New York Yankees Thread

[Juco24]

Mills fired, good young Red Sox player traded, and rich guy who'd have turned the Mets around backs out of deal due to Wilpons?

What an awesomely good day.

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Red Sox pulled a Knicks and traded away their homegrown franchise star in a salary dump trade.

[moocow007]

Who's at 1B? Vogt and who else? Dominic Smith would be perfect for Yankees Stadium. He's LHH with a slick glove. Excellent defensively and under team control contractually.

Mike Ford. Jersey born and raised, Princeton educated, all-bat LHH with exceptional plate discipline/contact combination who posted a 134 wRC+ in his 50 game debut last year.

So, no glove? Sounds more like a DH. Dominic has All-Star potential at 1B because he has an elite glove. Dom Smith is a first round draft choice. He got off to a rocky start with the Mets but has gotten himself into peak shape looking to break out. One problem, Pete Alonso. Anyhow, looks like your set between Vogt and Ford.

When healthy Voit has been great. He carried the Yankees offense through a couple real tough patches since he's been here due to injuries to other players.

His defense is average but what he brings to the team offensively and in the dugout can't really be ignored. Voit and Gardner are the fire and brimstone guys a la Paul O'Neil back in the day. And then when you consider that Voit is only going to be making about $580,000 this year and has 4 more years of control before he hits free agency (he started late in his career lol)? Voit's salary in fact makes him an even more perfect fit for the Yankees as they have a highly effective and productive offensive player that they are basically paying peanuts for which then allows them to allocate the funds elsewhere.

Voit is EXTREMELY valuable IMO. If they don't want him there will be plenty of teams interested in the 29 year old Voit.

Of any team, the last position the Yankees need to worry about (outside of DH) is 1B. You have Voit as the incumbent. You have Ford. You have DJL (who play great at 1B for big parts of the season). You now have apparently Andujar in the mix. In a few years the Yanks may want to think about getting Sanchez some time there as well (Yanks have a catching prospect by the name of Anthony Seigler that is being projected as a switch hitting gold glove caliber catcher that can hit to all fields coming up the farm system).

Ford? He's probably more of a pure DH. Definitely a great option as a bench bat.

[SelbyCobra]

While I agree with pretty much everything you've written about him, Voit's defense is not average, it's significantly below. In fact, there is ample statistical evidence from multiple independent defensive metrics that he's one of the worst defenders in baseball.

Voit and Ford are both DHs hiding at 1B.

[HarthorneWingo]

While I agree with pretty much everything you've written about him, Voit's defense is not average, it's significantly below. In fact, there is ample statistical evidence from multiple independent defensive metrics that he's one of the worst defenders in baseball.

Voit and Ford are both DHs hiding at 1B.

Plus, Dominic is left handed with the glove and the bat. He'll hit 30 HRs in Yankees Stadium easy peasy. I just don't know what you could offer us.

[SelbyCobra]

While I agree with pretty much everything you've written about him, Voit's defense is not average, it's significantly below. In fact, there is ample statistical evidence from multiple independent defensive metrics that he's one of the worst defenders in baseball.

Voit and Ford are both DHs hiding at 1B.

Plus, Dominic is left handed with the glove and the bat. He'll hit 30 HRs in Yankees Stadium easy peasy. I just don't know what you could offer us.

Oh, I wasn't making the case to acquire him, Wingo!

You should hold him just in case Mr. Alonso isn't quite what you think he is. It'd be good to have a good-glove 1B who can hit with power on standby.

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[thebuzzardman]

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For f*cks sake.

Oh well, that was this guys history. Happ becomes the #4 starter and this guy is rested for the 2nd half/playoffs etc

[Rich Rane]

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The season hasn't even started yet and the injury bug is still out for Yankee blood. Was this surgery something he could've gotten earlier?

[F N 11]

give me a fuqing break. Paxton was a mistake.

[Rich Rane]

give me a fuqing break. Paxton was a mistake.

Justus Sheffield, Dom Thompson-Williams, and Erik Swanson aren't exactly lighting the world on fire just yet.

[blue and orange]

I’m not dealing with this **** all year with the wtf out of the blue injuries. This is something that could’ve been done in December so stupid.

[blue and orange]

give me a fuqing break. Paxton was a mistake.

No it wasn’t if he is signed to a multi year deal then that’s a mistake.

[blue and orange]

Is anyone else gonna hurt now is my phone gonna blow up at 3 am for the next injury?

[Rich Rane]

give me a fuqing break. Paxton was a mistake.

No it wasn’t if he is signed to a multi year deal then that’s a mistake.

Last year of control. Maybe Yanks could sign him on a discount with his injury history even if he does light it up post ASB and in the playoffs.

[HarthorneWingo]

While I agree with pretty much everything you've written about him, Voit's defense is not average, it's significantly below. In fact, there is ample statistical evidence from multiple independent defensive metrics that he's one of the worst defenders in baseball.

Voit and Ford are both DHs hiding at 1B.

Plus, Dominic is left handed with the glove and the bat. He'll hit 30 HRs in Yankees Stadium easy peasy. I just don't know what you could offer us.

Oh, I wasn't making the case to acquire him, Wingo!

You should hold him just in case Mr. Alonso isn't quite what you think he is. It'd be good to have a good-glove 1B who can hit with power on standby.

But you certainly made the case why you might/should desire him. I mean, I agree with your assessment of Vogt/Ford.

As for Pete, I doubted him before last season. I simply cannot do that now unless he proves otherwise and I don't have any reason to believe he'll regress either at the plate or in the field. I saw pitchers adjust to him during last season and just when I thought they had figure out the holes in his swing, Pete readjusted and continued to put up big numbers. Pitchers will have had the off season to see if they found anything else going on.

Truthfully, I really like Smith both as a player and a teammate and really want to see him get his chance and Yankees Stadium just seems like the perfect fit for him. Plus, I get to watch both him and Alonso play 1B in New York. So, I have my selfish reasons.

[MaseInYourFace]

I just hope the Paxton thing isn’t too serious. It’s just anything back related you can’t help but get nervous.

[MaseInYourFace]

Plus, Dominic is left handed with the glove and the bat. He'll hit 30 HRs in Yankees Stadium easy peasy. I just don't know what you could offer us.

Oh, I wasn't making the case to acquire him, Wingo!

You should hold him just in case Mr. Alonso isn't quite what you think he is. It'd be good to have a good-glove 1B who can hit with power on standby.

But you certainly made the case why you might/should desire him. I mean, I agree with your assessment of Vogt/Ford.

As for Pete, I doubted him before last season. I simply cannot do that now unless he proves otherwise and I don't have any reason to believe he'll regress either at the plate or in the field. I saw pitchers adjust to him during last season and just when I thought they had figure out the holes in his swing, Pete readjusted and continued to put up big numbers. Pitchers will have had the off season to see if they found anything else going on.

Truthfully, I really like Smith both as a player and a teammate and really want to see him get his chance and Yankees Stadium just seems like the perfect fit for him. Plus, I get to watch both him and Alonso play 1B in New York. So, I have my selfish reasons.

I really don’t think we need another first baseman. We have several players that can play there including Lemahieu and we are seriously considering moving Andújar there.

[MaseInYourFace]

Gary looks better.

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I saw that a few weeks ago but yes it’s definitely the best shape he’s been in ever. Hopefully it’ll help him behind the plate.

[Papi_swav]

Great now Paxton out til June WTF ! Couldn't he get the damn surgery back in November/December? We're definitely not trading Happ now .