I was in transit when this became official, but I guess I was one of the few people who were never worried that it would get done. And it's a great thing that it did. The Yanks almost never get a chance to draft a Rutherford level talent. Here's a sweet swinging lefty, who takes his walks to the tune of a nearly .700 OBP, and doesn't K. The Yanks believe in his power, and they should as they know doubt measured his exit velocity. One thing they will almost certainly do is move him back in the batter's box. If you notice his tapes, his right foot is on the front line of the box. He might want that extra split second back when he starts facing pros.
He's also an excellent defender with borderline plus speed, which might just settle into above average speed as he gains his "man strength."
If all goes right, we're talking about an perrenial all-star and possible MVP.
And he's starting off in the GCL. And maybe I can do those roster post in the next couple of days.
Btw, it looks like they gave him the rest of the jackpot, so I don't think anyone else is coming in. That's something we should have known once Solak and Martinez got more than expected.
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And he's not a fragile young pitcher.
This is really all I cared about in regard to the most recent draft. If he develops, he should be ready toward the end of Ellsbury's deal.
Has a chance to go down as an A+ draft, like 2006.
Very Happy, thought it would be completed the last day. This is better.
If Sanchez, Judge, Severino, and I would hope Refs (but that seems beyond their baseball IQ) get more than September to begin the acclimation process as starters, I would feel a lot more optimistic. As of now, my confidence in their ability to effectuate anything is really low.
ZZzzzzzzz....
Oh. Sorry, Lawyer, I fell asleep waiting on the Yankees to do the right thing with their prospects and not field a boring team.
It's a good thing that Levine & Co. are so competent and yet remain modest. He's basically still cashing in on having political connections that enabled them to get the public subsidies to build the new stadium.
If the soul competent people in this organization are now running the minor-league's, why not just exploit that and take credit?
Good news! It seems as if the negotiating strategy has been (1) know what your #1 wants when you draft him, (2) get as big a discount as possible from 2-10 (unless you're using any of those picks for a premium choice), (3) use whatever extra bonus money you have to sign your other overslot candidates before showing how much you will have left after your #1 signs, (4) sign #1. It's worked pretty well the last couple of years, and this year at least they finished business well before the deadline.
Blake maxed us out, so no more bonuses over 100K.
It's probably one of the best risk-reward decisions they have made in the last 20 years, of course they pretty much had no choice.
And look who got the rally started with a base hit to lead off the 9th!
The only good thing about a counterproductive win.
Oh and playing Hicks over him is baseball malpractice.
If they do sell, you have to play him at second more often than not.
And thinking that Hicks should block Judge is just sad.
So Yanks want Schwarber for Miller.
Theo won't make that move.
Hicks over Refs in RF again. What a clown show.
Didi is now batting .290/.320/.435, so props to him for the developing bat (and the Yankees for finding him).
Yet another counterproductive win and Hicks still sucks
Pineda has turned it around shutting down one of the best teams this year.
Good call by the Yankees sticking with him
Trade him.
No they should really consider extending him if he finishes the season strong.
Yeah, because they can count on him staying consistent and healthy.
Injuries are part of the game. He is young man and has great stuff and has made the adjustment.
Whatever
Plus Cashman got him and Campos for next to nothing really....well so far.
Are you familiar with the term opportunity costs? They had one most highly rated prospects in baseball and they traded him for a guy who's been injured and ineffective most of the time he's here.
The reason you can't trade Pineda, who is pitching well now, is that Severino's fast balll control went missing, and Kaprielian is out for the foreseeable. Chad Green might be able to help since he's been killing AAA, but our high upside pitching prospects just aren't ready, so, might as well keep Pineda and see if he's finally turned the corner. If he's still bugging us when he comes up on FA, we can offer him arb and get a pick. Can't move him now, though, cause the kids aren't ready.
If the right offer came I would do it because it should only be about the future right now.
Whatever value Pineda offers will only last up until the end of next season. After that, they'll let him walk in free agency. Great stuff, but just far too inconsistent.
And the chances of him staying healthy and effective through the end of the season are not particularly high based on his history.
The real problem is a combination of their inability to develop good SP and the injuries to starters that are showing promise. Almost makes me think they should shy away from pitching in the early rounds of the draft outside of the Gerrit Cole types.
To this point, they haven't developed anything except relievers, and much of that has been by converting starters.
But despite the rhetoric from Hal, the GM is teflon. Even if you want to say that he doesn't control the minor leagues, despite explicitly getting more power in 2005-06, and proclaiming in 2007-08 that they would no longer have to buy or trade for starting pitchers because of their in-house development, he hasn't forced any minor leaguer on the manager, unlike in 2005.
To the contrary, he has publicly stated that Hicks should block Judge despite being abysmally bad for three months, and he has publicly disparaged Ref's defense even though his bat is exactly what is missing from this lineup (AVG, OBP), and he has been better than good offensively when given any playing time. It's not unreasonable to think that they could trade Refs and he could do exactly what Nunez is doing now. Let's also acknowledge that Castro's production for his contract is terrible.
Few things are as overrated as MLB defense, and how is it reasonable to think that the personally contemptible Levine or Hal give a shit about how they win as long as they win. That craziness has to be on the GM and manager.
It's like Cashman would rather be right than win.
So we can hope that unlike in prior minor league peaks, Judge, Sanchez (is anyone talking about calling him up?), Bird, etc will be ML regulars within the next calendar year, but that's only a hope given their track record, and maybe a foolish one.
It doesn't matter really. There is no accountability at the top whatsoever.
Cashman wants to win, he just wants to win because of himself. His ego won't allow him to bench Hicks.
The Red Sox were banned from signing IFAs for a year.
Question for Phil -- Is there any chance the Yanks will sign any more draftees now that Rutherford is in the fold and they've spent all their overslot money? Or have they just walked away from the ones who haven't signed yet?
Hicks again. I hate the way this team is run.
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