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johnsilver
There was a reason Boston wasn’t interested in Ellsbury at over 75-100m and NY saw some of it last year (numbers down) and the major part of it this season, being he just cannot stay healthy. Good luck with the next 5/110m.
mike156
There’s a difference between being a bust and just being overpaid. The Yankees always overpaid for Elbsury. Bust is still to be determined. He’s better than this. But the signing was always too rich.
mrshyguy99
teams need to have better judgements when it comes to contracts. with the way things are going Ellsbury contract might be a bad one if he doesn’t turn this around. yanks will pay for it because no one will want him if they chose to trade him down the road. red soxs were lucky that the dodgers were willing to take crawford when we all know he was a bad contract. well at least a very overpaid one.
Rally Weimaraner
Ellsbury is far from the Yankees worst contract. Overpaying him is a luxury the Yankees can afford.
mrshyguy99
it might be a luxury for them but when it comes to if they end up wanting to trade him down the road. there will be few teams wanting him. they overvalue him. even if your a team that has money you still should be smart with it, with how things are going dude contract can be compare to the one the soxs gave crawford.
Vandals Took The Handles
If the Yankees want to trade him, they’ll cover a part of his contract. All teams do that,
thecoffinnail
Ellsbury is pretty far from Crawford.. You should stop making that comparison..
mrshyguy99
i know he not crawford but what im saying is you can compare the contracts kind of. both got over paid crawford was never worth his deal and so far Ellsbury isnt either.
thecoffinnail
Brendan Kuty doesn’t work for the Star-Ledger.. He is a hack writer for NJ.com.. Writes an article titled “Is Jacoby Ellsbury a bust for the Yankees?” and then coming to the conclusion that it is too early to tell.. Why even write the article then??
dmm1047
Signing Ellsbury for $153 large was a huge mistake by the Yanks. I don’t believe he was worth half that. He had one very good year with the Sox in 2011, an anomaly, but didn’t do much the following 2 years. He has little power and is often injured. But he now “owns” the Yanks, unless they can find someone to take him off their hands. Live and learn, I guess.
mrshyguy99
i guess they didnt learn from the crawford contract the rox did. unless they would pay some money or a team with money take him he a yank. just look at how hard it is to trade ethier no one wanted him even if the dodgers was willing to pay some money. so unless dude up his value he will be a hard sell
GRob78
Tale of two seasons for Wieters and Davis. Most probably would have reversed the tables and seen Wieters in position for a massive contract and Davis looking to stay put. However, the opposite seems to be happening.
Bigger question for the Orioles is letting both walk (maybe grabbing some compensatory picks to “reload” the famished farm system) and focusing on obtainable pieces that are more comfortable for our terrible owner.
At this point, Caleb Joseph is a better bet than Wieters at catcher given the minors options for the Birds.