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Judge is going to be the best Yankee position player since Mantle.
Judge is going to be the best Yankee position player since Mantle.
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I think they will be holding on to Sonny.
They’re concerned about CC, as he had surgery for a blocked artery.
In other news, I’ll be at opening day in section 203. Can’t wait
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My opening day plans are in flux. I want to hit the home opener, then go to Knicks-Raptors that night, then Rangers-Blues the next day... But Hal has to do right by me.Originally posted by G PericoComment
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Copied from MLB Trade Rumors:
“The market for Manny Machado is by most accounts down to three teams, though perhaps it’s not too late for others to get involved. Interestingly, the Yankees are still the least aggressive of that group, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter links), who suggests that the New York powerhouse has not yet and may not ever put more than $200MM on the table for one of the game’s best players.”
“Ken Davidoff of the New York Post looks further at the Yanks‘ thus-far tepid pursuit of Machado, noting that the club hasn’t yet even made him a formal offer. Clearly, there’s a point at which the Bronx Bombers would be thrilled to land Machado, but there isn’t much indication at this point that the team is going to bid up a massive, long-term guarantee”
If that’s the case it sounds like the Machado to NY talk must have been way overblown lately. Any number under 200M almost definitely isn’t gonna get it done. Maybe they are targeting Harper quietly instead? If this is true they are no longer serious contenders for Machado in my opinion unless a significant change in what they are willing to do happens.Comment
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I saw the other day the offers were for "no more than 7 years, between 220 and 270". That's so vague. A 7/270 is 38.6 a year which is a pretty huge yearly commitment. The problem I see is again, the luxury tax. We're heading towards max contracts because it's one thing to pay a guy $40 mil a year and a different thing to be paying him 25% of the soft cap threshold. At the same time, that 220 could be for 6, which is almost 37 per. Hard to read.
I don't expect us to sign either. This market could potentially make the Stanton trade look even worse if these dudes don't sign for big numbers.Originally posted by G PericoComment
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The Stanton contract was an albatross and I hated the deal.
Not because of what we gave up. Because we were dumb enough to take that contract.
Awful.
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That is going to be the Ellsbury 2.0 contract, as there is no shot that he opts out after next year.
Unless he wins the Triple Crown the next 2 seasons.
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Ellsbury is a bit extreme unless Stanton is injured every year and contributes nothing.
I can see it being more like Giambi and Teixeira. Both contracts that ended up being really ugly when their declines hit early.
That said, I really think it'll be more like Alex Rodriguez. Stanton will be productive but there will always be failures and questions as to how productive and if it was enough. And by the end of it I can see Stanton essentially being a .220 hitter that dings 20 home runs and strikes out 200 times.
Hopefully it's in year 10 and not year 6.
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Sign Bryce Harper....give him the 10 year deal he seeks.
Make Stanton a full time DH now!! Preserve his body. Because he gets hurt.....a lot.
I want Harper. Bring that elite Left Handed power bat to the Bronx!!
Make it so Hal!!!
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From riverave, interesting idea:
"Yet another bad contract for bad contract proposal featuring Jacoby Ellsbury: Ellsbury, $15M, and a prospect for Yasmany Tomas. From 2015-17, Tomas put up a .268/.307/.462 (98 wRC+) batting line and -0.4 WAR in 305 games and 1,169 plate appearances for the Diamondbacks. Last season they buried him in the minors and he hit .262/.280/.465 (86 wRC+) with 14 homers in 371 Triple-A plate appearances, and, earlier this offseason, Tomas did not exercise the opt-out clause in his contract. I mean, duh. Why would he? He’s owed $15.5M in 2019 and $17M in 2020, so it’s $32.5M total the next two years. Now, here’s the key: Arizona outrighted Tomas off their 40-man roster last April. Because he’s not on the 40-man roster, his contract does not count toward the luxury tax payroll at all. (Ellsbury has too much service time to be outrighted.) That doesn’t matter to the D’Backs because they’re nowhere near the $206M luxury tax threshold. It would matter a lot to the Yankees though. Ellsbury is owed $47.5M the next two years, so sending Ellsbury and $15M to Arizona — the $15M is to cover the difference in salaries — frees up $14.4M in luxury tax payroll space in 2019 and again in 2020. The trade is cash neutral. The D’Backs take on no additional salary and the Yankees don’t save any actual cash. They do save luxury tax space though and that’s the goal. Clear luxury tax payroll space. What happens with Tomas? Who cares. Send him to Triple-A Scranton or release him. It doesn’t matter. For the D’Backs, they get to replace a player they do not believe can help them — the outright is a pretty good indication they’ve given up on Tomas at the MLB level — with a player who might be able to help them at no added salary, plus they get a prospect. I wouldn’t give them a top prospect like Estevan Florial or Jonathan Loaisiga to make this work, but one of those lower level arms the Yankees have stashed away? Sure. Also, Ellsbury lives in Arizona, so he might waive his no-trade clause to go to the D’Backs. Bottom line is, even if Ellsbury doesn’t work out for the D’Backs, they still get a prospect out of it, which is more than they’d get for Tomas on his own. Ultimately, this is a pointless exercise because the Yankees aren’t trading Ellsbury. At least not until they recoup every dollar possible through insurance while he’s recovering from hip surgery, so maybe file this away for the trade deadline or whenever he gets healthy."
Side note I forgot about the insurance aspect of Ellsbury...so the Yankees are reimbursed for 15 of his 21 mil as long as he is unable to play, but the whole number still counts against the tax. Winners? Yankees, get their money back, Ellsbury, gets his money. Losers? Fans, who are told the team can't afford to acquire more talent because of a guy who they're actually paying 6 mil a year [emoji854]Originally posted by G PericoComment
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^^this is incredible lol.
Well done mate!
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Yankees in on DJ LeMahieu. 2 years $24M.
Interesting, to say the least. He’s a .298 career hitter, but I’m not naive to the fact he plays in Colorado. Of note: .835 OPS at home vs .673 road.
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Interesting is definitely the word for this signing. He will help address the defensive shortage in the infield, and the offense could go either way. Half of his home runs in the past two years came away from Coors, and he’ll be moving to the stadium which is pretty hitter friendly. Clearly not Machado, but addresses the most common complaints most of us had about the team last year: in field defense and lack of bat on ball skill.
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