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  1. jacksonianmarch
    3 run jack from Voit!!!
  2. jacksonianmarch
    Tanaka with good location in inning 1. Running 91-92 as is his typical. The orioles lineup is abysmal.
  3. jacksonianmarch
    Bird, if healthy, is a good hitter. He has never proven to stay healthy. He's a reasonable plan B for the lineup. I expect Hicks to be back before our west coast swing in late April.
  4. jacksonianmarch
    I’m still surprised at the contract. Length was too long, but the AAV was below market. Maybe that was the point. Save up to $3-$5 mil in AAV for when the Yanks get pricey
  5. jacksonianmarch
    That being said, Hicks has always been a bit of a health risk. Last year was his only year with us where he was healthy for the majority of the year. This is why we got a 5WAR CFer for $10 mil AAV
  6. jacksonianmarch
    The interesting thing about this Yankee squad is our depth. We are down Hicks, yet we may not drop an inch in offensive output. Boone had said we wouldn't carry both Voit and Bird, but with Hicks on the shelf, that's exactly what we are doing. Bird is an intriguing case. He came up in 2015 when Tex was injured and popped 11HR in 46 games. He missed 2016 with a shoulder injury. He ended up with os trigonum surgery following a foul ball of his foot, which wrecked the beginning of his 2017. He had a complication from that surgery wreck the beginning of his 2018 and he just wasn't in synch after that. This is the first season where he has made it through ST with only minor bumps and bruises. If he is healthy, he can hit. He showed it in the spring OPS'ing over 1.100. Granted, spring numbers aren't everything, but the Hicks injury allows Bird to stay in the lineup and battle Voit for the position. If both hit well, there is a chance they force Gardner to 4th OFer
  7. jacksonianmarch
    Hicks has two cortisone injections and while he’s feeling better, he has been limited to non baseball activities. He should start swinging the stick soon and will need probably a week to get his bat up to speed. He’ll likely head back to the majors at the earliest, mid April
  8. jacksonianmarch
    Opening day is here! Very excited, albeit I’ll have to gamecast from work. Forgot to take myself off the schedule for today. Tanaka on the bump. Let the long ride begin
  9. jacksonianmarch
    So is 2018
  10. jacksonianmarch
    Just make sure you don’t disappear when the Yanks take their next title. In 2009, a considerable amount of Sox fans disappeared on this site and didn’t return for months. If you’re gonna dish it out, take it too
  11. jacksonianmarch
    The old bait and switch. Voit hasn’t failed a drug test. Papi did. Granted, Voit looks like he’s done a cycle or two
  12. jacksonianmarch
    This is an actual realistic idea that the Yanks could break their own homerun record. Something shared with almost all baseball pundits. You picked your rotation to win 92 games. That’s just dumb
  13. jacksonianmarch
    The fact that we smashed the record last year with one slugger being down (Sanchez), Judge missing 8 weeks, and one position being entirely powerless (1b) until August shows the potential of the club. If healthy, I think Judge is a 50HR hitter and if Stanton can get comfortable, he could go that high as well. The biggest questions are clearly at SS and 1b. In terms of power, Tulo has been showing it, but he’s also striking out at a ridiculous rate. For 1b, both players have power, but neither have put a full year together.
  14. jacksonianmarch
    Everyone should. A guy who averages 8 WAR is better than two guys who might reach 3 or 4 WAR. Happ and Eovaldi shouldn’t be in the same discussion, though. Happ is the steady Eddie who doesn’t possess dominant stuff, yet has remained durable and effective for the past 4 years. Eovaldi has tantalizingly dominant stuff who has been all over the place and hasn’t harnessed it or stayed healthy outside of one playoff run
  15. jacksonianmarch
    And never said that either
  16. jacksonianmarch
    I raved about King’s Season he had last year. Look at the numbers. He’s limited by a lack of high end velo (tops out 94, sits 91-92). But he’s got 3 secondary pitches that are good and he located great. He’ll be a big leaguer provided good health. The reason you haven’t heard a peep about him this spring is he is down with an arm injury
  17. jacksonianmarch
    Yanks deal Phil Diehl for Michael Tauchman. The Yanks add a lefty AAAA OFer who will probably start the year as our 4th OFer with Hicks on the shelf and allow Frazier some time to mature. I liked Diehl. He’s a lefty with a low 90s heater but impeccable command and insane K rates in the minors. Seems we gave up a guy with a future in our pen for a short term filler, unless Cash thinks this kid has some Voit in him
  18. jacksonianmarch
    Keon Broxton to this point cannot hit .200. You need some offense out of the CF slot.
  19. jacksonianmarch
    No, this stupid quote.
  20. jacksonianmarch
    So you’ve got a puff piece that doesn’t like dealing with reality. Congratulations.
  21. jacksonianmarch
    He was durable but middling in results in year 1. He was hurt in year 2. He was good in limited work last year and had a good 4 starts in the playoffs after getting lit up in his first two starts. He also gets destroyed by your rival. Cmon now, his contract was FAR more than others were offering and his one good postseason is not worth $217 mil
  22. jacksonianmarch
    The question for Henry is “at which point do LT penalties hurt?” Last year, they were escalated, but the base was 20%. This year, the base is 30%. Next year, it’s 50%. I’d anticipate a title more than makes up for the financial loss, but at what point does he decide to re-set. These long term deals do help short term, but you could be locked into LT hell past the primes of the players you’ve got under contract. That was where the Yanks were after 2012. We were above average, being over .500 every year and making the playoffs once in a 4 year stretch, yet never being good enough to really contend. I know no team wants that, but if the Sox are WS contenders for a couple years, then that makes the decline phase worth it. What it comes down to is the longer Henry tries to prop this up beyond this season, the longer the decline phase will be.
  23. jacksonianmarch
    Did you read the post I was referring to or are you just defending the laundry?
  24. jacksonianmarch
    notin, the Yankees prospects at least have been mentioned as prospects.
  25. jacksonianmarch
    Take a look at 1st time arb eligible players of Beni’s caliber and rethink that number. He’s gonna get closer to $5 mil
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