1. Tanaka vs. Colon. Will it be the 'Good Tanaka' or the 'Bad Tanaka'?
2. Greg Bird joins AAA-SWB today, may return to the Yanks later this week
3. Red Thunder optioned back to AAA-SWB. Evidently Hicks' awesome weekend at the plate was enough to send Clint down where he can continue to get his at bats while waiting for his shot.
...home town discount at $22 Million.
Need another bonafide starter.
BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN.
Sellers market for pitchers too...not too many established aces/#2 starters on bad teams other than Hamels, Archer (Tampa Bay) and Fulmer in Detroit (and I can’t see DET trading Fuller for anything short of a kings ransom...)
Archer is in the AL East so the Yankees might have to pay a “Yankee tax” so that leaves Hamels, who is a free agent after this season because his $24M vesting option won’t come into effect. He won’t pitch 400 innings combined in 2017-2018 and his $20M team option for 2019 would have to be fully taken on. Since Hamels would only cost $8M as a pure rental at the deadline, Texas could get quite a bit for him as several NL teams (Philly, Atlanta, STL, possibly even NYM if they’re still in contention) would make that deal
*Thank God one finally fell for Didi. After he smoked that liner right at DeShields in the 1st I thought he might never get a hit. But he's still stellar in the field regardless. And so athletic! Did you see him jump on that delayed steal?!
*is Tanaka saving it for late in the year and post-season, or is this what he is?
Texas is not a couple players away. Their rotation's average age is mid-30's (no, not an exaggeration) and offensively they've got a handful of stalwarts (Andrus, who is hurt, Mazara and Beltre) and a number of very talented but unproven kids. Meanwhile the Astros may be the most complete team in baseball and could stay elite for 2-3 years. The "threat" to hold onto Hamels and contend next year is hollow.
*is Tanaka saving it for late in the year and post-season, or is this what he is?
I don't know what he is doing, but I think that partial tear in the UCL is in his head. FB is barely 91 and on occasion 93/94.
He has a lot of pitches but they are all starting to look the same. It also seems when he wants to dial up the FB, you can see him do it - really reach for it. But the split and FB are the same speed 89-91 mph.
At least Gray can get to 95 and sits 93/94 plus his ball moves around quite a bit.
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*is Tanaka saving it for late in the year and post-season, or is this what he is?
I don't know what he is doing, but I think that partial tear in the UCL is in his head. FB is barely 91 and on occasion 93/94.
He has a lot of pitches but they are all starting to look the same. It also seems when he wants to dial up the FB, you can see him do it - really reach for it. But the split and FB are the same speed 89-91 mph.
At least Gray can get to 95 and sits 93/94 plus his ball moves around quite a bit.
All true. Gray's problem isn't stuff, it's focus and confidence. If he works at a pace and doesn't nibble, just let's it flow, he can be a factor. Hopefully Sunday was the turning point.
Disagree about Hamels. He's had one bad year - last year, and he was still serviceable and had a 112 ERA+ - but otherwise has been a sub-4 ERA guy even as he's aged. He also plays in a bandbox. He's a solid 3 you could feel comfortable pitching twice in a 7, maybe even twice in a 5 game series. Archer's hype, by contrast, has always been as much projection as production, and as he turns 30 this year it's time to acknowledge that what you see is what you get. Career 106 ERA+, ERA over 4, a bit homer-prone.
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his career fell apart about getting injured in that no hit start in Texas. Such high hopes for him
You know, an old boss of mine who is close to the Yanks said that back in 2009. That the Yanks were even worried about that. He never seemed to have the same confidence after that.
I just don't see him as much of an upgrade, and I wouldn't give up much to get him.
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his career fell apart about getting injured in that no hit start in Texas. Such high hopes for him
You know, an old boss of mine who is close to the Yanks said that back in 2009. That the Yanks were even worried about that. He never seemed to have the same confidence after that.
And their trading spree in the offseason suggests they're not willing to do that. They have no farm to speak of, easily a bottom 5 org, and they traded what little they did have for Cutch and Longo in the hope that they could win in the next year or two before Posey and Bumgardner decline and they have to pay the piper.
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Big names, small production the past few years. Not worth bothering. Fuller would be a nice pickup but Detroit's asking price is likely to be very high.
Disagree about Hamels. He's had one bad year - last year, and he was still serviceable and had a 112 ERA+ - but otherwise has been a sub-4 ERA guy even as he's aged. He also plays in a bandbox. He's a solid 3 you could feel comfortable pitching twice in a 7, maybe even twice in a 5 game series. Archer's hype, by contrast, has always been as much projection as production, and as he turns 30 this year it's time to acknowledge that what you see is what you get. Career 106 ERA+, ERA over 4, a bit homer-prone.
Yankee Stadium is a band box too. I wouldn't give anything of value for Hamels.
As for Archer, I agree with you, that ship has sailed. When they hit 30, you're no longer getting potential, you're getting a disappointment
Also, add in that he's never been in a pennant race or expected to win. If there is one plus for the home grown candidates, it's that they are all immersed in the "Yankee way" and the expectations that go along with it. Who knows how a young guy like him would react to being the "final piece"?
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The Yankees aren't a team whose window is going to be closing any time soon. They don't HAVE to make a deal for a big name pitcher this year if the price isn't right, and one of their prospects like Sheffield might push his way into the picture by the end of the season, too. I'm open to a deal for a starter, but only under the right conditions. No need to force anything.
The Yankees aren't a team whose window is going to be closing any time soon. They don't HAVE to make a deal for a big name pitcher this year if the price isn't right, and one of their prospects like Sheffield might push his way into the picture by the end of the season, too. I'm open to a deal for a starter, but only under the right conditions. No need to force anything.
Yep. Agree completely.
I was thinking Tyson Ross. Yankees and Padres love to trade with eachother (see: Solarte and Headley deals).
I'd like to wait to see if someone like Hamels or Fulmer can turn it around before the deadline... there's still some time.
Also, from a little further up in this thread... Neil Walker's contract is definitely tradable - oversight on my part. I don't know why I thought it was different. That's good news, though.
Can't disagree. Sure would like someone who could help straighten out Tanaka. He fell off the cliff last year and is worse now. Sad.
Now, to match the 1998 team, the Yankees just have to go 34-7 over the next 41 games to hit the 1998 high water mark for winning percentage, .764 (65-20) :)
Now, to match the 1998 team, the Yankees just have to go 34-7 over the next 41 games to hit the 1998 high water mark for winning percentage, .764 (65-20) :)
I would not put it past them.....Sanchez is not hitting his norm(but productive non the less); Bird isn't back; Didi is slumping; Judge is off this week; Stanton just starting to get hot..
Unfortunately, on the trade market, most of the clear sellers have terrible rotations and most of the healthy aces are already pitching for competitive teams (or are just not going to be traded). We should see some movement as teams fall out of it, but that's likely to be in ones and twos and with pitchers who rate as good but not great, and some not even particularly good. And a lot of teams will be chasing those few starting pitchers, be it Patrick Corbin (if healthy), Cole Hamels, Michael Fulmer, Chris Archer, etc etc.
.321 AVG
.389 OBP
.961 OPS
6 HR
18 RBI
Aside from one bad game, he's looked like a Cano/Alomar hybrid at second base and has a Jeterian flair for the dramatic. And he's 21 years old. What an incredible trade by Cashman.
Corbin's FB velocity is down significantly in May. He is still getting outs, but that screams injury which is unsettling for a guy with his injury history.
.321 AVG
.389 OBP
.961 OPS
6 HR
18 RBI
Aside from one bad game, he's looked like a Cano/Alomar hybrid at second base and has a Jeterian flair for the dramatic. And he's 21 years old. What an incredible trade by Cashman.
Pros have off days - happens. He sometimes appears to be nonchalant with his fielding (like Robbie), but that is probably because he is soooooo smooth.
I still cannot see where the power comes from. But Mattingly was only 5"11 185 and he could mash.
IF he's healthy.
I dislike Betts for obvious reasons, but he has had a phenomenal year. His 2017 form was a very valuable ballplayer but I thought (quite reasonably) he was topped out.
He's a great target.
If the Nats keep sucking.. maybe we can give them a nice haul of young guys (no Torres) and help each other out...
That's what we need to do if we target a SP. not another sonny Gray type
It's another Ace or might as well take our chances with what we have