2017 YANKEES SEASON THREAD VOL: All downhill from here

[nick.]

That got out in a hurry

 

[onewearz]

Jays looking good early today but y'all got way too much firepower to be counted out

 

[onewearz]

Holiday clutch

 

[essential1]

Tanaka hasn't been great this year... Mixes of occasional brilliance amidst ****... But on pure talent, and over the past 3 years.. If you were to list the top 30 pitchers, he'd hover around 10-15th.... And would still get picked around there if you had a Fantasy draft of just starting pitchers. He's not a Kershaw, but he's still been pretty good in his time as a Yankee. I think that gets lost in here too often, especially now that he's in a big rut.


BUT don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean we don't need to add pitchers.... In my honest opinion, we should be going full bore into the pitching market. Even looking to add 2 names, not just 1 and being satisfied... Specifically Jose Quintana & Gerrit Cole


Safe on the team: Tanaka, Severino, Montgomery, Betances, Chapman, Sanchez, Bird, Castro, Didi, Judge
Won't be able to trade: CC, Ellsbury
Safe Prospects: Fraizer, Torres, Justus Sheffield because he's a lefty, Albert Abreu (That's #1,2,6,10 ranked prospects)

Everybody else would be available for Quintana & Cole (My preference of package for each of them would be a guy on the MLB roster + INF prospect + OF prospect + pitching prospect)

And luckily both really bad teams that are a ways away from even fielding a good team, but have solid farm systems.

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Tanaka sucks. If he was on any other team we'd call him all types of overrated

 

[nick.]

Joe Girardi said that the Yankees have shut down Jacoby Ellsbury because his concussion symptoms returned. Rest only for now.

 

[essential1]

Tanaka sucks. If he was on any other team we'd call him all types of overrated

Nope.

Here's why... There are not 30 pitchers better than him, this year sure. People have slumps and sometimes have year long slumps. But long haul and counting the last 3-5, there are not.

Therefore he's an Ace.

Is he top 10? No

That top 10 is a different breed of pitcher all together. And 11-20 which is around where he'd be is not much of a difference talent wise for that tier 2 Ace. Even if you say he's not top 20, the difference between that second tier Ace is really nothing but luck and run support

 

[macbk]

Girardi resting Sanchez far too often IMO .

 

[essential1]

Girardi resting Sanchez far too often IMO .

Long term thinking it seems. Would make sense to put him as DH if he was trying to save his knees and put Holliday at 1B since Carter is barely existing over there.

 

[nick.]

Montgomery looks really good at times but his pitch count is always high

 

[macbk]

Girardi resting Sanchez far too often IMO .

Long term thinking it seems. Would make sense to put him as DH if he was trying to save his knees and put Holliday at 1B since Carter is barely existing over there.

Agreed I don't understand why Carter is still getting looks. Isn't Austin ready in AAA?

 

[onewearz]

said it before , Judge being a lil TOO patient for my liking. letting some real meatballs just go by

 

[nick.]

Gardy Pardy

 

[nick.]

Bald Bros!

 

[onewearz]

Matty Mantle !!!!!

 

[8pm at msg]

Grilli

 

[nick.]

zhaisixisbwixbsiabx

 

[onewearz]

Yanks playin bully ball ... back to back to back

 

[TYE_The Time Traveler]

x 4

 

[Cashflow]

Back to Back to Back like I'm Jordan 96 97 98

 

[onewearz]

dubya

 

[macbk]

Bald Bros!

They've accepted the nickname too .

 

[donewithjs]

Bryce Harper said he wants to play for the Cubs if he leaves.

 

[macbk]

Bryce Harper said he wants to play for the Cubs if he leaves.

Longtime baseball scribe Peter Gammons told 670 The Score on Friday that Bryce Harper's preference is to sign with the Chicago Cubs when he hits the open market.

"I have people tell me that Bryce Harper, really, would prefer to play for the Cubs," Gammons said.

 

[essential1]

Yeah.... Okay