Thursday, July 25, 2019

One week until the Cashman trade bombings commence

Let's savor those inspiring, thrill-a-minute victories over Minny... until 7:10 tonight, when the Yankiverse shifts to Fenway - four games that offer a rare chance to drop-kick Boston square in the billiards. The Redsocks need at least three wins to quell the queasy sense that last year's Hall of Fame Super Team of Destiny aged five years in six months, and might  require a winter tear-down. But we must not let up, or Boston will start roaring back. This weekend, the Death Star can, in essence, secure the AL East. We wouldn't pop champagne, but the pennant race could be on cruise-control. 
Then there is that second tier of Yankee reality: The looming trade makeover. It will be conducted by Brian "Cooperstown" Cashman, who will once again chase the most elusive and perhaps mythical target: The "power arm" with team control beyond a three-month rental. This is where Cashman traditionally blows his transmission - from Weaver to Brown to Vazquez to Pavano to Igawa to Vazquez to Burnett to Johnson to Pineda to Gray to, gulp, Paxton? This is when we bundle our future for somebody who pitched well in Soup City, but who will go knock-kneed before the boot-lickers and painted ladies of Gotham. The Yankees love to celebrate Hope Week. Well, comrades, this is Fear Week. This is when we dip into our farm and pray that we're not giving away the next Buhner or Drabek - trades that, though they happened long ago, still haunt our nightmares. 
Which brings me to the guy most likely to make us recall the crazy, Mohawk-haired Buhner: Clint Frazier. "Red Thunder" - (he hates that name, it must be noted) - is suddenly red hot in Scranton, as if he realizes his exile to Red Rock Country is almost over. I happen to believe trading Frazier will be an incredible, generational mistake, which will haunt us for a decade, but what do I know? I'm just an old fan who remembers shit. 
Right now, with Cameron Maybin about to reappear, the Yankees have too many outfielders. They won't dis Brett Gardner, and they can't drop Mike Tauchman - not when he's on fire. (Though they probably will; the poor guy has minor league options.) Maybin was a feel-good story of June, he does a little of everything, but they have no place to stash him. That leaves at least two players in Frazier's path, and barring an outfield collision, he'll be stuck in Scranton until September, or maybe even next spring... unless he's gone in a trade.
I'm just saying what we all know: he's a goner. That naive, romantic notion that Frazier would become part of a modern wrecking crew... we should let it go. The Yankees have a problem with Frazier's defense, and maybe their discontent runs deeper - into his larger-than-life, over-the-top personality. I can only hope his outgoing nature is not the reason, because guys like hate to lose. Every great team has one. Whomever we get for Frazier will dangle around Cashman's neck for the rest of the GM's career. He better have nude pictures of Food Stamps Steinbrenner, because one more botched power arm will be hard to stomach. It'll be time to kick him upstairs with Randy Levine - can you imagine a greater hell? 
In the meantime, Dallas Keuchel continues to excel in Atlanta. Tuesday, he threw six innings and gave up 2 runs. He struck out 12. He would have been ours, if our owner had been willing to spend. 
What a sad thing to be writing. With an ace within our grasp, our owner chose to plead poverty. 
So, here it comes, folks: Four games in Boston followed by the trade deadline. Hold on to your cap. Come next Thursday, it might be all you have left.

8 comments:

JM said...

A plush parrot.

Your 2019 cute, cuddly New York Yankees, everyone.

If he keeps hitting home runs and doubles, I can go with it.

Anonymous said...

Is this still the drunk blog?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Here's a trade that ain't gonna happen:
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-trade-rumors-yankees-will-trade-prospect-get-noah-syndergaard/5rpfun7439uj1jy4rkx71ar8p

If it did, I wouldn't mind giving up the menace for him. Gleyber? NFW.


N.B., All three Yankee HR's yesterday were solo shots. Always more exciting with no-one on base.

TheWinWarblist said...

Rufus T., Rufus T., Rufus T., the Yanks collected 12 other hits, four of them XBH - one a triple. They scored 7 runs off those 12 hits, and the HRs were the difference in the decision. (And giving Chappy breathing room.) A RBI is a RBI no matter how small.

Anonymous said...

HERE IS WHAT I SMELL.....

KNOWING COOP AND HIS BULLSHIT (OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING)....

WE WILL ACQUIRE MARCUS STROMAN AND KEN GILES FROM TORONTO.

WE WILL BE GIVING UP DEIVI GARCIA, CLINT FRAZIER, MIGUEL ANDUJAR, AND THAIRO ESTRADA.

THE DEAL MOST LIKELY WON'T DO MUCH FOR US.

THE GILES PICKUP MAY BE LIKE GETTING ANTHRAX IN THE MAIL.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, I SAY FUCK THAT.

KEEP EVERYONE, NO DEAL.

CALL UP DEIVI GARCIA. (DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM HIM).

STAND PAT.

PRAY.

ranger_lp said...

I hope they are not trading for Rachael Ray in Arizona...

Joe Formerlyof Brooklyn said...


Screw this trade B.S. Cashman can't deal for pitchers, that's been proven (over and over).

The solution? Severino.

Make him start games, go 1-2 innings. That's all!

Followed by Betances, and the other guys.

Then let Chad Greene do the same thing a few days later, followed by Nestor.

Then let Happ, Paxton, and CC Sabathia go 2-3 innings each in the 3rd game.

Voila! You've got your 3 playoff games set up.

Then what?

Rinse, repeat as necssary. Call this The Prevent Defense....as in, it prevents Cashman from trading away the future and bringing in another lame arm (at some future-pain-causing cost).

I read somewhere today that the NYYs are maybe going to get Shane Greene back. That's perfect. He fits into this plan like a toe in a sock!

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