Official Yankees Thread II (Alex Cora & AJ Hinch fired)

[Davis19]

It's amazing how easy it was to see/hear from publicly accessible evidence once the Athletic article let the cat out of the bag.

This is really wild. The public is crucifying them with hard evidence.

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This article on BPro is amazing, Olney retweeted it this morning.

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I hope Astros get penalized big time.
I think this is worse than players using PEDs.
They should forfeit first 5 rds picks for at least 5 years and reduce luxury tax cap to 100 million.

[GEOLINK]

Aaron Judge is still my 2017 MVP.

[HarthorneWingo]

If you mean Chasen Shreve LHP...
I remember he sucked when he was with the Yankees.
He wasn't good enough to be even lefty specialist.

That's the guy. He's the Mets big free agent acquisition so far this offseason.

Nobody has signed yet...
Mets have good pieces. DeGrom, Noah, Alonso, Diaz if he get back to 2018 form.
Maybe Mets need to make moves like Yankees did.. DeGrom & Noah for boat load of prospects and then some.
Mets need to solidify middle of the field players like any good teams should.
Yankees also need to reassess.. Only Gleyber is keeper.

The infield is pretty much set with Alonso, Cano, Rosario, and Lowrie/McNeil. We probably need a CF, possible a backup catcher, another starting pitcher, and couple solid bullpen arms (Hudson? Betances? Pomeranz?).

[SelbyCobra]

That's the guy. He's the Mets big free agent acquisition so far this offseason.

Nobody has signed yet...
Mets have good pieces. DeGrom, Noah, Alonso, Diaz if he get back to 2018 form.
Maybe Mets need to make moves like Yankees did.. DeGrom & Noah for boat load of prospects and then some.
Mets need to solidify middle of the field players like any good teams should.
Yankees also need to reassess.. Only Gleyber is keeper.

The infield is pretty much set with Alonso, Cano, Rosario, and Lowrie/McNeil. We probably need a CF, possible a backup catcher, another starting pitcher, and couple solid bullpen arms (Hudson? Betances? Pomeranz?).

Mets should do everything possible to sign Cole. It's the most obvious and impactful move in MLB right now that nobody is really focusing on.

[HarthorneWingo]

Nobody has signed yet...
Mets have good pieces. DeGrom, Noah, Alonso, Diaz if he get back to 2018 form.
Maybe Mets need to make moves like Yankees did.. DeGrom & Noah for boat load of prospects and then some.
Mets need to solidify middle of the field players like any good teams should.
Yankees also need to reassess.. Only Gleyber is keeper.

The infield is pretty much set with Alonso, Cano, Rosario, and Lowrie/McNeil. We probably need a CF, possible a backup catcher, another starting pitcher, and couple solid bullpen arms (Hudson? Betances? Pomeranz?).

Mets should do everything possible to sign Cole. It's the most obvious and impactful move in MLB right now that nobody is really focusing on.

The Mets? Surely you jest. Not penny-pinching Freddie Coupons.

[SelbyCobra]

The infield is pretty much set with Alonso, Cano, Rosario, and Lowrie/McNeil. We probably need a CF, possible a backup catcher, another starting pitcher, and couple solid bullpen arms (Hudson? Betances? Pomeranz?).

Mets should do everything possible to sign Cole. It's the most obvious and impactful move in MLB right now that nobody is really focusing on.

The Mets? Surely you jest. Not penny-pinching Freddie Coupons.

I get it, I know the history, but man - to me it's the single most game changing move ANY team could make this offseason.

[HarthorneWingo]

Mets should do everything possible to sign Cole. It's the most obvious and impactful move in MLB right now that nobody is really focusing on.

The Mets? Surely you jest. Not penny-pinching Freddie Coupons.

I get it, I know the history, but man - to me it's the single most game changing move ANY team could make this offseason.

We already have deGrom, Syndergaard, Matz, and Stroman with Lugo as a possible starter if we can fix the bullpen. I'd rather we put that money into Rendon. We really need him at 3B. Plus, he's an everyday player.

You guys really need starting pitching more than we do. But sure, Cole on any pitching staff is going to make a huge difference.

[GEOLINK]

Every off-season somebody has to bring up the Mets in here and Wingo pops up like he's Beetlejuice.

[SelbyCobra]

Every off-season somebody has to bring up the Mets in here and Wingo pops up like he's Beetlejuice.

It's fun to get him talking about big-name targets. Even though he'll outwardly scoff at the idea and say he has no expectations, we can still subconsciously build him up by saying things like "the Mets should sign Cole" so that he backs into a statement such as, "I'd rather we put that money into Rendon. We really need him at 3B."

[GEOLINK]

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The plots this off-season have been really intriguing.

[BKlutch]

The Yankees greatly overpaid for Ellsbury, but I wonder if they really have a case to claw back the $$ just because Ellsbury saw a non-authorized doctor. It seems a bit of a reach, and I really don't care all that much about the Steinbrenner's money. Anybody know if there's a precedent for this? He probably wouldn't have played, no matter who the doctor was.

[HarthorneWingo]

Every off-season somebody has to bring up the Mets in here and Wingo pops up like he's Beetlejuice.

Offseason? Every offseason AND every season. Get it straight.

[Papi_swav]

It's amazing how easy it was to see/hear from publicly accessible evidence once the Athletic article let the cat out of the bag.

This is really wild. The public is crucifying them with hard evidence.

Read on Twitter

This article on BPro is amazing, Olney retweeted it this morning.

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I hope Astros get penalized big time.
I think this is worse than players using PEDs.
They should forfeit first 5 rds picks for at least 5 years and reduce luxury tax cap to 100 million.

They should automatically lose 20 games every season. Automatically put 20 Ls on their W-L record. i wish.

[Apples]

We'll see but Dominguez is one of those Vladimir Guerrero jr prospects. He could be in the majors at 19.

Florial contact is poor. He's been in high A ball a minute. Might be teammates with Dominguez soon.

[Grover]

Moving on from Encarnacion, extending Chapman at the last hour for one season instead of the two he sought, throwing his support behind Sanchez, allowing Betances, Didi, Gardner and Romine to wait on other business in the midst of payroll tax issues, signing Zack Granite as this year's potential Tauchman stashed in Scranton and having a roster full of excessively cheap position players and reserves to cover the thirteen roster spots, it appears that everything is going according to plan. I'd caution against the expensive and long term starter in lieu of the return of Andujar's and Stanton's bats while pursuing cost controlled young power arms for the back of the pen with the ability to be stretched while maintaining the wiggle room for this year's injury and/or performance issues resulting in the Encarnacion acquisition midseason but I'm not certain if I quite fully understand the parameters of the process to which Cashman often refers and whether a legitimate ace starter is actually a part of the decision tree.

[Rich Rane]

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[thebuzzardman]

Yanks signed Zack Granite. Watch out MLB.

I'd assume they're just about done now, about to wrap it up.

[KnicksGadfly]

Yanks signed Zack Granite. Watch out MLB.

I'd assume they're just about done now, about to wrap it up.

Damn we're not even gonna try and sign a washed up starter this year and watch Cashman and Steinbrenner get all defensive?

[Polk377]

Only things Yankees should heavily pursue this off season are top end Starting Pitchers or reliable backup Catchers. Yankees have guys in the minors pushing at the door at other positions.

Keep an eye on Kyle Holder to replace Didi at shortstop. Best defensive infielder in the organization, lefty and can spray the ball around. Reminds me of an infield Gardner.

Chris Gittens is another guy to watch if the Yankees don't find a clear answer at First Base. Coming off an MVP year in AA with a lot of power.

[GEOLINK]

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