Yanks Add Reggie Willits as OF Coordinator
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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So there was a massive apartment fire in Edgewater NJ that was visible from Manhattan. Turns out John Sterling was one of the residents. he's okay but it's still horrible that It happened. My heart goes out to him.
Back to baseball.
Still, the Yankees do have some vulnerability in their rotation, as Cashman admitted when he said "there's no guarantees" about Masahiro Tanaka's fragile elbow.
“He certainly may need Tommy John at some point and maybe sooner (rather) than later," Cashman said. "We just don't know. It's a complete guessing game. He made two starts before the season ended on us. It's just hard to predict what's going to happen, but we're certainly hopeful he can return to what he was prior to the injury."
Oh it seems Santana shut down because of shoulder pain. That's why didn't want him yet another injured guy; should've kept Greene.
Just awful about Sterling. My thoughts are with him.
Really sad to hear about Sterling. My prayers are with him and his family.
Poor Sterling. How awful for him, but good to know he's OK, and I hope everyone else is.
The news this morning said that nobody was injured, so thank goodness for that, at least.
I saw something when I was heading south on the West Side of Manhattan last night. Had no clue what was going on until I heard the radio reports.
Awful news about Sterling. Sounds like he lost everything. I am sure insurance covers some stuff, but to have that hassle, and have to start all over again, is never a picnic.
That said, the Yankees (read that - the Steinbrenner's) are known for quiet acts of charity. I am confident they will assist John in getting his life back together.
Yes, as Sterling said, it's a good thing this happened during the day otherwise there probably would have been a loss of life. They were especially fortunate because there is only one main road in the entire town, so ingress and egress can be difficult.
I actually live down the block from that apartment complex and it was pretty bad. I am not a John Sterling fan, both due to personal experiences with the man and because I can't stand listening to him and Suzyn, but definitely feel bad for him. Luckily all of those buildings have insurance and he's wealthy due to his ridiculous salary, so he will be just fine.
I like a lot of the changes the organization has made to the system and were at a critical juncture where we have a lot of talent progressing to the upper levels and an infusion of talent coming from the international side. These next 2 years are probably the most critical in establishing a new core of home grown players to augment the mix of aging stars and youth currently on the roster.
Sterling was my neighbor at a condo complex in the early to mid-90s, and was very willing to engage in conversation about anything. He had a very young gf at the time (not the woman who he later married and I think divorced) who was extremely hot, btw, who was also really nice.
But yeah, his broadcast is virtually unlistenable at this point, and Waldman is a fatuous fool.
Jayson Stark talks about the obvious, the dangers of 7 year contracts for pitchers.
I have always thought that the best outcome with Tanaka would be for him to opt-out after four great seasons, and then to let him go. I still do, obviously.
http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/_/id/1056/seven-year-deals-for-pitchers-big-trouble
Billy, I agree, and am really excited about the changes on the farm, that are being made in time to help the big influx of talent.
I can't get excited until I see an ability to execute, which has been absent for 20 years, absent Cano.
I'm more sold on guys like Greg Bird and Aaron Judge as being possible mainstays than I am Refsnyder for example. I just think it's silly at this point not to give Refsnyder a shot. You have to see what you have.
My fear is that these prospects will need to produce immediately lest they get shipped back to the minors in favor of some washed up veteran with "experience." I am intrigued by the changes in the minor league system and would like to see what the draft team does with two first-rounders.
I can see Judge getting a shot. It will be harder for Bird. Like Refs, he may need an injury or two at the right time.
You're right though. Terrible vets get months; promising kids get weeks.
If Cashman has anything left of what he once claimed to be about, he needs to force Girardi to play kids the way he did with Torre with regard to Cano.
He seemed to resent Torre. He seems to be in bed with Girardi.
Just out of curiosity, what prospects were given limited shots?
I'm clearly drawing a blank but I seem to recall a lot of our pitching prospects getting multiple shots -- ipk, Hughes, joba, nova, phelps, warren
As for hitters, maybe Montero could qualify but he was still like 20 when we traded him and was just getting his feet wet.
The yanks are clearly going to give Refsnyder a chance, Drew is just a bridge and decent depth that's an upgrade over Ryan.
I mean yanks gave solarte a big league spot, zealous wheeler and almonte. I think we will see them start to infuse some young talent into the fold sooner then you think.
No shot:
AJack
Very limited shot:
IPK
Jerked around Joba, and to a lesser extent, Hughes
Was Greene given a shot?
Was Melky?
I don't see how anything can be clear with Yankees and young, non-relieving prospects.
Solarte and Wheeler weren't prospects.
So it seems the fire was started accidentally by maintenance workers.
How can you say Melky wasn't given a shot? Dude played 130+ games for 4 straight years.
Greene was also given a shot. Up until last season, he was a mediocre reliever and even when he was doing well in the minors, he was definitely old and not a prospect.
Ajack was not given a shot but he was also traded just as he hit the upper minors.
You can fault the Yanks for development but IPK, Joba and Hughes were more then given a shot.
You can say solarte and co werent prospects, but they were still players who never played in the majors and they still received chances, even if they were last resort options.
I think Refsnyder will be given more then a fair shot but he is going to need more seasoning in the minors to improve his defense to even passable. His ceiling is David Murphy.
Billy do you mean Daniel Murphy? If so, I hope Refs can do better defensively and certainly hope that he has more baseball IQ. If he hits as well as Daniel Murphy I wouldn't be disappointed. Cheers.
It drives me crazy about Refs not getting a shot.If he came up and played RF fine but I sat 15 ft from 1st base in Scranton for numerous games and witness him not able to throw comfortably to first on a double play with someone within 5 ft of the bag.How in the hell would have it been good for him and the team to be put under that much pressure ? As I've said before, we follow the minors and and understand it's part of developing but most fans don't and would tag him as the bum who blew the game.Let him get more reps at AAA.
If Bird continues to develop I see no reason why he won't be given every opportunity to replace Texeira in 2017.
He should make his MLB debut in 2016
Melky got moved because they felt he was a bad influence on Cano. Not because he was a failed prospect.
Development is hard because surmounting a learning curve can take several seasons while the young player's performance fluctuates.
That is what happened with every player I named.
You can excuse it, but not dismiss the lasting impact of the failure to exercise patience.
Trading AJack coincided with the misdirection of this franchise under this GM that has caused the current decline.
This team peaked in 2009, and it was beyond obvious that A-Rod and Jeter, who had led this franchise in the '00s were about to enter a decline phase.
So that was the time to begin to get younger.
Instead they traded AJack and IPK (who had all of 14 starts with the Yankees...THAT'S A CHANCE?) for the deal that landed a young Scherzer in Detroit.
Beware of dealing with Dombrowski, yet they just did it again.
Oh wait, IPK had 12 starts here.
Yeah, why the hell couldn't he get it done????
Not all players can succeed in NY.
Yeah, right.
This is why the Yankees should have gone for an offensive SS like Kang and saved Greene:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-jung-ho-kang-doesnt-need-to-be-a-brilliant-fielder/
Dude, Greene was more then expendable - we sold high on him and got back a younger, cost controlled shortstop that is a plus defender and has upside with the bat.
You need strong defense up the middle of the diamond to win. Kang is not the answer and the numbers he put up in Korea are equivalent to High A.
Look at the two teams who played for the World Series this year and tell me what they had in common? Elite defense at SS, 2B and CF. The Giants don't win without that ridiculous double play by Crawford or that backhanded glove flip by Panik.
Yes, the point of the game is to get on base and score runs but it's also to prevent them. To help offsrt a weakness, you create a bigger strength and that's what the Yanks have done this offseason. Clearly, fixing the offense is also a priority we've identified and it seems to me the Yanks also know this but identified there were no solutions this off season they could throw money at that would provide an immediate and long term solution. Thus the building of an elite bullpen and defense.
And agree 100% with yankyfan, refs is a complete disaster at 2b the 3 times I saw him. He needs more reps, there's no reason to bring him up before he can turn a routine double play. For every run he could potentially create on offense, he will give it back and then some on defense.
I'm not convinced IPK had the stuff to succeed in the AL East, but not getting Scherzer in that deal makes me roll my eyes. (I don't mind Austin Jackson for Granderson straight up since Granderson almost won an MVP in his time in NY and was an overall plus offensively.)
My "have to see it to believe it" attitude regarding prospects and chances has more to do with clinging to Brian Roberts last year, coupled with trading for Drew to play a position he'd never played before and then re-signing him to play it again.
I also felt like they should have given Jose Ramirez more of a chance not factoring his injury. But I mostly blame that on Joe Girardi.
*And not letting Pirela play a bench role was, as Phil likes to say, ponderous.
100% agree with Mike. The one thing with Scherzer is that in Arizona his delivery was a mess that had a lot of effort and a serious head whack, which lead a lot of people, myself included to think he was destined for the bullpen. Kudos to Detroit & max for working to lower the effort and allow him to become what he did.
I'm not sure I agree with you regarding Drew, I see him as more of infield depth that is either a bridge to hopefully Moncada and someone who if they play up to their career avg, could be a valuable trade commodity based on his low salary.
In all honesty though, Roberts must have had some blackmail for him to be played at 2b for so long. Legit, him and Jeter up the middle last year cost us games that could have potentially put us in as a WC.
Dude, your boy Cashman admits that Tanaka may need TJS sooner rather than later; Pineda last had a healthy full season when? CC is um, you know.
So I have no idea what you are talking about.
I don't buy league effects in terms of stuff.
Of course, you said yesterday that IPK got a shot (oh wait, "more than given a shot"). So when I proved that to be false with only 12 NYY starts, you now have a new explanation.
It's also been widely reported, btw, that the Yankkees have tried to re-acquire IPK.
Those question marks have zero correlation to Shane Greene . None . Zilch.
We have a better, younger version then Greene in Bryan Mitchell. Greene still needs to build innings. He's expendable and most of all, definitely not a dependable piece that you're making him out to be.
He made 14 starts, performed at league average (103 ERA +), which is better then anything he ever did in the minors but yet he's a dependable workhorse in the rotation? Sorry but I'm in the boat that prefers to take a chance on a young defensive stud SS with upside over a guy with no history of performing better than league average throughout his career.
And I'm a Greene fan.
I'm still confused how ipk wasn't given a shot? Brought up in 2007 after a crazy rise through the minors, started with the big club in 2008 and was sent down after 2 months and 10 starts in which he put up an 8 era...I guess we were supposed to keep him up and hope he turned it around? I don't get it. In 2009 he was hurt for the season, so please fill me in on where he didn't get a shot? You can't.
You also claimed melky wasn't given a shot, good call there.
Be nice, please.
Melky was a personality thing and IPK was too, to a certain degree. He was ripping his coaches, and behaving poorly. And he was getting lit up. They may or may not have traded low on him but he's always just had average stuff, and no STUFF!
Exactly - I just think it's ridiculous to say ipk wasn't given a fair shot -- there are definitely areas where the yanks deserve to be criticized and others they don't.
BM i think your selling Greene short.Mitchell and Greene have similar stuff but Greene showed he could carry it over the the Majors while Mitchell hasn't as of yet.
I like Greene a lot but I'm not overvaluing 70innings of average pitching for a pitcher who really has shown little success. When you add in the age differential between Greene and Mitchell, I think it's fair to say that Greene was beyond expendable, especially when it's for a young SS with upside.
This is too crazy too argue with.
So:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2015/#list=1b
are you talking about Greg Bird being the #3 1B or the fact that the Yankees were told Josh Bell was going to college and there was no amount of money that could change his mind in 2011?
Billy,
I don't think Rothschild was the PC at the time, but I imagine he could have hypothetically helped Scherzer as well if he had come to NY in the trade.
Again, zero problem trading for Granderson at the time. In hindsight, though, trading IPK and Hughes to Arizona for Scherzer was probably the way to go.
And yeah, I remember some comments IPK made that made him come across as arrogant and entitled. But I chalk that up to youth.
Bird. Unlinkable, I guess.
Granderson was already in decline and had become a strict pull hitter. Taken together, that likely indicated declining bat speed. Plus, his defense was also declining.
Sure, he had that one year with Long; it may have made Long.
But we have seen that it didn't last.
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