Marcus Wilson is an up and down guy at best. If they need a short term filler in CF, they'll just grab a glove first guy in FA. LFers are also pretty easy to come by in FA.
I don't believe the farm system is as bare as some people make it out to be. However, the majority of the talent will definitely not be ready for 2021. Groome, Ward, Mata and Seabold could all show something next year and maybe impact BOS in 21 or 22 at some point. Song should contribute when he comes back as well. Those 5 guys are a better group of starting prospects than they've had in a long time. (This of course doesn't mean they are all top of the rotation guys.)
I'd say one established guy and maybe a few more fliers on guys who could open or be the bulk innings guy. There's a lot of work to do with the pitching staff, but I'm not sure it's fixed just through FA's.
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JBJ is hitting .304/.396/.565 in September. When looking at what he was doing I found this ridiculous split from this season:
27-63 (.429) 4 HR, 8 K, 10 BB vs. 4-seam fastballs
10-85 (.141) 1 HR, 30 K, 4 BB vs. all other pitch types
A small sample which included an abnormally long stretch of bad baseball from Devers who has bounced back considerably. My guess is that if the season went a full 162, Devers would lap Seager's fWAR.
I used to always prefer baseball reference, but I have grown to see that fangraphs is typically more user friendly and easier to navigate. The only time I go straight to baseball ref is when I'm on my phone.
Yankees are a 3rd place team and barely over .500. I don't think the Rays or Jays losing here or there helps the Yankees much.
The Jays just need to beat up on the Yankees when they play each other 7 more times.
The Rays have no more games against the Yankees (they went 8-2 against them this season).