Yanks Pimping That It Wasn't Hal's Call
And how stupid was it for them to say they'd rather spend 60-70M of an established hitter. But there are no #3 hitters at that price point - they're either under control or getting over 100M.
So the Yanks were picturing two fictional scenarios today, first, that Hal doesn't call the shots, and second that there are no 60-70M dollar hitters available with Moncado's middle of the order upside. It's too bad that the Yankee press takes what they're fed at face value with nary a thought or question. Yankee fans deserve better.
There's no such thing as a coincidence, and the Yankees passing on all of these Cubans in a row was no coincidence. It was costly plan that will stretch this period of mediocrity for years. And now they're trying to absolve the owner of the plan from his ownership of the plan. What a load of crap.
Yankee fans deserve much better.
posted by Kalel9 @ 5:20 PM
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It's garbage. Deflect, deflect, deflect. Oh look, here's A-Rod. And hey, come watch us honor (insert late '90s player) on such-and-such date.
Couldn't believe that Mrs.Girardi made a point of saying ARod had not apologized to him (her?) yet.
This article says it all and clearly points the finger at ownership --
http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2015/02/23/agent-describes-how-yoan-moncada-ended-up-with-red-sox-over-yankees/
Well sure, but they should be better even with this owner.
Thanks, Blaine, but I am a movie and TV writer/producer and don't write for anyone else for free. When my traffic is up around 2000 hits a day, or during the 4 major drafts when it gets as high as 20 or 30K a day I keep expecting a national page to pick it up. Hasn't happened yet, but thank you for your kind consideration.
The next area of concern will be if they do start to implode, do they have a movement of the farm system for veterans despite what they say. It is now apparent that you can't trust anything they say; everyone associated with this team is dishonest.
Now that I've allowed this ridiculous non-decision to be processed, here's what I believe will happen:
The business model the Yankees employ is unsustainable in the current baseball climate, I.E. pinching pennies on amateur talent while waiting on top players in their prime to reach free agency. They are under the foolish impression that those kinds of players will actually become available to them.
There are too many bad contracts on the books. Spending what they did on guys like Beltran, Ellsbury and McCann — all past their prime — was just as much about acquiring names they could promote as "big-ticket guys" to "help put them back on top." Most of the casual fans bought it, but if the Yankees keep being stuck in mediocrity, which they likely will, those fans will turn.
In the meantime, the team will eventually collapse unless a miracle happens in the form of A. The farm system finally supplying the big-league team with good players and B. The Yankees actually giving said players a legitimate shot. When the collapse comes, one of two things will happen: Hal and co. will try to apply more bandaids to the problem when some of the bigger contracts come off the books, or they will re-think their business model altogether. (Do we dare hope for option C, selling the team?)
I pray it's the latter, or option C, assuming it's not to someone even worse than the Steinbrenner family.
Mike, I'm going to write something about the Yanks and their diminishing opportunities in the morning.
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