According to Heyman Severino could get sent down or passed over a start or two. He is struggling badly. Its not a good situation for his confidence.
Jon Heyman
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Yanks have discussed break or demotion for struggling youngster Luis Severino, as said on @WFAN660AM. Nova possible fill-in
Question for today: Which will the Yanks reach first 15 wins or 25 losses? The Yanks are 8-18. Seven games away from either.
I say 25 loses. They play 2 more against the O's and a week end series against the Sox. That could easily be 4 losses right there.
Now Arod has a hammy problem.
Chapman
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Gardner
Castro
Tanaka
I doubt Ellsbury would get interest with his huge contract.
Tanaka's contract has an opt out clause after 2017 which he will certainly use. He does have a full no trade but with this team losing badly he might waive it for the right team.
I have a feeling that Chapman will not resign with us next year and since we will sign 1 or 2 top name free agents we will lose the first round draft pick anyway so why not get value now.
There will be teams that will need top relievers like Toronto who's bullpen is terrible.
We've called up Art Lopez?
He will be in the lineup especially now with Arod going to the disabled list
Exactly, which is why I talked so much about trading Cano before the 2013 season. If they knew they weren't going to match a big offer to keep him, which they weren't, it made no sense to let him walk for nothing when most people realized that the 2013 Yankees weren't a contender. Whoopee, they got an extra draft pick who probably will never be more than a fringe MLB player. Wouldn't getting a legitimate young MLB player have been better?
They're trying to kill time until the big money deals expire (except Ellsbury, of course, who will be an anchor around their necks for four more seasons after this) but in the meantime trying like hell to stay mediocre. What's the point? Even if they aren't this bad, and I don't think they truly are, at best they're an 85ish win team like they've been for the past several years. What's the value in that? What does that get them other than maybe slightly better attendance? Losing sucks, no doubt about it, but losing 90 games in 1991 got them the 6th overall pick and Derek Jeter. They need some high-level talent, and if they lose for a few years then that's the price you pay.
No one contends forever. They had an incredible run for close to two decades, but that's in the history books now. There isn't any overnight cure for their current malaise. Even Bryce Harper wouldn't fix their problems by himself. Admit the reality that this team is going nowhere and do what you can to stockpile young talent. Most of them aren't going to succeed, so bring in as many of them as they can. Yes, some of the bandwagon riders will jump ship just as they did in the late '80s - so what? They're jumping ship anyway.
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We've called up Art Lopez?
Bring back Dooley Womack!
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and I haven't used it since the first week of the season. Brutal.
I got that too, but wasn't sure how to access it to watch any games. Can you help me out? Are Yankee games blacked out?
If you're in the Yankees' home market, you can only use MLB.tv for the radio broadcasts I believe. I live outside of the Yanks' home market so I can watch their non-national games. FAQ is here.
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I'm not giving up on the team and my kids will certainly keep me interested. But, their terrible policies will keep me out of the ballpark.
Dang, Greg, I was a senior in college during that WS. Thanks for making me feel old. Now... Get off my lawn!!
The Yanks knew back in 2009 that signing Tex, CC and AJ Burnett to those long mega-deals would likely bite them on the back end of those deals- but they wanted to make a run at a World Series title. They got their title, but now the bill has come due.
Ellsbury was a bad decision- but I really can't complain too much about McCann- he bought them the time they needed for Sanchez to continue to develop. Beltran was very bad- but at least he's done after the season.
Honestly, I would like to see them tear it down and hit bottom this season. They need a top 5 or top 10 pick that they have not had in over 20 years. People forget that the many of the best teams right now are there because of top 10 picks they had- the Nats (Harper, Strasburg), the Mets (Harvey), the Royals (Gordon, Hosmer) and so on.
The Yanks need to clear away the rubble that they collected to make "one more run," move forward with the younger guys- and then fill in with FA and trades.
I think that Miller, Betances, Gardner and McCann have legitimate markets for contending teams (assuming that McCann will give up his no-trade clause). I think that Ellsbury (if he waives the no-trade) might be movable if they add a prospect to the deal (see what the Braves did over the winter).
I think the Yanks keep Chapman for the whole season, unless someone blows them away with a great offer. He will net a draft pick (he isn't going to accept a one-year tender offer) when he turns down the offer- and give the Yanks an even bigger draft pool. That is VERY valuable when rebuilding.
I don't think Tex, Beltran, CC or ARod will waive their no-trades. Tex actually was looking for an extension in Spring Training- he might think he can come back as a DH. I think the Yanks might have to simply cut bait with CC and ARod in the off-season, just so they can move forward without having to deal with a clogged DH spot and running a guy out there every 5 days who isn't up to standards anymore.
There is hope. Bird and Judge should be nice parts going forward. Severino needs to go to AAA to find a "put away" pitch- that will reduce his high pitch counts and make him more effective. Mateo might only be a year and a half away. Don't sleep on Gamel either. Kap might be a front end option by mid 2017. There is hope- but it won't be this season.
Randolph
Mumphrey
Piniella (Gamble PH)
Winfield
Reggie (Milbourne PH)
Watson
Nettles
Cerone
Dent
Nettles was my second favorite player. I had a Nettles model bat that I used in Little League.
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We've called up Art Lopez?
Bring back Dooley Womack!
The name is tempting - but he had a good first year
Bring back Dooley Womack!
The name is tempting - but he had a good first year
Yes, his first full year - 1967 - on a Yankee team that lost 90 games, he was the closer and a decent one:
5-6, 2.41, 18 saves
I think he was my favorite Yankee that year ...
As for Maas he could hit right handed pitching and do nothing else. He was worse against left handed pitching than any left handed hitter they have now and he couldn't play the field at all. Mattingly was hurt much of the year and was pressing at the plate. With no protection in the lineup there was little reason for opposing pitchers to ever throw him a strike.
.246/.359/.456, 25 homers, 127 OPS+. You might not have liked him, but Barfield was pretty productive in 1990.
It wasn't the mythical "lack of protection" that killed Donnie in 1990, it was that hit back robbed him on almost all of his power.
.246/.359/.456, 25 homers, 127 OPS+. You might not have liked him, but Barfield was pretty productive in 1990.
It wasn't the mythical "lack of protection" that killed Donnie in 1990, it was that hit back robbed him on almost all of his power.
Lieter was a raw pitcher with a lot of potential, playing on a bad team. The Yankees, just as they always do shipped him out for an aging power hitter. His numbers as you quoted were decent, but when I watched him play day to day I wanted to shoot him. He was the type of guy that hit 500 ft home runs against mediocre pitching, but when he came up with the tying run on second he'd strike out or pop up. I guess these memories or so clear because we see history repeating itself.
In another parallel to today, Jim Leyritz was the Refsynder of his time. He was about the only exciting live bat on the team, but management didn't like him. He had a big mouth and he wasn't a great fielder. As a result he didn;t get much playing time and was up and down. Fortuneatly in the long run things worked out for him