Here's what happens:
1. We spare ourselves from Gallo's horrible second half of 2021.
2. We spare ourselves from Gallo's horrible first half of 2022.
3. We eliminate 194 strikeouts, many in key situations.
4. We spare ourselves from Gallo's 0-for-4 in the 2021 wild card loss to Boston.
5. We keep the four prospects that we traded for Gallo. This includes Glenn Otto, a starter who threw 135 innings last year for Texas. Two others - Ezequiel Duran and Josh Smith - have reached the majors.
6. We spare ourselves from Cashman's horrible set of deals at the 2022 trade deadline.
Simple.
Somewhere within the Yankee front office is a scout, or a numbers wonk, or an algorithm, or somebody who thought Gallo would be a great acquisition. That person should work for Steve Cohen. Practically all our problems can be traced back to that deal. And though Brian Reynolds is not Gallo, excuse me if I flinch at the thought of Cashman bundling our best prospects for an outfielder who hit .262 last year.
Aw come on, Reynolds is better than Gallo, don’t judge him on one stat in a bad line up.
ReplyDeleteCashman, the jock itch of my life
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ReplyDeleteBenentendi. Cashman traded 3 pitchers for him, which is not a disaster on the surface, but then to not resign him this season is the kick in the balls. We need an outfielder, and a good one is potentially available, but the Pirates want the young pitching that the Yankees no longer have for Reynolds; Reynolds and Benentendi are the same age, Reynolds has more power, strikes out about twice as often, Benentendi is a better fielder. Sure, maybe we'd all rather have Reynolds but we can't get him.
Gallo - Otto
Effross - Wesneski
Montas - Waldichuk, Medina, Sears
Benentendi - Way, Sikkema, Champlain
That's 8 pitchers for a stiff we dumped on the Dodgers, a guy who had to have TJ and is out for the year, a guy with a known bum shoulder at the time of the trade, and the leftfielder we need but didn't resign.
Cashman is a fucking idiot and if he finds a third team somehow that gets Reynolds you absolutely know it will cost one of Peraza or Volpe, maybe even both, plus the only two minor league pitchers we have that are worth a shit (Brito and Beeter), and we'll be running Donaldson and Stopgap out again next season, those two sucking out more value than Reynolds can add.
Merry Christmas, where's the Tylenol
And yet, we re-upped with crashman for 4 more years. Who made that decision? The architect of our malaise: Steingrubber.
ReplyDeleteWhile it’s fun to speculate, let’s be realistic. Our starting LF-er in 2023 will be Hicks, replaced by Cabrera in May, replaced by the newly acquired Juricson Profar in July, replaced by the Conqueror Worm, Estevan Florian in September.
Mildred -
ReplyDelete"That's 8 pitchers for a stiff we dumped on the Dodgers, a guy who had to have TJ and is out for the year, a guy with a known bum shoulder at the time of the trade, and the leftfielder we need but didn't resign."
This X 1000.
Yes, Mildred....Cashman is a fucking idiot and obviously an ass-kisser. One of the worst GMs in MLB.
ReplyDeleteSo his deadline deals not only screwed us for 2022, but maybe years to come. Way to go!
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