New York Yankees Thread

[moocow007]

Will be interesting to see what the Yankees do in the offseason...especially if they get bounced by the Rays.

Will actually be interesting to see the strategy teams use with respect to free agency. Do they continue to (wink wink) collude together to keep contracts down? Would it be smarter for teams to wait out the couple sucker teams to throw the initial big bucks out and then try to sign the remaining free agents for cheap.

Will Hal Steinbrenner actually authorize another big name/dollar signing or has Gerrit Cole filled his entire allotment of major financial investments on roster improvement for the forseable future?

Best starter is Trevor Bauer which probably isn't a likely signing for both dollar and Gerrit Cole relationship issues.
Will Hal really like DJL walk if the bidding gets big?
Do we need more bullpen help?
Will Tanaka be brought back on a year to year basis? Seemed unlikely before covid, but now with teams likely tightening their belts, I could see a Petitte or CC like thing where you go year to year.

[SelbyCobra]

DJ has massive bolas, the guy always comes through.

Only the Mets could've screwed this up so badly. We could've just signed DJ but fcking Brodie the newbie wanted to make a big splash so he traded away half our farm system for Cano and Diaz. Brodie and Rojas will probably be gone soon.

Actually, it's worse - you could have made that awful trade and still signed DJL, but BVW chose to sign Jed Lowrie instead.

[moocow007]

DJ has massive bolas, the guy always comes through.

Only the Mets could've screwed this up so badly. We could've just signed DJ but fcking Brodie the newbie wanted to make a big splash so he traded away half our farm system for Cano and Diaz. Brodie and Rojas will probably be gone soon.

Actually, it's worse - you could have made that awful trade and still signed DJL, but BVW chose to sign Jed Lowrie instead.

The look on Jon Stewarts face was classic.

[Polk377]

Will be interesting to see what the Yankees do in the offseason...especially if they get bounced by the Rays.

Will actually be interesting to see the strategy teams use with respect to free agency. Do they continue to (wink wink) collude together to keep contracts down? Would it be smarter for teams to wait out the couple sucker teams to throw the initial big bucks out and then try to sign the remaining free agents for cheap.

Will Hal Steinbrenner actually authorize another big name/dollar signing or has Gerrit Cole filled his entire allotment of major financial investments on roster improvement for the forseable future?

Best starter is Trevor Bauer which probably isn't a likely signing for both dollar and Gerrit Cole relationship issues.
Will Hal really like DJL walk if the bidding gets big?
Do we need more bullpen help?
Will Tanaka be brought back on a year to year basis? Seemed unlikely before covid, but now with teams likely tightening their belts, I could see a Petitte or CC like thing where you go year to year.

I think Yankees pay big to keep The Machine in pinstripes. His bat and utility ability in the field make him worth every penny.

I can see them moving on from Sanchez especially if the Phillies drop the ball and let Realmuto test the market, the Yankees might be in play. I just don't know how they can keep his inefficient bat and shaky defense on the team. Maybe someone might want to trade some prospects to test him as a DH/Backup C. Seigler is the future at Catcher once he is ready.

We hill have to piece together pitching once again unfortunately. Paxton is likely gone and they might bring in a Robby Ray/Marcus Stroman to replace him but I don't see any big splashes. Tanaka will be back in some capacity. Garcia, Montgomery and Schmidt are in play for the other spots.

They will be in play for Hendriks, Colome, Trienen and Greene to strengthen the bullpen.

[HarthorneWingo]

DJ has massive bolas, the guy always comes through.

Only the Mets could've screwed this up so badly. We could've just signed DJ but fcking Brodie the newbie wanted to make a big splash so he traded away half our farm system for Cano and Diaz. Brodie and Rojas will probably be gone soon.

Actually, it's worse - you could have made that awful trade and still signed DJL, but BVW chose to sign Jed Lowrie instead.

That’s right. I knew it was worse than just the Cano deal.

[Papi_swav]

DJ has massive bolas, the guy always comes through.

We need to resign him like yesterday

[moocow007]

Will be interesting to see what the Yankees do in the offseason...especially if they get bounced by the Rays.

Will actually be interesting to see the strategy teams use with respect to free agency. Do they continue to (wink wink) collude together to keep contracts down? Would it be smarter for teams to wait out the couple sucker teams to throw the initial big bucks out and then try to sign the remaining free agents for cheap.

Will Hal Steinbrenner actually authorize another big name/dollar signing or has Gerrit Cole filled his entire allotment of major financial investments on roster improvement for the forseable future?

Best starter is Trevor Bauer which probably isn't a likely signing for both dollar and Gerrit Cole relationship issues.
Will Hal really like DJL walk if the bidding gets big?
Do we need more bullpen help?
Will Tanaka be brought back on a year to year basis? Seemed unlikely before covid, but now with teams likely tightening their belts, I could see a Petitte or CC like thing where you go year to year.

I think Yankees pay big to keep The Machine in pinstripes. His bat and utility ability in the field make him worth every penny.

I can see them moving on from Sanchez especially if the Phillies drop the ball and let Realmuto test the market, the Yankees might be in play. I just don't know how they can keep his inefficient bat and shaky defense on the team. Maybe someone might want to trade some prospects to test him as a DH/Backup C. Seigler is the future at Catcher once he is ready.

We hill have to piece together pitching once again unfortunately. Paxton is likely gone and they might bring in a Robby Ray/Marcus Stroman to replace him but I don't see any big splashes. Tanaka will be back in some capacity. Garcia, Montgomery and Schmidt are in play for the other spots.

They will be in play for Hendriks, Colome, Trienen and Greene to strengthen the bullpen.

I sure hope you're right. He's by far my favorite Yankee. Haven't admired a Yankee player more since, man, I don't know who. Paul O'neil? Strawman?

I don't know about Realmuto, he's going to be probably the biggest name in FA and is the perfect guy for the Mets (it's quite possible that the Mets will have no catcher on their 25/26 man roster come opening day). Cohen should be looking to spend big on something to make his presence loud and clear and Realmuto should be the Mets top target. We may be stuck with Sanchez for better or worse.

Yeah can't see Paxton returning. Yankees have been interested in Ray and Stroman in the past so yep, both guys could be options.

[moocow007]

DJ has massive bolas, the guy always comes through.

We need to resign him like yesterday

Yep.

[GEOLINK]

I still want the Yankees to go after Bauer. Can’t pass up the opportunity to improve the rotation.

This is the same team that had A-Rod and Jeter on the left side of the infield for years. I don’t care about players not liking each other. Cole is already locked up, there’s not much he can do to stop them from getting Bauer.

The goal is to win championships.

[Papi_swav]

Resign DJ, resign Tanaka. Trade Sanchez for prospects. Sign Realmuto. Sign the best pitcher we can to take Paxton place. Get contact hitters. Wish Stanton would opt out of his contract but that ain't happening.

[moocow007]

I still want the Yankees to go after Bauer. Can’t pass up the opportunity to improve the rotation.

This is the same team that had A-Rod and Jeter on the left side of the infield for years. I don’t care about players not liking each other. Cole is already locked up, there’s not much he can do to stop them from getting Bauer.

The goal is to win championships.

Adding Bauer would definitely be interesting. The funny thing is I get the sense that both guys actually think and believe the same types of things but it's just that they don't express or show it the same way and that is what's created this friction.

[moocow007]

Resign DJ, resign Tanaka. Trade Sanchez for prospects. Sign Realmuto. Sign the best pitcher we can to take Paxton place. Get contact hitters. Wish Stanton would opt out of his contract but that ain't happening.

Yeah especially not with Covid happening and revenue's tanking.

The best the Yankees can hope for is that the slimmed down Stanton remains the slimmed down Stanton and that it results in him being the healthier Stanton going forward so that they can actually rely on him to play 135-145 games a season (trying to be semi realistic) for most of (but likely not all of) the rest of the seasons he has left on his current contract.

[blue and orange]

I still want the Yankees to go after Bauer. Can’t pass up the opportunity to improve the rotation.

This is the same team that had A-Rod and Jeter on the left side of the infield for years. I don’t care about players not liking each other. Cole is already locked up, there’s not much he can do to stop them from getting Bauer.

The goal is to win championships.

No question it would be very stupid not too. Reggie and Billy Martin would have all out drunken brawls during games, everyone should see The Bronx is Burning btw.

I think Bauer would take a shorter team deal too, he has said such. He's a bit of an outspoken character but so what being an outspoken player isnt the worst thing in the world. We could use an ahole on our team. We had our own set of nut cases in the 90s like David Wells and Chad Curtis. Bauer is a pitching nut who is obsessed with hs craft soCole with their 2 sets heads in the room would pay big dividends. They dont have to like each other I'm sure they would respect each others work ethic.

[bishnykfan]

DJ and Tanaka come back. Paxton is gone. If Happ pitches well in the postseason I could see them doing something with him for next year as well.

The Yankees should have Severino and German back at some point to go with Cole/Tanaka/Montgomery/Garcia/Happ?/Schmidt. I don't see them signing another big contract for a starter (besides Tanaka) if they believe Severino will pitch at some point next year. Would be nice to find a left handed hitter to replace Gardner. Give Frazier LF. Look to trade Sanchez and Andujar.

[Buttah304]

Bauer and Cole would be incredible. Feel like you can win multiple WS with those 2 going in 5 and 7 game series. But wow they really do hate each other. Back in their UCLA days Cole would pitch on Friday Night and Bauer on Saturday (Friday was a bigger deal in those college games). Cole was the guy throwing 100MPH effortlessly but Bauer was the guy acting like a mad scientist dissecting every pitch he threw, in every inning, of every game. Cole reserved, Bauer outspoken. In 2011 Draft Cole goes #1 Bauer goes #3 (even though Bauer’s college numbers were better and quite possibly had the most dominant season ever in UCLA History). Again, this was a long time ago. If the goal is to win WS (which is clearly all they care about) I guarantee you they would squash everything.

[Papi_swav]

Bauer and Cole would be incredible. Feel like you can win multiple WS with those 2 going in 5 and 7 game series. But wow they really do hate each other. Back in their UCLA days Cole would pitch on Friday Night and Bauer on Saturday (Friday was a bigger deal in those college games). Cole was the guy throwing 100MPH effortlessly but Bauer was the guy acting like a mad scientist dissecting every pitch he threw, in every inning, of every game. Cole reserved, Bauer outspoken. In 2011 Draft Cole goes #1 Bauer goes #3 (even though Bauer’s college numbers were better and quite possibly had the most dominant season ever in UCLA History). Again, this was a long time ago. If the goal is to win WS (which is clearly all they care about) I guarantee you they would squash everything.

lol wow these 2 definitely got some history. Someone might of slept with someone's chick the way these 2 are acting lol but yea that would be a dope combo. I'm all for it. Might have to consult with Cole before we make that offer.

[moocow007]

Bauer and Cole would be incredible. Feel like you can win multiple WS with those 2 going in 5 and 7 game series. But wow they really do hate each other. Back in their UCLA days Cole would pitch on Friday Night and Bauer on Saturday (Friday was a bigger deal in those college games). Cole was the guy throwing 100MPH effortlessly but Bauer was the guy acting like a mad scientist dissecting every pitch he threw, in every inning, of every game. Cole reserved, Bauer outspoken. In 2011 Draft Cole goes #1 Bauer goes #3 (even though Bauer’s college numbers were better and quite possibly had the most dominant season ever in UCLA History). Again, this was a long time ago. If the goal is to win WS (which is clearly all they care about) I guarantee you they would squash everything.

lol wow these 2 definitely got some history. Someone might of slept with someone's chick the way these 2 are acting lol but yea that would be a dope combo. I'm all for it. Might have to consult with Cole before we make that offer.

Each guy trying to outdo the other on the mound every 5th day (or 4th day for Bauer if Bauer gets his way) could result in 2 cy young candidates on one team at the same time? Both guys super competitive. They can market the duo as "Fire and Ice". Think of the possibilities? And if Bauer is honest about only signing 1 year deals it won't scare Bean Counter Hal as much. Since the inception of the Cy Young Award every team that had guys that came in 1st and 2nd in Cy Young voting either won the WS or at least made it to the WS. 2 aces that has shown they can pitch top shelf in the playoffs? Yeah thats about as great a formula as you'd want.

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[Buttah304]

Bauer and Cole would be incredible. Feel like you can win multiple WS with those 2 going in 5 and 7 game series. But wow they really do hate each other. Back in their UCLA days Cole would pitch on Friday Night and Bauer on Saturday (Friday was a bigger deal in those college games). Cole was the guy throwing 100MPH effortlessly but Bauer was the guy acting like a mad scientist dissecting every pitch he threw, in every inning, of every game. Cole reserved, Bauer outspoken. In 2011 Draft Cole goes #1 Bauer goes #3 (even though Bauer’s college numbers were better and quite possibly had the most dominant season ever in UCLA History). Again, this was a long time ago. If the goal is to win WS (which is clearly all they care about) I guarantee you they would squash everything.

lol wow these 2 definitely got some history. Someone might of slept with someone's chick the way these 2 are acting lol but yea that would be a dope combo. I'm all for it. Might have to consult with Cole before we make that offer.

Each guy trying to outdo the other on the mound every 5th day (or 4th day for Bauer if Bauer gets his way) could result in 2 cy young candidates on one team at the same time? Both guys super competitive. They can market the duo as "Fire and Ice". Think of the possibilities? And if Bauer is honest about only signing 1 year deals it won't scare Bean Counter Hal as much. Since the inception of the Cy Young Award every team that had guys that came in 1st and 2nd in Cy Young voting either won the WS or at least made it to the WS. 2 aces that has shown they can pitch top shelf in the playoffs? Yeah thats about as great a formula as you'd want.

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100% stamp this. And again all this history at UCLA is real. Their distain is real. But like you said Moo. Them trying to outduel one another as the Cy Young in the AL could lead to 2-3 WS. Their Fire and Ice attitude would be something that true Yankee fans would embrace. The will to win and dominate at all costs. Not just for the fans but for personal pride and sheer competitiveness. I’m drooling.

[KnicksGadfly]

Damn I hope the As stomp on the Astros

[moocow007]

lol wow these 2 definitely got some history. Someone might of slept with someone's chick the way these 2 are acting lol but yea that would be a dope combo. I'm all for it. Might have to consult with Cole before we make that offer.

Each guy trying to outdo the other on the mound every 5th day (or 4th day for Bauer if Bauer gets his way) could result in 2 cy young candidates on one team at the same time? Both guys super competitive. They can market the duo as "Fire and Ice". Think of the possibilities? And if Bauer is honest about only signing 1 year deals it won't scare Bean Counter Hal as much. Since the inception of the Cy Young Award every team that had guys that came in 1st and 2nd in Cy Young voting either won the WS or at least made it to the WS. 2 aces that has shown they can pitch top shelf in the playoffs? Yeah thats about as great a formula as you'd want.

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100% stamp this. And again all this history at UCLA is real. Their distain is real. But like you said Moo. Them trying to outduel one another as the Cy Young in the AL could lead to 2-3 WS. Their Fire and Ice attitude would be something that true Yankee fans would embrace. The will to win and dominate at all costs. Not just for the fans but for personal pride and sheer competitiveness. I’m drooling.

Yeah it would be something definitely.