I don't totally believe either part of that until I see further confirmation (I think Gardner should be moved before Robertson, who is their most reliable reliever and has proven he can be used at any point in the game), but pretty damn interesting.
I don't believe it because Darvish would not turn down a 7 year deal.I'm going to choose not to believe that until I hear it from beat reporters and not Michael Kay, and as you say, I will be surprised if Darvish ends up getting that much or more.
The Yankees were second in all of baseball in pitches per plate appearance. They all take pitches.I don't think Gardner should be moved. He makes game winning plays and is one of the few guys they have left who take pitchers deep into the count. Everyone else is a free swinger (Tyler Wade excepted). And Robertson is valuable because he can close when Chapman and Betances are struggling. The guy who should be moved if at all possible is Ellsbury, and Cashman should remember the Ellsburty fiasco whenever he's tempted to offer a 31 year-old pitcher a 7 year deal.
And you'd expect that to improve without Castro, and also with Torreyes probably getting a few less ABs this year (hopefully). Torreyes swings at the first pitch as much as anyone I've ever seen.The Yankees were second in all of baseball in pitches per plate appearance. They all take pitches.
Also, more Bird at-bats. Guy works the count.And you'd expect that to improve without Castro, and also with Torreyes probably getting a few less ABs this year (hopefully). Torreyes swings at the first pitch as much as anyone I've ever seen.
Stop swinging at pitches low and away in the dirt? 161 strikeouts and another 27 in the postseason.Yeah Judge goes to a full count every friggin at bat. What do you want the guy to do?
Sure, an out is pretty much an out in most situations, and a strikeout is better than hitting into a DP. But when you swing and miss at a pitch that would have been ball four, that's giving up a walk.I am just sick of people focusing on batter strikeouts as compared to other outs, especially in Judge's case. Striking out less would mean walking less, and people seem to have this idea in their head about "putting the ball in play" and "productive outs" and it's really close to meaningless.
And when you swing and hit a strike over the wall, it’s a home run. And when you do that and drive in runs more than others around the league, including when you touch home, you’re pretty good.Sure, an out is pretty much an out in most situations, and a strikeout is better than hitting into a DP. But when you swing and miss at a pitch that would have been ball four, that's giving up a walk.
I’d much rather he get Alex Avila to back up C and 1B, Andujar is not a hole but Romine is IMO.What's wrong with Cashman just filling the third base hole and then standing pat until July?
Good. Now go sign Avila. But I would prefer they avoid signing Darvish or doing any other big money deal that constrains NY in July. Andujar's defense is the issue at third base. Guess Cashman will sit tight and see how the FA market shakes out at 3B. Todd Frazier for one year is a great solution. Not for Todd, of course, but maybe the lure of winning a WS in his home region would ease the pain.NY settles all eight arb cases, so I think they are around $176M now, $21M under.
Not a fan of trading Gardner. Keep him and rotate the DH slot among Sanchez, Judge and especially Stanton. Judge played 141 games in RF and was pretty beat up by the end of the season. Stanton played 149 in the OF, way too much for a player with such an extensive injury history. If Judge got 30 games at DH, Stanton 40 and Sanchez 50, that leaves 42 games for Boonie to spread around. Gardner could use 20 right off the bat.The thing about trading Gardner from a purely baseball perspective is that it would mean Stanton and Judge would both mostly be in LF/RF, and then DH would be freed up for Andujar and Frazier to get a lot more ABs to maybe ease their transition (and the need to improve backup C would again rise so that Sanchez could DH a bunch too). So to me it makes full sense from a baseball perspective, free up more salary space and move Frazier and McKinney up a slot, but Gardner iseems to be such a big part of that clubhouse now, glad I am not making those decisions.
Picking up this conversation from elsewhere. It’s interesting (and horrifying) to bat around, but I’m afraid it’ll piss folks off on the main board.I'm just nitpicking now, but actually Judge and Stanton and Hicks are plus-defensive outfielders, Ellsbury is mediocre at best and Frazier is not clear yet, but he was not good in the bigs last year. But Gardner is their best defensive OF, so the defense would in fact be hurt, maybe not massively but it would be.
But to the bigger picture, I don't think it makes any sense for NY to add another long-term big deal for a dedicated DH. If they're going to move Gardner and/or Robertson to save money (possible for Gardner although a risky clubhouse move, really unlikely for Robertson unless they get a very nice package from someone), it's going to be to add a SP like Darvish (and even that I think is unlikely, although of course it depends on the price).
No, he is 22 and already on the 40 man despite probably not being able to contribute in the bigs this year. He was very impressive in the Arizona Fall League, but he only pitched 53 innings before that last year and topped out in high A. He is NY's 2nd best pitching prospect currently behind Sheffield IMO, but moving him along with Ellsbury would free up two 40 man roster spots.Isn't Abreu really young?