While this blog lacks the resources of the New York Times and its infamous needle, the early returns on the trade deadline are in… time for a deep dive.
McMahon
So nice to see a third baseman who can really play the
position. Even if his hitting reverts to the mean, give me a guy who takes away
doubles all day. Saves the pitchers,
saves the pen, and it’s nice to see “Wow” plays.
The Good With a Caveat
Bednar
Bednar will eventually
be our closer or, if the powers that be, or hopefully the powers that be-gone soon,
let Weaver close, then he will be a solid set up man and we have him next year as well.
It would have been better the Yankees didn’t give up Rafael
Flores. Not too sure Wells is going to be what we hoped and having a catcher
who can really hit waiting in the wings seemed like a good idea.
The Sure, Why Not?
Rosario
Did we need another utility man? Also an 800 OPS does not a righty
masher make. He does hit for contact.
Some guy for Peraza plus international bonus pool money.
Peraza was toast and who doesn’t like international bonus
pool money?
Caballero for Pereira and a PTBNL and Cash.
At first I was really excited. Trading Cash! Then I realized they meant money.
So close…
The Bad
Where to begin…
Doval
A lot of people in NY like the Doval trade but living in
Northern California I have access to a lot of friends/acquaintances/neighbors/fans
on the street who are SF Giants fans and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was glad to see him go.
The consensus is that he’s a "me first" baby with a lot of
talent but can’t harness it and is prone to meltdowns. Maybe they can slip him the “supplement” that
they give Rodon but apparently that wears off.
Also, after having a rough first outing, he threw his teammates
under the bus.
He was using a translator who altered what he said to make
more palatable but, he said in Spanish something along the lines of his bad
outing was due to “events outside his control” (Meaning the error) and didn’t
take responsibility for the blown save.
Don’t like him. Don’t
like the trade.
Jake Bird for Roc Riggio and Ben Shields.
Seriously? A flyer on a future lug nut who has already coughed up two games and is looking for a motel room in Scranton as we speak?
Riggio can hit and play second and if you think Jazz is getting re-signed after next year, he’s not.
First of all Jazz is going to spend most of next year recovering from surgery to remove Girardi’s foot from his ass.
Shields floor is Bird’s ceiling.
How is Bird all they could have gotten for those two guys?
The Laughable
Austin Slater for… it doesn’t matter.
Even a bag of balls has more use than a guy who pulls a
hammy in his first at bat. His first at
bat? His. First. At. Bat.
Wow. Just Wow.
The only saving grace is that he hurt himself before he hurt
the team .
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In Conclusion
Maybe not the slam dunk, "Yankees win the trade deadline!" we were led to believe.
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8 comments:
I guess Bird is the (first) sacrificial lamb
Look, I like a good slug of Kool-Aid as much as the next guy, but you have to lay off that stuff if it's making you believe the bullshit the Gammonites are spouting about the trade deadline.
MLB.com had this to say:
"An MRI showed no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament, and he had a platelet-rich injection July 27.
No acute damage?
Can you say Tommy John surgery, boys and girls?
Pass the crackpipe, laddies...
I went and did it today, disconnected myself from the YES network. Technically won't go dark on me until the 27th so I have three more weeks of "the best team in baseball".
What a slog this season has become. Least fun, least likable Yankees team since ..... last year's team.
Sing it Mildred. Sing it loud and strong.
Judge in the lineup. Welcome back, big guy. Take some hacks against the best pitcher in the AL.
Needless to say, Cashman's Yankees cannot play Judge and Stanton at the same time.
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