Before I get into the details, I find it interesting that, in all the media praise for Cashman's “Yankees A+ Deadline” no one is pointing out that Cashman had a $300 million dollar roster that was constructed so poorly that he had to bring in seven guys at the deadline and was still a couple short.
To be fair, he did get rid of a lot of dead wood and now we have a real third baseman.
So there's that.
This isn’t football where now we have four quarterbacks. Or
basketball where the whole team now consists of power forwards.
We have four guys who can close, (Well I’m still counting
Williams – not sure why.) which mean we have four guys who can pitch well
enough to close. (Again sorry, I keep including Williams.)
That’s good. Because putting a good pitcher on the mound is
a good thing in any inning.
2) BTW… Today Boone said Williams is still the closer! Why? He’s better as a set up guy and is gone next year anyway.
Bednar hasn’t given
up a run since like, May and is here next year. So if there's an ego to assuage it should be Bednar's.
Plus uh… who likes to see Williams in a close game anyway?
Not me. I don’t like to see him in any game really. Even with his only two blown saves. Or is is three now?
Hoss had a nice explanation in the comments of my last post
as to why Williams’ blown saves don't count as blown saves even though we all know they
are. Hoss knows gaslighting when he sees
it.
4) Jose Caballero is a warning shot aimed at Volpe. Good. He’s actually a gifted shortstop and maybe the Yankees are finally learning that a bad shortstop who makes errors, even if they get out of the inning with minimal harm, wrecks the pitching staff and can mess up the bullpen for days.
I hope
they use him as a late inning replacement. Or maybe give Volpe the day off a
couple of times a week He plays better
rested.
Better yet, when Volpe does stupid things he can be benched. Will he? Maybe. So I'm telling you is, there's a chance.
Hey it worked when I said this about Bednar so I thought I'd try it again.
5) The only trade that I don’t get is the Roc Riggio and Ben Shields for Jake Bird. Bird throws hard but by all accounts is a work in progress.
The comedy duo Riggio
and Shields were two guys I thought would eventually make the big club or at a
minimum be part of a bigger trade than for a flyer.
6) I’m also not happy about losing Rafael Flores but at least he was part of the Bednar deal. You gotta give to get.
That said, the Yankees trade a lot of catchers
and yet on the big club we have Wells, who frankly is starting to piss me off, and Rice who I thought was our first baseman of the future.
Does this mean the Yankees are going to pursue Murakami in
the off season to play first base? It’s his best position.
7 and last) Yeah, Aaron Judge in the outfield might be awhile but the injury will allow him to DH and Stanton is starting to do that “step in the bucket” thing again and that never bodes well.
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Yeah, of the “4 closers” Williams is definitely gone next year and likely so is Weaver who looks shot. Bednar should get next shot at a save.
As far as Judge goes I gotta believe he’ll be back in right at some point this season. Why do I believe that? It’s past the deadline and Jones is still in Scranton. He played in their last game so the back must be ok, they didn’t trade him and if they think Judge is done for the season they have no reason left not audition him, if for no other reason than to distract the fans. After all, he’s going to be the off season reason they give for not trying to sign Kyle Tucker.
The step in the bucket thing is never a good sign, but Stanton is still getting hits. So while individual ABs are infuriating, I can't carp about him. He's batting .270 with an OBP of .341 (!), an OPS of .855 and is slugging .514. I wish more guys were stepping into that kind of bucket.
The thing about the four closers is, I think it's both good for a pitcher and for the team to really have a set closer. Most people think the set roles for bullpen guys are baloney, and some of them are. But there's something special about an effective closer who knows he's the closer. It's psychological, I believer.
Of course, I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
Good point on Jones.
Sadly, Weaver hasn't been the same since he came back from the IL. But I haven't given up on him yet. Williams, I've given up on.
I agree with you. Having a defined closer is good thing and Bednar should be that closer.
What I was trying to convey was having four guys who are capable of doing it just points to four guys who you feel good about pitching whatever the inning.
Yep, totally on board with that. It's a weird feeling, isn't it?
I mean, having four guys like that. Not being on board with your opinion.
The only catch to having all these new arms is we still have Boooooone calling the shots, our alleged manager who has no idea how to utilize a bullpen.
This is not going to end well.
Max Muncy has a club option after this season, Freeman's contract is up after 2027. I expect the Dodgers will go after Murakami and live with him at third until Freeman goes. They have a young third baseman on the roster who they're supposed to be high on. Also Hal only wins bidding wars when he's bidding against himself.
I don't get the Jake Bird business either. Riggio is by everything I've seen pretty good. At least they could have used him in a trade for someone higher up the ladder.
Cashman had a $300 million dollar roster that was constructed so poorly that he had to bring in seven guys at the deadline and was still a couple short. This is the whole point. Poor roster construction and poor player development under Genius Cashman. With regards to his philosphy, "Wait
for the homerun, the Yankees do not make enough contact; do not field well enough and do not run the bases well. The Homerun will fkix all. I will ask you, which of all thgree will rear their ugly head in the post season?
Q. Have we boone-proofed the bullpen
Bye Bye Marcus
The team has announced the release of Marcus Stroman’s.
We can no longer be Stromanized.
Stroh got the heave-ho!
Yay! I got my wish. Frosty the Strohman has been cut!
The Yankees are kind of like AI - just passable, but really banal, unoriginal and not really interesting. Certainly not capable of greatness. Cashman has, via his shitty metrics team, created a large learning model of baseball cliches and moves, but it really not able to react quickly with intuition and nimbleness.
Is that even possible?
The Magic 8-Ball said “Better Not Tell You Now”. Yikes!
I'm mostly positive about the moves on the team, which is still overly dependent on Judge to win a ball game. But it's like pouring water into a bucket with holes, because the manager is an idiot, coaching and development still suck, they have no understanding of fundamentals, are overly dependent on solo home runs and the team is run by a poorly designed AI program, masquerading as a crack team of statistical wizards.
All of this sudden interest in fixing all the many flaws of this team looks like Cashman trying to save his job. If this fails, I expect to see Boone floating in the water without a life preserver. And Cashman waving at him from the boat.
Or, to quote the great Dr. Hendrix, “tire tracks all across my back, I can see you had your fun.”
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