This Week on the Blog
Yanks: The dream is over, so I'd just as soon they keep losing late while improving their draft postion. Yes, I'd love to see Sanchez pass 20, but the other kids are just not getting enough chances to develop real traction, and more and more it doesn't seem like Girardi is the man for this transition. We'll see what happens there. Down on the farm, Instructs are starting and most of the top prospects will be playing down there, including, perhaps, Jame Kaprielian who has been throwing BP. So that would be great.
Giants: the Giants have to regroup after this disaster, and all three of Eli Apple, DRC and OBJ got dinged in this game, and Snacks was also in and out a bit. So, some physical healing will be required along with the mental healing and education that must take place before they face the Vikings. Btw, the Vikings always give the Giants, and specifically Eli, trouble. So McAdoo has his work cut out for him. This Dan Reeves playcalling is not gonna work.
The Rangers: The Blushirts will start their preseason against the Isles on Tuesday, and it will be our first chance to see Mika Z, Vesey, and Pavel Buchnevich (unless AV scratches him) with their Ranger teammates. Interestinglt, Jacob Trouba is demanding a trade and is the kind of guy the Rangers can use, but they may not have a match. I'm still surprised they haven't traded for a puck mover.
Knicks: the Knicks will start training camp this week, and with all the new parts, new coach Jeff Hornacek will have his work cut out for him. Still, given health, the parts shouldn't have much trouble meshing, since three of the presumptive starting 5 are already selfeless, and both Melo and Rose can be. It will also be a big camp for the young Euro's who will join Kristaps and perhaps give us a sense of the next core. We'll see. Should be fun.
So, at least we have the Knicks and Rangers back, if not winning streaks for the Giants and Yanks. I hope the rest of the week is better than today was for all of you.
posted by Kalel9 @ 3:31 PM
23 Comments:
I would shut Betances down for the season.
Agreed. No sense in pretending any longer this team has a postseason prayer.
I hope Mason Williams gets a real opportunity with the team next year.
As I said elsewhere, after Judge and Frazier, he's the next in line.
Neither Gardner nor Ellsbury should be starters here any longer. They have to pay them anyway, so why should they also suffer with mediocre production when there are young, cost-controlled options who are more likely to help them win and make them money.
Missed it, but nice job by the Yankees not taking shit.
I had missed this:
Refsnyder wants to change that. He wants to add some power to his game this offseason and he’s got a plan to make that happen. Here’s what Refsnyder told David Laurila over the weekend:
“I’m going to try to hit home runs next year,” Refsnyder told me on Friday. “I’ve had a lot of good conversations with people and I’m going to try to completely change my game. I think it will help my career.”
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“I’m going to go back to the drawing board and watch a lot of video,” said Refsnyder. “I’ll probably watch a lot of (Brian) Dozier video. Dozier doesn’t have too long of a swing — he’s pretty short and compact — and his pull rate is really high. I’ll look at Daniel Murphy, too. He changed his game from being more of a contact guy — trying to put the barrel on the ball — to pulling the ball in the air.
“I’m never going to be one of those guys who hits for opposite-field power. That’s OK. Mookie Betts pulls the ball with the best of them. He goes the other way, but not for opposite-field home runs. Mookie and Dozier are the type of guys I need to look at.”
He will probably due that for another club next year.
Yup, there is no NYY love for plate judgment anymore.
The best GM in baseball, and as much as it pains me to say, that's Theo Epstein, had signed a five-year extension.
Wednesday: Well, so much for that. Kaprielian has been removed from the Scottsdale roster, according to MLB Pipeline. Jack Curry says Kaprielian hasn’t suffered a setback. He was added to the AzFL roster prematurely. If Kaprielian completes his rehab work in Instructional League, he’ll pitch in the AzFL.
Jed Hoyer is the GM of the Cubs. Epstein is the president while we have Levine.
Seriously? It's Theo's team. He doesn't do what Levine does.
It's definitely Theo's team, but he hires smart people underneath him to carry out his vision, and from the impression I get, Cubs ownership largely lets Theo do things the way he wants. We can probably all agree Levine needs to stay out of baseball decisions.
Levine needs to go to Mars. There is nothing about him that is an extremely offensive.
Isn't
Sabathia finished the season with a 3.91 ERA. Pretty good considering I expected it to be north of 5.
-Mike K. at work
Someone compared his evolution as a pitcher to Mussina.
Marchand says the offseason, according to sources, will be all about pitching. Can't blame or credit Levine and Hal for that.
Yes. No doubt they will trade for someone as they have stock piled some Prospects. This will hurt I am sure
It all depends on who they give up and who they get back. If they do some self-scouting and determine which players would be redundant/are less likely to reach their ceiling and cash in on their value now, then no harm done. If they trade guys who end up being major contributors elsewhere while they're stuck with a starter who has declining peripherals, no pitchablility or elbow/shoulder problems, then they failed miserably.
It's too early to make prospect trades because they have so many prospects at an early stage of development. Waiting another year for that to sort itself out makes a lot more sense.
Make the best deal you can for Gardner and McCann, sign a closer, and called it an off-season.
I think they need to strongly consider extending Tanaka in order to avoid the opt-out. I get the elbow concerns, but at worst, they're down a rotation spot anyway if he goes under the knife, and he's shown enough pitchability these three seasons to stave off concerns about aging.
They have so few other options, I agree.
Is this game being played in London?
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