The future looks a lot brighter with these young prospects but the pitching is still very thin so the Yanks are probably a couple of years away. The lineup looks very good:
1. Gardner (CF)
2. Gregorius (SS)
3. Sanchez (C)
4. Bird (1B)
5. Judge (RF)
6. McCann (DH)
7. Turner (3B)*
8. Frazier (LF)
9. Castro (2B)
*Yankees acquire Justin Turner in free agency
*Yankees trade Jacoby Ellsbury for a couple of low level prospects
Bench: Headley, Torreyes, Hicks, Austin, Romine/Higashioka
if those 3-6 hitters are all raking you can live with Headley hitting 8th and Castro 9th. Austin has played some 3rd so maybe they experiment with him there. This looks like a really good offensive team
The pitching will be a lot harder to put together, especially the starting pitching. Severino will be given a chance to win a rotation spot in spring training and his development becomes even more critical. Tanaka and CC are the only two guarantees in the starting rotation. Pineda probably comes back too but he's a #5 now and there is literally nothing in the FA market. I would see if Hisashi Iwakuma wants a 2 year deal at $15M per and if he accepts you at least have an innings eater in the middle of the rotation. Assembling the bullpen should be a lot easier. Reportedly Chapman wants to come back so the 8th and 9th innings will be excellent. Adam Warren and Tyler Clippard transition to the 7th and you fill in the rest from there.
SP: Masahiro Tanaka
Hisashi Iwakuma*
CC Sabathia
Michael Pineda
Luis Cessa/Luis Severino
CL: Aroldis Chapman*
8th inning: Dellin Betances
7th inning: Tyler Clippard
LOOGY: Tommy Layne
Rest of bullpen: Luis Cessa, Chad Green, Adam Warren (Cessa and/or Warren could move into the rotation if someone gets hurt or is ineffective)
I have a feeling that they will try to trade someone from the farm for a pitcher given free agency. If Chapman comes back though, and they can get a starter or two, we are back in business, assuming the guys up don’t come back to earth too much with another turn around the league. You’d have to think with scouting these days, they will be ok.
Els/Hicks cf
Didi ss
Castro 2b
Sanchez/ Romine c
McCann/Refsnyder Sanchez dh
Judge rf
Bird/Austin 1b
Headley 3b is related to Girardi some how.
Gardner/Hicks( has pics of Cashman naked) lf
they could trade Romine a la Murphy. Fraiser will have to hit his way on the team in ST.
Tanaka
CC
Mitchell,Warren,Pineda
Greene
Cessa
Severino
Betances closer
Rest to be filled in.
I have a feeling that they will try to trade someone from the farm for a pitcher given free agency. If Chapman comes back though, and they can get a starter or two, we are back in business, assuming the guys up don’t come back to earth too much with another turn around the league. You’d have to think with scouting these days, they will be ok.
With Gleyber Torres a potential superstar in the making and Didi already up here and looking pretty solid, maybe the Yanks could pull off a Jorge Mateo/Justus Sheffield or a Mateo/Dustin Fowler deal for an ace
I know his range at SS is suppost to be crazy but Didi looks fine and We have Torres too.
Just move him to CF effective immediately so he can learn.
I know his range at SS is suppost to be crazy but Didi looks fine and We have Torres too.
Just move him to CF effective immediately so he can learn.
Denny
Do you know how many Cf guys we have on the farm?
Not to mention Rutherford is the Guy of the future with the great bat.
Castro can get traded btw, we don't need him.
I'm down for whatever tho.
Frazier should be LF in April 2017 so that's exciting
2017 team:
CF- Ellsbury
SS- Didi
C- Sanchez
DH- McCann
RF- Judge
2B- Castro
1B- Bird
3B- Headley
LF- Frazier
Romine, Austin, Torrerres, and Ref off the bench?
In the future though
C- Sanchez
1B- Bird
2B- Castro
SS- Didi
3B- Torres
LF- Frazier
CF- Rutherford
RF- Judge
DH- Austin
?
What's more realistic though obviously is that some of the prospects either
1- Get traded for a pitcher
2- don't pan out
Loading up on prospects obviously, but particularly hitters which goes against the usual rebuilding norms of trying to find pitchers. Pitchers just get injured more so while a hitter is no sure thing, the payoff is less volatile.
Many of these prospects (like the Cubs at one point) are shortstops who will switch positions at one point.
Pitching will come to FA for established starters and/or picking up guys selectively. Hoping that Serverino bounces back next year and Kap can be in the majors at some point soon.
Cessa tho stays, I actually think we got a diamond in the rough with him.
Cessa tho stays, I actually think we got a diamond in the rough with him.
Cessa has pitched one game. Green a handful. Green basically has three excellent starts and (IIRC) two bad. So what makes you think Cessa is better than Green?
What makes you think they can't be the 3 and 4 starters?
Loading up on prospects obviously, but particularly hitters which goes against the usual rebuilding norms of trying to find pitchers. Pitchers just get injured more so while a hitter is no sure thing, the payoff is less volatile.
Many of these prospects (like the Cubs at one point) are shortstops who will switch positions at one point.
Pitching will come to FA for established starters and/or picking up guys selectively. Hoping that Serverino bounces back next year and Kap can be in the majors at some point soon.
The Yankees in years past were loading up on pitchers. As decent hitting is much more easily aquired in FA, if you dont care about spending money. I would guess as the business model changed under Hank/Hal so did their drafting strategy. Hank/Hal are obviously much more tight pocketed than George.
If the yanks wanted to move Ellsbury, everyone says, it's impossible, yet if they said we will include Gary Sanchez, that would change in a second. But the yanks can not move prospects that they truly believe are going to be really good players and they have control over for a few years before they can hit free agency.
So it will be a very interesting off season. After watching Hal usher Arod out the door so quickly, I have gained a new level of respect for the guy, and I would not put anything past him, especially with him having Cashman in his corner. Hal took a while to start to get involved, but he is starting to show that he is far from an idiot.
This will be the most interesting off season the yanks have had in quite a while, as the yanks are starting to have some nice flexibility and are also under the cap.
Can he play CF
should say "I wouldn't mind"
Can he play CF
Fraiser should be a post June call up. That gives us control for another year.
I think the future looks bright and Yanks are not that far away. A couple of young starters could turn it all around quickly.
I wouldn't expect to see Frasier until mid-season. At that point, assuming Frasier is forcing his way up, they could try and deal Ellsbury (if he's not injured) or one of the others.
Mitchell Warren Cessa Greene Severino Can all start with Tanaka and CC. Kap may be ready by Alstar break.
I doubt Kap comes anywhere close to the Bronx next season. He threw a total of 18 innings in High A before hitting the DL this year and is likely to start 2017 in Tampa again. So unlikely he sees the majors before 2018.
Chance Adams on the other hand, could be a top option as the "6th" SP in 2017. Dominating AA right now and figures to start 2017 at SWB. Might see him with a Severino type workload to start off with them limiting him to 5-6 innings/start in anticipation of calling him up late in the year.
I doubt Kap comes anywhere close to the Bronx next season. He threw a total of 18 innings in High A before hitting the DL this year and is likely to start 2017 in Tampa again. So unlikely he sees the majors before 2018.
Chance Adams on the other hand, could be a top option as the "6th" SP in 2017. Dominating AA right now and figures to start 2017 at SWB. Might see him with a Severino type workload to start off with them limiting him to 5-6 innings/start in anticipation of calling him up late in the year.
Both Mitchell and Kap were tearing up ST Mitchell is ready for the rotation(Big league Stuff). Kap is coming quickly all star break call up.Greene was dominate in AAA and is in the rotation. Severino needs to work on his off speed stuff but can win a spot in ST. Remember 2018 is the goal year to be competitive. Next year is the get under the cap year and reset the luxury tax.