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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Yanks Win

Shane Greene did it again, and should be figuring into the Yanks future.    In fact, before they jettison too many of their minor league execs, they better make sure they haven't just been victims of park illusions throughout the system.  They are certainly producing some pitching, and it looks like they'd be producing some hitting, too and if the GM didn't keep stalling them in AAA so they can add more age to the 40 man roster.

Btw, it was announced today that Billy Eppler would not interview for the DBacks GM job, and I'm starting to think he has a promise from the Yankees.   Wonder what it is.

13 Comments:

At 1:28 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Eppler is part of the problem. No other team wants him anyway.

 
At 2:10 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

That's not true. He turned down San Diego.

 
At 3:40 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

I don't recall reading that, bit I still think he is the opposite of what is needed: a fresh look with no attachment to the current mediocre way of doing things.

 
At 3:44 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

This says Eppker was best out:

http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=11317413&src=desktop

 
At 3:46 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Edit Eppler beat

 
At 4:17 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

No, that's not what happened. Eppler dropped out after it was tweeted that he was the choice. That's why I think he has a promise from the Yankees.

 
At 5:43 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

I haven't seen that anywhere, but it doesn't matter really.

What matters is that he isn't worthy of being the Yankees' GM, but neither he Cashman.

What has characterized the Cashman era is poor development, inefficient spending, completely misunderstanding the the looming scarcity of offense, and picking a terrible, if not dangerous, manager (and being an asshole to the fans just for fun).

Taken together, it has negated what should have been an overwhelming payroll advantage.

So to choose someone who has been a part of this mess is bizarre.

 
At 8:32 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

I would make an offer to Buck to be the GM and manager. It might get things right with their karma.

 
At 9:03 AM, Anonymous MBN said...

Buck is a solid manager for a young team, and gets them on the cusp of winning. Then he seems to have to go for the team to win. Happened with the Yankees, Diamondbacks and Rangers. It has to be more than a coincident.

 
At 9:08 AM, Anonymous MBN said...

Tanaka (if healthy), CC (if healthy) Pineda, Greene and McCarthy should be the rotation in 2015. Mitchell should be the 1st choice if anyone is hurt.

Then Phelps.

Nova and Manban should be ready later in the year.

Keep D-Rob, and let the kids like Lindgren and Webb and Pinder (if healthy) and Rubelow (sp???)and Whitney pitch in the pen, along with Warren and Betances and Kelley. And don't overuse anyone early in the year, so guys like Warren don't fade in August-Sept.

Bottom line - The pitching is pretty good, especially if you re-sign McCarthy and Tanaka is healthy. Spend the resources to fix the hitting.

 
At 10:53 AM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Tanaka is pitching his sim game, now.

 
At 11:08 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

That's the point. The Yankees need to get younger and develop the next wave. So he would fit.

They can pretend that old, expensive guys will come around, but it would be cheaper overall to sit them and play someone else as so as they become ready.

 
At 10:53 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Saw this at No Maas

But what Madden reveals next is news to us, in that the minor league system is truly dysfunctional.
Where Cashman can be faulted, however, is the minor league system. Back in 2005, he threatened to leave as GM if Yankee owner George Steinbrenner didn’t put an end to the longstanding separate fiefdoms in both Tampa and New York and give him control over the entire baseball operation. But once in charge, Cashman did nothing to change the way the minor league system was run. Newman remained and was allowed to continue hiring his cronies as scouts and coaches, many of whom never even played professionally (while at the same time running off, among others, Dick Groch, the scout who signed Derek Jeter, and Fred Ferreira, the scout who signed Bernie Williams), and Damon Oppenheimer continued as scouting director.
I’m told the morale throughout the Yankees’ minor league system was at an all-time low this year as Newman had minor league pitching coordinator Gil Patterson calling minor league managers in the middle of ballgames and ordering them to remove pitchers with rising pitch counts. Yet in spite of all the failed draft picks, and pitchers who were never allowed to pitch out of jams, and the absence of any impact position players coming through the system, Cashman nevertheless approved Newman’s policies and all his hires — which makes you wonder about his own judgment and whether he should be the one to conduct the needed overhaul of the Yankee player development and scouting systems.

 

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