If the Yankees pushed for one of the big shortstops in the free agent market, Joel Sherman of The New York Post believes Corey Seager would be the best fit, as his left-handed bat and contact skills would help a mostly right-handed Yankees lineup that contained plenty of swing-and-miss in 2021. Marcus Semien is also a candidate, but Sherman isn’t as bullish on the chances of Carlos Correa, Trevor Story, or Javier Baez ending up in the Bronx. “There seems to have been a steady falling out of love with Story” on the Yankees’ part, Sherman writes, while Baez drew some interest at the trade deadline but perhaps only as a short-term fix. As for Correa, there might still be so much bad blood over the sign-stealing scandal that the Yankees might not want anything to do with a player who was such a prominent member of the 2017 Astros.
This assumes, of course, that New York will actually aim for one of the big names, rather than wait for highly-touted shortstop prospects Anthony Volpe and Oswald Peraza to reach the majors. Seager may also be a good fit in this regard, Sherman opines, as Seager could eventually be moved over to third base. Or, depending on how the new collective bargaining agreement alters business, the Yankees could just opt for a stopgap shortstop as a bridge to Volpe/Peraza and spend resources elsewhere.
More from around the AL East…
- “The first four months, five months, everything was perfect. The last six weeks anything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong,” Matt Barnes told Alex Speier of The Boston Globe, discussing the rough end to the season that turned the former Red Sox closer into a postseason question mark. Barnes was enjoying a tremendous season until August, when he ran into some struggles on the mound and was then sidelined with a case of COVID-19. If that wasn’t enough, Barnes revealed that he also suffered a self-inflicted left thumb injury in late September, as he sliced off the tip of his thumb while chopping peppers to make an omelet. Barnes was able to keep playing, albeit with a bandage on his thumb and what Speier describes as “a hard plastic casing inside his glove so he can catch the ball without pain.” Though Barnes was part of the roster for Boston’s wild card game victory over the Yankees, he wasn’t included on the ALCS roster and wasn’t originally on the ALDS roster until rejoining the team as an injury replacement. Given the circumstances, it is difficult to see Barnes figuring into a potential World Series roster unless there’s another injury absence.
- Between an oblique strain, a lat strain, and then a triceps strain that occurred while rehabbing the lat injury, Hunter Harvey pitched only 8 2/3 innings in 2021. The 22nd overall pick of the 2013 draft, Harvey has been ravaged by a variety of injuries over his pro career, resulting in only 23 2/3 total MLB innings on his career resume. “We’ll keep trying it until no teams want to try it anymore or until I figure out how to stay healthy. That’s my two options,” Harvey told MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko, and Harvey has confidence that he can prove himself as a reliable reliever for the Orioles if he can avoid the injured list. Harvey admitted “there have been times I wanted to hang it up and not keep doing it anymore,” but he credited his father (former Angels and Marlins closer Bryan Harvey) with helping him stay motivated. “He’s kind of talked me off that ledge a couple times, and he’s put that mindset in my head that it could be worse,” Harvey said. “It just gets to the point now, it’s like, we’ll get through this and start back over and try it again.”
Harvey is only 26, his career isn’t by any means over. At this point I think he has strained every bone in his body
That would be great logic if bones were only allowed to be strained once in a lifetime. However, bones do not work that way. Once a bone is injured, it is far more susceptible to future injury. Harvey might get lucky and be able to hold himself together for a season, but I would be shocked if he ever did anything worthwhile in the majors.
He seems like he might be a good pitching coach one day though. Former top prospects that can’t stay healthy usually become the best pitching coaches.
Bones don’t strain they break. Oblique and triceps are muscles….
We really could use a guy like Seager, for the reasons mentioned above. He ought to be our number one market target, to be totally honest. But the phrase “would be the best fit” scares me into thinking the team brass won’t chase him at all
Yeah, SEAGER!!!!
C’mon Hal, I know you’re reading this.
Will the Yankees really take on another major long term contract when they will have to give Judge one after next season?
I don’t think the Yankees need to add another major contract, they need to improve their supporting cast around their core and they can do that without adding a Seager or Correa type.
They won’t extend Judge
So you think they Yankees are just going to let their most popular player just walk after 2023?
Not happening..
They did it with Cano.
I’m kind of torn on this, @Dunkington.
Part of my craves an old school free agency driven, big game, off-season. Sign Seager, Verlander, Marte, flip off the AL & call it good.
But.
Was running through some lesser kind of guys with @Clip & @Joe. The Yanks could remake their lineup & bench completely for what one of the premium shortstops is going to get in AAV. That 25-30 mil would add multiple players that will help.
I’ve no problem with being a spoiled, entitled, greedy Yankee fan. Made peace with that a long time ago. So my druthers would be: Do Both! But Hal isn’t as loose with the purse strings. So.
Dunkin’: although I understand that sentiment regarding Judge, I believe the most reasonable thing to do is to give Judge a fair offer – I don’t think that fits an eight-year, $300M bill. Rather give him a reasonable five-year offer, maybe $150M, for example (I haven’t done any type of valuation in him, so bear with me on that number).
If he takes it and really wants to “stay in pinstripes forever” then great, but of a team wants to dole out $300M fit eight years for him and he leaves? Well as a huge Judge fan, and someone who cares less about Hal’s pocketbook savings, I’m really okay with that, because the latter is absurd imho, even if he is the “face of the franchise.”
As Ducky illustrated, if it’s between retaining Judge and getting what the roster needs to win, well, see ya, Aaron, thanks for the great memories and your classy, professional demeanor – we will miss ya. In fact, and I know I’m going to get beaten for saying this, if Judge isn’t going to stay, trade him and maximize the return on him in his walk year.
Additionally, Ducky, regarding the potential for trades, man Buxton would be a nice CF acquisition…. He’s 14.6M on BTV, and 1.000 OPS+ with 10 DRS? Uh, yep, we could do that!
I think I’ve told you this, but I live in Minneapolis now. Have for a awhile actually.
Anyway.
I get Twins tix all the time (building materials reps, lumberyards, homeowners, etc). As such, I have seen him play out here a couple times.
First; he’s an extremely talented player & a blast to watch on the field. But he has as many – probably more – injury concerns than *any* of our outfielders. It’s crazy. He will be on a rehab assignment for a hamstring strain & break his toe. The kid really struggles to stay available.
His health is sort of a deal breaker for me, Clip.
Ducky – Have you gotten up to Paisley Park? That’s the main reason why I want to visit Minnesota some day, and check out Mall of America while I’m there.
I have. & the MOA is…well, a Really Big mall. Neither are anywhere that I frequent. MN has a lot of things much more interesting.
But…I honestly would prefer to keep the tourists out of those places & at the mall instead.
I’m with you on the latter. As long as you have the core, you can fill in nicely with smaller pieces. Whether we win or not this year, I am happy with the RS direction. We still spend, but now we some kids supporting the process, and more kids coming up.
But just as importantly, we have almost nothing left irt l/t contracts. The question of extending the kids is a mere valuation/negotiation process, and nothing to do with payroll caps.
I have no problem with the vintage DBF wanting some checkbook diplomacy, but it is a lot easier of the focus is just buying the occasional over-the-top ace like Cole. For the NYY, guys like Cole are a slamdunk, so long as they don’t have 3 other $25M contracts to deal with.
Yeah, you did. Okay, that’s not what we need; I was looking at the production side of things.
Someone mentioned a Bryce Harper trade if Judge doesn’t re-sign. Now, I don’t think that would/could happen or we would forfeit the Farm. But, what about the possibility of a trade for JT Realmuto? Especially if the Phillies are having another down year. I wonder if they would consider it, although I doubt it
This isn’t my idea either. I saw this on one of the online articles talking about the Phillies.
It’s actually quite a bit different than Judge.
Buxton has been done in by a series of strains, sprains, & tears. Besides some oblique stuff, Judge has had pretty fluky injuries; a chipped wrist bone due to an HBP, & a broken rib from a hustle play on D.
Not the same kind of injuries at all.
At this point, I am all for hanging onto Judge. Circumstances could certainly change that. But he is the type of player you build around.
I have to admit, I am a die hard Cubs fan and I really want Seager to be part of the next core, so maybe it is me trying to justify why the Yankees don’t need him and should stay away. Lol!!.
At the same time I don’t think the Yankees are in bad shape and have the pieces to contend and they should invest into a Stroman and the rest with Solid Vets like Marte and bring back Rizzo.
I totally agree about Judge, as you aware I am a Cubs fan who saw all the fans favorites get dealt this year, it was the right call and fully support it and their is a ton of anger from the fans that don’t understand what Hoyer has to do. The issue is we get it as fans who follow roster constructions, CBT concerns and etc. It is the casual fans that Hal also has to please and they will not take the time to understand why Hal let Judge walk and will be outraged also tough to let a top 5 selling jersey guy just walk like that too, Judge is good for business for the evil empire.
The wise move is to chase after Seager and let Judge walk after 2023 but I just don’t think Hal has it in him to let that happen.
I get it, @Dunkington. I do the same thing with free agent predictions.
It was a wild season for us, man. The ’21 Yanks were the streakiest team I’ve ever seen. A 13 game winning streak, a few 5 or more…but also go an entire month & not win a series. & ending in Fenway in the play-in game while the damn sox are still playing & ruining October baseball for everyone. Man.
On the heels of that, some of the Yankee fellas are seeing our squad perhaps a bit more negatively than is necessarily warranted. But: no. We are not a bad team. At all. Oddly enough, the pitching is in pretty good shape & we are coming off a 90+ win season.
& if Hal was willing to bring back Rizzo & sign Marte & Stroman, I wouldn’t care if we started Tyler Wade at SS. That would be an excellent offseason.
@Ducky I totally understand the frustration, Cubs were a very streaky team on offense before the fire sale. There is still time for the Yankees to right the ship and make s deep playoff run. With the CBT now being reset the sky should be the limit for the Yankees this offseason.
As a Cubs fan, were you in favor of blowing it up? Or would you rather have tried to keep it together & squeezed as many play-off runs as possible out of your core?
Liked what I saw out of Rizzo. He is a really nice complimentary bat to our lineup. & I know first is the least important defensive position but it sure is nice having a guy over there who can play it well. Plays it like a 3rd baseman. He is one guys I really hope the Yanks sign this winter.
I would not mind seeing the Yanks go after a SS that has a high contact/low K rate and more focus on defense. He can hit lower in the lineup, they don’t need to pay for a top SS at this point, such as Kevin Newman (7.4% K, solid defense up the middle, but lighter hitting player) or a Nicky Lopez (if its even possible to pry him away from KC).
Newman doesn’t even budge the needle. He’s a bench player at the very best. Sure, great glove and low strikeout rate, but there ain’t no way you can play a guy with a 54 wRC+ regularly, regardless of how little he goes down on strike three.
I’d love to see the Yankees shell out yet another long term, high AAV contract for one player. They already have Stanton, Cole & to a lesser extent DJL, which comes in around $85M or so per year for just those 3 players. Add another $24M+ Seager and those 4 guys will cost more than 35% of other MLB teams’ entire payrolls! Then a hole opens again at SS when Seager’s defense slips and he has to move to 3B and the Yankees will already have 2-3 3rd basemen on the team. It seems like Cashman can’t get out of his own way lately. He just wants to appease the fan base with another big contract. The wheels on the bus go round and round.
You’re forgetting the biggest upcoming contract of them all.
Judge is a free agent after next season, I would expect a $300M+ extension to be signed this winter.
Judge won’t get that much total money since he’ll be hitting free agency as a 31 year old. His AAV will be high but it will be a shorter term probably similar to George Springer
That would be a good question to ask in a chat by someone who gets their questions answered, how much will Judge sign for.
I say 8 years @ $34M with a 9th year team option or vesting option.
Besides being one of the game’s best, he’s way way too valuable for the Yankees to let him go. He’s the face of the franchise, the amount of revenue he brings in on merchandising alone is worth millions each year.
If that’s what Judge is getting, hope he enjoys playing for another team. Yankees would be stupid to give him that type of money
I say 8 years @ $34M with a 9th year team option or vesting option.
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Way too much. He’s a tricky player to sign, since he never plays a full season. He’s averaged 109 games over the past four years. They are also not going to pay Judge to age 38.
The Springer contract is a good target.
Joe – Actually 8 years guaranteed would take him through Age 37. I’m talking an extension that begins next year.
Ronk – Like I said, I’m thinking Judge signs this winter for 8 years guaranteed which would be through his Age 37 season.. With an option year tacked onto the end.
I don’t think Judge gets any guaranteed years past age 36. I also don’t think he gets an extension this offseason to avoid his AAV going up a year early
No one is giving Judge $200m+ never mind $300m unless the new CBA changes things big-time. if that happens, the Yankees will bid against themselves and keep the fans happy.
Judge will have to have “another” uncharacteristically healthy year for that to happen. Before this year that was 2017 so it is by no means a foregone conclusion
Judge won’t get more than 5/150- 6/170.
Seager is buyer beware, especially on a big money contract. If the Yankees want to sink another $100+ million so be it.
Seager’s (and the other big SS free agents) took a hit big-time when Washington traded Turner to the Dodgers. it will be interesting to see how the free agents do this off season. Unless there’s a miraculous new CBA, I’m expecting things to move very slowly.
Oh yes, I agree. Come on Yanks. Put another crazy contract on the board. Only thing I don’t agree with is I do not believe Seager will be that bad contract. I think this past injury was just a roadblock. He comes back raking next season but hopefully not for the Yankees.
I see them bringing on Javier Baez or Marcus Semien. Just a hunch, no proof.
Agree. Yankees fans still think its still the 1980’s. Theres a cost besides the tax to going beyond the salary cap now. Lets see: Cole, Stanton, LeMahieu, Hicks, Judge(?). Sign a few more long-term mega-contracts. What could go wrong?
See below for what Yankees fans think.
See above for what Yankees fans think. “Seager would be the best fit”. Seager is going to cost a lot of money. Do Yankees fans ever enter an offseason and say ‘We shouldn’t sign one of the biggest names in FA, and consolidate the payroll’? Not to my memory. The team building in baseball has changed, and Yankees fans aren’t seeing it. (for the most part)
@Joe
The concern all the sox guys are showing in re us & payroll is touching, ain’t it. Lord. They are going to be like this all winter. I am thinking unkind thoughts about Gerrit Cole right now.
Big Blue in a tough spot.
Desperate for a win, man.
Ducky: Red Sox fans are ‘concern’ed at all. Just pointing out what obvious to everyone else. Spending isn’t working for the Yankees, how else do you explain top payroll almost every year, yet one championship this century. Sure spend away and give Cashman a lifetime contract. You’ll make Red Sox fans very happy.
What Ducky is saying is Sox fans are obsessed with the Yankees. It’s actually kinda flattering. Sorry we don’t feel the same way.
Yeah, it hasn’t come together for us for 12 years. Trust me. I’ve heard. &, man, I just sat through that Giants Rams game & my football hopes are dashed before Halloween.
So: I am not really looking at the past.
Rather, I’m pretty much reduced to hot stove baseball. & there are definitely some free agents whom could make us a better team next season. Thus raising the chance that the Yanks’ll be playing next year this time. Hey, maybe the G-Men will be better too…
I’d actually pass on the big SS market. I do – however – like both Rizzo & Marte as “big” free agent signings for this club.
Joe Says..28 mins ago
Sorry we don’t feel the same way.
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Sure, sure. Yankee fans don’t care at all about the Red Sox. I come from The Bronx, and I’ve never met a Yankee fan that didn’t hate the Red Sox, with a passion, but maybe it is a neighborhood thing.
Heard a funny call into FAN on Friday. The guys on the radio were discussing whether to root for/against the Astros or RS. The caller was screaming at them that no true Yankee fan could ever, ever root for the RS.
Perhaps there is something noble about being above such things, but I find much more enjoyable knowing that fans DBF (and the other 99%) would be pleased to see us go 0-162.
Obsessed? Not at all. Just commenting on the topic because Sunday’s an off day and a day of rest. Work week begins again Monday night.
JoeBrady: I’m offended. I would never be pleased at the Ref Sox going 0-162. That’s way to good a season! I want like, -25 -162. Any way we can get negative wins, ya know, like with stats?
I can’t bring myself to hate Xander. He’s classy, man. Should’ve been a Yankee. Verdugo? Perfect for Boston.
JoeSays & Ducky: I think it’s more, like dennyd’s comments have an undertone of obsession with fright. It’s like they wish it won’t happen so bad, because they are scared to death that we get one final piece …. And dynasty reborn!
So, like my kids, we’ll just pat ‘em on that head and send ‘em back to their rooms, acknowledging ‘there are no monsters here, little [Red Sock person].’
Joe Brady. Sure I hate the Sox in a respect the rivalry way. But in the end all I really care about is the Yankees.
@Yankee Clipper
In regard tothe NYY record, I never root for 0-162. That’s too simplistic. A true fan roots for 90-72. It’s good enough so they wind up with the #20 draft pick, not good enough for them to make the playoffs, but good enough for Hal to think they have a good team and won’t crazy shopping.
IRT Xander, I always felt the same way about Donnie Baseball. He was so good, in every way possible, that I wouldn’t even want him on the Red Sox. I loved him as a player, but it would’ve been against the laws of nature for him to be a Red Sox. A bit like when Bernie got a huge offer from the RS. He went back to GS, told him about the offer, said he really, really didn’t want to play for us, and how close can the NYY come to that offer.
There are some boundaries that should never be crossed.
@ Joe Says-The way I see it is that, as a Raiders fan, I always check the Raiders score first. But I also check the Chiefs, the Chargers, and the Broncos. And, like all true Americans, I check the Cowboy score to make sure they lose.
But, as our main contender, it sounds odd that I wouldn’t keep track of what the Yankees are doing.
Yankee Clipper47 mins ago
we get one final piece …. And dynasty reborn!
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A little of that, sure. I’m logical enough to know that, if we are both spending $200M each year, we’re not likely tp continue to dominate. This will go back and forth, As long as the NYY don’t win another 3 WS before we win another, this will still be our century.
How did you grow up in the Bronx as a red sox fan? My God, you must be tough.
I mostly just want the Yanks to win. But I have would have no problem seeing the sox or cowboys 0-anything.
Joe Brady, the way I look at it is as long as the Yankees take care of business, it doesn’t matter what the other teams do. I also hate a loss against (insert any team name here) as much as a loss against the Sox. Losing sucks regardless of who it is against.
What made the late 70s so great and tough to watch was then the Sox, Yankees and Baltimore were three of the best if not the best teams in the sport. it was great for fans and such has been only matched in 2004 and 2004. That said. the Yankees losing to FL in 2003 takes a little of the pain of losing in 03 away. 2004 was a season for all seasons but imagine if the Yankees were the defending champs when it happened…
JoeBrady: Joe, you crack me up man, lol. That’s some good stuff brother. No idea how you grew up in the same place as my family and ended up with the Sawx – but that explains why I enjoy conversing and busting balls with you – you’re from a good place! We are from Throggs Neck, so literally right near the stadium.
On your comments below re: Bernie, Donnie, etc., yep, totally true and with you 100%.
You know, we are lucky as hell to be a part of the greatest rivalry in sports. Every other teams’ fans cannot resist following. It’s good for baseball, good for sports. I respect you, and your opinions on here, although I obviously disagree with any that are positive towards the Sawx <:0.
Yankee Clipper
We are from Throggs Neck, so literally right near the stadium.
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If you want “right near”, my family lived right next to St. Jerome’s. We moved to the North Bronx when I was young, so I never had the opportunity to walk it, but I’m guessing (161-136) + 2 blocks from the Grand Concourse, can’t be much more than a mile.
This might be the best part of being a RS fan in that I can go into any pub in America, and someone in there will either love the Yankees or hate the Yankees, and you can sit and BS for hours.
Wow, yeah you’ve got me beat. Cool man, love talking, watching, and playing baseball – best sport on earth
Joe Brady – There was a pub in NYC called The Riviera, you would have liked it. Believe it or not it was a Red Sox bar, catering to people just like you.
There are a couple in Manhattan. I’ve been to one of them. Pre-game, I usually hang out at some Dominican joint on 157th. $20 for a bucket of 6 Heineken’s. Regular folks kind of place. I went to Billy’s when it first opened, but they raised the price of beer astronomically. Nice place, but not at triple the cost of the Dominican joint. And I like the people at the Dominican joint better.
Semien is the most reliable, he has played the most games of all of the players available. Yanks should target him.
He was listed as the best “stop-gap” solution in FA. I feel if we are looking for a FA SS stop-gap solution, try Story on a one-year prove-it deal.
Story will get signed for big money. In the three seasons prior to 2021, Story had a 6.5 bWAR/650 PAs. Even without regard for the Mile High component, that’s really good. Even with his ‘off’ season in 2021, he still had a 4.2 bWAR. In a world that makes Lindor $341M/10, the opening bid for Story can’t be less than $200M/8.
Or, from a RS perspective, if JD opts out, I’d move Bogaerts to 3rd, and be glad to give $200M/8 to Story.
Yeah he’s excellent and imho the second best fit for the Yankees outside Seager. Although I don’t think that he will accept a pillow contract either. He’s too valuable, I agree.
$300 million for Judge is LAUGHABLE. Also Seager isn’t coming to a team that has no chance of winning a title. When your team is loaded with HR or bust players , no speed and no pitching behind spin rate cheater Gerritt Cole it is NOT HAPPENING.
Players sign with bad, average or good teams pretty equally. The idea that top tier player only sign with win now teams is not a thing.
Players sign where they want and who pays the most. Unless they are a 37 y/o chasing a ring, an 8 year deal is long enough that any team can compete or stop competing during that period
Seager isn’t coming to a team that has no chance of winning a title? Aside from the fact that the Yanks DO have a chance, where are you getting such nonsense? It’s free agency, unless you have evidence that says otherwise, I’m going with Seager going after the best contract offered.
I can see Judge signing with the Mariners and getting traded to the Mets but I don’t Cano that for sure. I don’t really see Judge as the face of the franchise the way Jeter was. Plus, this team is all purchased and traded for pieces that don’t fit together very well. There’s no real personality other than Gardner and he’s practically done. They’ve got a lot of work to do if they want to be something besides a boring franchise that spends a lot. Maybe they will change it up but habits have been formed. They’re kind of caught in a circle of decency short of excellence. They’re still very good but not great.
That said, there’s not a lot of greatness around. Mostly shades of good to very good to really good. I think that’s what tempts teams to think they can spend their way to success. It doesn’t always work that way.
Guys … when Stanton signed his 13-year mega contract, he had played in less than 124 games in each of the prior two years (notice I said years, not seasons).
2012 – Knee injury
2012 – Abdomen strain
2013 – Shoulder injury
2013 – Thigh injury
2013 – Ankle injury
Not to mention the facial fractures in 2014 from getting hit by a pitch a couple months before signing the contract. They had no idea how the HBP would affect his vision and hitting when he recovered from it, but they still gave him the contract because he was a great player and franchise icon.
So needless to say, injuries aren’t usually as big a factor in contract negotiations as you think. Judge proved this year he can stay healthy, that’s all that matters.
Random observation, does dusty baker wear surgical gloves in-game to give prostate exams in the dugout?
Geez, that was dumb.
With the title I thought there was going to be Matt Harvey news, but nope Hunter Harvey news (sigh)….
Story on a 1 or 2(with opt out) year pillow contract to re-establish value.
Stud: This would be a great compromise for us and give us more insight into the viability of both Volpe and/or Peraza. We must be careful in assuming they will do well in the Bigs because that has seriously bitten us before, outside of the. Core 4 + Bernie.
If he’s great, we can extend, but if Volpe and Peraza are ready, we can cut bait and go with them.
It’s been hard to watch Barnes wallow. But then the Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals are all out of it. So I guess there’s that.
Matt Barnes wasn’t really dependable. I wouldn’t make him the permanent closet. He had half a year of insanity and that’s it. A solid pitcher but not a dependable closer all the time.
I wouldn’t make him my permanent closet either lol. But yeah, he really isn’t trustworthy enough to be the closer on a winning team
Good catch on my terrible autocorrect
Why not Whitlock? That kid’s been pretty good post-surgery and we weren’t smart enough to protect him. He seems like a viable option going forward, no?
I think he’s the one to close games at the moment. Maybe Hernandez in the future if he can get his walk rate down.
Yeah, Darwinzon has some nasty stuff. If he could get control he would be an impressive closer.
No to any of the SSs on a long term contract. The Yankees are already having roster/payroll flexibility issues. And they need to sign Judge next year.
You break my heart, Joe! I’m all for spending Hal’s money and creating depth. If Seager came, and Peraza and Volpe worked, we could let Urshela walk or trade him if before FA, and the same for Torres, thus filling the 2B and 3B voids accordingly.
But I get you, I don’t think we will have the luxury to have all. I also don’t want to sign Judge too long or for a prohibitive amount. Reasonable offer for him and what he means going forward, and if he declines and walks, it sucks, but it is what it is.
Clipper yeah if they let Judge walk next year it does make it easier to target a big name this year.
That Cole contract is atrocius.
The problem is, it has set the bar for {expectations} going forward for players. Now, Mr. My Time Correa thinks he’s worth half-a-billion dollars because he has good stats. Sorry, but, no. And with cheating offensively creating his negotiating leverage, most of which comes from his offensive prowess, I don’t honk he will get close to what he thinks he will.
LAD is out. Yankees – out. Two biggest negotiators out right off the top. Giants? Maybe, but I don’t see them going 10/300+. Rangers, could be in, Cubs could be in, but none of those will come close to that amount and bid against themselves for him.
I am biased against Correa. Most signings I can step back and be objective, and I am trying to be here as well. But, I can’t stand Correa, maybe he is that and more. You tell me.
Guess Barnes will be getting his omelets at IHOP from now on.
As for Correa, there might still be so much bad blood over the sign-stealing scandal that the Yankees might not want anything to do with a player who was such a prominent member of the 2017 Astros.
LOL. Yeah the completely innocent and uninvolved Yankees. Oh wait, they weren’t “uninvolved” just not outed. Can’t have that can we?
Burn?
Bad blood means nothing, business is business.
Ortiz and Price couldn’t stand each other, that didn’t stop the Red Sox from signing Price to the biggest pitcher contract ever.
@FPG.. Maybe. Maybe not. Did it keep the Yankees from going after Bauer, considering Cole’s feelings toward Bauer?
Joe I think Bauer’s limited amount of success and the desire to get under the luxury tax threshold had more to do with the NYY not signing Bauer than anything else.
Yeh, it sucks not to like the Yankees doesn’t it!
Nice to see you DEFEND the confirmed cheating team while ACCUSING and indicting the team with no proof. Pretty much stupid.
#AllYankeeTrollsAreTheSame
Barnes lacks the mental focus of a clutch reliever or established line cook. That’s problematic.
Now the Yankees are looking at a left handed hitting SS when the Yankees should of kept Didi. Why would Seager leave LA? IMO Correa stays probably why Houston didn’t keep Springer to save money. Story goes to the Rangers. If Wade and Velasquez could hit more they could make a great platoon until Volpe is ready. I’d see what it would take to get Oaklands duo Chapman and Olson. I’m waiting for Sanchez to be DFA like they did with Greg Bird. That needs to be the first dominoe to fall.
Didi is terrible these days
Didi will bounce back as will Lindor who was the player the Yankees really should of gotten. Look at what speed is doing in the playoffs. The ablity to steal a base in October is HUGE.
I loved Didi with the NYY, but he’s not a SS anymore.
Didi was awful on both sides of the ball and at age 32 I don’t see a bounce back as very likely. He’s got a long way to bounce, at least. As for Lindor, as a Mets fan I say take him please. Just pay that terrible contract. And Lindor’s season wasn’t that far off from the player he’s been for a while now. You expect him to bounce back all the way to 2018? If so there’s a lot of delusional Met fans who would agree.
The ability to hit a home run in the playoffs is even more important than stealing a base though. Some #’s:
Thus far the winning team has hit fewer home runs in exactly ONE game. NLDS game 5.
In the NL, home runs accounted for ALL the runs in multiple games.
A single home run has been the difference THREE times.
Power plays. Always, but even more so in the playoffs when the quality of pitching & defense goes up. So much easier to work a walk & hit a big fly off Scherzer than to string 3 singles & some steals together for those same 2 runs.
(hot take warning) Power is the reason the Braves have the best chance of anyone left to knock off the Dodgers.
Did has never been anything but an average hitter. He gets streaky so it looks like he’s on a tear but then he’ll have trouble maintaining hgetting hits. Look at his career OBP. Nothing great
DiDi hasn’t had a very good season since being allowed to walk, and the word out of Phil., is that his defense has really regressed…..popular guy, but as far as a baseball decision, it was the right one for the Yankees to make.
The Yankees are not going to Revenge DFA Gary Sanchez on your behalf, @mlbnyyfan. You may want to restack your dominoes.
Mlbnyy: We are ALL frustrated with Sanchez and the innumerable chances the Yankees have given him. Ducky is downright tired of seeing my catching upgrades/trade proposals for Sanchez. But I can’t help it because I think he’s lost. Had me thinking he was back early in the season, but fell off again.
Reality is he will be here next year, absent a trade, which I don’t honestly think will come to fruition. My hope is he figures something out and has a come-back season. I am notably hard on this team when players have down years, but I have watched and rooted for them since I was four years old. Love the team, know their potential, so frustration is met with attempted innovation…. Make sense, bro?
The team that signs Seager and Correa will win the off-season. These are the players you spend money on – two players who perform no matter the moment. Glad, the Mets jumped on Lindor early – albeit if they were smart, they would sign Seager to play 2nd.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the two of the better players out west join the Mets and Phillies respectively.
The team that signs Semian will regret it.
Seager – Cubs
Story – Tigers
Correa – Astros
Semien – Mariners
Semien’s immaculate goatee should not be sacrificed for the Yankees.
Oh, that’s a goatee? I though he was born with that birthmark and couldn’t shave it anyway.
Yanks need to be looking at the other Seager… Kyle would give you elite fielding, and left-handed power. Move Urshela to SS for a year or 2 until Volpe or Peraza are ready. And Kyle Seager won’t break the bank like his little brother would.
Urshela isn’t a 140 game shortstop, but of course they could our Bronx kid to platoon but Kyle Seager isn’t the answer either…..he had a career year for homers and RBI, but he batted .212……the LAST THING the Yankees need is another .200 hitter in the lineup.
Urshela isn’t a SS at all, Yanks were 23 in offense this year. Bottom line they need more offense out of the players they have now, and they will need to add offensvie players moving forward.
It amazes me how athletes get hurt. With the amount of money Matt Barnes makes, you would figure either he hire a chef to cook for him or a housekeeper or go out for breakfast.
Or just learn how to use his kitchen knives properly. I’m having a hard time imaging how in the hell you could possibly do that.
If I were a Yankee fan, and I’m not I would want judge for the long term for sentimental reasons only, the only way I can see them giving him a huge contract is if they somehow can get out from under the Stanton contract which is a tall order
As we all know, signing big time free agents is a poor way to build a winning team! Great free agents should only be signed when they are the last piece needed or to a team that already has a championship caliber team.
Very true, slider32, but I think we are there. We are on the verge of a WC. In fact, much closer than at least 26 other teams in the league.
Ducky shot some ideas out about some key trade acquisitions we could get to instantaneously make our team better without breaking bank – for example, Pail DeJong, who was posted by one of the Cards fans. Great idea, like the player, instant improvement.
Me, I keep wanting to spend Hal’s money, but in this operating age, I think Ducky is much closer to the mark on the course of action Cashman could take to make us instant contenders.
I say extend Judge. If Seager is wthin the budget after that, great. If not, let Velasquez be the place holder. His sample size was small, but we won with him playing due to defensive improvement and forced situational hitting. Between Velasquez, Urshella and Wade, we will do better than wasting a roster spot on Andrelton Simmons. When Urshella plays short DJL can play 3rd. Short is not our position of need.