1- Huge four game set in Boston starting tomorrow. With Sale pitching in game 2, winning tomorrow is very important (granted the Yankees beat Sale the last time they squared off).
2- Seems like Holliday and Castro will be called up soon. Who gets sent down? Does Frazier stay?
3- Bird took BP at SI yesterday. Yankees need to be careful so I'm not really expecting much, but good to hear.
4- YES network ratings are up 53% this year year-over-year.
A random note, but it still sucks that Cano is no longer with the Yankees. Trust me, I'm happy they didn't offer that contract and you can make an argument Castro has been better than Cano this year (with a much better contract), but it still sucks.
Yanks blew it by not trading Cano at the deadline.
They knew they couldn't sign him to a reasonable deal.
Good point!
Buster Olney brought this up, but Cano is putting together a HOF career
At 34, his career stats are:
.305/.354/.497
295 HR
493 doubles (5th among active players)
2297 hits (6th)
64.3 WAR (6th)
8 all star games
5 silver slugger awards
6 top 10 MVP award finishes
2 GG
Assuming Cano plays 6.5 more years (remainder of his deal) and has an average line of
.280
15 HR
25 doubles
150 hits
4 WAR
His final career stats would be
393 HR (most all time for a second baseman)
656 Doubles (8th all time. 3rd all time for a second baseman)
3272 Hits (13th all time)
83.8 WAR (46th all time)
And, of course, if they were going to spend $150M on Ellsbury, then they should have just paid him.
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The extra pitcher (13th) will go down for Holliday. And either Refsnyder/Wade will go down for Castro (hopefully Refsnyder).
I'd be surprised/disappointed if Wade goes down. He is a better overall player right now then Refs. If Refs cannot hit, and he hasn't, he has absolutely zero value. I expect Refs to be DFAd.
I was thinking the same. Fraizer fills out the outfield rotation while Hicks is down, and provides an extra DH option on days Holliday plays 1B. Wade probably goes before Reysnyder, as he struggling at the plate while trying to make the adjustment to big league pitching.
And you can believe that Castro will maintain this level of performance if you want. There's no reason to expect him to, however. Doesn't mean he won't, but I don't think he will.
And you can believe that Castro will maintain this level of performance if you want. There's no reason to expect him to, however. Doesn't mean he won't, but I don't think he will.
I would have loved to have kept Cano, but not at 10 yrs/$240 mill at his age. 7 years/$175 would have been a decent number.
Ellsbury was one of the dumbest signings ever - they already had a better version on the team in Gardner. Only thing Ells does better than Gardner is steal bases and he has not done much of that.
I agree there is little chance Cano maintains his production past 36/37 yrs old (including fielding).
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Phil don't you think it's unlikely that Estrada is going to get a chance to play 2B for the Yankees? Mateo, Solak and of course Torres and maybe others are probably in front of him.
Unless Cashman trades Didi and puts Torres at SS where he belongs, moves Castro to 3B, and opens up 2B.
But why change now? When they had Jeter they added Arod a much better SS and moved him to 3B. When they had Gardner they added Ellsbury and moved Gardner a much better CF to LF. So putting Torres a better SS than Didi at 2B would be business as usual I guess.
On a slightly off topic note I wish that next spring they give Judge some games at 1B. He played there in high school and it would save some wear and tear on the outfield walls plus give the Yankees some options against tough LH pitchers.
Phil don't you think it's unlikely that Estrada is going to get a chance to play 2B for the Yankees? Mateo, Solak and of course Torres and maybe others are probably in front of him.
Unless Cashman trades Didi and puts Torres at SS where he belongs, moves Castro to 3B, and opens up 2B.
But why change now? When they had Jeter they added Arod a much better SS and moved him to 3B. When they had Gardner they added Ellsbury and moved Gardner a much better CF to LF. So putting Torres a better SS than Didi at 2B would be business as usual I guess.
On a slightly off topic note I wish that next spring they give Judge some games at 1B. He played there in high school and it would save some wear and tear on the outfield walls plus give the Yankees some options against tough LH pitchers.
When the younger OF options arrive, Judge will most likely move to DH. His defense is actually quite good- but there are already reports that he has to ice his knees from wear and tear already. Putting him at DH likely extends his career rather than having him wear down his knees over whole seasons.
I could see the Yanks asking around the league offering Didi and Castro this winter to see if one of them could help pry away a top-end SP as Torres would be ready sometime early in 2018 to back fill for either one.
However, Estrada SHOULD be in AAA- why they are letting Solano and others take ABs away from Estrada is beyond me.
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Why are the Yanks potentially opening a roster spot? The Brewers are in 1st place- I doubt they trade from their big league team for Webb.
I would note that he has shown NO power before this season- and he has hit 10 of those 17 HR at home- in Colorado Springs- which is like the Coors Field of AAA.
If he's next in line for a shot- fine- but I wouldn't get that excited- he's not in the Brewers' top 30 prospects.
PCL inflation yes, but his league adjusted WRC+ was 170. He's 26 in AAA, but worth a shot as a fill in.