We kept our SSs - Volpe, Peraza and Sweeney. We kept our catchers - Wells, Breaux and Rortvedt. We kept our Martian - now 19 - currently 8 for 36 (.222) with a HR in High Single A Hudson Valley.
We kept them all - unless they become part of something today.
We traded young, live arms, which somehow the Yankees have convinced us - or maybe themselves - happen to grow on trees. Last week, we fantasized about the the "W's" - Waldichuk and Wesneski. Now, they're gone, but the dealing isn't done - in the words of Jordan Peele - Nope - not by a longshot.
This is the part of the movie where Hercule Poirot gathers the dinner guests and signals the killer. We should be hiding in our cellars, awaiting what's next, as the gunfire in the distance keeps closing in. (Three movie metaphors, mixed in a blender: Now THAT's blogging, eh?)
The latest blast? Apparently, the Redsocks plan to punt on 2022. They traded Christian Vazquez - to fucking Houston, of course - who has killed us in past autumns. (They received an intriguing haul - a 23-year-old 3B who is hitting .321 with 21 HRs at Triple A, and an OF - also 23 - with 15 HRs and .249 at Double A. But why a 3B? Would they move the future billionaire Devers?) Who in the name of Mookie Betts could go next: Xander Bogaerts? JD Martinez? Nathan Eovaldi? If Boston cleans house - and GM Chaim Bloom was the horse auctioneer in Tampa - today's events could shake the ground beneath us.
(Then again, Boston later traded for Tommy Pham, 34, so - WTF, Bloom?)
Also, there are weird signs that Tampa intends to go all in on the wild card race - maybe even with Joey Gallo. Damn. For starters, Brian Cashman would never trade Gallo to a divisional rival, right? Thus, Tampa's interest should be good news, right? Considering how bad he's been, we should be happy that anybody wants him, right?
Or was it us? Was it New York? Was our crude IIHIIFIIc mockery a factor in bringing Gallo down? Were we mean to him? Did we hurt his feelings? Is it our fault?
What about Miggy? Why hasn't Miguel Andujar been mentioned in trades? Someday, some GM is going to look really smart for giving him a shot. What if Tampa suddenly starts sniffing around for ex-Yanks with scores to settle?
What is the plan for Estevan Florial, whom the Yankees hyped for years and who is now hitting .292 with 14 HRs and 30 RBIs at Scranton? Thus far, the strategy is to pretend he doesn't exist. Do we do this until he's 30?
Why keep all three SS prospects? Could it be that Anthony Volpe is NOT as sure a bet as advertised? Is Cashman keeping all three in the hope that ONE becomes the long term solution? Because IKF is not.
With Josh Donaldson floundering, are other moves in sight?
Everything comes to a head at 5 p.m. What a crazy day to give up drinking?
I know everyone is concerned about all the pitchers we've traded away...well..we drafted a bunch of college pitchers so I wouldn't get all caught up in what we let go...
ReplyDeleteDonaldson is sooooooo expendable. He's a drag, man. But you think Cashman will get rid of him? What, does he have a Gallo-Donaldson package available for a few cases of Dubble Bubble?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. Old (and I mean OLD) Josh is a winner! and a bona fide third baseman! and what defense! (cough)
It doesn't matter that DJ should be our regular at third--a guy who plays great defense and also hits. CASHMAN IS NEVER WRONG. At least until he's beaten some poor guy like Gallo to the point of mental instability, and gives up. But Gallo, as of this morning, is still with us. Somewhere. So the odds of Duckinson moving are likely zero.
I do wish we could land Robertson for the bullpen. It's a Hollywood ending for his career, coming back to his post-Mo haunt during a personally magical season.
But gee, if we got Robertson, where would we put Trivino and his 6.75 ERA? I mean, we just got him, and he's yet another chance for Cashman to prove his genii-ness.
Off topic for a minute...
ReplyDeleteAaron Judge is the first Yankee batter ever to hit 12 HR in a 14-game span. What a season.
Four Yankees hit 11 HR in a 14-game span.
Babe Ruth (1926)
Mickey Mantle (1966)
Alex Rodriguez (2007)
Aaron Judge (2017)
please forgive - here's hoping that reposting this makes a difference - because a dull knife struggles to cut an old rope . . .
ReplyDeleteCLOWN OF STRIKEOUTS
(adapted for the internet by putting it on a piece of wood and hammering a few nails through it)
Goodbye Gallo my old friend
I'm really thankful its the end
Because you're always striking out
And your twitching ends with a pout
And that hyper tension living in my veins
Still remains
You're still - a clown - of strikeouts
Very moving, AA. I'm getting all misty.
ReplyDeleteJM - remember - its not the heat - its the humidity.
ReplyDeleteVery true, AA.
ReplyDeleteRAB points out this guy is, incredibly, worse than Gallo:
Source: The Yankees are among the teams who have inquired on OF Brett Phillips, whom the Rays DFA-ed today. Red Sox, Phillies in the mix, too.
A Lot To Unpack
ReplyDeleteMaybe I have Astros on the brain, but they did what I was advocating the Yankees should try to do, which was, fill the holes in their lineup. By acquiring Vazquez from the Red Sox and Trey Mancini from the O’s, the Astros made their batting order pretty much bullet proof.
That the two guys they got play well against the Yankees makes it that much harder to take.
As to our acquisitions…
Sure, Benintendi is a big upgrade over Gallo but who wouldn’t be? I think Barney was right, we may never hear the home run call. But right now his AYGHAB is 7.2 which is not bad at all.
Montas, if not hurt, he is the number two we needed even if it cost us Waldichuk, who BTW was on the verge of becoming my favorite pitcher. Don’t ask me why but it’s true. Also, Sears! All he does is get guys out. But you have to give to get.
The Cubs guy – He’s a rookie and succeeding so that one sounds like a win in exchange for minor leaguers.
Did these moves make it easier to beat Houston? Meh.
We’re still running Donaldson, Hicks, and Higgy out there. How can you win close games when a third of your lineup is pretty much worthless. Then again, it used to be four. Don’t worry. Gallo doesn’t make it to game time.
Joel Sherman says the Yankees aren’t done trading. I hope he’s right. There still be holes to fill.
Last,
AA - Good one.
I know we have been getting on Joey Whiffs...but this is sad...
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/PlayoffTanaka_/status/1554446583827243009
how it feels to be Joey Gallo
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/08/joey-gallo-sums-up-yankees-fans-feeling-like-a-piece-of-crap-on-eve-of-new-start-q-a.html
I don't hate Gallo. What the fans are doing to him is despicable. He's trying very hard, maybe too hard, and failing, and that's got to be bad enough.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I do want to see him leave. Mostly for our sakes, but also for his.
Fuck fucking fuckface Gallo.
ReplyDeleteFuck.
ReplyDeleteAnd in the naked light I saw
ten thousand strikeouts maybe more
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of Combover Cashman, but…
Forget the guys we gave up…they’re prospects. When they’re our prospects they stink, like Florial, and only after they’ve been traded do they become bona fide perennial MLB all stars. That’s the way we as fans roll. So forget them.
They got E-Floss - he’s good! If Boonehead actually uses him against a string of right handed hitters instead of bringing in Peralta we might have something there. He also has a ton of team control left so he’s not just a rental. It’s a good trade.
They got Montas - he’s good! Maybe not Verlander good but good. Five minutes after the trade they moved Severino from the 15 day to the 60 day. They stashed him there, he’ll do his workouts, throw a few rehabs in Hudson Valley, and be back fresh as a daisy next month. Limits his innings and keeps the roster spot open, and come playoff time they’ll have Cole, Cortes, Montas, Montgomery, Severino, Taillion, and the German. Some will be starters, others will come out of the bullpen, just like Houston does. If Severino looks good they can extend him and next year’s rotation is set.
Besides this they kept the shortstops. That’s good because we’ll probably need one of those. Also keeps the best chips for a Soto trade, which isn’t happening, I know that, but if it does it’ll take a lot of the stink off the Gallo and Donaldson trades (not the Hicks contract though; that smell will never go away).
See what happens today but so far Cashstrapped has done pretty well. Shored up the pitching, kept Severino in the mix for the post season, and Soto is still in play with the Yankees’ best trade chips available. Pains me to say it but I’m semi-optimistic.
Nice analysis, Mildred. What bothers me, as always, is that "semi" in "semi-optimistic." I know that feeling very well.
ReplyDeleteSo unfortunately true-believers, my Castro ploy did not work.
ReplyDeleteThe news is rumbling that Soto is heading to San Diego.
Oh well . . .
Austin Romine is being DFAed. Not that we need him...though he might be better than Higgy, and I say that with a heavy heart.
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ReplyDeleteJM, your love affair with Romine is legendary
Sources: #Padres and #Nationals have agreed in principle on a Juan Soto trade, with Josh Bell also going to San Diego.
ReplyDeleteone can not enjoy a tasty salad unless it is loaded with Romine
ReplyDeleteSoto AND Bell. SD just got very scary.
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ReplyDeleteWait until they get Tatis back
And LUKE!
ReplyDeleteNever forget the Voitster
JM
ReplyDeleteWell good for them. As long as we never have to face them in the World Series. And you know we won't. They're far, far away!
And not on a team we have to face in the playoffs.
Yeah, thank God for that.
ReplyDeleteDick, I did have a soft spot for the Last Austin. Now, I don't really care that much, but an upgrade over Higgy (sob!) is warranted. And Romine is cheap as they get.
If only we could get David Robertson, too.... :-D
Soto to the Padres. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteAren't the Padres a religious team? You know, like the old House of David?
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ReplyDeleteYes they are. And with their latest acquisitions, they are going to perform an exorcism on the Dodgers.
Amen.
Are the guys that we got really any better than the guys we gave up? Maybe incrementally, for the moment.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that we gave up Sears. Seems to me that Sears could've pitched a lot of innings out of the pen. He did nothing wrong while he was here. And the two W's, never even got a sniff here.
We could have done this whole thing a lot differently. The two W's could have been brought up a lot earlier and developed.
And to those who say that prospects are nothing, well, the guys who we got might be nothing as well. Montas, coming off a shoulder injury, who knows if he doesn't blow out in short order? And the relievers that we got, who knows if they'll pitch well or if they'll turn into the Joey Gallo version of pitching? These are not just speculations. We've all seen Brain Cashman's pitching acquisitions many times before. How did those turn out?
And after all that, we didn't even land a real game changer. Is Montas really going to be better than than Sears or the two W's? After the Sonny Gray debacle, I'm kind of afraid of getting Oakland pitchers. And it looks like Soto is gone to California. And we got ... Benintendi.... Sigh.....
ReplyDeleteAnd San Diego didn't just land Soto. The Nats threw in Josh Bell as well.
Stacked lineup.
San Diego didn't give up the entire store either. I'd say the Nats got hosed on this deal.
Somewhere in this world there are teams and GMs who know a good deal when they see one.
ReplyDeleteSan Diego has hit several home runs this week:
They acquired Josh Hader, the best closer in the game, in a trade with the Brewers.
The Padres made Joe Musgrove’s five-year contract extension official.
Wil Myers was activated after two months on the injured list.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit against live pitching for the first time since his March wrist surgery
The next two months in SoCal are going to be very interesting.
What did our illustrious Intern do? Mediocrity at best. But then again, that's his claim to fame.
I'm miffed that we didn't get Soto. I would've offered the Nats their pick, ANY SIX of our prospects for Soto. And if they want Gleyber Torres, we could throw him in as well. After all, Cashman never develops prospects anyway, so what difference does it make? His salary is practically a steal for a potential WS championship.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe they couldn't better that SD offer. Instead they go out and get Frankie Valli, who will last 3 2/3 innings in his one and only playoff start. Un-ffing-believable
ReplyDelete@Dick...ya know who else didn't get Soto? The Mets. With all of Stevie Cohen's money, they couldn't get him either...ya think that fanbase is happy with this turn of events?
ReplyDelete@Celerino Sanchez, yeah, it looks like the stupid Brain Cashman refused to make an offer like my suggestion. He must've held out on the Martian, Volpe and others. That was stupid, real stupid. So instead of Soto, we get mediocrity like Benintendi and a pitcher who might blow up at any time.
ReplyDeleteRespectfully disagree, Mildred.
ReplyDeleteTrivino is just plain bad. And nobody has explained, yet, the weird home-and-away disparities in the numbers for Montas and Effross.
Montas sounds like someone who is a mediocrity, at best, away from Oakland, with arm troubles and PED problems looming in his background. Effross' weird, much-better ERA at Wrigley raises alarms, too, though I'm not sure just why.
He's a sidearmer, and those kinds can be awfully effective—until they're not. Byung Kim comes to mind.
Bottom line: I think we would have been just as well off sticking Schmidt into the rotation and Sears and Waldichuk into the pen, and giving them a shot. And maybe pick up Robertson and Willson Contreras as well, if we could.
What Cashman did will, yet again, do nothing to enhance our chances in October.
my posts are going away again - HORRAY ! HORRAY ! HORRAY !
ReplyDeleteranger, Steve Cohen is just waiting to outbid HAL for Judge in the off-season.
ReplyDeleteBy the by, I couldn't imagine why Coops and HAL would get rid of Joey just to sign the even worse Brett Phillips, as JM mentioned.
ReplyDeleteThen I looked at their salaries.
Joey: $10.275 million.
Phillips: $1.4 million.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
In my view, we didn't give up a "prospect" in Sears. He'd already performed well at the major league level. So many prospects come up here and they suck and get sent back down. So those guys who sucked their first few times up are still "prospects" and they have yet to prove that they belong in the majors. We gave up an already proven commodity in Sears. At least, he was more than half way there. And a lefty. No wonder the A's wanted him. I would've asked for him too if I was the other team's GM.
ReplyDelete@Hoss, we still have Schmidt at least, right? I haven't heard that he's been given away, yet.
ReplyDeleteWe must've given away Sears because he's not 6'8" like just about every pitcher these days.
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ReplyDeleteWith three hours to go, The Intern better have a deal up his sleeve, because with this bunch the possibility of the Yankees being an also-ran have increased.
@DickAllen, probably that does it for the big moves. If Montas works out, then it appears to me that the stupid Brain has incrementally improved the team. But Gallo ain't going anywhere. Taking Gallo out and inserting either Florial or Andujar makes the team much, much better.
ReplyDelete@Hammer - that's fine but when Stanton comes back Florial or AnJUjar ends up back in SWB...
ReplyDeletePersonally Hammer, I’d take Gallo out and shoot him.
ReplyDeleteA waste of space.
Once again, the Yankees have only taken half measures. With Soto and Bell we could have easily gone to the WS and won.
ReplyDeleteTo get beat out by San Diego is insulting.
Since when did the intern become a prospect hugger?
I would have given the Nats a list of twenty of our best prospects and said “Take your pick.”
Pathetic.
The more I think about our recent moves, the more underwhelmed I am. Not nearly ready to pass judgement on Benni, but we’re waiting…Montas is good, but not enough to really move the needle in October, Trivino has been awful all year.I don’t really know enough about Effross. And…that’s it, right? Did I miss anyone? Nope.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Donaldson, Hicks, Gallo, Higashioka are still here (as of this writing) stinking up the joint. Andujar sits in his Scranton motel room plotting his vengeance. Florial watches his career evaporate before his very eyes. Cashman chortles, Boone gaslights, and Scrooge McDuck sits behind his desk counting silver and weeping about every Judge home run.
@DickAllen, I think once again that management is purposefully trying to torpedo the season. This continuing quest for mediocrity is only explainable by my theory that they don't really want to win.
ReplyDeleteYes, Hammer, Schmidt is still with us at least, so good for that. It's just that I would have tried him in the no. 5 slot if only Montas was still available.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, DickAllen. It IS insulting—and more proof that, for all their rhetoric, these guys at the top have no idea what the Yankees are really about.
OMG
ReplyDeleteThe Dodgers are closing in on a deal to acquire Joey Gallo from the Yankees, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
The Padres day just gets better and better
ReplyDeleteOh please oh please oh please oh please oh please
ReplyDeleteJoey Gallo to Dodgers for Beeter per sources pending medical
ReplyDeleteMy sources tell me that the Yankees will get a preserved lock of Vin Scully's hair and an "autographed copy of Chavez Ravine" in exchange for Gallo.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask me who autographed it - I'll take the deal - Thank You Very Much!
Oh - and Clayton Beeter - Thanks Doug.
ReplyDeleteImpressive we get "an arm" in return as well.
We wish you luck, Joey!
Clayton Beeter. Dodgers #15 ranked minor leaguer
ReplyDeletepitcher
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/dodgers/clayton-beeter-690925
Anyone already getting the vision of the the Yanks facing Joey Whiffs in the World Series and giving up a HR to him in a key situation?
ReplyDelete3.5 hours left to go . . .
ReplyDeleteranger, that would mean we were in the series. I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteHosmer to the Red Sox BTW
el duque has already renamed Clayton to Beefeater...
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeletehow did we ever get ANYTHING for that bum?
Oh, right: The Intern is a genius
Clayton Beeter must have one arm or one leg, is on the terrorist watch list or he just SUCKS!
ReplyDeleteThe skinny on Beeter which rhymes with Jeter...
ReplyDeleteBeeter showcased stuff arguably as good as any college starter in the 2020 Draft, but the Dodgers were able to grab him in the supplemental second round because his medical record was more extensive than his track record. He had Tommy John surgery in December 2017 before his first season at Texas Tech and a follow-up arthroscopic elbow procedure seven months later before leading the Red Raiders' 2019 College World Series semifinalists with eight saves and dominating in four starts as a redshirt sophomore. Los Angeles signed him for an over-slot $1,196,500 and handled him with great care in his 2021 pro debut, limiting him to 52 1/3 innings in 28 games (27 starts).
Beeter has a pair of pitches that grade as well above-average when at their best. He sits at 93-96 mph and touches 98 mph with a fastball that has good carry, and a high-spin low-80s curveball that plays off his heater well by dropping through the bottom of the zone. He can flash a solid low-80s changeup with some sink and fade but doesn't use it very often.
Using an overhand slot that creates deception and downhill plane, Beeter tunnels all of his pitches well. With the exception of the shortened 2020 college season, he has exhibited fringy control, and his delivery may not be conducive to throwing more strikes. The Dodgers will try to stretch him out as a starter in 2022, with the fallback of making him a high-leverage reliever if that doesn't work.
Good riddance Joey Twitch!
ReplyDeleteThank God he's gone. Maybe they'll finally bring up Florial.
I'd be very surprised if the Red Sox don't unload JD to a contender. Maybe the Braves ?
There is a God! Thank the Good Lord that Gallo is gonzo.
ReplyDeleteMy take on this is that the chief contract negotiator for Cashman, whoever that is, must have told Cashman and HAL that hanging Gallows over Judge's head at the negotiating table and threatening to extend Gallows long term over re-signing Judge was crazy and that Yankee management would get laughed right out of the negotiating room. He must've told them that Judge and his agent would have been laughing so hard that they would never have been able to work out a new deal with the Yankees. They never would've stopped laughing. They would've been laughing so hard that they would've been crying and holding their guts, trying to keep their sides from splitting.
In case Beeter ever makes the team, his nickname should be "Wife" Beeter. Instead of a bobblehead give away, they should hand out sleeveless, ribbed whited tee shirts.
ReplyDeleteIt should be Master Beeter
ReplyDeleteBut with that nickname what could they possibly give as a "hand" out, should he become a star LOL?
DeleteWhite*
ReplyDelete@Carl...Denis Potvin already had that nickname...
ReplyDeleteLOL!
DeleteWeep no tears for Gallo, the Dodgers answer for Soto. Check this out! They brayed to SD.
ReplyDeleteBeeler?…Beeler?…Beeler?
Thank God we kept Donaldson!
The Yankees have checked in on Rodon, though they’re seen as a “long shot,”
ReplyDeleteJon Heyman of the New York Post
That's fine. We really really need hitting now.
Wait......we still have Donaldson?!
ReplyDeleteI am weeping with joy over the loss of Gallo
ReplyDeleteLife is good
I'm still stunned that we got a live body for Gallo. And in this report from Yahoo! Sports is a passage that contains everything that's wrong with how we think about baseball today:
ReplyDeleteWhile always boasting an extreme game that relied on walks and homers, Gallo was a very productive player from 2017 until the trade last year. Over that span, he racked up 138 homers while slashing .214/.340/.507, which was 20 percent better than the league average hitter by the park-adjusted wRC+ metric.
Ah, so that's why we got him! He was 20 percent better than the park-adjusted wRC+ metric.
@ranger_lp "@Carl...Denis Potvin already had that nickname..."
ReplyDeleteNow that is a low blow, a very low blow.
By the by, Clayton Beeter's lifetime minor league record: 0-9, 4.59. That's right, he's never won a game in the pros.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, this is STILL addition by subtraction.
And he twitched 1000% more than the average player.
ReplyDeleteLUKE!
ReplyDeleteVoit is taking the Amtrak to Washington 'cause he is part of the Soto deal.
Luke Voit on his way to Nats
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ReplyDeletePoor Luke
@Hoss, right-O. A .214 hitter "a very productive player". I can only shake my head at the stat-geeks who thought that.
ReplyDeleteI hope we don't get Rodon. Another righty slugger who no longer slugs. We still have plenty of that here.
Hammer,
ReplyDeleteHe's a pitcher and a #1 or #2 pitcher at that. :)
David Robertson to the Phillies
ReplyDeleteClosing in on the TWO HOUR WARNING.
ReplyDeleteSensors indicate that there will two more moves within those next two hours.
And none of those will include reacquiring VOIT, SANCHEZ, or GALLO.
everything makes sense now
ReplyDeleteWe already got our reliever from the Cubbies . . . .
ReplyDeleteI wanted Robbie.
ReplyDeleteJust think--you won't have Gallo to kick around anymore.
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ReplyDeletePer Dwight Schrute, “Beeter” is the preferred term for any successful beet farmer.
ReplyDeleteSeems the beet-man had a 5.75 ERA at AA, but have you ever been so happy to get someone like that?
Do you think maybe Andujar can come out to play, you know for a little while?
Is there any way to trade Nancy Pelosi by 6:00 p.m. before she starts World War III? Maybe to Russia for Brittney Griner?
ReplyDeleteOnly if the Apricot Autocrat, Trump is included in the deal.
DeleteJM - we know - we know.
ReplyDeleteSo did I - but clearly we didn't want him back in the clubhouse.
(Thanks to Doug for bringing this to my attention)
https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/david-robertsons-yankees-return-threatened-by-behind-the-scenes-vote/
Inquiries about Gleyber Torres...
ReplyDeleteVery good question, Barney.
ReplyDeleteHey Clark,
When you say the beet-man had a 5.75 ERA at AA - are you referring to those few weeks when he was beet farming in our backyard terrace?
I don't think that story had any bearing on a Robbie deal.
ReplyDeleteHey, Cano is still available.
Dodgers are in talks to acquire LHP Lucas Luetge from the Yankees. Nothing final as of now.
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ReplyDeleteWell fuck…
I tried my damnedest to put a positive spin on the deal for Montas, because we still had the prospects for Soto and off he goes. Yankees were never going to beat Preller - nobody was.
Cashstrapped basically traded the four players to Texas last year for a year of negative LF production and a guy named Beeter. Back to the shitlist for Brain.
Maybe Rodon? There’s no more bats left are there?
Fuck.
Joey K. Remarked that Yankee Fans made him feel like a piece of shit. What else were they supposed to do, cheer him. The failure belongs to Genius Cashman who wanted Joey for years. Cashman has no clue. When I read that Joey complained about the traffic in NY, I knew he was done. Nut his mom makes good meatballs. Good luck in LA, jeoy.
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ReplyDeleteHa! Yankees fans couldn't make Joey feel like a piece of shit. He did that all by himself.
So Cashman isn't the only GM with the occasional or chronic cognitive deficit. Why would ANY team give up anything for Gallo? Just baffling.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a double meaning AA!
ReplyDeleteSay, we’re not getting political here are we? I’m already banned from Twitter, and getting rejected by Yahoo.
If you guys dump me, it’s over. Game over man, game over!
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Padres are suddenly mythic.
ReplyDelete999, always be reasonable and nonvivcious and humorous. Nobody bans you.
ReplyDeleteJM, i know…I’d just rather this be a politics-free space…
ReplyDeleteI say ban borntorun999--if he's been banned by Yahoo and Twitter, the guy's nothing but trouble. In fact, ban JM too for wanting people to be reasonable--sounds very boring.
ReplyDeleteLol!!!
ReplyDeleteYa got a point.
ReplyDeleteWho are we getting now? Javy Lopez?
ReplyDeletePablo Lopez.
ReplyDeleteI throw myself on the mercy of the mercy of the court
ReplyDeleteharrison bader for jordan montgomery
ReplyDeleteThey traded Monty? Wow.
ReplyDeleteMonty for an INJURED fourth outfielder? Cashman needs emergency medical attention.
ReplyDeleteMLB network is claiming this happened. Not in press yet, so maybe. Or not.
ReplyDeleteBader is on the DL.
Who is going to pitch for this team? Devi Garcia?
ReplyDeleteBader has a mean folly floater, I hear.
ReplyDeleteWhat dumbshit trade.
ReplyDeleteHe's not good when he's healthy. Wtf?
ReplyDeleteI honestly think part of this preference for white nonentities like Bader over players like Florial and Andujar is organizational racism. I've long believed that the Yankees have a tacit quota on black players. I can't prove it, but I suspect it as part of the right-wing martial All-American ethos inherited from George.
ReplyDeleteBarney, I tend to believe it. Something is decidedly fishy.
ReplyDeleteAnd wtf is Monty for Bader? That looks like a terrible trade.
It’s official Montgomery for Bader . He’s on the IL with plantar fasciitis which can linger. Possible he could be out until Sept, or even the remainder of the year. Not sure what the point of this trade is, someone will have to explain. Looks like Johnny Broto is our top AAA pitching option. Hope you like Domingo German, ‘cause we got him.. German for Bader would go down a lot smoother, but the Cards aren’t that dumb.
ReplyDeleteBarney/JM, that would be an outrage that would shake my fandom.
ReplyDelete@Barney, I have to agree with you on that point. Looks like Yankee management doesn't want to make the everyday lineup too black. So they traded a healthy white guy for another (injured) white guy. And they refuse to bring up the obvious centerfield/left field replacements Florial and Andujar. Even though Andujar is obviously a much better hitter than Bader. It's deplorable, disgusting. If we give them the benefit of the doubt, it's possible it might not even be a conscious decision. They automatically assume that a white player is more valuable than a black player. But I think it's a conscious decision. Terrible, either way.
ReplyDeleteBader is a center fielder. Currently injured. But the future for Hicks? Is Cashman finally hedging that lousy contract?
ReplyDeleteHammer, Barney, it's suspicious as hell. Bothers me big time.
ReplyDeleteHicks batting ninth. Clue?
ReplyDeleteAnd we still have Duckinson, as expected. A year from now, Cashman may give up and trade the lame-o.
ReplyDeleteCurry and baldy are hitting Josh hard. When the YES guys start that, it's a sign. Though not traded, he's on notice.
ReplyDeleteWith Hicks slumping again, Bader becomes an option for the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking they didn't want Taillon so they gave up Monty.
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