jacksonianmarch

Really? Torres is a top 3 prospect in baseball who experts predict will be a perennial all star. You don't give that up

Moran had stalled up until last year where he broke out as a 25 yr old in AAA. Musgrove looks like a 5th starter with middling stuff. No Top 100 prospects. The fact that the Pirates asked for Torres and got this pile of s*** is infuriating

Colin Moran and Joe Musgrave for Gerrit Cole? They didn’t give up much

Did you just put Devers in the same class as Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle? You aren’t the same guy who said Lars Anderson would be a 20 time all star, are you?

Will 100 games more from Devers offset the loss of Pedroia for however many games and add 50 runs on top of it? I don’t know. What we do know is more Devers in the field is going to mean a lot more runs given away

The sox have saved $1.715 mil in pre arb signings per MLBTR projections. Betts' projection was $8.2 mil. The sox will either save $2.4 mil or be down $0.6 mil after arb with Betts

50 more runs with Pedey staring at a lengthy outage (I don't care what he says, he isn't making it back healthy by Opening day) and Hanley coming off bilateral shoulder surgeries and being a year older? Nobody knows what the mean is for the B's. Betts is the only one who has been all star level all 3 seasons in the majors. Bogey and Bradley are just as likely to stink as they are to be really good, and probably more likely to be somewhat of the same above average player they were last year. Asking the same old crew to return and increase their run total by 6-7% isn't realistic. If you are going to gain 50 runs as a team, youre going to need to add something else.

It wasn’t aimed at you actually, even though I responded to your post. There’s eternal optimism with the sox and pessimism towards the rival. It’s funny

I get that, I’m also including the pups in AAA who are ready too. We’ve got 5 starters already and with Sheffield, Adams, Acevedo, German and Cessa, we’ve got 5 legitimate options to fill in already. If we need to start someone outside those ten, then we’ve had one hell of a bad season

So expecting Mookie, JBJ, and Bogaerts to improve is just "busting out" but expecting Severino, Judge and Sanchez to improve is sheer homerism?

He’d be an asset for sure. Makes the CC signing puzzling, but it might give JMont a year to control his innings in the minors

Yanks in hard on Darvish. I wonder if an Ellsbury or KRob trade are in the offing.

I know people are assuming Mookie is a sacred beast and he’s damn good, but expecting a “regression” to MVP levels is cherry picking. Years 1 and 3 have almost identical WARs. Year 2 was an MVP season. How do you know that’s his mean? JBJ has had near full season WARs of 0.5, 5 and 2.3 with a half season of 2.5 sprinkled in. Where’s he “regressing” to? You have no idea who he is. Bogaerts has had 4 seasons in the bigs with WARs of 0.4, 4.4, 4.9 and 3.2. His mythical power has totaled 50HR the past 4 seasons. Where’s he “regressing” to? The idea of these guys returning to career seasons is cherry picking.

And we are talking about a return to a career season. That’s not realistic IMO

I have said before and I’ll say again, Pedroia’s contract was a steal. He signed for less than half the guarantee Cano got. Pedroia valued years over AAV and valued stability in Boston over seeking paydays elsewhere. Yes, the back end of the deal is looking dicey, but he’s been worth every penny of the contract already and anything he gives beyond now is gravy. He’d have gotten near $20 mil per annum if he signed as a FA.

Bruce just signed for 3 yrs $39 mil. He’s a good comp for JD. The market for bat only sluggers is a dry one

This is the point. There is no way to retain all your players at FA level prices

I’m predicting pullbacks from the two titans. Gardner and Hicks will be intriguing as one has age issues and the other productivity issues. Aside from a big injury, this lineup will crush.

And that’s why Josh Hamilton went through Rule V instead of lining up in RF for TB for a decade

I agree Kimmi, but this is the season to do it. We have such a deep 1-7 in this lineup and we have the backups for 1-7 that can step in and at least produce (beyond C btw). I bet that is what Cash is thinking, but right now, our 1-7 can hit over 200HR on their own. This lineup will be so dominant, especially if they stay healthy, that we can bring along two kids at a time. Plus, these kids aren't offensive slouches either. We shall see. Before we got Stanton, I thought we needed another bat in order to carry the kids. Now, I think we can do it. And if they prove they aren't ready, we can just deal midseason and get a 3b with some pop

You’ve got 4 guys who got the 1-3 level in the rotation and all will cost money. Lynn and Cobb would be awful fits. Arrieta and Darvish will be awful expensive

Hmmm. This gives me a different view of Smith. For some reason I thought he was a fire baller.

It’s not all is forgiven with Wright. It’s business as usual. They rendered him a contract, so this forgoes the need for arbitration. That’s it. His punishment is TBD

I usually post it when I think Cash is done. I think he’s done in all honesty. Moves aren’t happening right now as too many teams are in it. Those who are selling aren’t reasonable in their prices. And it isn’t like we have a glaring hole. We have two open lineup spots and two top 75 prospects to fill them with.

Third base- If the Yankees do not sign a FA, the job is Miguel Andujar's out of the gate. This kid can rake. He was 22 for the entirety of last year and slashed .315/.352/.498 between AA and AAA with a 30 point OPS jump when he went to AAA. He also hit 16HR and 36 doubles in 125 games. The interesting thing about Andujar is that he is not your typical slugger. He is a high average, low strikeout, low walk type hitter who can barrel the ball very well. His BABIP in the minors this past year was higher than his typical, although his power did arrive and will likely continue as he grows into his body. He is not a plus defender, probably more a mild minus than average at this point. He's not known to be a terrible 3b, just not a good one. Regardless, if he earns the job and gets run, he could be a 20HR hitter out of the gate with 25HR potential or greater as he progresses. I think he can eventually be a .300 hitter as well. That being said, he is a rookie, so predicting how he starts out at 23 isn't reasonable Secondbase- The job will eventually be Gleyber Torres'. Gleyber is a top 3 prospect in baseball for a reason. He just turned 21 yrs old, yet as a 20 year old he was tearing the cover off the ball in AAA before injuring his non throwing elbow. He is a plus defender with good contact skills, growing power and advanced patience who looks to be one of the next superstars in the game. He also has above average speed and figures to steal 15-20 bases a season in his 20s. If he gets the keys out of the gate, he could put up a ROY type season. Gleyber's potential is a .300 hitter with 20-25HR and a high .300s to near .400 OBP. As a 21 yr old, who knows how he will start out. Then again, I don't think he starts out in the majors in 2018. He is coming off TJS of his non throwing arm and I think that will be enough to start him in AAA to get hot then promote him in May. Also, by doing this, they delay his clock enough to control him for one more season. In the interim, I think Tyler Wade starts 2018 as the Yankees 2b. Wade is no slouch either. He just turned 23 and put up impressive AAA numbers as a 22 yr old before a cup of coffee in 2018. He put up a .310/.386/.460 season in 85 games before his promotion but played sparingly and was overmatched in the majors. Wade's calling card is defense, patience and plus speed. He stole 26 bags in those 85 games and is a true 40SB threat. Things could get interesting if Wade starts off 2018 well and Gleyber's clock gets ticked back. Either way, a good problem to have for sure