June 27: Stanton it unlikely to return in the month of July, general manager Brian Cashman told reporters Thursday (Twitter links via Joel Sherman of the New York Post and Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). Cashman projects an August return for Stanton.
June 26: The Yankees will place right fielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list due to a strained posterior collateral ligament in his right knee, manager Aaron Boone announced to reporters (Twitter link via The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler). He won’t travel with the team to London for the upcoming series against the Red Sox. Mike Tauchman is on his way up to replace Stanton on the active roster.
Stanton, of course, had only just returned from the IL last week after missing more than two months due to a biceps strain. He went 7-for-23 (.304) with a homer, a double and seven runs knocked in during his brief return to the Bronx, but he’ll now be sidelined for at least another 10 days in what has become an increasingly frustrating campaign for the four-time All-Star and 2017 National League MVP. The latest injury occurred on the basepaths in yesterday’s game; Stanton exited prior to the fourth inning of said contest.
With Stanton once again headed to the shelf for a yet-unspecified period of time, the Yankees will likely lean on Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks and Aaron Judge as the primary outfielders with newly acquired Edwin Encarnacion lining up as the primary designated hitter. Even a Stanton-less New York lineup is quite formidable now that Judge, Hicks and Didi Gregorius are all healthy at the same time, but the drop in offensive output from Stanton to Gardner is nevertheless notable.
The Yankees have not only weathered but thrived in the face of an exceptional number of injuries thus far in 2019. Despite their substantial injury woes, they’ve opened up a comfortable 6.5-game lead over the second-place Rays, whom they swept at Yankee Stadium last week.
Tauchmann lol poor Clint Frazier
Have you seen Frazier’s stats since being sent down. He’s doing nothing but sulking.
I saw Tauchmans major league stats. This is a joke
Even more for the affect sending a message to Frazier! There was no reason to use the entire three day window to travel except another form of pouting. Two to five players have been sent down since and they made it to Scranton well within one day! Well, this is not high school or legion ball where you can get your way!
Agreed that this both a message to Frazier and a reward for Tauchmann who has been a good soldier. What minor league player wouldn’t want a first class trip to London, traveling with the NY all stars?
Frazier was sent down so that he could work to improve his defense.
calling him back up now won’t help him with that.
Bet Frazier wishes he didn’t throw a fit and take the maximum time to report when he got sent down to AAA.
Nah. This decision is on the Yankees. Don’t blame Frazier for his comments one bit.
The Yankees are sending him a message. Time to grow up.
Besides, the Yankees are winning without him and Stanton.
Grow up? Seriously, his comments weren’t that bad. Wanna send him a message? Get him up, pull him aside in an office and be direct. Do not take any crap. Then it’s up to Frazier.
Yankees can’t do that for two reasons:
1) They aren’t sure how to handle Frazier in the short term as he is the odd man out
2) Yankees could keep him in AAA out of spite, which is further proof they are no longer a winning organization willing to do whatever it takes to win a World Series.
The new Atlanta Braves of the 90s.
As they are winning without him, your argument of them no longer being a winning organization falls flat.
What he said wasn’t nearly as important as taking the maximum time allowed to report. That was him being immature and the Yankees reminding him of his place in life.
Paging ‘Bitter!’ ‘Bitter,’ party of Trim, your table is ready.
Yankees are just a placeholder for the division. Until they show they are all in we shouldn’t take them seriously. Considering all the years they’ve blown opportunities since 2000, and there have been many, it’s simple self-sabotage. Frazier is just the latest example – unless he really isn’t as good as advertised (which is possible). Cashman’s comments last week already proved they are mailing it in.
But it shows he’s a competitor full of fire!
Frazier is a good hitter but in no way is he the missing piece to a championship team. Come on bro.
TrimReaper: You’re nuts if you don’t think a team that wants to send a message does so by sending the guy down. In fact it is the most common wake-up call that teams employ. I’ve heard innumerable players talk about being sent down and how effective a message that is. That’s true even when the issue wasn’t one of attitude, but lack of focus or some other issue.
And I’m pretty sure the Yankees did address him directly, they wouldn’t send down without doing that, and actually sending him to the minors shows they mean business. It also says to Frazier that it’s up to him it make it back up.
Sounds like you got it all figured out ….
Wait…90s Braves weren’t a winning organization????
As a Redsox fan I fully admit the Evil Empire is going to roll over all the teams, prolly win the division by 25 games. They are an entertaining team.
Agreed Joe.
Pasha, too early despite how good the team looks. It’s still June.
Bringing him up for what is supposed to be a short call wastes one of his options, you can only be called up so many times before you either have to stay up or pass through wavers
Pino, options run yearly meaning he can be yoyoed back and forth multiple times during the season and collectively 2019 counts as one option lost.
That’s really funny. You have a boss, then you have employees, just like with any company, or organization. The NYY are the boss and Frazier is the employee. He doesn’t do what the company/organization wants? He goes where they say. End of story. This isn’t socialist society (yet) Thank goodness. He doesn’t like it? he can quit.
Wow…maybe he had some personal things to tie up? Let’s not make anything out of it. So what he took an extra dar or so?
Huh???? You make zero sense.
Marlins made out like bandits, ridding themselves of Stanton’s contract. It’s a shame to have the leagues best players absent, hurts a sport that is desperate for fans.
The radio guys said the decision was made for the London trip. They need a guy who can play anywhere defensively if someone should get injured. Tauchman does have it over Frazier on defense. I don’t know if that’s really true or if Frazier will get the call back in the USA, but that’s what they said.
That’s nonsense. Gardy should be the defensive replacement for Frazier. Selecting Tauchman is clearly about Frazier’s attitude, and may be a strong indicator of the likelihood he is traded.
Gardner is the only legit CF on the roster besides Hicks. If Hicks goes down Gardner in CF is the better option.
Please get rid of that sissy!!! Ellsbury Jr.
Lol what? Dude hit 38 homers last season. Stop
Go to game early. Watch warmup and stretch drills. Stanton smoke and joke while Gardy focus. More than 27 outs decide winner in baseball. Winner spirit. Professional man.
Dude, full sentences please
Yes. What language you speak here?
Me think why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick
Yada Yada Yada’d your way through that one bro.
English isn’t his first language. You’re gonna make fun of that? Dude’s a big baseball fan.
Yankee fans rarely use them.
How the hell would you know any of that?
Do you know him personally?
Why not just go ahead and dox the guy bruh.
There’s not a one size fits all approach for players. Some players thrive while relaxed while others prefer to play with a chip on their shoulder. Go to the game early? How about “look at their performances”? Stanton is clearly the better player. And you can’t question his work ethic or conditioning; look at him! He’s a super hero! I appreciate your passion, but your opinion about how a pre-game approach can determine a “winner” is ludicrous.
LOL
I think it’s the president tweeting.
How can you be that big and strong and be completely made of glass? If the wind blows too hard he pulls a muscle.
Maybe too musclebound. Do you ever see guys like Colon or CC pulling up with these injuries?
I wouldn’t use colon and CC as great examples. I don’t think you’d find too many arguments stating it good to be severely overweight versus being severely muscular. Perhaps the added muscle weight doesn’t do him any good for staying healthy but if he turned that into fat I’m not buying that’s going to fix anything. Maybe a smaller physique would do him well for longevity.
Muscle gain was the beginning of the end for Ruben Sierra.
Muscle doesn’t turn into fat.
That’s actually incorrect. If your body needs stores it will break down muscle and convert it to fat.
THAT’S actually incorrect. If your body has used up simple energy (carbs), or stored energy (fat), it will break down muscle. Basically, if you’ve used up your carbs, your body uses cortisol to create amino acids and you will lose both fat and muscle mass
I never claimed muscle turns into fat. However if Giancarlo were to continue eating the calories I imagine he consumes right now without hitting the same strength program it’s not hard to imagine what that’s going to turn into.
He has a body made of balsa wood
You don’t lose muscle because you’ve used up your carbs LMAO, stick to netflix, dude.
As david wells used to say he never pulled a muscle because you can’t pull fat. At least not that way.
Didjall not understand that THIS is what you were buying? Guy had 2 full seasons in 7 tries with the Marlins.
Strong like Bull, Made of Glass.
If Harper would have gotten 500m and machado 400 it would have looked good 🙂
“If Harper would have gotten 500m and machado 400 it would have looked good :)”
Same issue as Stanton. Their reputations are better than their results.
Harper’s had two > 1.000 OPS seasons, but the other 5 seasons are < .899.
“Didjall not understand that THIS is what you were buying?”
Every writer on the planet ignored the elephant in the room. If you throw out his career year in 2017, the player looks incredibly less impressive. From 2011-2016, he has ‘only’ a .904 OPS and an average of 121 games played. An average WAR of 4.1.
That makes him a real good player, but no better than JDM, who came at a much lower overall cost.
Definitely too much muscle. Guys like Stanton and Syndegaard will always be hurt because they don’t train correctly. Toning and flexibility are much more important than bulk.
That contract looking better by the day.
How many trips to the DL for Stanton since he started in MLB?
I looked it up. A bazillion…
Do yankees fans even like Stanton anymore? This guy and his contract is a disaster
Yes he’s awesome and 1.5 years removed from an MVP season. His contract is great relatively speaking. Please stick with your own team
But he’s not going to be awesome getting hurt too much…..
His 2017 season is irrelevant. Someone who’s played in 9 games through June 26 is dead weight, not awesome. As a Yankee fan I’d be ticked off. Not at him. I feel bad for the guy. But he is doing nothing for the Yankees while eating up payroll.
The guy has had far more injury-plagued seasons than healthy and he will be 30 next year and getting paid $29 million, which then jumps to $32 million until age 35.
Have fun with that.
That seems to be the simple fact here. You can’t even have a contract value discussion if a guy isn’t on the field. $7 mil is a swing and a miss, but 17, 27 or 37 mil it doesn’t matter. At 10+ a guy that can’t stay on the field is dead weight. Ask Dustin Pedroia.
Maybe you should get off your Yankees high horse and realize that he’s not earning his contract. You have to be on the field to help the team and if you’re not helping the team, you’re worthless.
Stanton’s contract is almost as bad as Harper’s. People love hating the Yankeees tho. Must be sad when your team is irrelevant every year.
Stanton is set to make between $29 million and $32 for 6 years when his age is 31-36
Harper is making $26 million for almost the entire length of his
Harper actually stays on the field
Explain how it’s almost as bad?
And they also have to pay Judge, Torres and Sanchez down the line. Highly doubt they take a discount
The Yankees won’t let Judge go. He’ s the only lifer though. If you’ve been to Yankees Stadium and seen the Judge’s quarters and other strange happenings, you know what I mean. The Yankees fans are embracing the idea of this guy being the next Derek Jeter and the next face of the franchise and potential face of baseball.
When your fans are on board with a guy like that, you have to have a really, really compelling argument to let him go.
To compare, the only other player with a comparable hometown love that plays at that superstar level just got his mammoth extension (Mike Trout). I would throw David Ortiz into that mix too if we are going back a few years. The Sox couldn’t let him go (though they let it get close a few times). There is no way after seeing Yankees Stadium the last 2 years regularly, that I can imagine the Yankees letting Judge go anywhere. 30 mil. 35 mil. They will tell him whatever offer you get bring it to us and we promise to beat it. They are gonna “T-Mobile” lock this guy into a contract and beat his current rate. I put that at a 99% certainty unless the Yankees somehow all fall off the face of the earth and they have to firesale. That’s the 1% chance though… Not looking forward to dealing with this guy for the next 10+ years.
Stanton on the other hand… all I can say is I’m glad it wasn’t us this time… Maybe Cashman can harness a little Ben Cherington and swing that contract over to the Dodgers, but they have a plethora of outfielders.
Contract great relatively speaking? Compared to who?
“Yes he’s awesome and 1.5 years removed from an MVP season. His contract is great relatively speaking. Please stick with your own team”
It is not a great contract, imho. Even now, he had a .852 OPS as a quasi-DH. He’s the equivalent of JDM. But JDM only plays through age 34, while Stanton plays through age 37.
Put another way, if Stanton was put on waivers today, I doubt anyone would claim him. for his salary of $214M (net) over the next 8 years.
Put yet another way, do you think Stanton will opt out of his contract after 2020?
Marlins still got fleeced for giving up Stanton.
“Marlins still got fleeced for giving up Stanton.”
Again, if Stanton got put on waivers, I doubt anyone would pick him up. So who got fleeced?
$$$$$$$$ saved. So it’s the Marlins 7 days a week, and twice on Sunday bruh.
@Chris – sticking with your own team you seem to be the only one liking this guy. He won an MVP on another team and he’s breaking down. He’s far from awesome.
Relatively Speaking to who Machado and Harper? Those guys both will finish with better careers than Stanton.
His contract is awful and Cashman really bombed this one. But you go on and marry the guy bro and in 1.5 years from now when reality hits let us know.
@Chris. Lamest comment on this thread…..and that’s saying a lot
I’d say were officially in Kawhi territory where the yankees are “managing” his injury
He played through ailments last year while they were short handed and the season before that he played the entire year. He had a few freak injuries in prior years..
The slide was a bit of a freak injury they probably just don’t want him on 2 long flights to London with the possibility of the altitude causing swelling in his knee leading to a bigger injury. If the flight was the concern he’s technically being cut out of 2 games vs the mets and a rays series before the break. Essentially his 10 day DL is a free 20 days of rest for the 2nd half.
I don’t really think you can use the “freak injury” excuse when they happen basically every year. Seems like quite the coincidence…
Pretty sure he got hit in the face with a fastball, I’d count that as a freak injury
Yet nobody is upset with Judge despite his frequent DL trips.
I know he’s not a PED user, but these are some of the injuries they get, re: Mark Maguire.
McGwire
I’d say he’s been on peds. And he won’t start to heal faster the older gets
If Stanton’s career turns out to be McGwire like why would you not sign up? McGwire without PEDs is a surefire HOF he was one of the most feared hitters in MLB
He was? He was a one trick pony and the PEDs put a huge damper on his one trick. Strike out, walk or crush a homer. Every time he comes up for discussion they should remind him they’re not here to talk about the past…
67 WAR in his career…. Stanton 39 WAR I mean worse case scenario the guy is a zero, If stanton averages 50 HR over the last 6 years of his career i’d be ecstatic….Hell I’d sign up for 35 HR over 6 years of his contract
So behind Willie Randolph and slightly ahead of Bobby Abreu, two surefire HOFers…
Never won an MVP, lead the league ONE TIME before roids and was a Mendoza line hitter when he started popping.
Did you just refer to Bobby Abreau as a surefire HOFer?!
Polish Hammer how was he a one trick pony? McGwire had a fielding % of .993, OBP of .394, OPS+ of 163, and averaged 20% strikeout rate for his career. Any team would take that in heart beat!
Top 5 in Es as a 1B 6x, including led league once, OBP and OPS product of walks and Kd 1596 in 6187 ABs or 26%, no triples and not many doubles. Him and Sosa juicing made a mockery of the HR chase and were the poster boys for a whole era tainted.
Nick, don’t look at WAR. Everything about MM and most PED users are inflated. HOF? LMAO. Too many real first basemen from the last 40 years more deserving: Garvey, Buckner, Cooper, Hernandez, Mattingly all come to mind. Add Pujols when the time comes.
Look at his stats prior to 97-98. Plus the guy was more injury prone than Stanton. Some of these people with WAR are so one sided. Answer..NO!!
On the “tainted era” note, I’ve been thinking about the “suspected” juiced ball a lot the last couple days. If steroid guys, and even guys suspected of steroid use are excluded from the HOF because of inflated stats, should anybody playing in 2019 be excluded from the HOF because of inflated stats. I’m curious if other fans are thinking along those lines and if they think MLB might be creating a problem.
That’s pretty much the game now. His one trick was 588 homers. That’s a lot of bombs. Not a McGwire fan, but don’t use a guy who is top 15 all-time in homers as your example.
“McGwire without PEDs is a surefire HOF”
Not even close. He had 235 HRs at the age of 31. He needed to more than double that amount at an age where ‘most’ players are in decline..
From a WAR perspective, he had 27.9 career at age 31. Being generous, and giving him a 5.0 for season, Assuming a normal 0.5 decline per year, he’d only be up to 55.4 by age 41.
Just picked him back up in fantasy baseball DANGIT
Do you play in a 2 team league? How was Stanton available?
Thinking the same thing!
His contract hurts just to look at
In other news, the sky is blue.
Good, I was hoping that Brett Gardner and his .748 OPS would start every day rather than a guy who can, you know, actually hit.
Oh wait, no I wasn’t.
Gardner’s going to regress to the mean (yes, this is “hot” for him) but they’d still trot him out there as a regular because he’s “gritty.”
You’ve opened the floodgates dude.
Lol, he’s only opened the floodgates because Gardner is valuable, purely in baseball terms, despite the irrational, though admittedly humorous, hate he gets here. Luckily our alarmist tabloidy yanks fans don’t make decisions.
Amen bro, hes been a good solider and he is in the twilight of his career. What is the deal with all the hate. He can still play. Plus there are alot of things that go into winning in this league, can’t take an overly sterilized view, these are still humans and he is great in the clubhouse.
Louie you get banned?
“Good, I was hoping that Brett Gardner and his .748 OPS would start every day rather than a guy who can, you know, actually hit.”
I’d start Stanton over Gardner, but let’s not pretend Stanton’s .840 for a quasi-DH is really killing it.
He is a great athlete, but he is not suitable for baseball.
What in the world? He’s a freaking league MVP.
Looks like Stantons a bad signing. All that guaranteed money, can’t get off the IL.
He’s a “bad signing” because the team that actually signed him had to know there was no way on earth he’d ever have seen even a few years of that long term deal in their uniform and the market to flip him would be so limited.
Living in Miami I feel if Jose didn’t pass away then he would have stayed and they would have built the team around them. Jose dying is what made Loria sell (he loved it here even though we all hate him)
They did it to send a message originally and then the message changed. Jeter came in and saw the farm in last place with no one to help and said abandon ship. I love Stanton but I do not miss him.
But a lot of people here that know him or whatever say he planned on staying if they started winning or opting out if they fire sold. Jeter supposedly told him to either waive his trade clause or they will trade everyone around him and leave him alone for 3 years. Ha.
Not sure what’s up with the Stanton injuries this year, but I’ve seen video of his off-season training – it is insane. He’s probably the hardest off season worker in MLB. He’ll be fine and very productive for many seasons to come.
Check out Luke Voit’s sledgehammer workouts.
Thank you . Everyone is on here saying his body is glass and I get it but then they say he needs less muscle . Guy is a monster. Freak accidents too. Hell Fiers almost hit him again.
This is horrible news. Thank goodness we have Clint, especially since mayben went down
The Yankees are making Frazier look bad which could make him more difficult to trade, bad idea.
Good point, he needs a veteran to get on him and school him about being a pro, not run him out of town and in to the ground while the media and fans crush him. But then again they did nothing to fix his defensive flaws coming up so there’s no surprise they wouldn’t handle this better.
You really are supposed to brag your players up to increase player value, this really seems like they intend to keep him.
He’s the #26 guy. That’s the way it goes. When Hembree, Eovaldi, etc. return, Shawaryn and/or Brewer go down. Other teams will know that it was merely a numbers game. My guess is that Frazier is back fairly quickly.
He made himself look bad.
He did and the organization cared enough they knowingly and willingly sat back and watched it.
They handled it privately which is what any good organization does. Then when he did not respond they sent him down.
i think had more to do with options Fraizer doesn’t have many left they can use Tauchmans up How have the AAA yanks gotten 45 home runs from there 1st baseman
Frazier can be optioned easily this season as much as the Yankees want. Tauchman debuted in 2017, just like Frazier, so they both have same amount of options available. It could be that picking Tauchman is sending a message to Frazier.
Frazier is junk and not liked by teammates (reported). Why would anyone want him? Clubhouse cancer with some pop and zero D. Only yankee fans think he’s a valuable prospect. And did any of you really expect anything other than this for Stanton? Tulo 2.0.
Again, nothing one of the “good” clubhouse guys couldn’t have worked with…
You obviously know nothing of what you are speaking about!
What “reports” are in the NY press that Frazier is not liked by his teammates….ZERO!
Clubhouse cancer….again, what reports in the NY press point this out?????? ZERO!
Finally, can’t wait to see whether a) he takes over in 2020 LF for the Yankees or b) he is actually traded to a team that does see his value and we get to LAUGH OUT LOUD at your preposterous thoughts.
Finally, Stanton got hurt trying to make a play….hard nosed ballplayer trying to make an impact…..how many games did he play last year……waiting….waiting….158 in 2018, and 157 in 2017….guess you just wanted to really show us you know nothing!
And in the 5 years prior he’s played 119, 74, 145, 116, 123
And these are his “prime” years. I’d hate to see how his body will hold up as he gets older.
Agreed
Both the Post and Newsday have had articles that talk about Frazier’s defiant attitude when approached by team brass and veteran players about his lackadaisical play and that talked about his bad attitude both on the field and in the clubhouse.
Several national publications including Sporting News and articles in The Athletic have also spoken about his bad attitude.
Stanton DH’d 86 games last season and started just 72 in the field. If you can’t stay healthy as a DH, something is seriously wrong with you.
in 2017 he played in 149 games in the field and 4 at DH.
Maybe just use Google there blocky before making a post showing you “know nothing of what you are speaking about”. Stanton not knowing how to slide doesn’t make him a “hard nosed player”. Begy I sure don’t know which one of your accounts is funnier.
Stanton hit 38 homers and drove in 100 last year, dude. Comparing him to the Train wreck Tulo is ridiculous.
Why not take a look at Tulo’s top years when healthy.
I meant Tulo’s inability to stay on the field (post-Rockies), not his performance in Colorado, which I agree was excellent.
How bout those Jay’s? Yall still rebuilding? Was anything ever built?
Yup, still rebuilding.
We may have got swept by Yanks in the latest games, but you couldn’t annihilate us like you thought you would!
We will see who is a contender in 2-3 years
Jays could be very good in a few years. The Yanks should be strong for years to come with a young core hitting their strides now.
It’s insane that pitchers still hit in the NL. Bring the DH to the NL and quit letting Stanton hit the IL!
We (the NL) don’t want the DH
What does “pitchers hitting in the NL”, and bringing the DH to the NL have anything to do with this article?
Huh?
The Stanton deal was always a huge risk because Stanton can’t stay healthy. The other problem is Elsbury is a complete bust in CF. Putting Stanton and Judge in the same OF really brings down the D. They would be better off making Stanton a full time DH.
The good news is they will win the division by default because Tampa doesn’t have the ability to keep up and the Red Sox are crashing after a great run.
The question really is, is how can they beef up the bullpen and rotation to make a run at the series. Getting to the dance is useless if the girl goes home at 10 PM.
Both Stanton and Judge are above average defensively and them winning the division “ by default “ is just an ignorant statement … you dont much
Didjall not understand that THIS is what you were buying? Guy had 2 full seasons in 7 tries with the Marlins.
Strong like Bull, Made of Glass.
smh
Stanton needs to take these 10 days to find himself some new dresses to wear – ridiculous.
Again? Didn’t he just return from there? Damn.
Weird, it’s not like Stanton to suffer leg injuries
Now that Stanton is 30 years old, Yankees fan better get used to seeing him on the IL more than in the field. You need to blame the Yankees training staff…Stanton should be doing Yoga and band work to stay in shape and not adding muscle. Muscles tighten up as you age and this is going to plague him for the rest of his career unless he makes wholesale changes. Judge isn’t that far behind him either.
Stanton is 29
Stanton and Judge are freaks of nature. id be surpised if there is one season going forward where they dont spend at least a half a year combined on the IL.
Exactly right. Those guys are huge athletic freaks of nature. Unfortunately that means they are always prone to injury.
Get well Stanton we need you. We really need a stud starter but……
Who needs Stanton when you’ve got good old gritty, dirt dog, tough as nails Gardner.
thank god for gardy’s great and tough as nails D or Pax’s era would be north of 5 and Happ’s north of 6.5
so, you could “send a message” to a guy who was rightfully mad, or you can call the guy up because he is actually a viable MLB player, unlike your alternative. (Tauchman) its so funny that “not being a team player” or not running out a groud ball is reason to string a guy up. I get it, but im not benching or sending down a guy in favor of someone worse, unless they are a real hinderance to your team. you should hope your 25 man roster has the combination of the 25 best guys of the 40 that can be. “sending a message” that does not need to be sent is not worth it.
Guess they have to wrap Stanton in bubble wrap
Yanks don’t need Stanton till August anyway They doing just fine. They should try to get one or two quality starters for postseason run though.
Yeah because he was sooo good last year on postseason.
thoughts and prayers, Yankees.
Wow. The acquisition of that massive incredibly looooooooooooong (that was long with exactly 13 O’s by the way) looks pretty stupid now. This guy is gonna turn into end of the road Miguel Cabrera with about 7 or 8 years left on his deal. Knee injuries are like serious shoulder injuries. They never really get that much better. These double digit year long contracts almost never work out. Jeter is the only one that comes to mind that ever did. Have fun with all that Yanks fans. Look at the bright side: at least your team has the payroll flexibility to just release the guy at some point.
You are truly an idiot. Injuries happen in baseball so every guy who gets injured who has a big contract is a massive mistake? We are all dumber for having to had to listen to you.
Glad this has blown up on Douchie Cashman.
I would agree with you if he was 38, 39 or 40 like the Yankees problems with Rodriguez. But he is 30 I don’t think that rule applies here.
Losers don’t want to win. Losers want to see winners lose.
His contract is 3 years longer than any contract A-Rod ever signed. A-Rod was a better player and had the help of the juice. If Stanton uses the juice he will get caught and miss more time then A-Rod did. Stanton has a serious knee injury. He will still produce for the time being, but never like he did in the past. A-Rod never had to deal with that. A-Rod only became useless enough to be released in the final year of his contract. Look for Stanton to get released earlier than that. It won’t be a 1 year luxury tax hit. It will be a multi-year luxury tax hit. Unless you can trade him. In that case the Yanks will still have to take on a payroll hit similar to the one that Texas took when they traded A-Rod to the Yanks. The only difference is that Stanton’s contract is longer and he doesn’t have an opt-out clause to bail the Yanks out like A-Rod did with Texas. All of that is of course on top of the fact that Stanton was never as good as A-Rod, doesn’t have the juice to help him and… wait for it… Already has a serious knee injury at the age of 30 which will likely hurt his future ability to perform.
It’s just another example not to go 8,9, 10, 11, + years on position players even less Pitchers.
More often than not, they do not work out. One of many stupid transactions made by the Marlins previous regime. Current FO already has a big blemish with the Yelich trade but the rebuild at least going well. Lot more is needed.
I literally stated exactly zero of the things you just pretended I said. I didn’t say every guy who gets injured. I was referring to knee injuries. Stanton has a knee injury that is going to keep him out for months during the heart of the season. It is very hard for players to ever fully come back from something like that (especially if it happens during an already otherwise injury plagued season). I specifically referenced Miggy Cabrera. According to Miggy’s own team, he is never going to be the same again due to his knee injury. I also did not reference “big contracts.” I specifically cited contracts of double digit length in years. Stanton doesn’t have a big contract. He has a MASSIVE contract. 13 years ties him for the longest contract in baseball history. He broke the all time MLB record by 3 years and $50 million at the time he signed. Even MIKE friggin’ TROUT didn’t get 13 years. This knee injury is going to change his ability to play in the long term… and Stanton is signed up for the VERY long term. He is talented enough at hitting to become a very below average fielding outfielder for the next couple of years. Yanks will try to move him to 1st/DH for a year or 2. Then he will either be a $25 million a year pinch hitter or just get flat out released. Don’t worry misfit. The release is years down the road. But the Yanks will be paying him a ton of money per year for years after that… and let’s be honest, Hal isn’t Hank. He isn’t going to spend as much money to replace him as his daddy would have (especially while he still has to pay Stanton $25 million a year at the same time). The Yanks traded for Stanton immediately after his career peek in order to have the right to pay him gobs of money for the start and finish of his career decline.
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
None of the boomers on this site are gonna get that reference dude
Frazier eventually gonna get that call and if he’s destined to remain in pinstripes going into next opening day he’s gonna need to grow up quickly, improve defensively, and prove he can help the team on both sides of the ball and on and off the field this year and next.
Frazier did one thing Yankee brass frowns on, aired his feelings to the press.
He probably will get traded eventually in some package for pitching help, most likely was a good chip for the Yankees to dangle all along.
He is not going to be a glove guy like Mays or Andruw Jones ever.
Ya know … all the talk of Frazier Frazier Frazier. Yeah ok it’s a headline… but here’s a little thing I’m not hearing a lot of. This means we get to keep Cameron Maybin who’s been a big help! Tauchman will go right back down when Maybin comes off the IL. Now Maybin is never gonna replace Stanton’s bat… but he’s a much better consolation prize then Tauchman OR Frazier right now.
“Now Maybin is never gonna replace Miguel Cabrera’s bat… but he’s a much better consolation prize ”
Marlins former GM Larry Beinfest
Don’t embarrass yourself by giving a journeyman outfielder praise. Too funny bruh.
Sooo you’d rather have Tauchman or Frazier over Maybin? And you think I’m embarrassing myself? Maybin is the better defender and seasoned bench player. You can’t have an all star at every position. He’s serviceable and the best option at the moment.
Unfortunate for him to be injured while sliding to 3rd base it wasn’t that he loafed over to 3rd base so at least the hustle was in him.
As for Frazier whether or not the Yankees will admit they are getting tired of his selfish act sending him down was the best option in order to make him a better ballplayer as well as those recalled this happened to Gary Sanchez early in his career sometimes you feel that on talent alone you should be in the Big Leagues but it also means you have to learn to be a professional and part of it is handling the press and your reaction after a few bad games of your head not being in the right place due to the mental errors as well as physical errors he was committing on the ball field. Not reporting either when he was sent down shows still he has a lot to mature there were a lot of younger guys that were demoted that acted in a professional matter like Vlad Jr he took it in stride and is younger than Clint Frazier.
The Yankee pitching is at a life line especially the Left Side you don’t know if Madusa is going to show up or Fred Astaire. Clint Frazier should be dealt for a pitcher but they need him to start manning up and start hitting because it is hurting his trade value and thus the Yankees can’t talk positive vibes on a player that is prone to be sensitive.
Bad news for the Yankees. If they really try to get Sterling Marte from the Pirates, they may have to wait until end of the month. Pirates put themselves back in the running after these last 10 games. The next 10 games are just as critical. MIL, Chicago (NL), and MIL again to close out before all-star game. If the Pirates manage to take 6 or more games out of 10 games, they will prepare themselves for a run at the division or wild card. If they lose more than 4 games, they can very well be sellers.
And he was just starting to get into a groove too.
Ya’ll are reading too much into this. Tuchman is a better fielder and the stadium in London has A LOT of foul ground. Why put a guy who needs work on his defense in a new outfield that he’ll never see again when you have a guy that’s currently better suited for it.
Sorry about Giancarlo going down like this, Yankees Fans. It sure broke my heart when he decided to sign with the Yankees. I’m actually surprised his home run rate isn’t higher than it is, playing in such a small ballpark. I guess he’s just too big and bulky to stay healthy. You might as well try to manage his healthy time during the season (load management), and have him available for playoff time.
He didn’t sign with the Yankees, they traded for him.
It’s unbelievable that Jacoby Ellsbury is still on the Yankees IL.
It has to make you wonder are clubs putting or keeping the high price guys on IL so the insurance money can cover their checks? Ellsbury will never play baseball again! He used his talent to milk the cow even though he has no love for the game!
Who? LOL
the yanks need him badly, as the lance lynn/jaime garcia/sonny gray redux is in motion…..
If there’s a problem with reporting in 72 hours, don’t give them 72 hours. Gardner and Tauchman can combine to hit .220 while Frazier’s bat rots in AAA. At least Stanton’s k’s go on the IL with him.