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dabklynkid
Well, Yankees, maybe you should have done SOMETHING at the trade deadline to solidify your roster to make a strong playoff push. #frustrating
Matthew C.
They did, they replaced teixeira with greg bird. Losing Eovaldi was unforseen, they’re still pretty tough in pitching regardless.
MB923
I love Bird, but he’s no Teixeira.
Vandals Took The Handles
Who was available that was as good as Teizeira, and what would their team have demanded back from he Yankees?
MB923
They had a 6-7 game lead at the time, and they still have the 4th best record in the AL in the 2nd half of the year with only Toronto, KC and Texas (3 other playoff teams as of now) better than them.
Ask Billy Beane and Dave Dombrowski how solidifying their roster to make a strong playoff push worked out for them last year. Their teams went a combined 0-4 in the playoffs.
Sometimes the best moves, are the ones you don’t make. Severino has done just fine for the Yankees, has as Bird. You can’t predict injuries.
jtt11 2
Here is the thing…. Who was expecting the Yankees to have a chance to win the division this year, or to even make the playoffs? Not me, and I’m a Yankee fan.
Granted, I thought tex would bounce back, but not to this level. I thought arod may be worthwhile, but he exceeded my expectations. Arod and tex were late round fliers in fantasy leagues (I got arod in the 19th and tex in the 25th of a 12 team league). Nobody expected this much from them. Nobody.
when the trade deadline approached, cash had a decision, do I go all on on this team or do I be a bit more conservative, see where this takes us, and stay the course. Making that decision in a vaccume is hard enough, but having to make it knowing what Toronto was doing made it even more difficult. I think cash made the right decision.
rocketfish19
You can’t predict injuries? Really? Cashman has put together one of the oldest lineups that this old fan can remember. Teixiera, Sabathia, and Beltran are all years past their prime and it surprises you when they get hurt? He gave 7 years to Ellsbury, knowing it’s never unusual for him to visit the DL regularly. And just think, all these guys are still around next year too, another year older.
rct
The only regulars in their lineup over the age of 32 are Tex, Arod, and Beltran, who are coincidentally their top three bats in the lineup per OPS+ and wRC+.
CC is their only pitcher over 30. There have been older Yankee teams, even in the last decade.
MB923
Believe I read this was the Youngest Yankee team since 1996
rocketfish19
You defend Cashman by saying his other teams have been even older than this one? Only one regular under 30. Hopfully it’s not news that old players get hurt more often than younger ones. He seems to get full credit for every good move and somehow avoids blame for his many mistakes. I was all for not giving Cano ten years, but giving injury prone Ellsbury seven was just as bad. His love affair with Drew is puzzling, to say the least. One championship in 15 years? With the payroll he gets to spend? Ruben Amaro could have done better. Well, okay, maybe not Amaro but you get my point. Finally, after all these years, he has a good crop of young players, after how many first round busts? And don’t lecture me on the late aspect of the choice, there were plenty of good player picked after them. I just wish someone else was pulling the strings. It will be interesting to see his new frugality tested when Harper is a free agent.
Bob Knob
Cashman indicated yesterday that little was available on the market….and what was — had awful contracts with them.
lamars
@Bob, No they just decided to stand pat. The Giants gave up an average prospect for M. Leake. The Yankees could have done the same.
sigurd 2
The Giants gave up their #1 prospect for Leake.
JoeyPankake
Mella might have been their number 1 on paper but Beede is the one teams were asking for when they were trying to swing bigger deals than Leake.
MB923
Funny how the topic is injuries which I said, can’t be predicted, and Mike Leake made 1 start after the deadline and then missed 3 weeks.
hojostache
…he would have been PERFECT for the yankees. I don’t see the Yankees getting past KC or TOR, so it is probably a moot point.
Vandals Took The Handles
Bingo!
Gerardi has gotten everything possible out of the roster. The Yankees are more then 2 or 3 good players away from the AL elite and trading their valued prospects was not going to get it done. They’ve had a great year, and need to do some off-season work to see if they can close the gap on the better teams in 2016. I commend Cashman for not giving up all his young assets to win in 2015. Those youngsters are the core horses the Yankees will rid for the next 5-8 years.
MB923
Maybe they were after him but didn’t want to give up what Cincinnati is asking for. It’s not like Leake is a front line starter anyway. He would have been behind Tanaka, Pineda and Eovaldi anyway.