Roster moves when cavalry returns

[jacksonianmarch]

Aaron Hicks will be activated tomorrow. This is significant since the Yankees currently have an OF with one top prospect in Frazier and a bunch of has beens or never were's. The interesting thing is, the replacements have outperformed the one long standing stalwart. Gardner has checked into play this mother's day with a 0.2WAR on the season. His offense and defense have been decidedly below average and his once blazing speed has been slowed to a campfire in the rain. His baserunning is his only plus attribute at this point. Now while he is the longest tenured Yankee, he has been outplayed by Tauchman. Now, offensively, they're pretty similar. They both have above average speed and can steal the occasional base. They both have some power, albeit not overwhelming. They both can walk. They also have had an issue making contact and both have BA's near the Mendoza line. Where they differ is in the defense, where Tauchman is grading out as a plus defender while Gardy has slipped into the minus category. Now, this is mostly a theoretical conversation since the Yanks aren't going to DFA a leader like Gardner in May, but Tauchman has outplayed Gardner. Maybin likely sticks as the Yanks RFer. Frazier is in a mini slump, but has killed the ball on the whole this season and is a fixture in the middle of the lineup. He isn't going anywhere. Things will get tighter should Stanton or Judge get close as we will have to make some tough decisions on some pretty good players

[Jasonbay44]

I personally would DFA Judge and Stanton. The Yankees have shown they don't need them and they've proved to be injury risks.

[moonslav59]

I personally would DFA Judge and Stanton. The Yankees have shown they don't need them and they've proved to be injury risks.

 

If I were the Sox, I wouldn't claim them, either.