Yanks Make Roster Moves
posted by Kalel9 @ 5:51 PM
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posted by Kalel9 @ 5:51 PM
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http://nypost.com/2016/11/19/the-tightrope-yankees-walk-with-their-4-item-offseason-wish-list/
With five weeks until Christmas, the Yankees’ shopping list looks like this: 1) Aroldis Chapman. 2) Further bullpen depth, particularly a proven lefty. 3) Improve the rotation. 4) Value shop for a hitter.
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“We have been walking the tightrope for a few years and now it is (making decisions for) 2017 vs. ’18, ’19 and ’20,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “Some decisions we make will be for the future and some for the present, and they might contradict each other. We are doing both.”
So, still two contradicting plans tugging at each other? Worked so well last time (get under $189M vs. give the impression the team wants to compete).
Pick a lane, Cash.
we've been talking about the contradictory plans here for the past few years.
It still stuns me that Ellsbury, McCann, Headley and others haven't shown the Yankees that aging veterans guarantee nothing except underperforming their stated goals. I distinguish those signings from Chapman types who can be, character questions (and contract size) aside, difference makers.
The real casualty of the dual mandate is developing starting pitchers; there is no bigger negative on Cashman's track record. Most of his bad moves have been an attempt to compensate for that. Buying top free agent starters isn't really an option under the current CBA, and trading for them is likely to deplete your farm system. So if anything has to change to make the Yankees great again (gallows humor), it is a willingness to be patient with Sevy, Kap, Sheffield, etc. for multiple ML seasons, if necessary.
Some of these kids on the farm and going to be really good pitchers at some point.
Best game ever by Jennings in a game that mattered.
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