If the Blue Jays are in position at the trade deadline, the team may well have some extra cash to use. According to the math of Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca, Toronto might reasonably expect to have $5MM to $8MM in free 2015 salary available to work with.
Here’s more from the AL East:
- The Red Sox held their breath last night as the left side of their infield was evaluated for injuries that appeared to have at least some possibility of being worse than they first looked. As Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald reports, however, both Xander Bogaerts and Pablo Sandoval are dealing with nothing more than bumps and bruises at this point.
- Had either of those players gone down, of course, Brock Holt would have been a crucial component of the Red Sox’ reaction. As Bryan Grosnick of Baseball Prospectus explores, Holt has (rather surprisingly) turned into an extremely versatile, useful big league player who makes it possible for Boston to carry an unusual bench arrangement.
- The Yankees remain encouraged by how C.C. Sabathia is throwing the ball, even if the results have not yet been there, as MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch reports. His right knee has felt good, and manager Joe Girardi sees a difference. “I’m just seeing better movement on his fastball,” Girardi said. “I’m seeing consistency in his changeup, it’s not cutting. His slider is better. I just think he’s locating a lot better and I think it’s because he’s healthy. It’s hard when you’re dealing with nagging injuries to go out there and perform at a high level.”
Toronto might reasonably expect to have $5MM to $8MM in free 2015 salary available to work with
Yeah, but my guess is they will need a reliever and a starting pitcher if they get that far. So, will 5 to 8 million be enough?
Giradi: It’s hard when you’re dealing with nagging injuries to go out there and perform at a high level.” It is also hard when the Yankees pay the kind of money they do to CC.
Also have 5m in Navarro that we could move as well though.
If the Jays are offering a good enough return, a team would likely eat a few million to make a trade work mid-season.
Keep in mind that 5 million at the trade deadline is more like 15 million cause two-thirds of the season has gone by already. Seems more than enough to buy a useful player.
Thank goodness for Holt, and tomorrow’s off day. When guys are banged up, but not going on the DL, you’d still rather have that second infield option. Holt is great, but he can’t exactly play two positions at the same time.
In the short term, Sox can stick Ramirez in at 3rd, and even Alan Craig to finish a game, as he came up as 3B and still plays the infield.
They tossed the idea around is spring training of having Craig spend some time at third. My only though it must have not gone well at all if they threw it away without giving it much of a chance. Craig having that sort of flexibility would be helpful to this team because Sandoval would be best served never hitting right handed. Let’s just say there’s probably a reason Craig was moved off of third and hasn’t seen any time there since.
You don’t need the second IF option though when Betts and Hanley have a lot of recent IF experience. Plug one of those guys in the IF and let Craig/Nava fill the OF.
He can’t?
I think the promising part, coming from a Yanks fan’s perspective, is that CC’s stuff has looked considerably better than it has the past 2 years. None of us expect a Cy-Young run this year, but barring health issues, it’s not hard to envision him being a productive player, he’s just got to reign things in and pick his spots better at this stage of his career. I’m eager to see his progress as the starts pile up.
No matter what, I tip the hat to Holt.
Holt has been a godsend so far. Almost makes the Melancon-for-Hanrahan trade worth it, since Holt came along in that.
Sure, easy to love him. How many guys are batting .636 these days?
Ben Cherington is looking like a genius for not making a deal that would have put Hamels in Boston and possibly losing players like Holt, Swihart or others who will likely be counted on as the season progresses. So far so good for Red Sox.
I know it is kind of nitpicky, but CC Sabathia doesn’t use periods in his first name. I think it is silly as well, but it is how he spells it.
I wonder what would have happened with Harrison if say the Pirates don’t trade Holt and he still has his breakout that he’s had in Boston
Looking at b-ref, Sabathia has a FIP of 1.86 and a Strikeout to Walk ratio of 15.0. How in the heck does that end up being an ERA of 5.86? Is the Yankees D really that bad?