Count me in.
Let's celebrate a long-lost rhyme for February 10:
Yogi's view on deja vu:
Tomorrow, it all starts anew.
On that note, let's ponder The Athletic's Eight Reasons to be Excited About Spring Training, and - of course - the Yankee response.
1. ATHLETIC: "This turned out to be the offseason for teams to go outside the box when choosing their new managers... It’s going to be fascinating."
YANKEES: Aaron Boone. Fascinating? Nope.
2. ATHLETIC: "The Mets had an Amazin’ January, quickly rebuilding their team into legitimate contenders."
YANKEES: Nope. Same as last year.
3. ATHLETIC: "MLB is fortunate to welcome new talent from Japan. Three more Japanese stars."
YANKEES: Nope. Same as last year.
4. ATHLETIC: "The most positive clubhouse culture change though could be coming to the Baltimore Orioles with the addition of (Pete) Alonso."
YANKEES: Nope. Same as last year.
5. ATHLETIC: "Detroit will have two aces making more than $30 million at the top of their rotation. But for how long?"
YANKEES: Nope. Tarik Skubal will be a Dodger.
6. ATHLETICS: "There are still several players who were rumored throughout the offseason to be trade targets."
YANKEES: Nope.
8. ATHLETIC: "This year’s potential rookie class is loaded."
8. ATHLETIC: "It’s finally here. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system."
YANKEES: Umm, wait... Holy crap! Get wild, everybody! The ABS! (Along with our IBS.) And.. hold on! I take it all back... this just in:
We have acquired Max "the Cruel Shoe" Schuemann!
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Thank God. I thought we were a little short on .200 hitters. This helps a lot. And he's right-handed! We were looking for one of those. Only if he hit .200, though. .250, .270, even .300--no thanks, Hank, we don't need anybody who does that. Especially if he has some power and can drive the ball. Jesus, can you imagine? That would be a disaster.
Cashman is surely going into the HOF.
The team did so little. Just dumpster diving with other teams castoffs. It started with the idiocy of offering Grisham $22M, and then pretty much do-nothing after that.
The Mendoza line is sinking...
They were even wondering on SNY—the Mets' channel—last night, why the Yanks didn't sign Bichette or Alonso.
"They really believe in their guys," Anthony McCarron told us.
No, they don't. They "really believe" in Hal holding onto his money. And maximizing his returns. That's it.
The sad part is I read that the payroll is around $330 milion plus the luxury tax. So Hal actually spends the money yet...
1) We have no shortstop. SHORTSTOP easily the most important infield position.
2) A field only 3B whose salary is $16M combined with dead money (DJ's) 15M So $31M for a field only 3B. (Plus what it adds to the luxury tax.)
I know we say it all the time but... How does Cashman still have a job!
Hoss - Where Brian and Hal could very well be "running it back" for financial reasons (due to massive mismanagement of a decent size budget - see above) the real issue is their total lack of understanding or care about how a fan base operates.
Last year was lame. No new toys means no new hope so we can only conclude that this year will be lame too.
It's as simple as that.
In sports you can't just RUN IT BACK even if you are the World Champions.
The Dodgers understand this and added the NUMBER ONE free agent.
Is it overkill or does their front office understand the psychology of fandom.
Hal and Pal may be right. I doubt it. This team could have enough talent to win a pennant but their lack of willingness to improve the roster or even give the illusion of improving the roster is an insult to us all.
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