Yanks at the Winter Meetings, Pt. 4
posted by Kalel9 @ 9:52 AM
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
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19 Comments:
Billy, to reply to your post in the other thread, this coming year isn't going to yield a title for the Yankees. Consequently, allowing Refsnyder to spend the year on the big league club and get acclimated is the way to go. He can continue learning the position.
If defensive questions are a disqualifying liability, why don't offensive liabilities impose similar ones?
There are just such unsupportable views about defense in MLB.
Oh,and for those that think I never praise Cashman, kudos for letting McCarthy go.
Feels like theyn are in rebuild mode.
They should be, but they are trying to have it both ways, and that usually leads to nothing good.
I haven't seen anything, yet, this season that makes it seem like they're trying to have it both ways. As long as they keep both picks, and sign Moncada, I'll start to think they are back on track.
I need to see actual moves on the field. So if they start Refs maybe Mitchell in the rotation, Murphy getting 20-25% of the PT behind the plate, and then keep them there, then I could agree. Then follow that up with Banuelos and Lindgren. And then no waiver wire fungible veteran bullshit to supplement the roster. Give kids all the opportunities.
I need to see that after spending $500m last year and adding Prado for no good long-term reason.
I still think they will be adding veterans that will block kids, like Headley and at least one veteran starter, and I am not convinced that they won't trade prospects.
Existing business models don't die easy deaths in NY sports
What I've seen is them continuing to sign high upside IFA's, like Bryan Emery, rebuilding the development staff that we've been looking at for the past several years, dumped at least one of their old school managers, dumped both their MLB and AAA hitting coaches, traded a 26 year old SP for a 24 year old SS, let FA's go, and picked up another pick.
None of this says "win now" to me. Though they could still blow it for Scherzer...
I think they are more likely to sign Moncada and Lopez, and maybe Maeda if he gets posted, for rotation help.
How about Asdrubal Cabrera for 3B if Headley doesn't sign.
K9 I hope your right .It does seem to be that we will go sign and develop youth but signing Max will kill all the good.We dodged another bullet ,Santana sign's with the Twins
They have accumulated top prospects before but the yield has been minimal. So as I alluded to above, demonstrate the ability to execute, something that has been completely lacking apart from the pen, the least important part of a team.
An overwhelming pen, which the Yanks will have is not the least important part of a team. Hitting is most important, pitching is second (regardless) and defense is third.
Being plus in any area takes some pressure off of the other two areas. Being plus in hitting and pitching, like, say, the `98 Yankees were, leads to records.
The value of the pen is ultimately in the number of innings they can dominate. The Yanks are setting up a knock out pen.
We'll see what happens when the hitters come up, as well as the young starters.
Interesting little chat with Eric Chavez on Yankees.com. He's high on Gregorious, whom he played with. Also, they will be sening him to their different afffiliates for a week at a time. 5 days scouting, 2 days coaching. Cool stuff.
In terms of development, given the variability if the performance of most relievers year to year, I view it as the least important.
The other thing is that they have, to a large extent (Joba, Hughes, Betances, used "failed" (at least in their system) or converted starters as relievers. There's an ancillary cost to that when they are not replaced by other top starting pitching prospects, and that type of player has been a complete whiff for them under this GM to this very late point.
I view defense, in terms of development, as an additive or subtractive factor in evaluation rather than an as a separate entity. It can never replace the value of offense in and of itself.
Jim Bowden @JimBowden_ESPN
Keep hearing that Headley is going back to Yankees to play 3B and Giants will eventually sign Asdrubral Cabrera to play 3B for them
Mofo. So much for the rebuild, if true.
Hearing good things about the re-organization of the minors.
Bringing back Headley is a solid idea. Especially if Prado becomes the super-sub type who basically plays 4 positions in a rotation (something like this: 2b, RF, 3B, RF, LF, RF) 6 times a week. Refsnyder gets a full-time gig at 2B, but sits once a week. Beltran sits at least 1/2 a week, as either a DH or pinch hitter. A-Rod replaces an injured Tex.
Could work. Starting 8, with Prado, Pirela, Murphy, Young and A-Rod on the bench - one is the DH, or rotates with Beltran/Tex.
Also, I agree with LINJ - kudos to Cashman for letting McCarthy go when it stretched to 4 years. To much risk, IMO.
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