn't cause him to go back to his old repertoire. Instead, he continued experimenting, working in the cutter and sweeper more and more in hopes of gaining comfortability with the two pitches. It was likely the cutter that got the Yankees' attention. It spun a bit more than his slider did, but more importantly, it was getting results. In August, batters whiffed on it 30% of the time, and Weaver had made it his second most used pitch behind his four-seamer. So, in that first Yankee start against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, he just threw the heck out of it -- 34 out of the 74 pitches he threw were cutters, marking a 45.9% usage rate that was his highest yet. Pirates hitters took nine of them for strikes, swung and missed at three of them, fouled off another eight, and hit four of them either softly or into the ground. Only one out of 34 was hit hard in the air over Weaver's four innings of three-run ball, a result that the Yankees were likely happy with. Even though Weaver didn't use the cutter as much in his next two starts with the Yankees, he proved that it could be a reliable second weapon to turn to when his four-seamer failed him. He threw 43 cutters over those final two starts of 2023, getting batters to whiff at nine of them. But whiffs aren't the only thing Weaver's cutter is good for. D-backs hitters didn't swing and miss at a single one of Weaver's 22 cutters on Sept. 22, yet he managed to twirl 5.1 shutout innings against a team that would win a World Series game. Weaver instead used the cutter to generate soft contact, coaxing two lazy fly balls, a pop up, a hard ground ball, and again, just one hard hit fly ball that didn't harm his outing or his team's chances of winning. In an offseason where the Yankees failed to land their top rotation target in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and traded much of their rotation depth away in deals for Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo, a pitcher like Weaver becomes more important than ever. Even with the addition of Marcus Stroman on a two-year, $37 million deal, Weaver provides further insurance for an oft-injured Yankees' staff, allowing the team to turn to him first instead of overexerting one of their minor-league arms. And if the addition and refinement of his cutter can raise his role from providing not just quantity but also quality innings, Weaver might be remembered as more than just a niche Immaculate Grid answer for his Yankees tenure. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 15, 2024 20:18:05 GMT -5
Jones is consider to be an Outfielder, not an infielder. If he played 1B it would be additional position to be able to play for the team.
Clipper It would be exceedingly rare to move a CF capable of to IB. Yes, Bellinger does it, but usually its a corner OF… Athleticism wise, Bellinger is a good comparison for Jones. Spencer can play all three OF spots and 1B and he can run well. It's easy to see why the Yankees like him so much. |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 15, 2024 20:52:54 GMT -5
I can agree that he shouldnt be traded for cease , the guy is too inconsistent . But i have no problem trading him for burnes As I said, it would be painful, but I would indeed trade him for Burnes, who fits the bill perfectly for what we need right now. While Burnes peripheral numbers have been changing a bit that may be that he’s adapting to learn to pitch more to contact. He looks like one that can do so. At 28-29 years of age he can’t keep blowing the ball past hitters forever and pitching to contact can lengthen his career and his individual outings as well… I wouldn't trade him for one year of Burnes (he's a FA after this year). Maybe if Burnes signed an extension. |
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2024 21:37:46 GMT -5
As I said, it would be painful, but I would indeed trade him for Burnes, who fits the bill perfectly for what we need right now. While Burnes peripheral numbers have been changing a bit that may be that he’s adapting to learn to pitch more to contact. He looks like one that can do so. At 28-29 years of age he can’t keep blowing the ball past hitters forever and pitching to contact can lengthen his career and his individual outings as well… I wouldn't trade him for one year of Burnes (he's a FA after this year). Maybe if Burnes signed an extension. Oh yes. An extension would be a requirement to give up the big boy… |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 15, 2024 21:44:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't trade him for one year of Burnes (he's a FA after this year). Maybe if Burnes signed an extension. Oh yes. An extension would be a requirement to give up the big boy… Burnes is a Boras client so there would be very little chance of an extension. |
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