Yeah, right.
Today, it looks more like a short-term mirage, a burst of hubris spawned by a coincidental wave of young talent, which is now scattered to the winds.
That wave was traded away for players who were defined by their contracts, despite the Yankees being the wealthiest franchise in baseball. The youngsters were sent to the three or four MLB teams willing to trade with the Yankees, if the deals are sweet enough.
Well, they certainly were. This spring, the Yankees starting rotation has turned into an Agatha Christie novel - pitchers disappearing, one by one. In the case of Luis Severino, the latest to go, it's a sad, desperate normalcy.
Sevy - now in his final year before free agency - is one of those rare MLB players who has the Ellsburian ability to injure himself while rehabbing from a previous injury.
He will probably miss April and May.
Today, I got nothing. This spring has become an unfunny joke. Jhony Brito and Randy Vasquez - who were always destined for Scranton -are now prime contenders for the No. 5 starter slot, and Tanner Danish - relentlessly drilled all spring - might be a setup man. And there is a week to go. Will anybody still be around?
There’s no way Danish makes this team, he’s already stale and crumbled. Cordero is getting that spot
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ReplyDeleteOf all of the rotten trades Cashmonkey made in 2022, letting go of all of those young pitchers -- I'm thinking esp. of JP Sears -- will be his legacy. In 2023, and beyond.
We traded almost A full starting rotation's worth of starters.
ReplyDeleteMontgomery - Cards
Wesneski- Cubs
Waldichuk - A's
Sears - A's
And right now have NOTHING to show for it. (I guess Bader will come back for a few months.)
Supposedly Wesneski is the best of the bunch.
Cheese Danish was throwing BP in the bottom of the 7th yesterday...don't know why they are still looking at him...
ReplyDeleteHey, don't worry guys: the young pitchers Cashie trades away have generally been so wrecked at "The Gas Station" that they rarely do well elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteIt's like putting your car in for a tuneup, and getting it back only to discover the attendants have left some used condoms in the back seat and forgotten a bag of junk food containers left under the hood.
Just remember we have Brito! Brito, Brito makes only bodies new…
ReplyDeleteWoo woo woo woo woo woo!
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ReplyDelete"Cashie trades away have generally been so wrecked at "The Gas Station" that they rarely do well elsewhere."
I don't know about that...
Wesneski last year 3-2 with a 2.18 ERA, 33K in 33 innings 0.939 WHIP. Similar stats in Spring Training this year.
He was a big give away because we got a "lock down" reliever for him that we have control over until 2027 except for the whole Tommy John thing.
Mongomery 6-3 3.11 ERA
Sears and Waldichuk are both going to be very good. I still think Waldi goes to the pen and becomes a dominant closer.
Cashman and his Geeks. This is what takes place.
ReplyDeleteDanish??? I’d rather starve…
ReplyDeleteCahman is painfully incompetent. Just painfully.
ReplyDeleteAnd Hal gave him five more years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSFdF-HRvHc
ReplyDeleteSome of you may have seen this video today, it was posted in Phil Mushnick's column.
I noticed a skinny (sort of) Joe West, a lack of stats and announcers babbling, players looked didn't look "ripped", the pace of the game flowed. It was the game I fell in love with. Notice the lack of pitch count numbers, and how nasty Nolan's stuff was. All without the benefit of trainers, metrics, and other "improvements". I will go out on a limb and say that the best players of the seventies and eighties would have competed with today's best.
Johnny pitched great today.
ReplyDeleteThe most pathetic trade in history was giving up Montgomery for nothing.
Sears is second worst.
Giving up Mark Melancon for Lance Berkman has to be waaay up there. He was talked about as the heir apparent to Mo, and has had a hell of a career... Trading Ricky to the A's for some relievers, gaaaaak. Jay Buhner.... Not trying to gainsay you, Alphonso, but thinking about old
ReplyDeletedisasters takes the sting away. Well for now anyway.
It's official, Volpe made the team. I'm stunned.
ReplyDeleteSo the trivia question came up during the radio broadcast. The last time a rookie with no major league experience made the Yankee opening day roster. I couldn't think of one...probably back in the 60s maybe? Hoss?
ReplyDeleteMatsui
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ReplyDeleteHeeeere’s Jhony!
Finally some good news, an excellent outing by Jhony (don’t call me Johnny) Brito. 51/3 perfect on top of an already good spring showing. He was already in line to be the 5th starter, I’d say he’s clinched it. Good luck young man!
So Volpe made the team, and that says to me he will be in the opening day lineup. Hope we can all be patient, he’s still got some growing to do. Nevertheless, a good thing. Whither Peraza? Scranton? Bench?
Just to bring use all back to earth…cashman + boone (sounds like a bad TV show…I know, it is) are still here as entrenched as ever
Matsui doesn't count he wasn't in the minors...(although that was mentioned lol) and he was 26 I believe...
ReplyDeleteI thought you meant MLB when you said the majors. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent question, ranger. In regard to Matsui, depends if you count the Japanese leagues.
ReplyDeleteIf not, then maybe the last one is...Masahiro Tanaka, in 2014.
Otherwise..I THINK you have to go all the way back to the disastrous Christian Parker start in 2001. Three innings, seven earned runs, rotator cuff shot. That was his entire time in the majors.
I could easily be missing a middle reliever or two, but I think that's it.
Let's hope this goes better!
ReplyDeleteAnd I guess Jhony Brito would be another!
ReplyDeleteYou have a point, Kevin. Though Melancon for Berkman would not have been SO bad...save for the fact that Cashie then wouldn't give ol' Lancelot the $20 million for 2 years he got from St. Louis.
ReplyDelete2011: Berkman hits .301, with 31 homers, .959 OPS. Yanks lose the ALDS by about 5 feet to Detroit.
The Rickey deal was awful. So was the Buhner deal. But really, that era was full of stinkers, including:
ReplyDelete1981: Willie McGee for Bob Sykes. Sykes never threw a pitch for the Yankees. McGee was the 1982 World Series MVP, and the 1985 NL MVP.
1982: Fred McGriff, Mike Morgan, and Dave Collins to Toronto, for Tom Dodd and Dale Murray. McGriff was bad enough. But Morgan pitched another 20 SEASONS, winning 132 games—never close to a star, but a guy who might've made a difference on 1980s-90s teams that were always short on pitching.
1989: Hal Morris, first baseman who won a ring with Cincy, and hit .304 lifetime...for Timothy Leary. Talk about a bad trip!
Am I missing any others? I have the feeling there was another clunker in there.
J.T. Snow had a pretty nice career. Horace your list of trades is still the stuff of nightmares... I KNOW that we're missing some trades. Oh, Jeff Weaver comes to mind...
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