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Post by domeplease on Nov 10, 2018 12:42:23 GMT -5
--11-10-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/madden-bryce-harper-to-the-yankees-its-not-happening-but-heres-what-yankees-are-likely-to-do-this-offseason/ar-BBPxD8i?ocid=U147DHP With their newfound financial freedom, by virtue of having stayed under the luxury tax payroll threshold last year, they will not be out-bid for Patrick Corbin, the Arizona lefty who hails from Clay in upstate New York, who has already expressed a desire to pitch for the Yankees.
The same can be said for their own J.A. Happ. Along with that, they will explore trade options for a second starter.
For some reason, the Indians have let it be known they will listen to offers for two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco, despite the fact both pitchers have fairly reasonable contracts (Kluber $52M through 2021, Carrasco $18.5M through ’20). Also the Mariners are said to be open to offers for James Paxton, who has No. 1 stuff and is under club control for two more seasons.
The Yankees are most intrigued by Paxton, who pitched a no-hitter and struck out 16 batters in another game last year, but, like any other potential suitor for the 30-year-old lefty, have concerns about his long history of injuries.
With a plethora of blue chip talent in their farm system, especially pitching prospects Justus Sheffield, Albert Abreu, Jonathan Loáisiga, Domingo Acevedo and Michael King, the Yankees would appear to have the means to acquire a top-flight starter via a trade.
There is also the matter of shortstop Didi Gregorius not expected to be back until midseason, as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. They will monitor the Manny Machado sweepstakes, if only because he has previously expressed a desire to play for the Yankees and his market may be more limited than you might think.
But even if they could get him at a discount, a discount from what? Despite his acknowledged lack of hustle and on-field demeanor that has made him one of the most hated players in the game, there are still going to be teams (the Phillies most notably) willing to give him 10 years/$300 million based on his age (26) and sheer talent.
Unlike with Harper, the Yankees aren’t closing the door on Machado, but are they really willing to risk disrupting team chemistry and potentially saddling themselves with yet another long-term contract they can’t get rid of (like A-Rod’s and Jacoby Ellsbury’s) if Machado performs as he did for the Dodgers in the postseason?
One former big league exec with numerous pennants to his credit said to me: “All you have to know with Machado is he says he’s no Charlie hustle or whatever before he even gets the money.
What’s he going to do AFTER he gets the money, when he’s got the security and nobody can talk to him? For me, he’d be toxic. To give that guy 10 years? That’s one bad contract waiting to happen.” READ MORE...
-11-09-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-rumors-rangers-looking-for-starting-pitcher-could-yankees-sonny-gray-be-a-possibility/ar-BBPwuSh?ocid=U147DHP
Indeed, the Yankees have plenty of other much safer and cheaper shortstop options until Gregorius comes back – the most logical being moving Gleyber Torres to short and signing a second baseman, like Daniel Murphy, a needed contact hitter who puts the ball in play and could later move over to first base and DH.
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Post by domeplease on Nov 11, 2018 11:56:13 GMT -5
PART ONE = WHAT WE WOULD DO THIS OFF-SEASON:
1.WE wouldn’t have resigned either CC or Gardner.
Instead, we would have used Social Media; sending a very positive message out, thanking them for their years with us & given them each a $500.00 Gift Card (Humor).
Nor would we have brought back Boone OR Our Batting Coaches.
2. WE would NOT sign either Harper or Machado; for everything we have read and all the experts we have spoken with = THEY ARE TOXIC = not good for OUR Clubhouse.
3. WE would keep Hicks in CF (cannot believe WE are stating such); Judge in RF & Stanton in LF. Back-Ups would be Frazier & Ellsbury.
4. WE should all know BY now; the Importance of a Strong Bull-Pen for the Play-Off & WS Run.
Since 2015 (if not as early as 2014) we have seen the importance of such a Bull-Pen/Relief Pitchers not only in the Play-Offs, but most importantly, in the WS.
Based on that; WE would sign ASAP two out of three of these Relief Pitchers on the FA Market:
Famila (Oakland--R--29 years)
Ottavino (Rockies--R--32 years)
Britton (Yankees--L--31 years)
And, then make a trade for Diaz (R--1.96 ERA & 57 Saves in 2018) from Seattle.
Our Bull-Pen would be:
--Chapman
--Bets
--Diaz
--(two of the three FA mentioned above)
--Green
--Holder
If we could not get one of the FA’S or could not get a trade worked-out for Diaz we would than; either, bring back Robertson or look at Joe Kelly & other FA’s; OR give one of OUR Prospects a shot at it.
Current Relief Pitchers still on OUR Roster (if they are still on it ???): The likes of Cole, Hale, Kahnle, Cessa, etc. would go into OUR trade pool.
5. Next WE would address our SP Rotation:
To be honest WE only have Tanaka & Sev as SP’s and maybe Montgomery IF he has a successful return from surgery (???).
So we would sign FA Corbin to a 4-year deal (Minus a no-trade clause) and MAYBE sign FA Eovaldi (if WE cannot close the Trades below).
AND, Trade for deGrom from the Mets.
Then trade for Patton from Seattle.
WE would also LOOK AT resigning Happ (Only if some of the above FA signings/trades didn’t work out)) to a 2-3 year deal max (again Minus a no trade clause).
--Our Starting Pitcher Rotation (If we go with Six SP):
deGrom
Tanaka
Patton
Corbin
Sev
With Montgomery waiting to return from surgery OR a Prospect.
In case if any of our Starting or BP Pitchers got hurt and/or under-performed, we could choose from the following Prospect List for replacements:
Sheffield
German
Loaisiga
Adams
Tarpley
Abreu
King
Acevedo
Etc.
6. Our Infield and Catcher (Situation):
If you all go back to the Old Site; you will see my posts about Sanchez = “Being a Troubled Child and Nuke Ego Type”. WE have never been a Fan of his…
Last year’s performance was inexcusable on his part…
So, WE would trade Sanchez with a Prospect (or maybe two or a player from our Trade Pool) to Miami for J.T. Realmuto.
Our Catching Roster:
J.T. Realmuto
Romine
For OUR INF we would sign the following FA’S:
Hechavarria for one of DiDi’s replacements; than as a back-up for our INF (as he can play, 2B, SS, 3B).
And, we would immediately sign Marwin Gonzalez who can play 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, CF, RF.
The INF other than those moves, would look the same:
1B: Voit
2B Torres (A KEEPER)
SS Gonzalez/Hechavarria
3B Andjuar (A KEEPER)
If we couldn’t Gonzalez as a FA, WE would most likely sign Murphy to play 2B with Hechavarria as INF Back-Up and moving Torres to SS. Upon Didi’s return we could move Murphy to DH/Bench.
Depending on how the above FA signings go (???); WE might, LOOK AT Pearce a FA (who can play LF, 1B, DH).
7. OUR TRADE POOL WOULD INCLUDE:
Sanchez
Bird
Gray
Cole
Hale
Cessa
Kahnle
Plus, Prospects needed to complete the above mentioned trades.
8. Finally, we would begin ASAP with three very important/critical & much needed training/coaching issues.
A. A Batting Coach would DRILL into our Players Heads not to always ‘SWING AWAY’ and NOT to swing at pitches outside of the strike zone; especially those a Foot or More outside the zone = Besides being embarrassing; it makes US look STUPID to the point of it being laughable (Sad)!!!
B. A Special Coach (Ex-MLB Successful Player) to teach our players how to bunt and hit to the opposing field; especially when the SHIFT is on.
C. Another Special Coach (Ex-MLB Successful Player) to teach our players how/when to steal bases.
9. THERE IS MUCH MORE WE WOULD DO:
However, the other recommendations might be too out-of-the-box for most of you. So, WE will stop here.
10. SUMMARY:
--Based on OUR above Plan/Moves we now have a Better Starting Pitcher & Bull Pen Roster.
--It is NOT like WE didn’t hit enough Home Runs in 2018 (WE set Records)—Only DiDi is missing and Voit will most likely pick-up his slack (along with others).
--Our Catching Position is now better defensively and please do not forget in 2018, J.T. hit 21 HR’s (Sanchez = 18); J.T. BA .277 (Sanchez = .186); J.T. had 74 RBI’s (Sanchez = had 53 RBI’s). So = ANOTHER MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
--In addition, we accomplished this without signing some Egomaniac to a 8/10-year $35-$40 Million/Year Contract (that might come back & haunt us like Tex’s & Ellsbury Contracts have).
--The above is what we WOULD HAVE DONE. Part II will be what the Yankees are most likely to do and attempt to BLEND it in with OUR Part I.
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Post by greatfatness on Nov 11, 2018 13:31:03 GMT -5
Trading for a catcher is a terrible idea. #Brevity
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 11, 2018 13:52:21 GMT -5
The Mets trading DeGrom just isn't going to happen. I may be in the minority, but I think the Mets aren't far off from being contenders. Their rotation is loaded, so all they need is a bat or two.
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Post by inger on Nov 11, 2018 14:07:29 GMT -5
Whatever happened thst box you once formed? You know...the one to hold, hold, hold? Suddenly you seem to want players in their primes surrounding just a couple of those prospects. Did the lid come open on the box?
Did you happen to notice just the teeniest imbalance in the value of the players on your trade list vs. the players you would like to trade for? That’ll work out just fine when all of the other teams in MLB decide to hire chimps as GMs. Unless of course, they decide to hire trained chimps. Trained chimps would know better. You must have been a bitch to trade baseball cards with when you were a kid.
Back to the drawing board, Dome. You’re getting a bit closer to “ getting it”. That said, you started out on Pluto. You may be nearing Neptune, so keep eating the mushrooms. You’ll make it to Earth one day...
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Post by Blue Marlin on Nov 11, 2018 14:19:13 GMT -5
Whatever happened thst box you once formed? You know...the one to hold, hold, hold? Suddenly you seem to want players in their primes surrounding just a couple of those prospects. Did the lid come open on the box? Did you happen to notice just the teeniest imbalance in the value of the players on your trade list vs. the players you would like to trade for? That’ll work out just fine when all of the other teams in MLB decide to hire chimps as GMs. Unless of course, they decide to hire trained chimps. Trained chimps would know better. You must have been a bitch to trade baseball cards with when you were a kid. Back to the drawing board, Dome. You’re getting a bit closer to “ getting it”. That said, you started out on Pluto. You may be nearing Neptune, so keep eating the mushrooms. You’ll make it to Earth one day... Hey...let's not be giving psychedelics a bad name. After all, Dock Ellis did once throw a no-hitter on acid. |
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Post by inger on Nov 11, 2018 14:36:05 GMT -5
DOME has lived a terrific life with and without the aid of his magic mushrooms. I like to tease him about the ‘shrooms, but it’s hard to condemn a man who has amassed an apparent fortune and lived an adventurous life. I wouldn’t ask him to change a thing about the way he’s lived his life...Especially his job. He should never, for instance become involved with being the GM of the Yankees. I would like to see him spend at least one season as a shark on “Shark Tank”...
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Post by domeplease on Nov 13, 2018 12:28:21 GMT -5
DOME has lived a terrific life with and without the aid of his magic mushrooms. I like to tease him about the ‘shrooms, but it’s hard to condemn a man who has amassed an apparent fortune and lived an adventurous life. I wouldn’t ask him to change a thing about the way he’s lived his life...Especially his job. He should never, for instance become involved with being the GM of the Yankees. I would like to see him spend at least one season as a shark on “Shark Tank”... INGER: If you were a Woman I would married you =because you do NOT want to change me = All the women always wanted to change me (I cannot understand why).
By the way my hand is STILL stuck up Tequila's Ass.
It bothers me because it is my Right-Hand that I use to Reward my James Bond. So now, I must use my Left-Hand which didn't go over well with James Bond...
Tequila has been pretty good about this situation.
The only thing she keeps saying is "Wrong Hole; Wrong Hole; Wrong Hole..."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 19:27:51 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t going to win a division title, much less a championship with subpar defense at the corner infield positions and catcher. They also must replace Didi’s offensive numbers from somewhere. All of that plus the need for SP makes me think that there are a lot more questions this off season than last year at this time.
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Post by inger on Nov 13, 2018 20:00:43 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t going to win a division title, much less a championship with subpar defense at the corner infield positions and catcher. They also must replace Didi’s offensive numbers from somewhere. All of that plus the need for SP makes me think that there are a lot more questions this off season than last year at this time. Since we saw such a regression in Sanchez last season, and since it has now been revealed that he was playing with an injured left shoulder as well as an injured groin... I’m willing to believe there is a strong chance that he’ll be back to 2017 quality in 2019. I am concerned about the team moving ahead with the immensely talented Andujar at third because of his bat. I still have a hard time seeing what his failures are at 3rd base. Not that I haven’t seen him whiff on a ball that I felt a rangier 3B could have gotten to, I have. So I’m assuming that happens more often than I realized. I also have seen times when he played deep and couldn’t charge balls quickly enough to have a play. Again, I assume that must have happened more than I realized. I can’t continue to justify away the indisputable fact that he was 91st out of 91 3B in FanGraphs rating afield. I don’t think Voit is ever going to win a gold glove on the other corner, either. I don’t know how good he has to be if he keeps hitting like he did in 2018. He was Giambi-like in the short stint with the Yanks last year. But, since we don’t know if he’ll keep hitting tat way, nor if Bird will, it remains a concern. I’ve stated before that I’d take strong D over strong O at SS. I’d rather see Hechavarria there than Machado, for instance. I’m concerned that I don’t believe Torres is ready to play there every day yet, but I’d rather see him there than Machado, and I feel there are many more options to fill in at 2B than at SS... Still, none of that matters if we don’t get pitching... |
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Post by bluemarlin on Nov 13, 2018 20:48:28 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t going to win a division title, much less a championship with subpar defense at the corner infield positions and catcher. They also must replace Didi’s offensive numbers from somewhere. All of that plus the need for SP makes me think that there are a lot more questions this off season than last year at this time. I pretty much agree with you. There are good solutions to all of those questions on the FA market. But no one on the outside knows what the Yanks are going to spend. Big George would be looking to sign everyone. Hal takes a more modest approach...... I'd love to see them sign Harper to play 1B (I assume he could play 1B) just because his bat would fit so well into the Yanks' lineup. I don't know what to think about 3B defense....maybe stick with Andujar and have a solid back-up for the late innings? As for Catcher....I dunno. Is Sanchez going to improve? |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 13, 2018 21:56:22 GMT -5
Keep in mind this group of defensive misfits did win 100 games, which was the 3rd best record in the MLB and would have easily won 4 of the 6 divisions. The team needs at least one top of the rotation starter and a little tweaking but that's about it.
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Post by inger on Nov 13, 2018 23:29:58 GMT -5
Keep in mind this group of defensive misfits did win 100 games, which was the 3rd best record in the MLB and would have easily won 4 of the 6 divisions. The team needs at least one top of the rotation starter and a little tweaking but that's about it. And one MORE THING...The team must stay healthy. Also, whilst we moan and groan about Andujar’s defense, we shouldn’t forget that Devers on the World Championship Red Sox is only four places ahead of Andujar on FanGraph’s 3B rankings, in 87th place among all AL 3B. It would appear that we are at least equally blessed at the position with young players that have strong offensive potential and work to do to improve their defense. I’ve been guilty of being impatient with that since the end of the season. I blame Boone for that to some degree. His panicky replacements if him and leaving him out of the line up in a playoff game brought the issue to the forefront... Perhaps we all should be more concerned about our sophomore manager being improved than a sophomore 3B... (I guess that was about three or maybe four more things...But what’s new)?...👅 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 23:49:10 GMT -5
Guys, I never suggested the Yankees wouldn't win their share of games. I was referring to winning something besides the WC, but hey, if folks are just happy to be contending then by all means, keep slugging home runs, whiffing and being 11t in the league in defence. Maybe its a crapshoot and we get lucky along the way. Every PO team in the AL was better in the field than us. We also had the least number of hits and doubles and lowest batting average of any of the PO teams despite leading in homers. Boston led the Yankees in every offensive category except home runs, so its not like we can say that its fine to boot the ball around because we are so superior with the bats. I just think its unrealistic to think the team can win a championship with so many holes.
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Post by inger on Nov 14, 2018 1:24:17 GMT -5
I thought you were very clear with your first statement. I didn’t think anyone refuted it. Are you arguing with yourself?...
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