The Yankees had scout Brandon Duckworth in attendance to watch Texas’ game in Tampa Bay on Friday, leading to speculation that the Bombers are interested in Rangers ace Yu Darvish, writes George A. King III of the New York Post. New York is one of many potential suitors for Darvish, who struck out 12 Rays in eight innings Friday. For the Yankees, Darvish would more than make up for the loss of Michael Pineda to Tommy John surgery and give the playoff hopefuls another front-line starter to join Luis Severino. However, it’s unclear whether they’d be willing to pay what figures to be a heavy price for a rental.
More on New York and a couple of its AL East rivals:
- In unfortunate news for the Yankees, second baseman Starlin Castro is headed back to the disabled list with hamstring issues, tweets King. The Yankees will recall rookie Tyler Wade to take over for Castro, who first hit the DL in late June because of a Grade 1 hamstring strain. Castro came back July 15 and appeared in six of eight games before his latest DL placement. Injuries notwithstanding, the 27-year-old is in the midst of a fine season, having hit .307/.344/.472 with 12 home runs in 337 plate appearances.
- The Rays are interested in acquiring reliever Pat Neshek from the Phillies, so Philadelphia is heavily scouting Tampa Bay’s farm system, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (Twitter link). Neshek is among a host of relievers the bullpen-needy Rays have been eyeing with the deadline approaching.
- While the Rays are currently looking for outside help, they have an in-house reinforcement on the way in center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, who suffered a hip fracture June 8. Kiermaier is eligible to return from the DL on Aug. 9, and he expects to do just that if all goes well on a rehab assignment, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). Even though Kiermaier is one of the Rays’ cornerstones, their outfield has fared nicely in his absence, with Mallex Smith and Peter Bourjos filling in well in center.
- The Red Sox aren’t cutting ties with struggling righty Doug Fister, but they have demoted him from the rotation to the bullpen, per Jen McCaffrey of MassLive.com. The 33-year-old Fister became the odd man out after the return of Eduardo Rodriguez, who was on the shelf with a knee injury from the beginning of June until earlier this week. Fister, whom Boston claimed off waivers from the Angels in late June, has recorded a 7.89 ERA, 7.48 K/9, 6.23 BB/9 and a 36.8 percent ground-ball rate over 21 2/3 innings and five appearances (four starts) with the Red Sox. His walk rate is significantly higher than his career mark (2.03 per nine), but the Red Sox expect positive regression in that department. “We had a chance to sit and talk a little bit earlier today and you look at the start he made in Texas where a lot of his misses were up above the strike zone,” said manager John Farrell. “He made a tangible adjustment where (Thursday), granted there were misses, but they’re below the strike zone where he has got to miss. That’s where he needs to live.”
Can’t imagine yankees would give up Past domingo Ace and a maybe two top 15’s out of it , isn’t darvish a free agent at years end?
Yes, he’s a FA. Thing is, everyone will be bidding if he’s available and best prospect package wins.
Yeah… but nobody’s prospects are as good as New York’s. A Yankee #10 prospect is most likely a top 3 in most other team systems.
All Yankee prospects hit with power
Trolling goblins lol
Lol you clearly don’t know many other farm systems. Sure they’re alright but not nearly as good as you make them out to be.
Didn’t you know? All NY, Boston and and Phil prospects are all future HOFers. Their prospects are worth atleast four of yours.
Goblins is a Red Sox fan pretending to be a Yankee fan to make us look bad.
Sibert18…Clearly you must be young and don’t follow the Yankees (along with ATL/ChiSox) farm system . alright gets you voted 15th. Yanks after those trades last season vaulted to the top and trust me along with those players they received in those trades, there are numerous talented prospects that were already there.
Look at it this way, the Rangers should receive a much larger prospect package in return for Darvish than the Yankees received last year for Carlos Beltran who was also a rental.
I think the Yanks will be in on Darvish, they were in on Quintana it just depends on how many prospects. I would think that Sheffield, Cessa, and Florial might get it done.
A lot. Gonna cost the Yankees a lot. JD is no rube.
If the Yankees offered that the Rangers would be crazy not take that offer.
Would love for the Yanks to get Darvish, but I think the Rangers would ask for way too much.
As they should.
Not for a 6 and 8 rental of his quality and the fact he’s a UFA in 18..Good he is but he’s not a Quintanna or Garrett Cole…..He’s not even close to Andrew Miller or last years Chapman….so where does this go?…Combination of 2-3 A-AA minor Leaguers at best.
“Over paying” is the name of the game now. You either do it in giving up prospects at the deadline for a player, or you do it in the off-season with money. Darvish has outperformed both Cole and Quintana this year, and to compare the performance of a starter vs relievers is unfair to both sides.
Depends on your needs. Look what the Indians and Cubs gave up. and the Cubs lost Chapman for a WS ring. If a team wants Darvish bad enough I’m sure the Rangers will get a few players.
Oh well then. The Yanks can go shopping elsewhere.
Lol, and did they really need to give the name of the scout? Not sure what that does..
Considering he’s a former Major League pitcher who spent eight seasons in the big leagues, that’s probably why they listed his name, rather than a scout with no playing experience.
If a team were to trade for Darvish and convince him to resign, would have a huge advantage when Otani negotiations roll around in the offseason.
Might be costly with the posting fee and the contract for Otano if you wanna pair him with Darvish.
Otani is subject to international signing rules so it won’t be as high as it was even two years ago for someone of his quality.
Sounds like a $500 million plan you have there
Otani bidding max 20M contract maxes at 10M IF the buying team trades for max cash in international draft… Darvish is the expensive piece Otani costs nothing in perspective
It seems to me like players from different leagues/countries like to play together, so wouldn’t the Yankees have the inside track to keep darvish since tanaka is there? And wouldn’t they both be able to help recruit otani? Darvish seems like he could be a very worthwhile investment for the yanks.
Otani cannot simply be recruited. He has to go through the Japanese league posting process.
So many teams want that guy he is a true number 1 so I think he is going to be very costly. I think if he comes available the Dodgers will get him I just don’t see the Yankees paying the freight for him. Let the bidding war begin some good team is going to have less prospects after this.
Proper due diligence by any team in the hunt.
Darvish to Milwaukee possibly? Give Texas back Ortiz and add Broxton, maybe another in the bottom half of the top 30 and call it a day.
You mean Ortiz and Brinson…for starters.
Brewers won’t do that if that’s what it takes then pass they will only have him for half a season.
Then go get Joe Schmo and be happy with third place.
Isn’t MIL stocked with OF prospects? Phillips, Santana, Brinson, Etc + Braun?
Wonder if MIL would do Gomez and Yu, heck maybe even Lucroy for Ortiz, Brinson (maybe more)back to the rangers
Yes please give us Lewis Brinson back…dude’s a stud
If Chapman nets the #2 prospect in baseball, how many #2’s does Darvish bring back?
I hope a little more than what chapman got
Yankees still suck lol, the media makes it seem like they are back to their former glory. Funny part is their prospects are always overrated and overvalued. Even judge is overrated, has one season of a lifetime and is made to seem like the next jeter. Dudes 26 btw. Need to do a lot of work on that rotation if they think they stand a chance against Boston or the rest of the AL.
How is Judge overrated?
Simple. He’s having a career year and has already slumped hard after the break. Is he a good player? Sure but he’s not the next Mike Trout like many think he will be
I don’t think anyone is calling him the next Mike Trout but dude can hit 40 bombs in his sleep he had a .429 babip in the first half obviously not going to keep that up but the power is legit. Some regression is expected in the second half but still guy is a monster.
Ok so a guy goes 3-21 and is struggling and in the last 3 days in 10 an he has 4 hits. Ooooo let’s judge a guy base off of 5 games why don’t we
Exactly on top of that hes still getting on base a lot, drawing walks and coming through with hits when it matters the most
Amazing how Jealousy taints comments especially you imindless which by the way “mindless” is a good moniker for you LOL!
When’s the last time the LA Dodgers which I assume is your team…. won anything like a World Series……back in the “80’s”?????
By the way DUDE…..Judge is 25, and just may have a good career ahead of him. KMA!
Once people find out how to pitch to judge he will regress. Usually the following season after a rookie campaign is a good gauge, same goes for bellinger. Only time will tell if they can consistently put of hof numbers. The east coast bias is always prevalent in sports, bellingers season has been vastly undervalued at the age the kid is a beast. He also has value in the outfield and first base and is part of the reason why the dodgers are where they are. Keep In mind 3 teams from nl west will be the playoff this year. What’s has judge done but to lead the Yankees to second place in a watered down al east. The trout comp are a complete and under disgrace, trout constantly puts up hof numbers for 5 years and yet doesn’t receive as much hype as scrub Bryce Harper. Overrated.
Judge is slightly overrated if you look at the Trout comparisons. You simply cannot be on pace to strike out 180+ times and believe a +.300 avg is realistic. Still, the dude is gonna blow by 45 HR and that doesn’t happen everyday.
Judge should not be viewed as a .300 hitter.. he should be viewed as a .260-.280 hitter and 40 bombs.. anything over that is just gravy
Exactly. And honestly I take that 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.
**a half season, Judge had an amazing half season, and has proceeded to play like dog p00p since the break
Well well…Look who’s jumped into the 2017 Dodger bandwagon. Yanks are 23-17 against East teams, have played against every team in the AL and are equal to or better. Their prospects while going back and reading the written articles by all writers from all over baseball are far from over rated. I see a little hate here as I continue to read other posts by you..lol You worry about your Dodgers trying to win a WS in this century and I’ll worry about the Yankees trying to secure #28..
The Red Sox are 0-5 in games that Doug Fister has pitched in since being signed by DD. How many more loses can we expect from this former Detroit Tiger? Better yet, when is enough enough?
To often stupid people now days call players great after one season lets see where judge is in 5 years my guess… on the DL hittind .235 with 15 home runs making 200 million
Why you got so much hate in your heart homie? Lmao red sox fans always hurt when Yankees get anything good, dont worry this is your year man be happy, also be careful you dont spit up and it lands in your mouth, I had a dream Judge was playing for the red sox haha
Fister is toast. Time to move on and try something different.
Fister has nothing to offer…… just release him