The Yankees are well-established as seeking an arm to pair with ace Gerrit Cole at the front of their rotation. For much of the offseason, the club had their sights set on NPB star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, though they’ve had to shift gears in the aftermath of the right-hander’s decision to sign with the Dodgers last month. The club has seemingly stepped those pursuits up recently as recent reports have connected the club to both right-hander Dylan Cease via trade and southpaw Blake Snell in free agency. Jon Heyman of the New York Post provided an update on the club’s pitching pursuits recently, noting that “there’s a belief” within the organization that the club will be successful in adding a front-of-the-rotation arm before the season begins. Heyman adds that club chairman Hal Steinbrenner is “on board” with the idea of making a significant addition to the rotation, suggesting a willingness on the side of ownership to spend on rotation improvements.
Of course, commitment to adding a front-of-the-rotation starter and actually doing so are two different things, and Heyman reports that the club has continued to engage with Snell in free agency, though there’s a notable gap between the sides in negotiations. The same goes for left-hander Jordan Montgomery, though Heyman notes that the Yankees believe they have a better shot of signing Snell among the two southpaws. Montgomery, of course, was drafted by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2014 draft and spent six and a half seasons in the Bronx before being shipped to St. Louis at the 2022 trade deadline.
Heyman suggests that Montgomery may prefer to return to the Rangers this offseason after winning the World Series with the club last year. Even if that’s the case, however, it’s worth noting that Texas’s front office has indicated the club doesn’t have much room in the budget for significant additions. That could pose a major roadblock to a Montgomery reunion in Arlington, as Joel Sherman of the New York Post recently reported that the left-hander is seeking a contract that would surpass the $172MM Aaron Nola re-signed in Philadelphia for back in November. That ask still positions him as cheaper than Snell, who Sherman notes is believed to be seeking more than $200MM this winter.
As for Cease, Heyman notes that the White Sox and Yankees face a “serious gap” in negotiations, with Yankees brass uncertain whether or not Chicago truly plans to move Cease before the beginning of the season and Heyman noting they’d face in uphill battle in outbidding other potential suitors like the Reds and Orioles for the righty’s services. With that being said, Cease isn’t the only player the Yankees are looking into on the trade market. Heyman reports that the club has discussed a trade with the Marlins as the club fields interest on lefties Jesus Luzardo, Trevor Rogers, and Braxton Garrett as well as right-hander Edward Cabrera, though he adds that those sides don’t appear to be close on a deal, either.
Even so, the Marlins could prove to be a cleaner fit as a trade partner for the Yankees than the White Sox. Miami has a clear need for a starting shortstop as things stand; the club currently has utilityman Jon Berti penciled into the everyday shortstop role with the likes of Vidal Brujan and Xavier Edwards as potential depth options. New York, meanwhile, has plenty of depth in the middle infield, where 2023’s double play duo of Anthony Volpe and Gleyber Torres figure to block youngster Oswald Peraza from regular playing time in the majors. While the Yankees were recently granted additional flexibility in how they handle Peraza via a fourth option year on the slick-fielding infielder, the 23-year-old could make plenty of sense as the centerpiece of a package that lands the Yankees a quality rotation piece.
However the Yankees end up addressing their rotation woes, it’s clear that the club needs to make an addition. Each of Michael King, Jhony Brito, Randy Vasquez, Luis Severino, and Domingo German have parted ways with the club this offseason by way of either trade or free agency, severely hampering the club’s rotation depth. While Cole provides the club with a reliable, innings-eating ace at the front-of-the-rotation, both Carlos Rodon and Nestor Cortes are coming off 2023 season hampered by injuries and ineffectiveness. Clarke Schmidt’s first season as a regular member of the starting rotation saw him perform on the level of a back-end starter, but without an external addition the club’s final rotation spot would go to an unproven arm such as Clayton Beeter or Luis Gil.
Can we stop saying the Yankees are connected to every pitcher and position player? The Yankees have become a laughing stock. They’re a nothing team and really don’t have ANY resources for a trade, and they aren’t going to hand out over $100 million for a decent pitcher. And Montgomery, Snead, nor Cease are close to worth that. It’s like every writer just adds the Yankees to make his article appeal.
Every starter is unproven until given the opportunity.
Exactly! Carlos Rodon was a proven injury risk and the Yankees signed him anyways!
Did they not trade trade for Juan Soto and reportedly offer $300MM to Yamamoto?
They also traded for Verdugo….and without any resources for a trade, that’s impressive.
You can’t take someone’s comments after two make trades and apply it to before those trades happened lol
Oh ya the Red Sox trading him to the Yankees is all I need to know. Lol
So, Mets, presumably you say they have no resources for a trade then? And people were saying that BEFORE the Soto trade, btw.
Ummm, ok. Good luck with that.
We know one thing, they won’t be signing Yamamoto ^_^
Shadow Banned: Too soon fella! Have some compassion on us
It seems like every offseason and trade deadline we get fools like you declaring the Yankees don’t have “ANY resources for a trade.” Then you’re constantly proven wrong when teams have interest in their prospects. If you clowns spent the same amount of time checking out their farm system as you do writing nonsense on here, you could save yourselves the embarrassment
Oh as in the 19th ranked system? Lmfao maybe you should do some reading!!! And oh that was BEFORE the Soto trade… So what now like 25th? Lmfao moron.
They still have 4 prospects ranked in the top 100 and a couple more who could crack that list by midseason. The Yankees system might be lacking depth at the moment but there’s still plenty there. The only moron here is you
I hope they go after this Snead guy, I heard he has some excellent advanced metrics.
Slamm’n Sammy or JC?
sounds like the Yankees have the same interest in a starter as the Giants have in a star free agent.
Yawn.
Bro Snell has had 2 yes 2 good seasons…
Ok get Snell. If he were so great he’d have a contract ALREADY!!!!! lol but hey your a Yankees fan, that’s all that needs to be said..
Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox ect. have sone of the largest fan bases in professional sports and that’s where the people and money are.. Get over it….
Cubs fan saying the Yankees are a nothing team…lol!
I hope Yankees don’t sign snell
About as nervous as signing a reigning Cy Young can make a fan for sure.
Snell would be a rollercoaster in NY so they would need to fortify their bullpen as well if they are going to spend big on a 5 inning starter- that might be outside of Hal’s comfort zone.
It should be noted that Dylan Cease has also been a “5 inning starter” (5.35) for his MLB career to this point. He does hold a significant durability edge over Blake Snell or virtually any other MLB starter since debuting in the White Sox rotation in July of 2019. 🙂
“Free Agent starter Marcus Stroman has informed the Yankees he’s seriously interested in signing with them, but the Yankees have declined to make an offer” – Via @BNightengale”
Hilarious.
I hope he continues to beg right teams – including the Yankees – into and through spring training.
Not a team player.
I feel the same about the Giants. Not to take away from the guy’s talent (he did win the Cy Young for it), but any contract longer than 5 years for Snell will be a travesty.
Notice the repeated phrase in the first several paragraphs of Yankees reported interest in these players: “Heyman reports.”
It’s not coincidental that they’re all Boras clients (Snell, Monty, Cease). I would take any information reported as it came straight for Boras Corp, and is therefore unreliable unless independently corroborated by Passan or Jack Curry.
They had the same confidence in landing Yamamoto. Didn’t.
If Monty doesn’t want to come back….and I wouldn’t blame him after Cashman’s idiotic statement and trade….I would go hard with Miami. Luzardo or Garrett would be a solid addition even if I have to cough up Volpe. This team is going nowhere without more front line starting pitching. I’m also pushing for Burnes, but I don’t know if MIL is serious about selling or just waiting for someone to offer something insane. They should also be kicking the tires on a guy like Clevinger. We need depth!
If Montgomery wants more than 7/172, let him remain unsigned like Michael Conforto. On a related note, a BBQ owner offered uim free BBQ for life if he resigns with Texas. That’s probably worth only hundreds or thousands a year compared to the million he would get, but it’s certainly a nice gesture.
The price tag on both Snell and Montgomery appear to be too high right now, add Bellinger to that list. Yanks look to pivot to Luzardo and Cabrera.
Would you say that they’re…interested???
Andújar for Eury straight up. If Yanks offer Clint Frazier, Marlins could then send Sandy to clear payroll.
Marlins might need to send all their Inter nations pool money for the next 3 years but it’s a Win/win
Are you stuck in 2018?
Please be mocking others. If you are serious…
Lolol
There’s always one moron who comes on here speaking about Andujar and Frazier…..like no other team in MLB history has had top prospects who flamed out.
Yer bent
That is “Rookie of the Year Runner Up” Andujar. “Runner up to the Gold Glove” Frazier.
They do need another reliable SP arm.
I think there’s a chance the Yankees hedge their bets. They already gave up pitching arms in the Soto trade. They don’t have a particularly good team as it stands, although Soto is really talented, Soto is only there for the year unless he agrees to an extension–and, he’s going to want to get paid. Cole has an interesting opt-out that the Yankees can void by tacking on another year. If the Yankees don’t have a strong season, I can see them both not bidding on Soto and letting Cole go…and then, with other contracts coming off the books in 2025, getting under the tax as they decide to rebuild.. They are spending too many dollars per WAR. A reset , especially with their general spending power, might be good idea. So, maybe no real bidding on a multiyear contract for a pitcher
makes a lot of sense on paper but in practice it would be impossible to sell a reset to either judge or cole and they’re the only voices that carry weight in the clubhouse
Don’t fans understand pitchers are throwing a new slider? The Sweeper is just a name of a slider thrown from a lower arm angle it’s Sweeps. Cole and Snell couldn’t average over a K an IP until 2018, Glasnow was stuck in the Pitt Penn in 2018 they learned a new slider called the Football Slider. Roger Beshens taught them the proof is google Roger Beshens Football Slider twitter and click images. When Roger Beshens taught Glasnow in May 2018 the Rays noticed that slider and starting using it as their blueprint. ALL these pitchers are learning the Roger Beshens football slider, it’s obvious what’s happening if you know the aforementioned.
You either have the hots for this guy or you’re him, lol
The “sweeper” is just a “slurve”……which is a pitch that’s been around for 50+ years. I know….I threw it…..in 1979.
You don’t understand there was a traditional slider and now a Roger Beshens Football Slider which is thrown from all arm angles.
Any slider puts tremendous stress on your elbow. Hmm. What could possibly go wrong? Here’s an idea: maybe it’s not trying to throw 100 MPH that’s blowing out the elbows of America. So, slider, sweeper, gyroball, screwball, slurve, knuckle curve, etc. New name, same result. For awhile, batters are like “Oooh, what’s that thing?”. Then boom goes the elbow and boom goes the ball. It’s all about command and LOCATION. Period.
There’s a certain grip, tilt and wrist action needed, for the Roger Beshens football slider. Blake Snell and Gerrit Cole know it and never had any issues. That says a lot. They throw it the best cause that grip, tilt and wrist action is perfect. Some have a bad routine, do you know some throw a 100 pitches and do rubber tubing the next day! That’s insanity!
If you want to know why there’s a pitch called the sweeper, why Matt Blake got hired, why BOTH Snell and Cole started averaging over a K an ip starting in 2018, just google Roger Beshens football slider twitter and click images, it has dozens of messages to all the NOW elite pitchers that throw it.
great maybe next he can teach my wife how to vacuum
I heard it was actually Bill Brasky.
Snell, Cole couldn’t avg over a K an IP until 2018 they learned a new slider.
Glasnow learned it in May 2018 while in Pitt, the Rays noticed that new slider and it turned into the Blueprint for the Rays. Google Roger Beshens football slider twitter and click images. There’s the reason pitchers are all of a sudden becoming elite. MLB is in a process of learning it, why do you think Bendix, NG, the Giants guy even have jobs? They are trying to implement it but there’s a power struggle at each tier in the organizations.
The “Martian” for Cease straight up would probably get it done.
No thank you
Lmfao what are you drinking
Once people grab perspective of this new sweeper slider nonsense they can become aware of many of the moves in MLB. Understand May 2018 MLB pitchers got information how to throw Andrew Millers slider from ALL arm angles. Google Roger Beshens football slider twitter and click images. Any questions after that come on back, I got any and all the information you need.
Jeff Nelson was throwing that slide piece 30 years ago
So was Carlton and Guidry they decided not to tell anyone. Roger Beshens did in May 2018 on Twitter. Roger never said he created the pitch he created it in May 2018 so others could and it’s changed the MLB landscape.
Andrew Miller, Carlton, Guidry could have told their teammates the Grip, Tilt and Wrist action and chose not to. Roger Beshens did. On center grip, throw like a football, stiff wrist.
I liked Oscar Gamble even with the Indians. Lyle taught Guidry he could have told the whole Yankees team back in like 1978 and they would have been the 2017 Astros then!
Notice the 2017 Astros, Peacock all of a sudden had a new slider and went from like 8 k a game to 11! That was the 1st year the Astros as a team pitching avgeraged over a K an IP. That whole team won the World Series not from cheating but throwing that darn Roger Beshens Football Slider. You Tube ROger Beshens Brent Strom football slider look at that date October 2016!! Someone saw that video!
Why didn’t Nelson tell all his teammates?
Roger Beshens was teaching Tanaka and Sevy from the computer on twitter while Rothschild had no idea what was going on except pitchers all of a sudden had a new tilt to their slider. I call it the Roger Beshens Football Tilt. Eventually Boone just got Blake who was also taught by Roger on Twitter. Musgrove, Taillon even call it the Football Slider they learned from Roger Beshens. Keller, Bednar, Skenes all throw it, the key is teaching everyone on the pitching staff to be elite, Guys like Miklas, Gibson throw it but aren’t elte Sonny is.
Baseball purists, Don’t fall for the Sweeper nonsense, In May 2018 Roger Beshens on Twitter exposed how Andrew Miller threw his slider. MLB pitchers are throwing that SAME SLIDER from ALL ARM ANGLES!!! WIth the same Grip, Tilt and Wrist action!!! Google Roger Beshens Football Slider Twitter and CLICK IMAGES!!! FACTS.
You mean Bill Brasky.
A trade with the Marlins is possible but remote. Maybe something along the lines of Peraza & Everson Pereira for either Edward Cabrera (P) or Trevor Rogers (P) plus OF Peyton Burdick might work. At this point, the Marlins aren’t desperate to deal unless it clearly strengthens the club. They like their internal SS options well enough (especially Xavier Edwards) and – all other factors being equal – would prefer to hold on to their pitchers.
Saying Peraza as a center piece for any of the marlins pitchers is a joke. The Marlins can just sign a glove first short stop that doesn’t hit. Peraza bat makes him nearly useless
@Simm
Good point. You’re absolutely right. The Marlins can’t afford the luxury of any “glove-first” incomplete players who are rally-killing black holes in the lineup. This year, all our guys have to swing the bat and produce a decent slash line, and MIA management knows this. Therefore, any deal with NY is probably a non-starter.
We are watching pitchers throw Andrew Millers slider from ALL ARM ANGLES.
That’s why Snell, Cole, Glasnow, Grays, Diaz, Rodon, Ohtani, Strider and 500 more are causing havoc on hitters. Google Roger Beshens Football Slider Twitter and click images.
We get your point dude! Please get back on your meds!
Imagine in May 2018 a ML pitcher getting a message on Twitter, Try my Football Slider, On center grip, throw like a football, stiff wrist. It’s the same slider Steve Carlton, Ron Guidry threw and Andrew Miller throws it from a lower arm angle. Google Roger Beshens Football Slider Twitter and click images. There’s why 600 pitchers have as good or better slider than the aforementioned! There’s why there’s a pitch called the sweeper, there’s why Matt Blake, Ethan Katz got hired, theres why in MLB in 2018 more K’s than hits for the first time…
I think the Yanks finally a trade with the Marlins, may Luzardo for Volpe/and prospects or Cabrera for Grissom and Cabrera.
I think they are waiting to see the outcome of the Iowa Caucus and how high Ramaswamy climbs before determining which starter they offer a contract to.
Yankee fans, MLB fans watching a game deserve to know more about the BS sweeper pitch. These pitchers are making MILLIONS of dollars throwing it and nobody is saying the Grip, Tilt and Wrist action how they throw it. Don’t you think the fan would love to know how to throw it so they can teach their kid to get a scholarship or have fun throwing it? Google Roger Beshens Football Slider twitter and click images. Ask me any question about it, I can tell you what ML pitcher I taught on Twitter starting in May 2018. My Facebook has an ex Yankee I taught in May 2018 and he’s now a Special assistant to Chris Young Texas Rangers, Why pitch you think Jon Gray threw? My Football Slider.
Edward Cabrera for Oswald Peraza makes a ton of sense for both sides.
Or if the teams are thinking bigger, Luzardo for Peraza, Pereria and a lower tier arm like Beeter/Gomez.
@stretch123
I have serious reservations, though, about Peraza’s ability to hit major league pitching. He seems to be a “work in progress” with the bat, rather than the polished, confident hitter we’d need to acquire in any trade involving our starters. Which’s not to say your scenario couldn’t work, just that my gut feeling says no.
I hear you about Peraza. I’d rather get Volpe but not something I think Yanks would do for Cabrera. Cabrera has question marks of his own.
If Yanks are offering Luzardo, could see the ask being Volpe.
They can’t sign anyone. No ace caliber pitchers want to play for the Yankees willingly and they don’t have the chips to trade to the White Sox or for Bieber.
Bieber looks to be another Kluber, I would stay away from him, and Cease is way over priced.
True. Who then? They need an ace ot ace-like pitcher to back up Cole.
Look at my upper left picture on here. That’s Brandon McCarthy telling me what game he threw my football slider. He asked me how to throw my football slider in May 2018 on twitter. He said he tried my football slider June 2 2018 vs Nat’s and whiffed Rendon, Turner, Gonzalez with it, gave up the HR to Michael Taylor, he needs more reps but it’s gonna be a weapon. Jesse Biddle struck out 8 in 3 IP with my football slider in that June 2 2018 game. The message is on my facebook. Roger Beshens
Are you having a meltdown?
I don’t understand wtf people get out of doing that.
I was throwing a football spin slider in the 90s and I have never heard of Roger Beshens. You didn’t invent the pitch.
How I described it? My description was exactly the same as yours…”football spin slider.” You aren’t special.
Says one random internet poster to another. Sorry to bother you. Keep selling you snake oil.
Crazy how fast the Yankees have already moved on from gerrit cole.
The Yankees are definetly signing Trevor Bauer, they are a match made in heaven. While I personally believe that Bauer shouldn’t have gotten suspended in the first place, the average Yankee fan doesn’t care about what he did wether the allegation are/ aren’t true. If you’ve ever been to The Bronx, you’d understand the average Yankee clientel. Kids literally walk around by the stadium and slash your tires if you park outside the stadium and if you don’t give them any money. Bauer should be fine assimilating into the Yankee fanbase. Just look at who’ve they have employed. Chapman, German, Cordero, etc. Plus he could be had for a steal
It’s wild how Clevinger’s name never comes up
As a BOS fan I really want NYY to sign Snell
NYY commitments of $27m+ in 2024, 2025, 2026
STANTON JUDGE COLE RODON
Maybe Snell, Maybe Soto
BOS commitments of $27m+ in 2024, 2025, 2026
DEVERS
Yanks are going to cripple the payroll and still have a flawed roster. Meanwhile BAL is going to be great and BOS will have great payroll flexibility
Just sign Clevinger and be done with it! Snell will spend half his contract in sick bay & Monty still sour at Yanks; he’d look good in SF IMO
I posted this in the Yankees option article yesterday
But they really should consider talking to Miami for Cabera/ Peraza package unless Miami isn’t interested in him.
Yes the Yankees can trade Volpe instead and keep Peraza but don’t see them doing that.
@Crash_n_burn
Don’t think it’ll happen. Both Volpe and Peraza would have to start doing a lot more hitting before the Marlins would view them as having the kind of trade value to warrant a frontline starter. Right now, those two are overrated, overmatched, and living on the Mendoza line.
All I have to say is Roger Beshens is going to get signed up for a lot of menopause emails.
Why don’t you look up Bill Brasky. Much better than you.
I hope you like all the emails about estrogen supplements! All because of your shameless self promotion and your predilection for little girls.
Not sure who the gentleman claiming that he invented the sweeper/football slider is. But just so you all know, I was actually the one who invented it. And taught it to the players in the show who use it.. That’s all I can legally say on the matter. Happy Year Of The Dragon to you all!
I googled your name and a sex offender registry popped up.
I was talking with Bill Clinton the other day and he said Roger Beshens spent a lot of time on Epstein Island. And then I spoke with Kim Jong Un and he said Roger Beshens emails him all the time asking for money.
Is the stiff wrist your move on OnlyFans
You Sir, are an impostor!
Wow! It sounds like you are very well known for your pitching prowess all over MLB. Let me ask you, which MLB team are you currently the pitching coach of?
I stand corrected. You are the genuine article! My apologies.
So, again, which MLB team are you the pitching coach of?
I have heard of the Dan Warthen slider. You know what I have never seen? Dan Warthen on TikTok trying desperately to get people to believe him and/or buy his crap.
He has yet to pass the “Turing Test” in my book..
I find lots of results under “Roger Beshens dates little girls”
Could be some sort of Ariticial Intelligence prank/psyop that someone plugged into MLBTR.
I have been throwing a nasty, off kilter 2 seamer/cutter/sweeping slider for about 20 years now. Maybe it is the pitch you speak of, maybe it isn’t..
Start with standard 2 seam grip. I am left handed. So I then shift my index and middle fingers to the left, so they are BOTH on the seam, and then slightly elevate them so I am slightly gripping the top seam as well. Throw at a 3/4 angle, with same effort as fastball, and put major pressure on both fingers/seam upon release.
Somewhat I think.
It might not be a football slider, but it is still utter filth!
I am not teaching pitches to anyone quite yet. Not until my amateur scouting career takes off at least.
Who is your favorite MLB team though, Rog? Brass tacs first, please!
So you AREN’T currently a pitching coach Roger?
He isn’t. He’s trolling for little girls on twitter.
Anyone notice that when you google Roger Beshens, you see pictures of him storming the capitol building 3 years ago?
Get ‘em all! Snell, Monty and Cease
Jordan Montgomery has improved a lot.
But he wants more than Nola’s $172M ??
He seems more like 5 years / $125M.
“Meanwhile” can’t come in the middle of a sentence, set off by commas. It has to START the sentence. Also, there should be no comma before “either.”
If its a shortstop the Marlins covet Red Sox are also reportedly engaged in talks with the Marlins and could offer Rafaela, Mayer with Pablo Reyes thrown in to cover til Mayer is ready or even Story and pay down his contract, Any of those options are greater than Peraza. Yanks can’t compete with Sox on expendable shortstops