This is kind of gross. Lance Lynn has been a walks machine this year and fricking Rothschild can't fix anyone. What's more, Austin should have been their first look when Judge went down and Luis Rijo is one of the exciting arms from last year's HC17 (Correction he's actually from the less heralded 2015 class). Also, now, the Yanks have 6 starters, and Sonny Gray will probably be off for someone else tomorrow. And Gray, unlike Lynn, seemed to be figuring something out. We'll see what else they do, but they just traded for a number 5.
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Some peeps think Lynn will be a reliever; I’m skeptical.
Or Gray as part of a package for Archet? No Sheffield in that package!
I think Gray is going somewhere. Like Happ, Lynn has spectacular numbers against the Sox.
I would have moved Sheff for Snell, but nothing much for Archer, who is broken and we already have 6 starters without him. Sheff is good, but he hasn't looked at all like a future ace or #2 to great Sori this season.
Seigler hit a HR
Sherman
Yet what might resonate from this trade season is that while honoring their go-for-it reputation, the Yankees emphasized the future.
They acquired the maximum $3.75 million in international pool money in trades with the Cardinals (Giovany Gallegos and Chasen Shreve), White Sox (Caleb Frare) and finally on Monday with the Mariners (Adam Warren). The last one was the toughest.
Warren was treasured within the Yankees organization for his toughness and team-oriented nature. But once the Yankees knew they could get Lance Lynn from the Twins, their calculus became Lynn was better than Warren because he could start and — they believe — his stuff will play up out of the pen.
At that point, the Yankees felt it would be negligent not to accumulate all the international money. They will not be picking near the top of a draft any time soon and they will lose a second-round pick next June if they sign a qualified free agent, like say Patrick Corbin is expected to be. Thus, the international market provides access to high-end talent they can’t access in the draft.
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— Lynn will begin in the bullpen, but the Yankees recognize the suddenly struggling Luis Severino may need a respite, that CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka are always injury red flags and Sonny Gray has yet to fully gain his employer’s confidence. So, the expectation is Lynn will make some starts.
— The Yankees were interested in Lynn as a free agent because he was a strike-throwing ground-ball machine. He still gets grounders (50.8 percent), but his 5.45 walks per nine innings have been a killer. He has pitched better lately and the Yankees, especially, come September may use expanded rosters to attack games with multiple pitchers and not be beholden to traditional starters.
— By adding Happ and Lynn, the Yanks are pretty much out of the starter market. They were not nearly as involved on Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer as public perception and never really got any place with the Mets on Zack Wheeler.
I think Gray is going tomorrow and if the Nationals are serious about trading Bryce Harper, we can get him with our Machado offer.
Pass on Harper especially as to how much he will cost in terms of talent.
Yanks will go as deep into Oct as their SP carries them.
Need to see what is going on with Severino cause without him being right, Yanks will be done.
Was their SP bad v. Houston in the ALCS? No. They didn’t hit. I doubt they add an important bat though.
There is no objective evidence that Rothschild has ever had the impact on a SP here that Houston’s PC had on Verlander, Cole or Morton.
Does he cheat? Maybe but the wins still count.
I don’t want Jose Bautista for free.
Yanks bats got shutdown with dominant pitching. Couple that with mediocre SP staff will spell disaster.
Perhaps they need to start their BP guys. HA
Sale is a dominant pitcher and he got bombed in the playoffs last year.
You are pretending that these things are predictable when they are not.
If you are so pitching-centric how can you love Cashman? If there is one enduring flaw in the way he has built a team it’s starting pitching,specifically his inability to develop starters, and his employment of a pitching coach who cannot enact transformational change.
I guess Ryan Bollinger is a placeholder for Lynn
Nothing is guaranteed. Kershaw has also gotten bombed as well. It happens.
Fact is you normally face better pitching in the playoffs that will shutdown a good
lineup.
They might, they might not. But it’s undeniable the better hitters a better chance of hitting them
The Marlins with more IFA money.
Archer to the Pirates
Schoop to the Brewers. No excuses not to win now
I have no idea whether or not the strategy is effective, but it’s interesting that both Happ and Lynn have been throwing fastballs about mid 70s% of the time with the Yankees are in the mid 40s.
Sale to the DL with shoulder inflammation.
I saw an analysis of the Yankees versus Red Sox this year and basically the difference is how much better Boston has done versus the Orioles.
Brian Cashman confirms that J.A. Happ has contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. He went to NY Presbyterian this afternoon and was sent home. Cashman said it is a mild case.
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