And don't gemme wrong: Maybe it's a good idea. Frankie the Yankee will be 31, coming off arm surgery, with a lifetime ERA of 3.90. He returned late last year and threw 1.1 innings - scoreless, FWIW. Why not a one-year rental? What could go wrong?
But but BUT... one year of Montas looks suspiciously like a deal the Yankees seem determined to jettison. I'm talking about Luis Severino -Montas' statistical astral twin - who might leave for an angry place, such as Toronto or Boston. Last year, Sevy threw 89 generally awful innings, an ERA of 6.65. The Yankiverse cried UNCLE, ending the Sevy rom-com that began as a prospect in 2012.
Basically, we should expect Sevy to be replaced by Montas:
As Pete Townsend might say, Meet the new loss, same as the old loss.
Why sign Montas instead of Sevy? Some observations...
1. Sevy, at 30, is a year younger.
2. Part of Sevy's problem last year was an attempt to come back too soon from injury; he got rocked.
3. The Yankee way seems to be: Target the player, blame the player, jettison the player, and watch him thrive elsewhere.
Wouldn't it be nice to break that mold?
I realize that keeping Sevy is not a popular argument. Last month, I made the case and nearly lost a few fingers. (Note: The death threats were turned over to the FBI, and arrests are expected.) I don't oppose signing Montas. I just wonder about letting Sevy go. The devil you know... ya know?
Frankly, we've seen this movie before: We'll sign Montas, and he'll suck. Then we'll face Sevy at Fenway, or Houston, and scream WTF as he shuts us down.
I say, don't let him get away so easily. For the rest of his life, Sevy should lashed to Cashman's whale. If he's going to sign a short-term deal, it should be with the hell-bound Yankees. The Starr Insurance Death Barge must send a message to all the Hickses and Gallos, to the Baders and Sonny Grays, to everybody who skips merrily into the Yankee inferno:
Nobody gets out alive.
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ReplyDeleteI’d be OK with Montas on a cheap one year deal, provided we are ready to jettison him if he doesn’t perform. I’m a fan of one year contracts, believing as I do that he extended multi-year contracts are the ruination of the franchise. Hell, I’d even take Severino too under the same arrangement, again though he should be dumped or dealt at the first sign of trouble.
ReplyDeleteWe'll never get Monty back, will we? We're doomed to the Montases, the Rodons, and whoever else is looking to bank millions while they laugh their asses off at Cashman.
ReplyDeleteYamamoto? Yeah, sure. Fat chance.
AA, why delete old Pete?
ReplyDeleteAccidents happen, JM.
ReplyDeleteOld Pete:
We've got to judge the judge
We got to find the finds
We've got to scheme the schemes
We got to line the lines
We got to fight the fight
We got to fall the falls
We got to light the light
We got to call the calls
Try to place the place
Where we can face the face.
We got to face the face...
Try to place the place
Where we can face the face.
Try to place the place
Where we can face the face.
Keep looking, keep looking
We must race the race
So we can face the face.
We got to race the race
We must race the race.
So we can face the face
We got to face the face
We got to race the race
The only reason Montas is signed is so Ca$hman might save face if he actually pitches well.
ReplyDeleteI would comment today, guys, but I’m too busy reading my latest western cowboy romance, “the return of food stamps Haland his trusty horse, Brian.“
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ReplyDeleteGood point, Duque! And yes, if Cashie is just going to do more dumpster diving, why not dive at home? I'd give BOTH Sevvy and Frankie one-year deals, which these days in baseball is practically like giving them car fare.
I noticed that Sonny Gray signed a big deal with St. Loo yesterday. Again, I don't blame Cashman for trading him—Gray plainly could not pitch in New York—but to get NOTHING for him? He should've been fired for that alone.
And Yamamoto? Yeah, the Mets are going to have that "competition" all to themselves.
Montas: No way.
ReplyDeleteSeverino: 1 yr deal? Okay, but the pitching coach has got to go. BTW, I've heard absolutely nothing about Matt Blake going anywhere. So if Blake stays, Sevvy has to go.
And also, any bets on bad how Rodon will be in 2024 with Blake staying on? Like 1-18 with a 12.50 ERA? They end up trading Rodon somewhere and he gets the Cy Young the year after. We've seen this movie before.
Yanks better get Yamamoto. If they want to sign all these other bums for "just in case" scenarios, that's fine. Just in case they lose the Yamamoto auction. Just in case Yamamoto sucks. Just in case everybody sucks next year. But they better get Yamamoto, or else this winter will have been another 100 PERCENT SNAFU.
ReplyDeleteFive to one
ReplyDeleteOne in Five
No one here
Gets out alive...
Got to get together
One more time
If the audit team concludes that Ca$hman shouldn't pick pitchers, they need to share that right about now...
ReplyDeleteProbably because Mike "Doofus" Fishman proclaimed it the thing to do. The Yankees are a Clown show.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time the Yankees operated a tight ship. Made all the right moves. Dominated by being smart baseball men.
ReplyDeleteNow what we have is "The Intern's Way," as our bumbling general manager tries to figure out how Stick and his crew managed to create a winner. Only he has no idea what he's doing, especially considering he's been operating in a vacuum for decades.
You can be sure, whether it's Yamamoto, Montas or Sevy, or any other arm or leg he brings in, history will repeat itself as our boy wonder tries to convince all of us that he's doing his best to create a winner.
It should be easy. Right?
NH television (yes there is such a thing) made a huge point last week that Ausmus and Blake both had NH connections.
ReplyDeleteI mean, how many NH teams have made the world series? Let alone won it?
Blakey isn't going anywhere. Life sucks, then you die. And Mickey Mouse is just another fucking rat.
If you want to win the championship, it always starts with having a good manager and good coaches. Lack of experience, lack of know-how, lack of ability on the part of the manager and coaching staff will ruin the best of players.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's possible to win with so-so coaches, if you have great players. But I've never seen any team win with piss poor coaching. Never. Just doesn't happen.
Even the best of players can get into ruts, bad streaks. Good coaching gets them out of those valleys. Lousy coaching won't know what to do. When things are going great, every coach looks good. You can which coaches are worth their weight in gold when things go bad. Because the good coaches will guide their players out of the bad habits that got them into the bad streaks.
Perhaps it's time Blake met with an.... accident.
ReplyDeleteOne day back in that freezing winter of 1889, late at night while the snow was swirling in little dust devils and not a soul was out, a dim shadow appeared coming in from the north. It was Food Stamps Hal, on his trust horse, Brian, riding slowly down the Grand Concourse. "Big Randy" was trailing them on an overburdened jackass and they were looking for a place they could stay the night...
ReplyDeleteThe thought of signing Montas feels like the second coming of Javier Vasquez. Except we got more out out of Vasquez. Is the team looking to create a line of training room collectables?
ReplyDeleteMonty would be an incredibly better idea.
I hate Hal and CashBrain and Boone so much.
ReplyDeleteI like this, Bitty. More, please!
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