Yankee News and Notes

Despite everyone's complaints about the Yankees lack of activity it's actually been a busy couple of weeks...  

NOTE: All of these are real

Kaleb Ort Acquired and Released

At first I thought the Yankees were deluded and let Kaleb Ort cloud their thinking that their pitching was going to be fine but apparently that thought has dissipated.

In his place they signed Dodger discard Michael Siani an outfielder known for his defense and speed. 

So... can't hit? Got it. 

I guess the Dodgers signing the most sought after outfielder for tons of money even though they already won the last two World Series in a row made him disposable.  

Yankees Miss Out On The Venezuelan Juan Soto  

The Yankees fired their long time director of international scouting Donny Rowland, possibly because he sucked. 

Actually he wasn't fired per-se. His contract expired and wasn't renewed. He'd been in that position for fifteen years. Signed a lot of can't miss guys who somehow, missed. 

Or who knows... maybe because a person who doles out millions to impoverished teenagers might have other issues. I'm not saying that's true BTW. I'm just saying that's what occured to me.  

It could just be that he was bad at his job because, you know... he was.  

As a result, the team's agreement with their number one international signing, Mairon De La Rosa, fell apart and he went to the Mets no less. 

There were a bunch of others who cancelled their commitments as well. Because they have no one in charge, the Yankees missed out on a kid billed as the next Juan Soto. 

Thirteen year old Dylan Perez reached agreement with the Seattle Mariners to receive a 3.7 million dollar bonus in 2030 when he turns 16 and is eligible for the international draft. 

THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! 

When I was thirteen the only balls I was worried about dropping were my own. I was mostly interested in watching the Golddiggers (wink) and cadging  unaccompanied drinks off the adult's tables at bar-mitzvahs. 

3.7 million dollars!  On a thirteen year old. Seems risky. Wouldn't it make more sense to just give fifty bucks to every six year old kid in Venezuela who is dominating tee-ball?  One of them is bound to develop. 

The Yankees signed right-hander Adam Kloffenstein 

To be fair, I know this doesn't really matter. I  just liked his name. A deeper dive revealed in his most recent appearances  "Kloffenstein was tagged for 20 homers over 82 innings with Triple-A Buffalo while posting a 6.26 ERA and 11.7% walk rate"

I don't get it. Maybe Cashman liked his name too.