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Sunday, February 22, 2015

NYT Alleges That Betances and Miller are "Competing" For Closer Spot

Good, sweet Jesus, the New York Times is pimping the idea that Miller and Betances are competing to be the new closer.  Well, I hope they both lose -- it will be better for the Yanks.  We cannot go over this enough but saving your best reliever for 3 outs when you're already winning is suboptimal.  Instead, teams should keep their best reliever available for the toughest situations.  With Miller and Betances the Yanks have two outstanding relievers who can got 2 innings with some frequency. They should use the two innings guys in rotation.  Lindgren could be another.  They should make Warren or someone else the one inning closer.  We've been over this again and again.

Btw, since I'm on the West Coast, I wonder if Moncada will be a Yankee by the time I wake up tomorrow.

16 Comments:

At 6:11 PM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

I'm actually curious how Bailey throws this spring -- that could be another good piece for the pen

 
At 6:23 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Bailey would be my top choice, but who knows if he's back or not?

 
At 7:39 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

In response to the thread before this, I have high hopes for Eovaldi as well — mostly because I think highly of Larry Rothschild. The Yankees likely viewed Eovaldi as a project when they acquired him, and it's interesting that he's already trying to learn a split.

 
At 5:55 AM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

I found the article I was referring to from RAB:

http://riveraveblues.com/2014/12/nathan-eovaldis-new-old-pitch-112215/

Kind of a lengthy read, but worth it.

I know McCann gets a lot of flak around here for his hitting but does not get the recognition he deserves when it comes to his pitch framing, calling and overall development of young pitchers. A lot of the success of our staff last season should be partially credited towards him.

 
At 6:27 AM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

MAN WTF -- reports coming out Moncada signing with Red Sox for 30 mil - unfuckingbelievable.

This is a travesty, can't wait to hear why the yanks didn't pull the trigger on a prospect that was tailor made for us.

 
At 6:36 AM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

I've lost all hope - I'm joining LINJ bandwagon.

 
At 7:11 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Fuck them.

 
At 7:18 AM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

According to Joel Sherman, Yanks offered $25mil with willingness to go to $27mil.

YOU LOSE HIM OVER THAT? WOW. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. GEORGE is rolling over right now.

 
At 7:33 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

If he was 40 they would have been all over it.

They were beat out by a similar amount on Soler.

I get this. It's primarily about ownership, but the GM keeps re-upping knowing what they are so it's on him too.

 
At 7:46 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Sports in NY are at an all-time low.

 
At 8:13 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing to do with Cashman. All on Hal and Hank write the checks so to think otherwise is just silly

Now all the Refsnyder lovers can rejoice since nobody is blocking him

 
At 8:15 AM, Anonymous Stottlemyre68 said...

Sad to lose out over $3 mil plus.

 
At 8:23 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Of course it has to do with Cashman. If he wasn't so shitty at development, trades, and free agent signings they wouldn't need Moncada as badly.

 
At 8:27 AM, Blogger Billy Martin said...

The inability to sign Moncada has nothing to do with Cashman and is completely on ownership.

They lost out solely based on dollars. I don't understand how Cashman is to be blamed for this.

 
At 8:37 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Yeah right, he's a great GM.

 
At 8:47 AM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

New post.

 

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