2023-24 Yankees Offseason Discussion
- Thread starter jon abbey
- Start date
First hand account from Boone on the courtship of Yamamoto. May be the most real information we've gotten so far.
https://theathletic.com/5155246/2023/12/21/yankees-aaron-boone-yoshinobu-yamamoto/
https://theathletic.com/5155246/2023/12/21/yankees-aaron-boone-yoshinobu-yamamoto/
"Aaron Boone said that Jasson Domínguez is doing "really well" and that he should look like "a lot like a regular player" in spring training. Nothing new/concrete on his timeline, but Boone is optimistic The Martian will be back "sooner rather than later." "
Weird, now Trevino commenting on Yamo.
[Trevino] “He’s a stud. Flat out stud. I’ve actually have been watching highlights of him for a while now.” @HipHipJose5 says Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a “once in a lifetime talent” and that the pinstripes are heavy but the “parade will be worth it.” #Yankees
Starting to think they wouldn't be so open talking about him unless they were supremely confident.
[Trevino] “He’s a stud. Flat out stud. I’ve actually have been watching highlights of him for a while now.” @HipHipJose5 says Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a “once in a lifetime talent” and that the pinstripes are heavy but the “parade will be worth it.” #Yankees
Starting to think they wouldn't be so open talking about him unless they were supremely confident.
YES posted a bunch of clips from a long interview with Verdugo today. This one was interesting and seemed to take a lot of shots at Cora. Hopefully Verdugo has a monster walk year.
View: https://twitter.com/YESNetwork/status/1737948066601164987
View: https://twitter.com/YESNetwork/status/1737948066601164987
That's good, but like Harper, he probably still won't be able to play the OF and throw for quite awhile.
I still can't say I'm a fan of young Verdugo, but I did like this part:
"It got me excited. I shaved right away just so I could like y'know feel like I'm in it. I work out every day in a Yankees hat, y'know I got it right here, just to kind of see it. What it looks like on me, how it feels."
"It got me excited. I shaved right away just so I could like y'know feel like I'm in it. I work out every day in a Yankees hat, y'know I got it right here, just to kind of see it. What it looks like on me, how it feels."
Eric Longenhagen dropped his Top Yankees Prospects list the other day.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/new-york-yankees-top-36-prospects-2024/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/new-york-yankees-top-36-prospects-2024/
We talked about it a bit here:
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/ny-minor-league-prospect-news-2024-edition.41335/
https://x.com/tyschmit/status/1737993190181892273?s=20
Ty Schmit
@tyschmit
Hearing from very reliable sources that Yamamoto to the Yankees is done. 9 years $326 million. Being told Godzilla Matsui helped push it over the goal line. Yoshi keeps the #18 jersey.
Shrug, probably bullshit...but this is for rumors too
Ty Schmit
@tyschmit
Hearing from very reliable sources that Yamamoto to the Yankees is done. 9 years $326 million. Being told Godzilla Matsui helped push it over the goal line. Yoshi keeps the #18 jersey.
Shrug, probably bullshit...but this is for rumors too
View: https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1738007547746103512?s=20
Things are at least heating up.
Things are at least heating up.
Martino seems to have an inside track here. Must have made a connection with a source who works for the agent because he's had the most solid information.
He always has the inside scoop from the Mets front office as he puts out stories for them when they ask.
Curry "surmising" that the Yankees made a substantial offer and he is inching to a decision.
Also "stay tuned for the next 60 minutes, you don't know what's going to happen."
Also "stay tuned for the next 60 minutes, you don't know what's going to happen."
Just speculation on my part, but I think a team made a ridiculous offer at some point today and now the agent is just seeing if the others are willing to exceed it. This “substantial offer” seems to be what got the ball rolling tonight.
You could be right. It it automatically eliminated SF, who wouldn't go there.
Doesn't seem like Snell is a fit for the Yankees, but I can imagine they'd jump in on Cease.
I keep saying it but Snell is staying on the West Coast if at all possible, maybe the Giants will give him the mammoth deal he wants.
Cease I guess is possible, CHW would have to be sold on Peraza as the main chip there, I think. I'm not sure NY has the middle infield depth to trade him, though.
Yep, 8/200 for Monty seems about right. I’d imagine he goes to the Yankees or they pull off a deal for Burnes.
Montgomery to the Yankees, Snell to SF, Imanaga to the Mets would be a nightmare scenario for Boston.
Montgomery to the Yankees, Snell to SF, Imanaga to the Mets would be a nightmare scenario for Boston.
Welp, Yankees probably going to suck again this coming season. Waste of Judge and Cole's prime. There is zero starting pitching depth after Cole and the rest of the free agent pitching class is real bad.
https://x.com/JackCurryYES/status/1738049430668947739?s=20
JackCurryYES
@JackCurryYES
·
2m
The Yankees were confident in their pursuit of Yamamoto and thought their recruitment of him could lead to a signing. But, in the end, the Dodgers prevailed in the Yamamoto sweepstakes.
JackCurryYES
@JackCurryYES
·
2m
The Yankees were confident in their pursuit of Yamamoto and thought their recruitment of him could lead to a signing. But, in the end, the Dodgers prevailed in the Yamamoto sweepstakes.
Oh well. I'm good with this. I wanted him and I didn't care about the cost too much but in the end, it makes it more likely that we can keep Soto and we still have the ability to acquire pitching.
Easy there, buckaroo, plenty of time left in the offseason and pretty clearly NY is going for it this year with half their lineup hitting FA after the season (Soto, Torres, Verdugo, Rizzo although he has a club option).
I think it's fair to say at the moment that the West Coast has a big advantage for Japanese stars.
Eh, the Yankees literally have one player people would feel confident about starting a playoff game. They really needed Yamamoto + trading prospects for at least one more starter. I also can't believe Yankees fans would want Monty back when he wasn't even good enough to start a playoff game for the team before he was traded.
Well, good news is you have a lot more free time now next season.
Personally I'm still pretty pumped about this team, let's see what they do next. I think they basically did their best here, possibly outclassed in the in person meetings though (why were Judge and Cole not at this if NY was that serious?).
Not surprised. Southern California is nice. The FA SP offerings left aren't too inspiring. I wonder if Cashman tries to swing a trade for Luzardo and then takes a look at some FA RPs.
F the Steinbrenners. And Cashman. Be aggressive for a one year rental, but not for someone who will be around past then. Next year's FA class is also terrible outside of Soto.
They offered a 5'10:" pitcher $300M!!!!
More details will come out but honestly it seems exactly the same to me as how Cole's FA played out, with the reverse result. Maybe we should be more thankful as NY fans that NY actually won the bidding for two $300M+ California-raised superstars in Cole and Judge.
The position player side of things is a hundred percent set for now, I think, and NY has more internal pitching than people think. Peter Gammons was raving about Will Warren all the way back in 2022, I'm excited to see him maybe get a chance as IMO he is the #5 guy right now (Beeter is on the 40 man which Warren is not, but I think Beeter is #6). NY needs SP depth though.
Kershaw is a free agent right? I'd see about offering him an incentive laden deal (and give him a nice long break in August or something).
He is hurt and out for at least the first half of the season, supposedly if he comes back (he would like to probably) it will be only with LAD or TEX (although that was before today).
I think NY needs a righty SP if at all possible, Rodon and Nestor are both lefties.
Cole (R)
Rodon (L)
Cortes (L)
Schmidt (R)
Warren (R)
If you are adding a guy from outside, you presumably want to slot him into the top 4 above Schmidt, then you'd have three lefties in the top four. That's one of the reasons why NY traded Montgomery instead of Schmidt in 2022, because they knew they would go hard after Rodon that winter and keeping Montgomery would mean three lefties.
Rodon was the key to the team last year (I said this in the spring) and we all saw how that worked out. Right now he is probably the primary key to the team again, 2021-22 Rodon would vault this team up quite a bit.
Cole (R)
Rodon (L)
Cortes (L)
Schmidt (R)
Warren (R)
If you are adding a guy from outside, you presumably want to slot him into the top 4 above Schmidt, then you'd have three lefties in the top four. That's one of the reasons why NY traded Montgomery instead of Schmidt in 2022, because they knew they would go hard after Rodon that winter and keeping Montgomery would mean three lefties.
Rodon was the key to the team last year (I said this in the spring) and we all saw how that worked out. Right now he is probably the primary key to the team again, 2021-22 Rodon would vault this team up quite a bit.