I can't remember what Donaldson's defensive reputation has been over the last couple of years. I kind of enjoyed good defense at third with Gio. Hope Donaldson is at least solid.
Hope Gary likes chilly weather in the spring up in Minnesota.I'm happy with this. A change of scenery would do Sanchez good, and I won't be surprised at all if he turns things around in Minnesota. But I'm most happy about IKF. I like the player a lot and I like the Yankees being out on Story and Correa even more.
Edit: I'm really not worried about Higgy holding that job down. I won't be surprised if they add a veteran catcher, but I have confidence in Higgy. I think the pitchers do too.
The BR numbers from the last couple years have both Donaldson and Gio right around average, very similar.I can't remember what Donaldson's defensive reputation has been over the last couple of years. I kind of enjoyed good defense at third with Gio. Hope Donaldson is at least solid.
Yeah, he is a popular fantasy sleeper this year because the underlying metrics are really good.Thought he was kind of an asshole, but now he is our asshole. He has shockingly solid offensive numbers in recent years, I thought he had badly fallen off but not the case.
On the other hand, Peraza is more expendable now with IKF under contract for three years, and if they can get Manaea in the deal too...I have a feeling it is going to be Rizzo and Voit gets shipped out for a young pitcher with strong RP potential or something.
I really do think Cashman is trying to make something like that happen, but that Oakland is fixated on one of the untouchables. Hopefully something changes. I like Rizzo well enough, but I'd like him better if he was vaccinated.On the other hand, Peraza is more expendable now with IKF under contract for three years, and if they can get Manaea in the deal too...
I think maybe they needed to get IKF before they could deal Peraza, because they did not want to spend for Correa or Story. Obv just guessing from what we know, but I would not be surprised to see an Olson deal go down tonight.I really do think Cashman is trying to make something like that happen, but that Oakland is fixated on one of the untouchables. Hopefully something changes. I like Rizzo well enough, but I'd like him better if he was vaccinated.
The Minnesota Twins, getting their pants beat off by the Yankees since Adam met Eve
fWAR has this closer, though still in the Yankees’ favor:bWAR in 2021:
IKF: 3.7 (!!!)
Donaldson: 3.2
Sanchez: 0.7
Urshela: 0.6
Bob is wrong again lol.
It's him or an Olson deal, we'll see if Cashman can pull that off.I hate quoting Heyman but could be true
View: https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1503205149807886337?s=20&t=Q2nSZiopLuBRlYO9ZR8Y9A
I think that will not happen in MLB until earliest 2024 as they did not get it working so well in the minors yet. NY does have Antonio Gomez as a legit two way catching prospect but he is probably 3-4 years away, just turned 20 in November and should probably be part of that sub-21 potential core I have been talking about. Higgy is under control through 2024 and Rortvedt still pre-arb, so they have bought themselves some time here and gotten rid of all the Sanchez questions that would have been only worse in his walk year. Catching today is so strenuous, mentally and physically, that I have said for a while it is probably ideal to have two guys who evenly split the time, and if they are both defensive plusses, that only makes the pitchers more confident that they can really let loose, I think this was an issue at times with Sanchez.Pitch framing? What about robo umps?
The Astros and Nats both won titles recently splitting time between defense-first catchers which I think is the general idea/attempt here, but yes I think ideally he is NY's third C and starts in Scranton.The Yankees routinely kill the Twins, but you all realize that Rortvedt batted .169 with a 41 OPS+, right? No evidence that he can hit. (Mediocre in the minors.)
Also one thing that just occurred to me is I think they will almost certainly have either Peraza or Olson in the infield mix, even if Peraza is in AAA. I was not counting on either when thinking about it but since I think Peraza only moves in an Olson deal, they should have one of those two.I like the potential for Oswaldo to be the utility guy. If Donaldson in particular can't stay on the field, having lots of positional flexibility with him, IFK, DJ and even Gleyber* would make me feel better.
*Obviously prefer to keep him away from SS, but in an emergency? Sure. Keep DJ away from 3b as much as possible too.