DRob Turned Down His QO
posted by Kalel9 @ 1:20 PM
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Monday, November 10, 2014
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posted by Kalel9 @ 1:20 PM
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Hey Kale, imagine being a Mets fan right about now? You were pissed when Yanks gave up their 1sts for signing Ellsbury, Beltran & McCann. The Mets just gave it up to sign Michael Cuddyer!
I know. It was a very Yankee-ish move for an old player.
You are so right Dellin is best suited for the set up role..
If the team were to lose Robertson, there's at least some comfort in the fact that they seem to be able to develop relievers. Still, no sense in weakening one of the team's few strengths. Get it done, Yankees.
Just saw on Twitter via one of the beat writers that Cashman admitted he should have had Beltran opt for surgery immediately after he got hurt. The medicial decisions this team makes are so baffling at times.
If for some reason we Robinson walks then we should be all in on Miller.
At least we would net a 1st round/supplemental pick.
We have Lindberg, and and slew of other relief prospects. It would be nuts to pay a free agent reliever other than DRob.
They obviously over value the pen because they suck at assembling everything else.
Agreed, with Lindgren in the system, Miller becomes redundant.
We'll see just how much they truly value the pen.
I think it is about over-leveraging a strength in a desperate attempt to compensate for both roster weaknesses and payroll inflexibility.
Lindgren is no sure thing. Miller is a dominant pitcher who gets outs and could be a closer without paying closer money.
No draft pick and should cost in the 8-9 range a year.
Lindgren could be spun into something else like a SS.
Young players are, by definition, never a sure thing. But if every team adopted that mindset, no young player would ever get an opportunity to prove himself. The Yankees are a perfect example of how that leads to a bloated and inefficient roster that is more likely to get older than better.
Following your logic, why would any team trade a SS of value for an unproven player?
He can be traded based on his potential in a deal for a SS.
If players have value to other teams based on potential, why don't they have value to the Yankees for the same reason?
Would you have traded Betances before last season? He was unproven too.
That would have been a huge mistake because they would have never received full value.
The same is probably true of Lindgren now.
It's not like they are good enough to win big now. Even Hal has dialed back his comments from win the WS to competitive.
The old model is broken. It's time for a return to building from within, irrespective of the incompetent GM's rhetoric.
Totally agree. Keep your prospects and let them develop unless you're getting a significant return and your roster is already close to being a WS favorite.
Again, it would be idiotic for the Yanks to buy relievers at this point. They have Lingren and Rumbelow as well as Webb ready to roll this coming season. They haven't had trouble integrating them, either.
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