The Yankees have placed righty Domingo German on the 60-day injured list, the team announced. The placement creates a 40-man roster spot for Anthony Rizzo, whose new deal with the club is now official.
New York manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including Brendan Kuty of NJ.com) earlier this week that German was only just beginning his throwing program, after shoulder problems hampered him in January. If German is essentially starting from scratch, the 60-day IL placement will allow him time to get fully ramped up through extended Spring Training, and he’ll be available for the Yankees by May.
German’s absence removes another arm from a Yankees’ rotation mix that arguably could’ve used some more reinforcement even if German had been healthy. Gerrit Cole, Jordan Montgomery, Luis Severino, Jameson Taillon, and Nestor Cortes give the Yankees a starting five, even if plenty of health questions surround Severino and Taillon (though Boone also said that Taillon’s October ankle surgery won’t keep him out of the Opening Day roster). Michael King, Luis Gil, Deivi Garcia, or Clarke Schmidt form the first line of starter depth at Triple-A or in the bullpen, though none of that group has a proven MLB track record.
The same could also be said of German, as home run issues have been a big factor in his 4.54 ERA over 341 1/3 career innings in the majors. German also missed the 2020 season while suspended under the league’s domestic violence policy, and shoulder inflammation limited him to 98 1/3 frames in 2021. More shoulder problems can’t be seen as good news for German now, though there yet any indication that he could be facing a structural issue.
Crap.
Certainly not the easiest kid to root for. Yet, he’s been an average starting pitcher for us. This creates a bit of a potential innings need for us early on.
I guess that shoulder problem was worse than we were hoping.
Almost got to get another starter now.
That’s…not good. They immediately bypasses the 15-day IL. The shoulder discomfort seems more serious than reported.
They needed the 40 man spot for Rizzo otherwise they might have put him on the 15 day first
Yeah, there are some needs that have to be addressed. Hal’s recent comments to the media are less than reassuring but make sense in a lot of ways. He asserts that he has financial challenges because he’s still trying to pay off the new stadium. Im not sure why he felt the need to buy it in the first place because most fans, I assume, would’ve rather had that money put into developing another dynasty while keeping the true Yankee Stadium, where legends played.
Nonetheless, we need SP & a catcher.
But he ended up with twice as many luxury suites. Maybe if the ‘bowl’ which has the most expensive seats wasn’t mostly empty constantly he would recoup even more of that money.
It’s no match for the old joint in any way which had character.
But teams only price the seats at what people will buy them at. Don’t people realize those most expensive seats are affordable?
Are they affordable?
Well our eyes tell us that folks aren’t buying them unless they are all at the bar which is highly unlikely.
I just checked the team site and the bowl tickets for a Friday night game vs Cleveland go as high as $965 each.
That’s a thousand dollar night and then some!
Yankee Stadium III was built not from a fan perspective, but a money perspective. Its enormously profitable compared to the prior joints, but it’s a less pleasant fan experience.
Hal is being, ummm, disingenuous. Sure, they made less money because of the pandemic, but that’s different than *losing* money. And the pandemic is in the rear view mirror, so a more compelling team means more money moving forward. The yearly $80MM bond payment s he referenced were structured by Randy Levine to reduce the Yankees revenue sharing bill. Hal and the Yankees are not poor!
Yes I feel so sorry for him.
I’ll give you the other side of the argument, the Hal side. It must chap him (it chaps me) to see the Rays spend less than half of what the Yankees do and then eat the Yankees lunch. It also chaps me when we go over the tax and then pay the Rays after they beat us.
At least the Rays are trying (and doing great !). I can’t stand the Orioles, Marlins, A’s, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, or any other team rolling out a $30-55mm payroll. MLBtv, other tv rights, and mlb.com are crazy profitable and those monies are shared amongst all teams. The teams above all get luxury tax money too and the owners pocket it and don’t put it back onto the field product. There should have been a salary floor, or those teams should break away and make a beer league. If every club operated the way they do, there would be no money. They are essentially parasites.
Back to the Yankees, why should Hal pay for all of this ? I love Rizzo’s one year opt out. What if he crushes it so he can opt out ? Versus signing another Ellsbury that gives us one year ? I would rather see the Yankees have a $180mm smart payroll and then swoop in in July and take in a big contract if that player gets them over the top.
Just adding that all 30 teams’ licensed merchandising sales are split between teams as well. So every Judge jersey helps the Pirates pay their electric bill.
@Ducky. I guess I missed the news German wasn’t ready to roll. Last I knew he was good to go. That hurts for sure.
Yeah.
I had too. Apparently, Taillon is now on schedule but German is not. Always something.
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How are you with Olson for Freeman? Gotta be pretty bittersweet, man.
In related news, Domingo German’s girlfriend was placed in therapy for life.
We definitely need a starting pitcher more than a catcher!!!!
If it comes down to one or the other, Mick, I see catcher as the greater need. Cole, Montgomery, Taillon, Sevy is a solid 1-4. Cortes, Gil, Schmidt should be able to hold down the 5th spot.
It’s less than ideal.
But Higashioka & Rortvedt would be really bad. We can muddle through with the starters we have. Especially in light of how deep our bullpen is. Not going to be able to hide the catcher spot though. Particularly with this offense.
In regards to the offense,
I’d have to give some pushback on that Ducky. If you remember last year when the Yankees went on a big run, the big bats were mostly out and the AAA guys were up. They weren’t playing three true outcome baseball, they were playing good fundamental baseball. I think the moves Cashman made were in that direction. I feel pretty good about the team. Of course I’d like a bigger named catcher, but I consider starting pitching the bigger need right now.
Perhaps, Joe.
There is certainly the chance that I still am a bit shellshocked over last season’s offensive showing. During the first 3 years of Thames’ tenure, we reached home more than anybody else in MLB. As you know, last year we were 19 in that regard.
I like pretty much everything Cashman has done since the deadline. Pre-dating that, a bit, he began changing a few of his templates. But we seem a bat or two short to me.
The pitching *still* seems to be in better shape than our lineup/bench.
Joe: Great points. Honestly, I could see it going either way. I don’t trust either side right now to be honest. I think offense is in a better position, but better than 19th could be 15th…. Regarding their pitching – I’ve advocated for at least one starter, preferably two, but I trust Blake. What a mess the Yankees are right now; and it’s in the middle of their window too. How frustrating.
– I feel like a Mets fan
Yep I agree. You need a balanced offense attack with high contact bats and speed rather than 2 true outcomes (home runs or strike outs) and no ability to move runners over. If anything we need a high contact speedy cf to finish the team off. I can live with two big defensive catchers. I can live with IKF at ss as stopgap. IKF had more hits than any Yankee last season.
One more starter as insurance wouldn’t hurt either. Manea or Montas but not if Oakland is asking for every big prospect. They are both rentals.
“I can live with 2 big defensive catchers.”
Two things:
1.) You guys say that now. But watching a spot in the lineup with a cumulative .550 (or even worse!) OPS is going to get real old by April.
2.) Not sure about Rortvedt but Higashioka is merely an average – at best – defensive catcher.
obviously Hal does spends plenty of money. I think the issue that most fans have with him is the way he spends it. For sometime now he chooses the short term contracts over the longer-term ones where the better players usually go, so that’s why we end up with the older or inferior players, not the money they’re spending ,but the short term contracts. Obvious exception being when they get those long-term contracts on really really inexpensive terms like severino or Hicks, we can discuss how those have not worked out either ,because the players are perpetually injured. And there’s a reason why they signed those inexpensive contracts.
There was no real reason to sign Hicks or DJ to long contracts, zero. Now they’ll penny pinch on Judge and he’ll wind up a Dodger or Angel.
I agree. Hicks was perpetually injured even before this contract.
Hey Ducky,
It’s Mickey777. I’d like to have a small wager with you. I’d bet you an adult beverage, but I olive in Virginia and the chance of us ever meeting is unfortunately very slim, so I betting you a mammoth I told you so!!! I bet the Yankees are in the top ten in runs scored! Let me know if you accept the bet/challenge!
Mickey777
Two things, Mick:
1.) “Awww, man…I can’t bet *against* the Yankees”
2.) Barring any more outside acquisitions? Because if we actually swung a trade for Murphy, Contreras, Nola, or ________ at catcher, or do something creative offensively with CF/4th outfielder I may change my assessment immediately. Probably would actually.
So.
How about: circle back around with me before Opening Day to see where I am at with the lineup & to see if I could actually bet *against* us.
I do see a pretty significant problem though. & you know I am a definite glass-half-full kinda guy. So I think it really is an issue. I am not prone to Chicken Little type takes, man.
Done Ducky! I think the team they have now will be in the top 1O, but I circle back on April 6th.
Deal.
Virginia? What? Don’t care for the Ice & Snow?
NYY’s bullpen is deep? In deep trouble, maybe.
Chapman – though he had some spectacular meltdowns last sumner – is still a good closer.
We’ve a fleet of solid lefties: Luetge, Rodriguez, Peralta. From the right: Loaisiga is a stud, Green is a more than proven set-up man, & Holmes has a 73% GB%. Plenty of intriguing power arms in MiLB too.
So: yeah. That’s a deep bullpen, man.
Troll Buchet.
DBF,
The reality I think is that the Yankees are going thru a Rebuild and it didn’t start this year. They’re remaking the team on the Fly so it’s a bit painful.
I don’t have a problem with the Catching as when I go back and look how Sanchez manned the position vs what this Kid Rortvedt does, it’s Night and Day. All of Sanchez’s Flaws jump off the screen.
It would be nice to have an above avg Offensive Catcher but not a need, IMO.
IKF is going to make us love him with his Defense and Bat even though he doesn’t walk.
It has not been perfect, but I believe we will add a Starter and one more Relief Pitcher and hopefully a Back-Up CF
Yeah.
It’s a rather extensive “retooling” at the very least.
I don’t care how good the guy’s glove is. He put up an OPS of .510 last year. .510! His MiLB stats hint strongly that that is who he is. Completely untenable in today’s game. Hell, that’s untenable in any era of baseball, man.
No.
I won’t miss watching Gary behind the plate. But he can hit. These guys can’t. & Higgy’s glove is nothing special. Below average in it’s entirety. His defense is merely incrementally better than Gary’s.
Like @RobM posted: these are backup catchers.
Sean Murphy maybe a trade the Yanks can make and platoon him with our new left handed batting Catcher.
Ducky,
Lots of 9 inning doubleheaders because of the late start of the season. Who knows what we are going to get out of Severino. Taillon to miss the start of the season. Pitchers still trying to catch up after an abbreviated season in 2020. I know I should believe in Cortes by now, but I just can’t.
IKF is going to be a better offensive player than people expect, and will greatly improve the defense. Because of IKF will be able to get away with two defensive catchers.
Last I heard, Taillon was now back on track for Opening Day. Has that changed (again), Mick?
I hear what you guys are saying about 2 defensive catchers. I do. But this doesn’t look like a top 10 offense to me. The staff looks to be at least a top 10 one.
So: I see scoring as the greater need.
Good chance I’m out here on my own again with this take though.
During his press briefer the other day, Boone did say Taillon is expected to be ready for Opening Day. I sure hope they’re not pushing him, because that could lead to an arm problem.
Ducky,
I stand corrected on Taillon. Of course, you may be right, but I think we will be a top 10 offensive club.
Rizzo for a full year, Hicks until he gets injured, and 3B will have a recovered LeMahieu and Josh until he gets injured. I extra better year from Gleyber and again I think will be an OK offensive player. Wouldn’t be surprised either if Judge and Stanton are healthier and more productive. There’s lots of ifs but there are even more on the mound I suspect. At any rate, hope we get both a starting pitcher and catcher, but I’m pessimistic on both fronts.
Hate autocorrect. I think IFK will be an OK offensive player.
Boone channels Monty Python’s Black Knight for medical updates: Tis but a scratch.
You are right ducky. The offense last year was challenged, I have I have doubts that they significantly improved it this year to keep up with the other teams in their division, especially Toronto. I also have doubts about the way there building everything on gleyber, expecting a turnaround but he’s been an inferior player for the last two years. So unless all the players that were subpar last year turn around, and Judge and Stanton remain productive if they’re healthy that is, that’s a lot of if’s to expect from a major offensive turnaround ,in my opinion.
But I also think the Yankees don’t really care, as long as they keep printing money, and they can squeak into the postseason somehow ,they can spout the illusion that they are challenging for the title
Why is having two capable catchers bad. You played last year with only one. At least now he’ll have help
Guess I just don’t see them as “capable”.
We know who Higgy is by now. He frames above average, throws very poorly, blocks ok & puts up an OPS of .619 for his career. I fail to see the appeal. Rather, the entire Kyle Higashioka package makes me wince as your everyday catcher.
Looked up Rortvedt’s MiLB #’s. They are thoroughly uninspiring.
So: I – personally – see exactly zero capable catchers on our roster.
I see two capable catchers on the roster, but both are back-up catchers.
DBF,
Check out the video on Rortvedt. The Kid has much potential. Higgy I was never thrilled with, but he was a Better Catcher then Sanchez. Best case would be to replace Higgy and have Rortvedt be the Back-Up
But, Higashioka isn’t better than Sanchez. If he were, the Twins would have traded for him instead.
Look. I know you guys all hate Gary Sanchez. In a sense, I can see why too. But in no way is Higashioka > Sanchez.
I thought Higgy was better than Sanchino too. Thought Higgy’s defense was outstanding. But, a conversation with Ducky a while back created a different perspective for me. He postulated trading Higgy and keeping Gary as the backup. Then I watched. And, yeah, I was sold, man.
I think the these two things:
1) Higgy’s defense is decent, but looks phenomenal because it’s measured against Sanchez’s; and
2) Rordvedt’s hands are excellent, but Yanks are looking at potential. He was a Tanner Swanson product so they’re hoping for unlocked potential with this reunion.
With that said, we are in a *much* better position catching defensively, and I think this pacifies the pitchers most, which is why Cash did it. This keeps defense tight. But, we need a true starter.
I’ve never like platoon ideology, it’s just my thing. I certainly don’t like it at the leadership position on the diamond. Good discussion though guys.
It’s certainly a new experience for me being the Negative Nelly of the crew. Bet.
I think Higgys glove was analogous to when we went from Andujar to Urshela. Gio is an above average third baseman. But; he looked amazing. To a lesser extent, we went through a similar thing going from Jeter to Didi.
I know defensive metrics are super sketchy when it comes to catchers. However, Higgy is pretty mediocre with the glove & arm. As a “glove first” player he is a pretty big letdown.
Had we added Freeman or Olson, I think our top half could have carried the bottom third of the lineup. As we added Rizzo instead, the top half of our lineup is solid. But not all that fearsome. So. I think we should desperately be trying to lengthen it. If we don’t, I don’t think we will score enough runs, man.
I just don’t.
Yes, that’s really well said and I agree. Freeman & Olson are really the only bats that were out there for the Yanks to compensate for the bottom half. We knew that, which is why we wanted them at Yankees Nation.
But, yeah, if Rortvedt & Higgy bat a cumulative .900 OPS+ it’s going to get old quickly. And really, look how valuable Smith was for LAD in certain spots. To your other point, Cash’s approach has been strangely all-or-nothing. All offense, too much TTO. All defense now, because of the lack of any in the first place; but again, now too much with not enough offensive balance in the lineup. Man, Cash, just …balance, bro.
Well, there were some shortstops that could have done the same kind of thing. But: well, you know.
I still think we have one move to go. Seems we were in on Freeman to some extent. Going from Freeman’s to Rizzo’s AAV should mean there is about $10 mil left.
Obviously, I am advocating using that for a bat(s). There is just such an obvious & available solution (Contreras) that it’s a bit maddening waiting for; what’s next.
Yanks and brewers should link up. We need offense and they need pitching
Curious as to what Yankees offense and what Milwaukee pitching should be swapped.
From the Yankees side voit to the brew crew would be a no brainer
Luke Voit for Eric Lauer & a salary dump Lorenzo Cain. Works out as to be an $8+ mil “overpay” by the Yanks on BBTV.
@ducky I’d take that in a heartbeat for us. Lauer is a nice piece and good back end starter who could move up to a #3
Cain has already said he might be done after this season so dumping the contract now would be beneficial for us
Count me in Ducky!
Voit for Cain has generated quite a bit of smoke. From both sides. So I am just riffing off that. Again, it’s an $8-9 mil overpay so perhaps a little something would have to come back the Yanks way.
Helps both teams though. & Milwaukee might actually be the one true contender that could part with a starter.
In a “members only” article yesterday, the Brew Crew was listed as the #1 potential landing spot for Luke Voit. FYI.
Was that before adding McCutchen?
I’d have no interest in Voit for Cain. Cashman’s MO here is he’ll trade Voit for an A+ arm who will benefit the team a couple years down the line.
Nope. Just yesterday.
Yeah. That’s probably more like it. If we didn’t have such a crowded ‘pen I could see something like last summer’s Tauchman for Peralta deal.
Gleyber for Lauer
Donaldson for Hader.
Let’s hear a trade proposal.
Hader, Burnes, and Woodruff for Voit, Hicks, and cash.
@darth I’d love some of those drugs you got. Hope that’s a joke lol
@Milwaukee, you’re the one who suggested it. We’re waiting on your proposal.
You’re high.
Volpe and Gleybar for Woodruff? Maybe a small CF boost?
How does that help Milwaukee?
Works for me. What will you give me for Luke Voit?
German or not we needed another starting pitcher regardless
Time to call the master of all trades A’s Billy Beane to make a good trade for Okland’s Manea and Montas, increíble talented SP’s. They won’t be cheap but hey its the Yankees. Georgie wouldn’t had never hesitated…
A’s :do you want to trade for Manaea? NYY front office: Sure but we don’t want to trade prospects how about some old platoon players instead. A’s click…. I have no idea what is wrong with NYY front office when they have prospects to trade that are not a top 5 of theirs. They have some depth in starting prospects but unwilling to trade them.
Actaully the Yankees farm system is not really that good, they have Volpe and Jasson rodriguez and thats about it, If the Yankees offered one of those guys and more for Olson the A’s would’ve insantly accepted the offer. But they are planning on holding on to this prospects, They gave up some really good prospects in that Deadline deal for Gallo, like 2 top 10’s and 2 top 20’s. So they’re bleeding pretty bad. Recently they’ve been ranked around the bottom 10 to bottom 15 range.
According to Baseball America, the Yankees have 4 top 100 prospects. And thats Jasson Dominguez not Rodriguez.
Darn… was hoping for J-Rod LOL
Wrong. It goes like this…NYY FO: what would you like for Manaea. A’s: Volpe. Yankees well we aren’t really interested in trading one of the best prospects in all of MLB for one year of a middle to back of the rotation guy. Any other players that you want to discuss in one of the best farm systems in the MLB? A’s: Nope. If you won’t trade Volpe to us than we will just take a handful of lottery tickets from the Braves. Yankees FO: I’ll give you a handful of lottery tickets. A’s: Volpe or nothing. Yankees: Click.
A’s are not getting a top 20 prospect for Manaea. Braves offered better prospects and that is not why Olson is pin stripes. Manaea is there for the taking from NYY with how they have a couple of pitching prospects the A’s would like. FYI the A’s have a top SS prospect in Allen who was on team USA last year so taking Volpe off a trade proposal wouldn’t hurt a thing.
Our ineptness to make a trade is killing me. Cashman, I don’t know what you’re doing. German down, you should be getting 2 starters. Damn, Yankees have never really focused on building the best rotation with 251 mil; Fire the GM!
Yankees had the second ranked pitching staff in the AL last year and they’re adding back Severino.
They should add a starter though.
This didn’t thread. It was responding to Milwaukee above.
Ranked 2nd in NY
I’m not one to laugh at people’s injuries, but heh. Yanks need to trade for the better German, German Marquez.
You shouldn’t laugh at injuries it’s actually really messed up to.
Yeah, but karma is funny sometimes.
Injuries are never funny. The Rangers record last year, now that’s funny
Awful isn’t the right word. Questionable is more like it. If Sevy is right, that’s as good a number two pitcher as you could ask for. Monty makes a decent number three.
that’s a big “if”
That’s why I said questionable. The post I was replying to disappeared. The post had said awful after Cole.
You are right ducky. The offense last year was challenged, I have I have doubts that they significantly improved it this year to keep up with the other teams in their division, especially Toronto. I also have doubts about the way there building everything on gleyber, expecting a turnaround but he’s been an inferior player for the last two years. So unless all the players that were subpar last year turn around, and Judge and Stanton remain productive if they’re healthy that is, that’s a lot of if’s to expect from a major offensive turnaround ,in my opinion.
But I also think the Yankees don’t really care, as long as they keep printing money, and they can squeak into the postseason somehow ,they can spout the illusion that they are challenging for the title
German says. “Goodbye yellow brick road” while Rizzo says, “I don’t know why you say goodbye I say hello.” Ahahahaha!
the Yankees will ask for Manaea and Montas together and then wonder why OAK hangs up when they say Jasson, Volpe, and Peraza are all off the table.
I look at it this way: The Yankees can address who they want (Montas/Manea) and dip into their top prospects; or, they can get who they need to float innings successfully (mid-rotation Manea) and get away from touching their “untouchable” three. If OAK keeps the Yankees tax, there’s simply nothing that can be done about that….
But, I am not a fan of hoarding prospects. Evaluate, keep a few top ones, maximize trade value on others, push forward. Peraza should already be gone (or Volpe), Sweeney should be as well, or within the next year of his stock is projecting upward still. Dominguez should be for the right talent return (think as a centerpiece for Reynolds). If they are a win-now club, then win… well, now.
I respectfully disagree on Dominguez, especially if he can play center field. I’m not one for prospect-hugging either, but he’s one I would hang onto. Trading him has regret written all over it.
They’re stacked with shortstops, so there’s no reason to hoard them. They also have tradable prospect outfielders and pitchers. They should be able to put together an acceptable package with those options.
Pink Floyd: Yeah, it took me a loooong while to come to this point. I am not in favor of trading Dominguez but for the right SP, just to clarify, because I do believe in him. And that isn’t to say I would do it in every instance either. We need to be committed to winning now – LAD style. Then, okay, I’ll stomach that for a top-of-the-line-SP.
Your points are valid, and to clarify mine more, I think we could do a lot more with the prospects we have while not simply sacrificing Volpe & Dominguez & Medina.
I also believe we are in the midst of an extensive retool on the fly though, and in that light, maintaining 92-95 wins is….. really, really amazing by Cash. I disagree with the concept in its entirety, however, because we should be perennial division winners. Anything less to me is….well, unacceptable.
@Clip. Problem is everyone is looking for pitching now. Boston just lost Sale for at least a couple of months. Oakland will get a king’s ransom for their M&M boys. Cincinnati pulling off their starting pitchers from the trade market only makes matters worse.
With our revamped infield defense, we could sign Brett Anderson. Won’t cost much. He can give us 100 good regular season innings & maybe (if healthy!) be our 4th starter in the postseason.
No prospects. Short commitment with an affordable AAV. Problem solved.
Brett Anderson? Is he still in the League?
He is. Still racking up grounders & making 15 or so starts a year.
So true.
Might as well try and bring back Tanaka, rotation past Cole , Sevvy not gonna do it
I was hoping he’d be part of a trade package for a better starting pitcher or a catcher. I thought maybe Cashman could inflate his value to a trade partner by emphasizing his peripherals. German is a pitcher with great “stuff” who hasn’t harnessed it consistently and gets victimized by the long ball.
NYY was lucky to make the WC and even luckier to get expanded playoffs.
Then as long as we keep getting lucky we’ll be fine. Since the last losing season was 1992 I guess we’ve been lucky a long time. Can’t see that changing.
Ironic to call them lucky on a thread discussing yet another Yankee injury.
What is the scouting report on Rortvedt? Is a starting position something he is capable of growing into?
Finding catchers that can hit .230, handle a pitching staff and block balls in the dirt is like finding the lady that owns the glass slipper.
His defense is supposed to be very good. The current Yankees catching coach is very familiar with him and I’m sure that has a lot to do with why they got him. He’s also as jacked as Derek Dietrich. As I hear he’s Clipper’s body double.
If that kid can be close to league average with the bat and give us gold glove defense that would be more than fine with me
Have you looked at his MiLB numbers, Joe?
It’s some really rugged stuff. His OBP hovers a little over .200 & his career “high” is 7 jacks. & that’s in the minors!
I don’t see any way he can possibly do enough with the glove to make up for a bat like that. None at all, man.
I agree on him Ducky. As I posted, the Yankees catching coach knows him well and likely had much to do with getting him in the trade. I would like to see him play though. I’m a bit more old school in that regard.
I’m a fan of Swanson myself.
He’s really good.
But Cash has been acquiring a lot of glove first players; Kiner-Falefa, & to a lessser extent Gallo & Rizzo. Which absolutely needed to happen. I’m not insensitive to that. Watching Yankee games seemed like a punishment for stretches last year.
It just strikes me as going too far if we purposefully punt on hitting in another spot (i.e. catcher).
I keep typing Rortvedt hoping I eventually spell it correctly without having to go look it up.
I’m hoping the Yankees can do with Rortvedt what they did with Didi, Hicks (minus injuries) Voit, etc. Make him a better hitter. He did hit 254/.324/.426, and overall hit 8 HRs in 234 PAs last season. The Yankees new hitting coaches had some very good success in the minors with younger hitters, which is why they got promoted to the bigs, so maybe they see something.
Beyond that, yes, I’d like to see a trade for a catcher! Maybe while they’re talking to the A’s about one of their pitchers, they’ll also ask about Sean Michael Murphy on this fine St. Patrick’s Day. He’s from Westchester outside NYC. He can join IKF as Yankee fans as kids joining the Yankees as adults. (BTW I’m not even going to attempt to spell IKF’s name.)
Yeah, but he’s still only a 23 year old catcher who lost a year of development with no minor league season in 2020… he was drafted out of high school higher than Sean Murphy who got to majors faster because he was taken out of college. I think his bat will catch up. Maybe Mike Stanley offense, Joe Girardi defense and batting lefty. Has opposite field power too, so not just short porch HR.
You should get an answering machine.
I agree, this could be a brutal bottom three or four of the lineup this year. Who knows what we can expect from Hicks, Torres, as well as the catching and shortstop position
Dj
Rizzo
Judge
Stanton
Donaldson
Gallo
Is a good 1-6. But probably not high octane enough (here is where Freeman would have helped) to make up for:
CF – (can’t count on Hicksy so: Locastro? Ooof)
Catcher – just awful
I do like Kiner-Falefa with his contact & speed here.
If we add some firepower at CF/4th outfielder or C I could see the argument that we’ve upgraded the bats in aggregate. As is, I don’t think we have the high end bats or the length to be even an average offense. & I am typically the most optimistic poster of the Yankee guys on the board. That right there should say a lot, man.
Agreed 100%.we could be in trouble. Worse than last year offensively, unless other moves made.
We won 92 games last year. This strikes me as a 92 win team again. Now there is time to add another bat (or 2!) &/or some innings to the rotation.
A couple more upgrades (even incremental one’s) would make me a lot more confident in this club.
Agreed.
You might be looking at his OBP, .229. His BA is .169. His muscles have been the subject of hype recently, but he’s never been much with a bat, even in the minors. His calling card is his defense, which is said to be very good.
Hopefully we get lucky with him lol
Stranger things have happened. He’s only 24. The right coaching could make a big difference.
Only if you’re the Prince
German hasn’t been any good in three years time to move on.
Voit to the brew crew in a small package and the return from the brewers would be one of their pitchers and Cain perhaps ? Cain can beef up the bench and he’s gone after this season anyway if I’m not mistaken
Why not take a flyer on Michael Pineda or Chris Archer?
So who hangs up first? Oakland or NY?
Oswald Peraza for Shea Langeliers
Yankees need a catcher & Peraza is behind Volpe at ss so they still have a top prospect at ss
Langeliers is behind Murphy and Soderstrom in Oakland so they could afford to move him.
Two of the A’s top 5 prospects are SS and Nick Allen could be up this season (could start at 2B if Pinder and Kemp have to play in the OF)
Nasty Nestor doesn’t rate a hyperlink?
Let’s just get one or 2 of the Oakland starters… tired of hearing about prospects… they are just that … overhyped prospects and most amount to nothing they were hyped up to be
Spot on. Most dont pan out. As an organization, we have gone from one extreme to the other. George traded off every prospect he could for the established player, sometimes a mistake, and now Cashman is a prospect hugger, often hanging on to these prospects till they’re worth nothing
The obvious problem with that is from a financial perspective, they need at least a few young players to succeed so their payroll doesn’t hit $400 mill.
Definitely. problem is, They have not been so good at identifying the ones worth keeping lately
Cole
Sevy
Monty
Tillon
Nester
I have confidence sevy will be fully healthy but overall I still want the Yankees to upgrade the rotation. Nester or tillon would go to the pen. Nester had success as a starter and pen arm last season so he would be the easier one to move to the pen but after watching him he’s the better “pitcher” than tillon to me. He’s like a left handed David cone style wise and we loved it lol
I don’t think the Yankee rotation lacks talent. They lack innings.
Cortes, Jr. and Severino haven’t handled a starter’s full-season workload lately. I would guess that the front office’s concern is that neither could last a full season of starting, much less handle extended innings if they make the playoffs. Same goes for the newbies like Gil and King.
Which is why montas would be a great fit
Cortes fits better as the long man and occasional spot starter.. Cashman can’t be confident with this starting rotation.
Montas is just sitting there in Phoenix better come with Perazza to my A’s
“More shoulder problems can’t be seen as good news for German now, though there yet any indication that he could be facing a structural issue.”
I feel like there’s a word or two missing there. Of course with Dr. Boonedoggle, who knows what’s actually going on in his shoulder? For now I guess it’s just an owie.
Such a bizarre & ineffectual thing to troll us about. All teams are vague re their injured players. Ever read an NFL injury report? Not to mention that pesky HIPAA thing.
I don’t think he’s trolling. There is a word missing from the sentence: i.e., “isn’t.”
Course he is.
This is one of his oft used themes. If you will. There is, “the Yankees do all the steroids”, there was a really weird one last summer where he was criticizing all of our players BMI, & this “Boone lies about injuries” is his “new” favorite one.
He is well aware of my opinion in re all three. mets fan. So: you know. Poor little fella wasn’t raised proper. Not his fault.
I give you credit that you even bother to engage.
Aww, I actually like him.
He can be an interesting poster in general. The trolling stuff, not so much.
Granted this is for football:
This preliminary analysis found that heavier players have higher injury rates after controlling for position. Because of the residual confounding by role present at least among running backs, a good next step would be to further control for usage and see if the association of higher weight with higher injury rates remains. If it does, what should teams do with this information? Fielding a team of 195-pound offensive linemen is probably unwise, but focusing on players at the lower end of the weight range for their positions may offer teams some modest advantages when it comes to injury prevention. All else equal, if a team has a choice between a 180-pound defensive back and a 210-pounder, they may want to go for the lighter guy.
Not in the Big 10.
All things being equal the 210 lb DB would be more desirable than the 180 lb guy. Every time. This is even more true in the NFL where sheer size or speed (system dependent) is used to separate equally rated draft picks as a rule of thumb.
Don’t mistaken an opinion piece for scientific facts.
When we do this in Figure 2, the association between weight and injury rates reverses. For most positions, higher weight is now associated with a higher injury rate. This provides some evidence for our hypothesis that the greater impact forces heavier players experience lead to higher injury rates.
Call the A’s and seal a trade for a starter ASAP. They can use Luke V !
Or a repeat of 2021 with no pitching depth !
I’m truly upset about the moves the Yankees have made and NOT made this offseason. Especially not getting Matt Olson and then not boosting the rotation one single bit. And MARK MY WORD, the biggest problem of this upcoming season will be the need for a new closer. Chapman will be fine for a month or two and then suck after that. I see us finishing with about 86-88 wins as of right now and finishing 4th in the AL East. We need an owner who cares about winning World Series’ and not being “fiscally conservative”. If King George could come back to life and see what his wimpy son has done with his beloved Yankees, he’d disown him. The time has come for the Steinbrenner family to sell this once incomparable franchise. We have become just like other once great franchises like the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Celtics. And as much as I absolutely despise them, the Raiders.