It will have been 26 years since 1990, when the Yankees finished 7th in the AL East and lost 95 games. That was the time of Alvaro Espinosa and Jesse Barfield, Mel Hall and Hensley Meulens. It's also the year we started drafting high. Two years later, in June 1992, we used the sixth pick in the entire draft to choose Derek Jeter.
Maybe, if we're lucky...
But back to the apocalypse: Next to go will be CC Sabathia. It's not that he hasn't pitched well. It's the opposite. Other teams want him. The Yankees won't get much in return - a middling prospect, at best - but the franchise will absorb the last year and a half on Sabathia's contract. That's all Food Stamps Hal Steinbrenner wants: To cut his payroll.
Brett Gardner could go with CC, to sweeten the pot. These days, he's a mess. Gardy fell apart last July, and he has now sucked for nearly one whole revolution around the sun. It's not a slump anymore. It's a paradigm. To get much for Gardner, he might have to be a throw-in... maybe with Beltran?
Yes, somebody would want Beltran. The question with him (and CC, too) is whether he'll allow a trade to another city. Presumably, they want to play in the post-season. But if the kids are in school, maybe they just want to play out their time in NYC. Who can blame them?
Of course, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda can go at any time. Best plan: Wait for either to pitch a good game, then peddle his butt. Tanaka and Eovaldi can stay, although let's face it, the Yankees will listen to every offer.
The end is near, folks. A few more losses, and the yard sales will be here.
I've been hoping I can get one of our aging stars in a trade for my vintage waffle iron, which I almost never use anymore. While I wouldn't expect CC, Gardy or Tex to stay in a kitchen cabinet, I was thinking maybe I could dress whoever I can get in a gnome costume and have him putter around the backyard and sleep on a cot in the tool shed.
ReplyDeleteIt would be less embarrassing than being on this team.
The attempt to rebuild and remain a competitive team that can make the post season is officially dead . All hope died in a far away land called Canada. It is no surprise when a line up with five players hitting .230 or lower ( with two under .200) scores only four runs in a three game series. The sad fact is - one third of the way through the season - that is who we are. There is no one coming off the DL or up from the minor league to provide any offense .
ReplyDeleteIt is time to protect the "kids" and trade anyone else for solid (i.e. real ) prospects . It would be better to rip the bandaid off than die a slow death. At least we can hopefully add a few future major leaguers via prospects , dump some salaries , and position the team to add some free agents over the next couple of years.
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