There is really nothing else to say.
Rumors suggest Grisham will ditch the offer and head to free agency, in search of a three year deal. If so, the Yankees would have an extra $22 million in movie money, plus a 4th round draft pick.
The difference in alt-Yankee future lineups is staggering.
If he stays...
cf Grisham
rf Judge
1b Rice
2b Chisholm
dh Stanton
lf Dominguez/Jones/somebody?
3b McMahon/Cabrera
c Wells/Rice/somebody?
ss Cabalero/Volpe/somebody?
If he bolts...
2b Chisholm (or cf?)
rf Judge
lf Tucker/Bellinger?
dh Stanton
1b Rice (or c)
cf Jones/Dominguez/Somebody?
3b McMahon/Cabrera?
c Wells/Rice?
ss Cabalero/Volpe/a 2b/Somebody?
Until Grisham decides, there is no sense trying to ponder the Yankee paths to success in 2026. In three days, Brian Cashman will learn which alt-Yankiverse he'll inhabit.
Three days...
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In either case--or any other case, realistically--Judge will still not have a championship-level team around him. Maybe half a team, if that.
It really is criminal. Hoss is right.
This reminds me of that SNL sketch, many years ago, when Candace Bergen was playing Anne Boleyn and Phil Hartman was a noble assigned to tell her what her alternatives were regarding her execution.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1kbj084/anne_boleyn_a_jack_handey_penned_absurdist_gem/
Either way, it's not pretty, though of course Grisham is the "drawing and quartering" version.
I'm confident it won't come to pass, but I don't think Kyle Tucker is a great match for the Yankees. Yes, his bat is sweet. Low K's. High W. A 20-20, 4 WAR, solid bet. Love it. He would plug that lineup hole left by Bellinger nicely.
But he's a RF and a mediocre one at best. He hasn't played LF since 2020 and only 72 games at that position in his MLB career. And he'll cost top dollar.
We already have a RF. What we don't have is a LF'er who knows which way to run, as well as a plethora of other holes that need plugging.
No easy answers here. Dominguez can hit, but he can't field. It seems he went the same school for non-fundamental baseball that Volpe did.
Spencer can crush the ball and field well (in center), but his 40% MiLB strikeout rate last year is truly frightening. He's only played 12 MiLB games in left and he wasn't very good.
If HAL 9000 were ready to spend what it takes to win a championship (yeah, right?), I'd say roll the dice on Tucker. But if he does buy Tucker, he'll make Cashman go dumpster diving to solve every other problem the Yankees have.
Grisham is looking better all the time.
Doc, I don't think they'll even acknowledge the problems.
(clears throat)
Cashman already has a dumpster to dive in.
That dumpster is called the New York Yankees.
(There's no place like home.)
Remember when the off-season used to be fun?
I made an error in my attempt to express my previous comment, hence I eliminated it.
Once again (as THEY say) with meaning . . .
I enjoyed the off season between 2008 and 2009 quite a bit, Bit!
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