This Week on the Blog
Yanks: The DSL started today, and the MLB draft starts Thursday. The Yanks hold the 18th pick and all of their other picks with no extras. The strength of the draft seems to be power pitching preps. And frankly, the Yanks could use an infusion of 18 and 19 year old arms for the system. Otherwise, I'd like to see a nice mix of prep and collegiate picks. The Yanks have grabbed some impressive guys in JuCo over the last few drafts, and let's hope they can exploit that again. They need to keep piling up the talent.
Giants: The Giants are probably finishing up OTA's, this coming week, and then they will start their break after the mandatory mini-camp the following week. They still haven't addressed the OL and seemed to be pushing a Bobby Hart narrative through the press this week. This is still pure negligence, no matter what else they have done in free agency and the draft, both of which were otherwise impressive.
Rangers: The Rangers have had their organizational meetings and are said to be open for business. If the Sharks don't take care of some business of their own, the Ranger plans could start going into effect this coming week. As it stands, they're tight on the cap and have no picks till the third round in this year's draft. The Rangers also lost Ulfie from their coaching staff this past week and will probably name a replacement in the next few days.
Knicks: The Knicks introduced Hornacek yesterday, and now they need guards. Horny said all the right things yesterday, and seems properly high on KP, but he's going to want guards who can push it, and the Knicks are still without picks in the upcoming, but that should change. Hornacek must also put together his new coaching staff, and that's always fun.
I hope you all have a great week, and that the Yanks kick ass in the draft.
posted by Kalel9 @ 1:25 PM
31 Comments:
The Yankees need a "sell to rebuild" strategy, and given his pitching-centric philosophy, and inexplicable compulsion to publicly diss Ref's defense, I find it hard to believe that Cashman is smart enough to do it right.
Seems the Yankees don't care for Refsnyder so perhaps they will trade him to a team that will play him everyday
Would be best for all parties, but I would wait until the offseason when you have a better idea about Bird.
Sheesh, Nova just completely self-destructed.
Seems the Yankees are run like shit so maybe they will fire the people who created the shit.
Just pulled Refsnyder for Parmalee, because apparently he's a defensive whiz?
McCann coming in to catch with a hyperextended elbow.
This is Refs's great opportunity to make himself so valuable to the team that they have to give him some sort of a role. These opportunities don't grow on trees and I'm really rooting for him to play his way onto the regular roster, especially as the adoptive Dad of an Asian boy who's a big Yankee fan. Go Refs!
The roster is full of hitters who don't work the count. They can add one who does yet the GM publicly disses his defense. So if they wanted to trade him that obviously wouldn't increase his value.
That's just stupid. He must have some really compromising pictures of Hal and a horse.
And remember Nunez who Yogi liked? He is OPSing 130.
The stupid GM publicly dissed him and inexplicably mocked Yogi.
Yet he keeps his job.
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Another BP loss...
Trade Chapman, Miller and Betances. Trade Beltran and Gardner. If he'll agree to waive his NTC, trade McCann. Sink this team and get a high enough pick that gives them less of a chance to screw up the selection.
CC might be tradable with a subsidy. Great transition job by him.
All this talk about Refs bad defense, the way the offense has been hitting, I don't care if he goes out on the field with no glove and stands somewhere. We need good hitters, if we can't score runs, don't matter how good our defense is, we'll lose. Saying that, I have not seen Refs play that bad of defense that Mgmt seems to be harping on. Get tired of Michael Kay defending it, where's the evidence?
Is Headly's defense really that good? Mgmt NEVER mentions how much he's regressed but he still plays, can't hit either. Castro should be on 3rd and Refs on 2nd. Headly as a sub, pinch hitter. He seems to have had success as a pinch hitter.
I completely agree, lion.
The Giants and Nats, to name two, are reportedly interested in Miller.
They are going to trade for a young pitcher given Cashman's bias.
I really wish a new GM would do this makeover.
There may not be a makeover. A report surfaced today they still aren't thinking of selling, though there was the caveat they didn't rule it out come late July: http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/knuckleball-news/heyman-yankees-not-looking-to-sell-yet/
It would be par the course if they decided to stand pat or even acquire another arm/bench piece while continuing to pretend they're gonna make a run. But we'll see.
They may be the last to know. Barring some really unforeseeable turnarounds, even a moron like Hal may come around.
You have to get the best package of players if and when they trade Miller/Chapman or Betances regardless if it's an arm or bat.
I agree in a vacuum but given the desperate need the team has for offense, and the fragility of pitching in general, they need to target bats first and foremost.
Credit where credit is due, it appears the team is going to give Refsnyder the at-bats he needs to see if he's an MLB-caliber player. Of course, it begs the question as to why they didn't last year over the likes of Drew, but better late than never I guess.
I'd feel better about pitching with different management.
This mess is years in the making. Adequate planning was not done for this foreseeable decline. Their free agent signings have been mostly bad, their development has been awful, and their trades are meh, but the undeniable good ones are offset by whiffing on their biggest trade chip, Montero, and acquiring offensive players that hate to work the count.
Yes, Hal and Levine make it hard, and Girardi has bad baseball values, but seriously, the GM is a unicorn? That strains credulity.
Entering today: Rob Refsnyder has 18 hits in 2 seasons with the Yankees and in those 18 hits he has 7 doubles and 2 home runs.
Did Hicks PH for Refs? If so, that's laughable.
Phil Jackson says 3-point shooting has changed the spacing of today's NBA. He suggests at an American Express event that the triangle still has a place in the NBA but that the spacing may need to be adjusted due to the 3-point shot.
Looks like Texeira is slated to return in about 3 weeks.
Until he breaks down again a week later. He's been awful anyway, so who cares.
Actually, the only good thing about it would be if they can trade him. Otherwise, he offers nothing.
If Pineda improbably gets a on roll, that would be the time to trade him. It's not reasonable to believe that he's ever going to turn it around consistently after all these years of enigmatic performance. But Cashman feels that he is defined by him, so he is unwilling to believe that he's anything but good.
Two Knick notes:
Phil Jackson’s Lakers gloat: I warned you about Porzingis: New York Knicks president Phil Jackson claims he warned the Lakers they’d be sorry if they passed on Kristaps Porzingis at No. 2 in last June’s draft. The Lakers instead selected point guard D’Angelo Russell, who had an up-and-down rookie year. The 7-foot-3 Porzingis fell to the Knicks at No. 4 and finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting. -- New York Post
NBA coach Sean Rooks dies hours after Knicks interview: Jeff Hornacek’s search to build a coaching staff has begun with a tragic twist. Sean Rooks, a candidate to join the Knicks’ coaching staff, died in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, hours after meeting with Knicks brass. Rooks was 46. An NBA source confirmed Rooks interviewed Tuesday afternoon at the Knicks’ Tarrytown headquarters with Hornacek, Knicks president Phil Jackson and general manager Steve Mills. -- New York
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