Friday, December 14, 2018

"Gut Feel" Goes On The Record....

As everyone knows by now, I rely on "gut feel" more than reality.

From the moment I saw Clint Frazier, as a rookie prospect, in a Yankee uniform ( see below ),



I knew he would never become a full-time Yankee.  My prediction was that Cashman would;

1.  Cut his hair

2.  Include him in a trade for some washed up pitcher

So far, for all the wrong reasons, Clint has never been allowed to show the full breadth and consistency of his skills.  He ran into walls in meaningless moments, severely shaking his brain.

He sat patiently, and " recovered."

When he resumed baseball activities, he fully extended to catch a fading fly ball in Altoona, or  in the home city of some forsaken ball-yard, and the contact with the earth re-rattled his head.

Again, he waited patiently.

All manner of baseball clods were brought to the Yankees to fill needs, in a depleted outfield, whilst Clint remained in his wheelchair painting seagulls with watercolors.

Clint is, I think, finally ready to show us what he can be.  How well he can play.  How much of a contribution he can make.  This spring training would present the ideal opportunity.  A do-over.

So now, I am certain he will be included in a trade package for some washed-out baseball clunker, with a " has-been" resume.  It is the Cashman way.

I hate the undefined deal already and actually hope, like the Jay Buhner trade, it comes back to haunt the Cashman Yankees  for a decade.  I want the team who gets him to win with him, and to defeat the Yankees whenever we are good enough to qualify for the "play-in" wild card game.

I am resigned to this inevitability.  My prediction, from the moment Clint Frazier appeared on the scene as a AAA top-prospect ( you can look it up ), remains unchanged:

We shall never get to see Clint Frazier as a full-time, starting outfielder for the Yankees. 

I hate to be right.

But my gut rarely lies.


11 comments:

  1. I'd say that you are correct, you soothsayer you! Let's hope he'll only become the next Buhner and not the next McGriff.

    I don't remember reading any recent reports about Ellsbury, which is probably why Frazier is still around today. I wouldn't trade him until we know exactly what's up with him. I'm hoping Ellsbury is totally done and we can use Frazier.

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  2. HE WILL GO TO CINCINNATI, SEATTLE, OR WHEREVER, AND TEAR IT UP.

    BANK ON 25 HRS, 80 OR MORE RBI, .277 AVE./ .360 OBP...AND A BONUS! 25-30 STOLEN BASES, PROBABLY RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

    GUARANTEED CLUTCH, WITH HUSTLE AND FIRE. (HE ALREADY PROVIDED ALL THIS, THE LITTLE WE SAW OF HIM).

    NOT COOPS TYPE OF PLAYER. (WHO WANTS ALL THAT BULLSHIT?... CLUTCH? HUSTLE? FIRE?...NAH).

    WE BETTER DEAL HIM OUT OF THE A.L. OR HE WILL STICK IT UP OUR ASS REGULARLY.

    WITHOUT A DOUBT.

    ALPHONSO IS RIGHT.

    DAMN IT.

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  3. Not just in the gut. There's hard evidence. Recall the blurtings of Waldman and Kay. Suzyn repeated some undoubtedly front office planted calumny that Frazier wanted Mantle's 7 (good on Frazier for giving whoever that was...Levine probably... a big fat middle finger and taking 77). And Kay called him a malingerer. The mouthpieces say what management wants them to say. They do not go off script. Funny thing is, everyone in baseball knows this, so it drives down potential trade value. Very odd way to handle talent.

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  4. Why do we root for the Yankees anymore?

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  5. Speaking of guts. From the Daily News.

    "An Outside the Lines investigation on Thursday found serious gross misconduct at Yankee Stadium food vendors, which should give fans pause next time they scurry to the concourse in between innings for a hot dog or helmet full of nachos.

    The report found the Stadium to be the worst MLB ballpark in terms of “high-level violations per inspection.” Of 43 total outlets inspected at the Bronx ballpark, 34 came up with high-level health code violations for a 79.06 percentage, the worst in baseball and almost eight percentage points above the next worst stadium, which was Coors Field in Colorado.

    Some of the violations uncovered by the report were food handling issues, bad hygiene and flies, which meant inspectors found "filth, flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated flies" in food and/or non-food areas at a Legends level location on July 25, 2017, according to the report."

    If you're going to pay $25 for a hot dog and a beer the leas they could do is clean the glass.

    Doug K.

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  6. HAL PROBABLY WANTS TO CHARGE FOR THE MEAT IN THE DRINKS...(THE FLIES).

    ON TO COOP AND THIS HORRENDOUS SONNY GRAY SITUATION....

    COOP HAS PAINTED HIMSELF INTO A CORNER AS IT SEEMS NO ONE IS WILLING TO PAY WHATEVER IT IS HE IS LOOKING FOR.

    NOW WITHOUT TEAMS IN A HURRY TO BUDGE, AND OUR ADDITIONS OF PAXTON AND HAPP, WE ARE STUCK WITH SONNY AND I WOULD IMAGINE HIS PRICE WHICH WAS NOT TOO GREAT TO BEGIN WITH, MUST BE PLUMMETING.

    MY NEXT QUESTION IS....

    WHAT KIND OF DEAL STRATEGY WAS THIS?

    COOP PRACTICALLY PROCLAIMED HOW SONNY MUST GO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OFF-SEASON, WHICH MOST OF US HERE, THOUGHT WAS STRANGE.

    HE COMPLETELY DESTROYED ANY POSSIBLE LEVERAGE ON A DEAL RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

    NOW I BET, WE WILL GET 1 OR 2 NOTHING BURGERS FOR HIM...

    THROW IN ALL THE GUYS HE GAVE UP FOR SONNY, AND THIS WHOLE FIASCO WILL TURN OUT TO BE A BONA FIDE, 100%, GRADE A CERTIFIED "CASHMAN CLUNKER".

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  7. Thanks for reminding me Doug K. I was at the A-Rod game against the Angels in '09 with my Lovely and Delightful Partner. We got the WORST CASE OF DYSENTERY OF OUR ENTIRE LIVES!!! CRAP AND JUICE AND GAS AND BLOOD AND MUCUS WERE POURING FROM MY GAPING DISEASED ANUS!! THANKS YOU FUCKERS!!! THANKS SO EVER MUCH!!!

    FUUUCKERS!!!!!!!!!

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  8. So endeth the painful crampy diseased JuJu.



    FUUUUUUUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. I agree, Alphonso. But I don't think this one will even require the subtle hand of Cooperstown Cashman. A bad brain injury followed by a relapse caused by a routine play...sad to say, I don't think we'll see Red Thunder playing much for anyone.

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  10. Deal strategy? Deal strategy?

    What is this strange phrase that sounds so alien to my ear in a Yankees context?

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