The Yankees have re-signed righty Ryan Weber to a minor league contract, tweets Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. He’ll head to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Weber returns to the organization just two days after electing free agency. He’d spent the entire season in Scranton before being selected to the MLB roster last Thursday. Weber spent one day in the majors, tossing 3 2/3 innings of one-run ball in relief against the Rays, before being outrighted back off the 40-man roster. He refused a minor league assignment but quickly re-signed on a new non-roster pact. That’s not uncommon in situations like these, as the renegotiated contract can come with different terms or possible opt-out opportunities.
The 31-year-old has tossed 21 1/3 frames over eight appearances (four starts) in Scranton this season. He’s posted an impressive 2.95 ERA, compensating for a below-average 16.9% strikeout rate with a 47.1% ground-ball percentage. Weber has remarkably only walked one of 89 batters faced with the RailRiders. That’s in line with his career results, as he’s shown excellent control and grounder numbers but rarely missed many bats as a professional.
Good. He earned it.
On a different note, did you hear Clint Frazier doesn’t want to be called Clint anymore? He now wants to go by his middle name Jackson.
And if things don’t work out, he’ll be simply known as Frazier. Or The Player Formerly Known As Clint.
I didn’t know that. I just looked it up and found this:
‘After a two-hit game last night, had a nice chat with @clintfrazier. Learned that he wants us to go by his middle name, Jackson, moving forward.
‘Apparently, family and friends refer to him as Jackson and even his Cubs teammates in big leagues called him that.
Jackson Frazier.
— Alex Cohen (@voiceofcohen) June 22, 2022’
Good luck to him.
If he is worried about his name and not focused on playing he is done. What a waste of talent.
Don’t look up what Giancarlo Stanton was called when he first came up to the big leagues…
Mike…
At least he has his priorities in order….
Apparently so:
‘After the Iowa Cubs finished batting practice on the field at Principal Park Saturday, outfielder Clint Frazier grabbed his bat, got back in the cage and got in some more swings. Frazier who had already gone through some pre-game hitting, got some extra work in as the rest of his teammates retreated back to the clubhouse to get ready for Saturday’s game with the Omaha Storm Chasers.
‘“There’s a lot of lost time that needs to be made up,” Frazier said. “Sticking after and doing that was something that I’m probably going to do pretty often if I can, just because I need to make sure I’m ready every game. I don’t have time to sit around and hope it happens. I’ve got to make it happen.”’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clint-frazier-optimistic-return-minors-233904660.html
Can he talk to Hicks, perhaps share some of that extra work mentality?
Trevino does it again!!
Love that little guy. He’s such an awesome acquisition by Cashman. What a great move. And to think, I was upset when they didn’t go after Stallings…. I guess Brian just may very-well know what he’s doing. Someone should give him a job as a GM!
Whooooweeee – it’s a great time to be a Yankees fan!
I liked the trade when Cashman made it and posted my feelings, however, before I get too big for my britches I was the guy who wanted Tucker Barnhardt big time! By the way, I have changed my mind now I LOVE the trade.
Will Texas get a ring if the Yankees win ? They traded away Trevino and IKF (to Minnesota) and let Carpenter go. They were 3 of the starting 9 tonight…
Hey, I’m all for an honorary ring for TX. Don’t forget, they single-handedly took Seager & Semien out of the market too!
Can they ship it along with a crate full of Gallo?
His pickoff of Walls at third base to end the rally with Choi at the plate and the bases loaded may have saved the game.
Great shout, HUGE play in the game. Donaldson’s reaction was priceless.
I’m rooting for all of these players to do well and in that vein I want to see Gary Sanchez succeed but it’s incredible what having a competent defender behind the plate has done for them this year (and they currently have two guys in that category when compared to Sanchez). I’m not trying to bash advanced metrics like WAR either but I think it’s incredibly difficult to gauge player value when so much of catcher’s value defensively doesn’t necessarily show up in stats directly attributed to them.
Why did he even reflect being sent down if he was going to re-sign?
Reject
My guess is: the possibility of being picked up by another club, therefore being immediately assigned to a 26-man & pitching in the MLB = better than AAA.
2 reasons. 1, maybe a big club grabs him. 2, he might get a slightly better deal from NYY, opt outs or bonuses for getting called up again…
He wanted to see if there was a team who might put him on a MLB, or perhaps had a clearer path to playing time.
Who cares
You should. Sevy missed a game and he did a solid job. If anyone gets hurt, you’ll see him again…
He’s never been a good pitcher. If we need to rely on him for more than a few innings we are in trouble
Cashman should be focused on Judge. Pissing him off over 4 MM makes zero sense.
Mookie got 27 MM in his last arb year but 21 MM is too much for Judge. I must be missing something here. Oh well he will look great in Dodger blue next year.
Perhaps, but if the LAD want to give him the $300M for 9 years they’re welcome to him. I love Judge. He should be a Yankee for life; but, not at the expense of the future, imo.
If LAD gives him what he wants, which I seriously doubt, they will be tethered to him for several potential declining years.
Neither the NYY nor the LAD should be worried about the wasted $$$ at the end of a long term contract if it results in a couple of rings.
I have no fears of the Dodgers signing Judge. They have no real need since they have Betts.
Now the Giants on the other hand… That does worry me.
Or the Mets??
Agreed, Joe, especially Janice that’s his favorite childhood team. But, I still don’t think the Yankees should go that long for him. It would be prohibitive, especially with the way Hal operates, for the future.
jmi1950: There’s no guarantee that Judge staying secures a couple of rings. He’s been with NYY since 2017 & we have exactly zero in that time. Trust me, Judge is one of my favorite players. He’s awesome for pinstripes, man. But, what he’s asking for (which certainly will go up) is not feasible on the Steinbrenner Jr. Yankees.
Ugh, “Janice?!” How the hell does autocorrect get Janice out of “since?” I don’t even know a Janice!
Jmi1950: But, also, yeah, Cohen’s Metsies could swoop in & snag Judge at a high rate (say…~$40M) for 8-10 years. I just don’t see Steinbrenner doing it.
Hopefully they can come to an agreement, but *if* Judge is serious about what he will accept, he’s going elsewhere & I’m not planning on him being a Yankee after this year.
Arb tomorrow will not help this situation, imo. It’s going to solidify Judge’s stance that he’s worth more than what the Yankees are willing to pay.
Yeah if the length gets to 9 years, let him go.
My worry about the Giants is the Yankees may have to outbid them and will do so thus giving Judge the extra years.
I think the big market teams are missing out by going fewer years for higher AAV. To me it makes more sense to go longer for a lower AAV with the expectation that if the player is no longer worth it you eat the last couple of years. It lowers the Lux Tax and if the player turns into Nelson Cruz or David Ortiz those predicted down years can be valuable DH ABs. Its the same 300MM but the per year impact is less. Plus if you cut the player you may get back the MLB minimum which could be 2+ minimum per year in 7 or 8 years from another team.
That’s typically how the Yankees have operated long-term. They have historically been willing to go more years at a lower AAV instead of the short-term, high-AAV deal.
Regardless of how the final offer is structured, it still makes no sense to go to an Arb hearing. Pay Judge, he has already produced 21 MM in value.
I agree. Arb hearing is not a good idea. They’re worried about the future precedent, and the compounding effects his arb salary will have, so I get that part of it.
As a fan, and since it’s not my money, I agree that they should, at least, compromise. His time on the IL really hurt him, and this year doesn’t factor into his arb salary, but this could potentially backfire on the Yankees (in terms of their relationship with Judge & their pursuit of him in FA).
How does 21 MM for Judge in his last Arb year set a precedent?
Mookie got 27 MM in his last Arb year. That set the precedent for an MVP caliber player in his last arb year.
It sets a precedent for any Yankees player in Judge’s position, at Judge’s age, with his injury history. Just because Mookie got $27M doesn’t necessarily negate any precedent Judge could set, because they aren’t the same player, with the same factors, at the same place in their arb/career. Betts was 4+ years younger than Judge is, which makes a big difference too.
I’m not arguing that their perspective is the correct one, nor am I stating what precedent Judge will set – I’m simply stating that is their reasoning.
MLBTR did an article on this after conferring with GMs & Asst. GMs which explained the logic in saving even a few hundred-thousand dollars in the arb process. Again, I’m not arguing for this as the correct methodology, just stating that it is their methodology.
The PR value out weighs any “bean counting”. I’m not disagreeing that all Arb’s high or low have an effect. In this case you have the face of the NYY franchise who the team wants to sign to a long term contract. That blows away any minor effect on other Arbs. The team loses either way. 1. they save 4 mm and piss off Judge & a lot of NYY fans; 2. Judge wins the team doesn’t save the 4mm and still pisses off both Judge and a lot of NYY fans,
Yeah, I agree with you on that. This is a risk for the Yankees to have a lose-lose here. I guess all we can do is hope for the best because it’s out of all of our control.
Yankees are still the only team in any sport to loose a 7 game series after being up 3-0….. choke, choke, choke…. in over 100 years of 7 game series