This Week on the Blog
Yankees: the Yanks have DFA'd David Hale and this time they are calling up Clint Frazier instead of another pitcher. Let's hope they play him everyday and not just have play one and sit two. In other news, they really have to do something about the Sonny Gray situation. For reasons they can't control he's become useless, and rolling him out there creates losses - and those can't be tolerated. In other news, I think they ended up signing 33 or 34 out of 40 draft picks. That's a far cry from last year, when they signed about 24. Let's see who pops from this one. The Yanks are now in the easy half of their schedule and it would be good if they made it look that way.
Knicks: The Knicks start their SL schedule in about 5 hours in Vegas. Though Coach Fiz is not coaching the team, Mike Miller is and it should be Fiz's system. Miller sure seems useful. It will give us our first looks at Knox, Robinson and Trier. Hopefully, Knox looks like a lottery pick right off the bat, and I'm sure we're all hoping Robinson does, too. Trier is an older guy who might excel. We'll also get a first look at bigger, thicker, more aggressing Frank. Btw, it's cool that guys like Mudiay, who can't play during SL, is out in Vegas working out with the team. Fiz is talking about brining in another veteran, but they don't even have contract room for Mitchell Robinson yet, so I don't know how that will work.
Rangers: The Rangers still have their RFA's to finish signing or otherwise dispose of. Late in the week it looked like the Rangers would be the third team in a Tampa/Ottowa deal, but nothing came of it. I wonder if the market is still being slowed by big names not moving. I thought the Tavares deal would open things up, but it sure hasn't for the Rangers.
Giants: The Giants are keeping things quiet on most fronts as training camp approaches. As we get closer, to camp, I wouldn't be surprised if OBJ signs his Giant for Life deal.
So, there we are. The Yanks have to stop losing to bad teams, the Knicks have to look like a team, the Rangers need to keep rebuidling. and the Giants have to stay out of the news till camp. Have a great one!
posted by Kalel9 @ 9:23 AM
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The Jenkins tragedy took place in the town where I grew up. In a perverse way that signifies progress because in the ‘60s prospective African-American buyers were supposedly informed they weren’t welcome, including, the rumor was, Elston Howard. In fact, my parents told me that in the ‘40s, there was a sign on a upcoming subdivision that read: “No blacks, dogs, or Jews”
So again, since that should not be America, it’s great that the only barrier to entry is financing. And really, this town is below Jenkins’ means
Gardner leading off versus a lefty again. Clint on the bench because... reasons?
I'd like to ask Boone at what point does actual production take precedent over feelings.
You have to wonder if Frazier arrived in time. Having said that. Gardy is the problem, not Hicks.
Gary Sanchez caught a bullpen today and went through 2 rounds of BP. Feels good. Still needs to run bases. Said if it were up to him he’d be back before ASB. Time will tell if #yankees comply
Hicks has earned his spot. Gardner has not. But I’m not sure that Boone is much more than a front man.
Johnny Lasagna to the 7 Day AAA DL with shoulder soreness.
Means Cessa will get another start unless they wake up and call for Justice.
Isaiah Pasteur homered today.
I hope injury don’t kill Loáisiga‘a career
So Frazier is only up to motivate inconsistent incumbent OFers?
Judge!
Don’t. Need. Happ.
Happ has a self-discounting mechanism.
So apart from Didi, Happ has been awful.
F Granderson
Andujar’s AB ...
Happ just lowered the Jays’ asking price. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment but if he can be had cheaply it would be worth it.
Does it suggest that NY would be tough for him mentally?
Real cheap.
Gray for Happ and a decent prospect. Gray will be ok out this market. (Unless he’s hiding an injury)
Hamels sucked today as well.
But I’m into discounted pitchers not hearing about great former Yankees on other teams.
I guess Clint Frazier is the magical guy who makes others he might replace do good when he’s on the roster?
Knox and Robinson were as advertised. Knicks won.
Robinson is very active. PG penetration will make both even better
Happs' price went down.
I thought they played beter than any pair of rooks I can remember in their first SL game.
Yanks interested in Britton and Hand per Heyman.
Fizdale is also very high on Trier. He calls him an assassin and compares him to Lou Williams.
“He knows one thing, and that’s get buckets,” Fizdale said.
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What are they going to do about not hitting with runners in scoring position?
The other thing is isnt it time to try Higgy with Gray?
Although whether or not they want to admit it publicly, continuing to start Gray may be accelerating his regression.
If this happens I would have trouble rooting for them
Bowden says if the yanks dropped Sheffield , Florial , Frazier , Swanson on the door for Degrom then the Mets would be crazy to not do that
I actually think we now have 3 better OF's than Frazier and Florial in the system, maybe even 4 depending on what we see from Raimfer. I think Ryder Green is a taller Clint Frazier. What would hurt the most is losing Justus and that's because he's our only super high upside lefty. We have a ton of Swansons.
Loved both Knicks picks...
Having said that, I would not move them for a pitcher in his 30s. I don't think Cash would, either.
yf I don't put to much weight in anything Heyman says anymore...
That's why Bowden is no longer a GM.
Which one of you is which?
And I disagree about outfielders in the system being better than Frazier or even outfielders who aren’t Judge or Stanton being better than him on the major-league roster
But if I was going to trade him it wouldn’t be for a pitcher because they’re too fragile and I don’t trust Cashman.
If i could get Richards on the cheap ,I would limit his innings and go from there. Rich i agree ...Going big on a Fragile arm might not be our best move.
German was really good.
Florial is better than Frazier, Periera seems better than Florial, Cabello aslo seems better than Florial and Raimpher is supposed to be the best of the Super 3, but he hasn't played yet. Also, Ryder Green does seem like a bigger Clint.
German was outstanding. That's when he looks like our #2. It's those other times, and their frequency that haven't shown him to be a solution yet.
Tyler Wade is FAST!
Too much projection at that level vs Frazier’s actual performance.
Beyond that, I don’t want deGrom at any realistic price.
Stanton’s approach sucks.
Needed that.
Big win!
All are better fielders, Cabello is drawing Trout comps. There's also Stanley Rosario and Anthony Garcia who are power hitting corner OF's. Everyone else, from Florial through Salinas is a real CF. Frazier is not.
Cabello isn’t even 18. So much can happen both positively and negatively over the next few years.
I think you have made the case to trade Florial, not Frazier.
Because despite a great month, Hicks has never been consistent or healthy, and Gardner, despite this series, is 35 and in decline.
They need help much sooner than what teenagers are likely to offer.
This team’s offensive weakness is AVG. If Frazier can provide that, they need him now.
Frazier is a 24.68 K% guy in his minor-league career and has a .275 lifetime MiLB average, so I’m not sure he doesn’t fit the profile of what the team already has in the outfield. That’s not to say he shouldn’t be up and playing regularly, but I don’t get the indication he’s destined to be a >.300 hitter. I do think he’ll be a good player, but he’s not untouchable IMO.
Also, like I said before, I would offer Hicks 3/$30M this offseason and see if he bites. I would also let Gardner walk.
I just don't think Frazier's upside is .900 OPS. I think he's a corner of with maybe a 30 homer peak, unless many thing about him change, including too much top hand. That said he should be in the bigs, but there's no room in our starting corners.
New Knicks post.
I would platoon him to start.
Mike .280 is the new .300.
.@TorresGleyber was named to his first career All-Star team…is the fourth Yankee to be named to the AL All-Star team at age 21-or-younger, joining Joe DiMaggio (age 21 in 1936), Mickey Mantle (ages 20-21 from 1952-53) and Willie Randolph (age 21 in 1976).
Yanks/Blue Jays are haggling over the price tag for Happ per Olney.
They're delusional if they think they're getting anything major for a back-end arm.
I offer nothing
Severino, CC, Tanaka and Herman. Is that really that bad? So the start “urgency” is really only because Gray has been completely unreliable.
Cashman should keep that in mind and when he thinks about what he wants to give up for a starter.
I think they should get the best starter they can for Didi and stuff.
Torres plays shortstop and we have ample candidates at second.
Gallegos = 26
A. Hicks - CF
A. Judge - RF
D. Gregorius - SS
G. Stanton - DH
C. Frazier - LF
N. Walker - 1B
B. Drury - 3B
K. Higashioka - C
T. Wade - 2B
CC Sabathia - P
By RotoWire Staff 6m ago • 1 min read
Loaisiga (shoulder) received a cortisone shot and will be shut down for a few weeks, Marc Carig of The Athletic New York reports.
No structural damage was found, but the talented rookie is dealing with inflammation. There's a chance that even though this shoulder injury will cost Loaisiga at least a month in the middle of the season, it may not actually impact his total innings pitched in 2018, as he has thrown 63 innings between the minors and majors, and only threw 32.2 innings in 2017. He will miss most if not all of July, and will then have to go on a rehab assignment before potentially rejoining the big-league club in mid-to-late August.
Didi is a frustrating hitter to watch, although granted he is the best defensive SS they have had in decades.
Dude starting for the O’s in the first game entered it with an ERA close to 8. At some point, this offense needs to punish these bad pitchers/teams like the team up north is doing, it it wants to remain in AL East contention.
Higgy got a called strike in a location that CC isn’t getting.
Manny Machado for next season (while either moving Andujar to first or packaging him for a first baseman) is looking better and better all of a sudden. They need bats.
Walker with a huuuge misplay.
He says he wants to play SS.
Also, absence of Torres and Sanchez is showing.
He can be made to recon$ider. Not saying do it for sure, but it’s something to think about.
Even if they trade Didi, because of Torres’ defensive superiority, Machado would have to play 3B.
I just don’t see any team telling him he can play short. He isn’t good there, while he’s good at third. The advanced defensive metrics on Fangraphs back that up.
Boone doesn't know how to manage against Baltimore. This is shameful.
F
Not beating bad teams and drilling bad pitching is going to come back and haunt this team.
I hate Gardner v. LHP
If they acquire a starter, who leaves the rotation? If it’s not Gray, what’s the point.
Offense will decide their future. With Torres and Sanchez out, Drury and Frazier are obviously pressing, trying to force their way into the mix, but fair or not, not everyone gets an extended chance.
Clint could have used a good game in the opener.
Drury sent down.
Drury got sent down for Cessa. Of course it's probably just a paper move.
DFA Walker.
Walker over Wade. F me.
Rosenthal says Yanks interested in Machado.
Ugh
Not buying it.
Up the middle Stanton is good
Man, Didi better not get a long term deal from us.
Bad baserunning 101
Frazier on the SWB shuttle
Tremendous job by Cessa.
Frazier dogged it to first, then asked for the ball after a double. He needs to get out of his own way.
Oh my
Whether they trade for pitching or offense the biggest weakness on this team is Gray. That needs to be faced.
We are now 40 and 3 when we get a quality start. Thus we need consistent quality starts, and they are our best determinant. Gray cant do it.
Asking for the ball was self-depreciating humor. Can’t not run out of the box, though.
Tanaka comes back tonight. Just what the team needs.
Layoffs have tended to benefit him.
Again I don’t think they have real interest in Machado because it would cause a lot of disruption in season. He reiterated that he’s a shortstop and I see no reason to disbelieve him at this point.
I’m fine with trading Didi because I think he’s limited offensively, and certainly not a top of the order bar like they pretend he is, but is that something you want to do in season.
I’m very skeptical.
The counterpoint would be that Cashman seems to like to turn heads with his moves, so there’s that.
And he’s kind the player I would trade Frazier for, but I would not trade Andujar. Not that he’s not much better than him at this point maybe always but I just have a good feeling about the kid.
So Didi would have to be part of the deal or part of another deal to make room.
Except for range, and you could substitute upcoming price, this is why you trade Didi not cost-controlled Andujar. Typical moronic stuff.
You can’t pay everybody 20+ million a year.
http://riveraveblues.com/2018/07/three-reasons-yankees-make-miguel-andujar-available-trade-deadline-174411/
Would not surprise me to see Andujar traded eventhough he is a really good young player with a guy like Drury on the team.
Package up Andujar and Frazier + for Degrom.
Do you think Cashman is that stupid?
Depends on the return. All relative to cost
Thing is, Rich, they could afford it. They've chosen not to in order to reset the tax, and it's cost them good players like Scherzer and Lester. Since the mid-2000s, revenue has increased exponentially, yet the payroll has remained around the $200M mark. If they do reset the tax this offseason, then the team better turn around and spare no expense. Fans want a championship, and it's time this team start acting like it's the Yankees.
I don’t trade position players for inherently fragile pitchers, especially the crosstown rivals especially with a pitcher who has probably peaked.
As for Scherzer, when he was truly well priced Cashman enables a deal and all we got back was Granderson who was already beginning his decline.
Whatever pitcher they get, as I’ve said, does he replace Grat? If not this is still a problem.
Sorry for being repetitive, the Didi is the player who is about to get more expensive and is deeply flawed. That’s my big chip
I agree they should let Didi walk. Given the lack of a true CFer being ready, I would see if Hicks would take a reasonable short-term deal. While he may lack the contact ability of Torres, Hicks otherwise compares well to him from an athletic standpoint.
My overall point was how this team operates. They were willing to acquire Gray due to his reasonable price tag, whereas they wanted nothing to do with Verlander when he cleared waivers last summer. Think he wouldn’t have been valuable to the staff?
Rothschild wouldn’t ha e fixed Verlander anyway, but I get your point.
When we talk about the chances the players get the patience that Walker is getting is nauseating; it’s Brian Roberts and Steven Drew all over again.
The common theme: this GM will not admit mistakes even when it keeps punching him in the face
Andujar on the Machado rumors: “those are things I have no control of. To me it’s about doing what I can, worrying about what I need to do here...I don’t pay attention to that stuff.”
They need bats.
Happ isn’t going to help if he’s replacing German;
The Yankees continue to hold Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ in high regard and have him near the top of their list of “realistic” trade targets as the deadline approaches, tweets Fancred’s Jon Heyman. (Notably, Heyman adds that the Yankees don’t consider either Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard to fall into that “realistic” category.) However, to this point, the Yankees believe the asking price on Happ to be too high for talks to become serious.
Prices will come down as we get closer to the deadline.
TX had scouts looking at Sheffield in AAA.
We need offense not pitching
Bird shows the importance of offense. They need more
The Andujar walk was big
Is pitching around Machado such a terrible freaking idea with no one on
Tremendous bat speed
Why did so many guys not run hard
There’s one better on this team you shouldn’t let beat you but ...
Batter
I have seen nothing from Boone that shows me that is smart.
He is
Boston in on Manny Machado.
Not happening.
We need offense
Why is Cashman making political comments? It’s not the first time.
Yup.
Offense is coming with Torres and Sanchez.
Hopefully Sanchez comes back in good shape and snaps out of his slump.
Yanks need SP. Good teams like Houston and Boston with very good hitting destroy this current staff outside of Severino.
They have too many low AVG hitters.
German is their second most dominant starter. Any trade that removes him from the rotation makes them weaker.
Headline: trade target Richards hurt.
Yes, pitching is fragile.
Orioles want Sheffield in part of package but Yanks reluctant for a rental.
They have to take Gray.
Hubbs saying that the same guy that told him about Stanton going to the #Yankees a few days before it broke is telling him the #Yankees are “close” to getting Manny Machado. It would be something if this was true. Interesting.
Eric Hubbs
@BarstoolHubbs
I would say more likely than not the Yankees are landing Machado. I don’t know if it’s today but MY GUY has told me it’s close. Don’t know package
From Twitter
Because of my bias towards offense, it wouldn’t probably be something I could access depending upon who is in the package (Frazier isn’t the issue in this one), but I still don’t think will happen.
At least weeds playing tonight. I am increasingly down on Boone.
I suck at speech to text.
It would
accept
Wade
Giles to AAA
I don’t care what he does tonight, Cashman doesn’t have the balls to admit his mistakes. Gray should be at AAA.
Too late, coward
An acquisition of Machado tells me the Yankees don't feel the SP options are available that would make a significant enough difference.
If Yanks do land Machado, its going to hurt prospect wise.
It would be devastating and I don’t think it will happen but I’d rather acquire a hitter that’s costly than a pitcher that’s costly because of durability.
Thinking about it some more another reason I don’t think it’s gonna happen is they supposedly want pitching prospects, so the Yankees have a suspect rotation and they’re going to trade pitching prospects? I don’t think so.
I am sure that Fraizer is part of this deal
Didi NEEDS to be
Getting rid of him while some peeps think he is more than he is would be ninja
Gray is looking great tonight. Just what he needs to build his confidence.
For another team.
If this deal happens, I bet Andujar is packaged for a SP.
Assuming the Yankees hang on for this one, Sonny Gray will improve to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three starts vs. the Orioles this season. -- @BryanHoch
via http://cbssportsapp.com
Manny is a rental, it cannot be too prospect consumptive.
Really happy for Wade.
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