Are the Yanks Trying to Give Away Their 1 for Scherzer?
posted by Kalel9 @ 11:38 AM
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Agreed . . . and he's also 30 so we'd be buying the downside for about half the contract in the best case scenario.
Nobody legit is reporting this. I will believe it when Heyman, Stark or Rosenthal say it.
Rather have Lester. No draft pick and a LHP
Scherzer has no injury history, not sure where durability issues are coming from. Either way, with what the Jays and Sox are doing - I expect something to come up soon.
If the Yanks can get Moncada, I wouldn't care for the 1st either.
This may also be a bluff against someone else, perhaps Lester or McCarthy or DRob. We'll see . . . .
Moncada would fix it to a degree. But remember, the loss of the pick is loss of pool money and could force us into taking more college seniors again in the draft.
Combine that with the number of 16 year olds we've been signing this year -- and that the only prep we took was a post grad in this past year's draft -- and we're going to end up with old prospects and DSL/FSL prospects and little in between.
So it's not just the pick itself we need to replace, because Moncada replacs the value -- it's the pool money we can't replace.
Jack Curry now says they haven't made Scherzer and 6 year offer.
Id rather Lester and the pick.
He throws across his body. Lester makes soooo much more sense.
I don't care so much about the first-round pick, only because the Yankees have shown they have no clue when it comes to drafting in the first round.
That said, I agree that if you are going to go for a starter, you have to take Lester over Scherzer, given that you play your home games in Yankee Stadium.
Mike, even if they were to blow a first rounder, they need the pool slot so they can spend more later in the draft.
I see. Then yes, signing Scherzer would be dumb.
As far the leverage point above, with McCarthy? Come on.
Clarkin and Judge shows they are getting better in the first rd
They can do okay with drafting as long as they give kids an opportunity to play when they're ready. They haven't shown much ability to do that in recent years. Look at Reds. It looks like he could be blocked by Prado, that's crazy.
I think the Yanks have good scouts. I really do, and one of the reasons I do is that they have spent the past several years buying better scouts and bringing back their best scouts,
But, when the team refuses to spend, the scouts can't get their first choices. I think Clarkin and Judge were great picks, and that it was somewhat tragic for the farm and the future that we didn't get three firsts again last year and instead blew the picks and the pool on 30 and over UFA's.
On the other hand, hamstrung as they were, they still pulled off a solid draft. I just don't think it's fair to the scouts to ask them to do it every year. They won't stay for that.
And we run the risk of having a farm that has too big a split between prospect ages. They're in a precarious position that, way, right now, and need the picks, and both Yoans.
If Refsnyder can field a decent 2B at ST and hit, the job should be his otherwise I expect to see Prado on Opening Day.
I will grant that they may have some good scouts, but it can't be about just money because other organizations have far less resources and can still develop much more effectively.
And they have brought in talent, but it seems to either wither completely in the minor leagues, or like Melky, IPK, Hughes, fails to reach its potential in the majors (I don't think his success this year was solely due to park effects).
So from my perspective, what is lacking is the ability of top management to ensure that the most effective approach is implemented at each stage of development.
That is ultimately on the GM, but obviously it isn't because he cannot fail enough to lose his job.
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