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Pomeranz had a velo spike going in one inning spurts. That’s pretty consistent with what’s expected

Those questioning the Pomeranz money know that he was the best reliever in baseball in the second half last year, right? He was better than Chapman. Better than Hader. Better than everyone. He found his velocity again and his breaking ball in shorter outings became just lights out

The Padres took now production in Davies over promise in Lauer. They gave up a lot, but Davies in their park will be a very solid contributor

The Rangers did the exact same with Lance Lynn last offseason and turned him into a gem. Gibson has ridiculous stuff, just had faded each of the last two seasons. Maybe the Rangers have the formula now

Yanks are in on Tim Hill. Soft tossing lefty murderer. He has four years of control left and would require some pain (read: prospects) to acquire. Not sure why we are going this route especially with the new MLB rules essentially making LOOGY’s obsolete. Also, it’s not like we lack quality left handed options.

Wins above Jack Morris, lol. I like that. You can always play the "what if" game, but it wasn't until King Felix won the CY with a losing record that voters started looking beyond wins and losses. In the history of the game, that is a very short window of time. The other thing I want to see managed for post career accolades is the compilers vs the truly elite. The great comparison is Andy Pettitte vs Roy Halladay. PEDs aside, they had very similar WARs (Pettitte 68, Doc's 65). Pettitte in 18 seasons, Doc in 16. But Halladay had a 6 yr run where he put up 38.6WAR and had 200+IP in that time. Pettitte had consecutive 4WAR seasons once (96 and 97). Halladay did it 3 yrs in a row, had two good years of 2.8 and 3.8WAR then ran 6 straight amazing years together. Doc's final 2 seasons totaled 1.8WAR. Pettitte had his final 4 WAR season in 2007, but from 08-13 (he sat out one season) he totaled 13.5WAR. The thing Pettitte did was be consistently good from day 1. Halladay had 3 partial seasons to start his career that essentially amounted to nothing and a final season that was a negative. In his 16 seasons in the majors, 12 were good to elite and 4 were entire duds. Pettitte was below 2 WAR twice in his career and both were injury shortened seasons (where his production was up to his standard). He was the steady Eddy while Halladay was the shooting star that faded. I don't know what the answers are. Are you a HOFer if you were never lights out but consistently good for nearly 2 decades? Are you a HOFer only if you were the top of your game for a shorter period of time? Not sure. I also think the stink of the PEDs is going to fade. As the writers who hid their eyes from the reality then came down with a hammer afterwards start to die out and the writers who grew up in the steroid era start to take a stronger place in the community, I think more people will vote for the guys who used

Here is our depth in real time 1. Severino 2. Paxton 3. Tanaka 4. German 5. Montgomery 6. Happ 7. D. Garcia 8. Schmidt 9. Cessa

The guy prior to TJS was hitting 100 with an absolutely devastating slider. He is a keeper for sure. This is the year he should be back to 100%. If he doesn't return to that previous level, then you deal him or cut him

We aren’t DFAing Ben Heller. We held the guy on the 40 man through his entire TJS and looked pretty good on his way back. No point in DFAing him and watching him go elsewhere

Not sure we need rotation depth. We have tons of it. We need a headliner. We don’t need a #10

Theyre not letting Richards go. 2020 was why they signed him

Expected to be released or dealt within 48 hours

The only thing I am absolutely 100% grateful about is that this move was the final “go over Cashman’s head” move. Boras going to Levine was the final straw and was the winning argument for Cashman to take over full control. I’m grateful for that

How often am I really excited about a Yankees move? Rather consistently. How excited do I sound in that post? Patience? Lol. I hated that move and I actually remember the first time I saw the screen on rotoworld. I literally did a face palm before trying to convince myself it wasn’t a total f***ing disaster

I'm just messing with you man

The missing link! Duck boats!

Wash the troll, rinse the troll, repeat

Most teams do not want to be the third time repeat offender. That 50% overage plus the other costs is a pretty big deterrent. I don't think any team has put themselves above the cap and stayed there for 3 straight seasons under the current CBA. The Yanks were grandfathered into the 3rd time offender and couldn't get out of it until 2017. The Dodgers took a bath on a Matt Kemp deal just to get out from under the 3rd time offender category. The Yanks got under with a youth movement. This is why I am pessimistic about my team jumping over the line for the third straight season in 2020. Nobody has done it a third time yet and if that is the deterrent, then my team is gonna have the same deficits

Well, here is the deal with the insurance. The player needs to miss the entire campaign for most policies, a considerable amount for others. Ellsbury says he will be playing in 2020, so hanging onto him for insurance reasons wasn't gonna happen. So the insurance issue is out the window if he is cleared to play

Pick a joint and he had an issue with it

I am not saying we deal anyone on this list for anything more than IFA money. It is something Cash has done with great success in years past. I guess there were no bites this time around. On another topic, the Yanks signed Zach Granite. He's a speedy OFer capable of playing all 3 positions. No power at all. Good average in the minors this past year, but piss poor patience. He sounds like a depth piece, hopefully not an opening day piece

I don't think that gets it done for Porcello. I think Porcello is looking at himself and is trying to write his second act. His second act won't be written in Fenway. He is a homerun pitcher who lost his breaking ball and lost a bit on his fastball. He needs to go the way of many AL pitchers with lots of tread on their tires and try out the NL. He can make a s*** ton of money in the NL if he is able to reliably avoid the homer. He is exactly the kind of player that St Louis goes after as well

Porcello isn't going to accept a multi year deal at a discount. He has made his money. He doesn't need a guaranteed pay day. What he needs is a one year pillow deal in a place like SD. Rehab his value in a pitchers friendly environment and then hit the market next year where the market on the SP front is a lot weaker

If a player followed everything the organization asked of them, then the teams have absolutely no legal avenue to go after the money. I remember when Ellsbury broke his ribs and he and the sox entirely disagreed over his treatment and management and essentially threatened to fine or suspend him.....until the sox found out that their medical team was a bunch of hacks and f***ed up his diagnosis. Might be the same with the Yanks, especially after this season. Who knows