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Post by azbob643 on Jan 24, 2024 13:09:13 GMT -5
Just becuase I don't see it does say much. I couldn't scout a flock of seagulls at the Jersey shore. A lot of locals think he is not the same hitter he was earlier in his career...even at Somerset. That said, I think Cashman and the Yankees might be fine with it as long as he can deliver power numbers. There is value in home runs even if they don't always make for exciting baseball. You've mentioned what the locals have said before on YES re his hitting "earlier in his career". Seems to me as a hitter climbs the ladder so do pitchers...hitting naturally becomes harder, which might explain that. But the gist of your position and that of others seems to be that somehow the Yanks are trying to make him something he isn't. I respectfully disagree. As I've said, if anything, I believe they'd like him to become a leadoff hitting, high OBP, base stealing threat. That'd be great, but frankly IMO, that might be stereotyping him due to his size and the position he plays. We shall see. |
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Post by jiminy on Jan 24, 2024 13:11:53 GMT -5
Aaron Boone joined Evan and Tiki on Tuesday, and the biggest takeaway C-Mac had from the interview was when Evan asked Boone if he could see Giancarlo Stanton mainly facing left-handed pitching moving forward. “For the first time ever, there has been a somewhat of an acknowledgement of what Stanton has been…Even earlier this offseason and at the end of last season, he backed it up with ‘I wouldn’t be shocked if Stanton had a great year,’” C-Mac said. “I was ready for the answer. I was ready for Aaron Boone to turn around and go ‘Evan, you’re talking about Giancarlo Stanton. He’s one of the better hitters of his generation.’ Instead, Aaron Boone said two words - it doesn’t necessarily mean that scenario is going to happen - but he said two words I did not see coming. He said, ‘Not yet.’ “Meaning ‘It’s open,’ that they have thought about such things, that they are of the mindset that it is a plausible scenario.” Stanton’s 13-year, $325 million contract is through 2027, so C-Mac says it is a big deal that Boone wouldn’t rule out Stanton becoming a platoon bat, which C-Mac believes could happen as soon as this summer when Jasson Dominguez is back from Tommy John surgery. Last year, arguably the worst of Stanton’s career, the oft-injured slugger posted a miserable .640 OPS against righties, but held a .942 OPS against southpaws in 74 plate appearances. Could the Yanks try to maximize his value by making him the most expensive platoon player in baseball? “That’s a big deal for the Yankees,” C-Mac said. “Stanton is getting paid a lot of money. To admit he could possibly be a right-handed platoon player? To say ‘We’re not there yet’?” www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/yankees/c-mac-cant-believe-aaron-boones-giancarlo-stanton-comment |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 24, 2024 13:21:12 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me.
Who is C-Mac?
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jan 24, 2024 13:33:33 GMT -5
Has his launch angle increased? As I said, I don’t see any radical difference in his swing now as compared to his amateur days. Maybe I’m missing something. “Anthony Volpe swing starts high, slightly above his ears, and as the pitch comes, he explodes forward. A short stride. A straight swing with a slight uppercut." "Often, good things happen after this. Example: The .287 batting average, 27 home runs and 86 RBI he put up while exploding onto the top of everybody’s prospect rankings between Low-A and High-A for the Yankees last year.” Hitting with 2 strikes is another issue. Just becuase I don't see it does say much. I couldn't scout a flock of seagulls at the Jersey shore. A lot of locals think he is not the same hitter he was earlier in his career...even at Somerset. That said, I think Cashman and the Yankees might be fine with it as long as he can deliver power numbers. There is value in home runs even if they don't always make for exciting baseball. One thing I think is interesting is that when the Yankees moved on from Lawson, who did they bring in? Sean Casey's approach as a hitter and coach seems to me at least to be 180 degree different than Lawsons. He was more of a line drive hitter who used all fields and sacrificed some power numbers for contact. IMO, at least to some in the organization that signalled that what we were doing wasn't working. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jan 24, 2024 13:39:16 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me. Who is C-Mac? That's not the new McDonalds happy meal? |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 24, 2024 14:15:09 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me. Who is C-Mac? That's not the new McDonalds happy meal? As good a guess as any. |
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Post by Max on Jan 24, 2024 15:12:13 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me. Who is C-Mac?
I'm just guessing...Maybe WFAN's overnight host Chris McMonigle? |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jan 24, 2024 15:17:22 GMT -5
So, would you sign Peralta AND Middleton?
The Yankees are primarily focused on bullpen additions at this stage of the offseason and have been tied to various free agents over the past few weeks. Right-hander Hector Neris has been among the most oft-cited potential targets for the Yanks, and while SNY’s Andy Martino writes that the team has indeed spoken to the 34-year-old Neris, he also has “serious” interest from teams outside New York. The YES Network’s Jack Curry, meanwhile, hears that Neris isn’t likely to land in the Bronx as of this moment (video link). Reunions with southpaw Wandy Peralta and/or righty Keynan Middleton seem likelier than signing Neris, according to Curry.
Neris, 34, has been an eyeing a 1-or 2-year deal worth $7-11MM annually, per Martino. For a Yankees club that’s well into the final tier of luxury tax penalties and is a third-time CBT offender, that’d mean effectively paying Neris between $14.7MM and $24.2MM in 2024; any additional free-agent spending at this point will come with a 110% luxury hit. As such, it’s not particularly surprising to see the Yankees looking at lower-cost alternatives.
The 32-year-old Peralta has been a fixture in the Yankees’ bullpen for the past three season. From 2021-2023, he logged 153 innings of 2.82 ERA ball with a 21% strikeout rate, 10.2% walk rate and huge 56.5% ground-ball rate. In addition to keeping the ball on the ground at a strong clip, Peralta manages hard contact quite well. He’s been in the 88th percentile or better in opponents’ average exit velocity in each of the past four seasons, per Statcast. The Mets have also spoken to Peralta in recent weeks, though they face the same CBT status and probably feel less urgency to get into any sort of bidding war, as they’re in more of a transitional state than the clearly win-now Yankees.
Middleton, 30, was a deadline pickup by the Yankees and pitched to a 1.88 ERA with a 30.4% strikeout rate and 12.5% walk rate in 14 1/3 innings down the stretch. Inflammation in his right shoulder cost him most of September, but he did make it back the mound for 1 final appearance on Sept. 29th.
That nice showing with the Yankees capped a fine rebound season for the former Angels hurler. In 50 2/3 innings between the White Sox and Yankees, Middleton notched a 3.38 ERA, 30.2% strikeout rate, 10.8% walk rate and career-best 56.6% ground-ball rate that was 24 percentage points higher than the career mark he carried into the season. The right-hander threw his four-seamer at a career-low 26.3% clip and tossed his changeup at a 42.9% clip that was far and away the highest of his career, which likely accounts for the stark uptick in grounders. Middleton threw more changeups in 2023 (367) than he had in his entire career combined (237). Opponents beat the offering into the ground at a hefty 64.6% clip and managed only .209 average when putting it in play.
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 24, 2024 15:17:55 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me. Who is C-Mac?
I'm just guessing...Maybe WFAN's overnight host Chris McMonigle? Another good guess. Since I never heard of him, I will assume you are correct! |
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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 24, 2024 17:27:41 GMT -5
But not everyone is a good hr hitter . Look at torres , he hits better when he isnt trying to swing out of his shoes for the hr I agree. My point is that the only opinion that counts belongs to Cashman and it appears that he is supportive of Volpe's plate approach. Doesnt mean its the best approach though |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jan 24, 2024 21:22:34 GMT -5
Was reading a little bit about new Yankee hitting coach James Rowson. He's an interesting guy who has had some success. He was given credit for helping Judge to become the hitter he is when he coached him in the minors. Has had some success with the Twins and Tigers at the MLB level and was also Donnie Baseball's bench coach. From reading about him I get the impression he's not as big of an exit velo/launch angle guy as Lawson was. Made some statements about how teaching hitting isn't a one size fits all approach. Certainly not a man bites dog headline, but with the interim hire of Casey and now Rowson, I do get the feeling the Yankees feel they need to move away from the all or nothing offense and maybe become a little better at situational hitting. He has also been asked to revise the way Yankee hitters are instructed throughout the entire organization from rookie ball to the bigs. I could be reading more into this than there is, but I am cautiously optomistic.
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Jan 24, 2024 22:27:01 GMT -5
Joey Gallo makes $5MM a year. What a world. Poor Rob Deer was born 3 decades too soon.
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Post by posadafan24 on Jan 24, 2024 22:28:31 GMT -5
Joey Gallo makes $5MM a year. What a world. Poor Rob Deer was born 3 decades too soon. What a freaking joke |
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Post by jiminy on Jan 25, 2024 10:21:28 GMT -5
MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Oscar González and Jeter Downs were both waived by the Yankees last week in order to clear space on the 40-man roster. But both passed through waivers and will report to Scranton in 2024. González is a talented player that ran into major whiff issues in 2023 after an impressive rookie year — he’ll look to sort that out with the Yanks in Triple-A. Downs will look to do the same, although his track record in the minor leagues is not nearly as robust.
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Post by jiminy on Jan 25, 2024 10:22:56 GMT -5
I have what may be a dumb question. Nothing new for me. Who is C-Mac? Chris McMonigle He is a sports commentator on WFAN in New York. |
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