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I'd wait on Judge. He'll be like what, 31 when becomes a free agent? Who knows what his game will look like by then.

New BR farm rankings for 2019 came out today. MLB's comes out next week. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2820145-mlb-farm-system-rankings-pre-2019-spring-training-edition#slide1 Zero love from BR for Sox' farm at dead last. And Yanks 13th. Not that I'm comparing or anything

First injury of the year! On Day 0.5 of Spring Training... Mike King has been shut down for three weeks with a stress reaction in his elbow. He’ll be reevaluated again after the three weeks. I was looking forward to seeing him in preseason too. Sigh, oh well.

Yo momma so old that there was no such thing as history class when she was in school

I mean if you're gonna list their 2nd halves then why not use total WAR instead of doing one on one comparisons which skew the results? NYY Total WAR: 6.8 BOS Total WAR: 5.6 C'mon man!!

Hmm I didn't think Trea Turner was that good. But I guess 40+ steals and 100+ runs in fantasy is pretty valuable.

Yes that's what I miss! I don't really comment on GTs unless the Yanks are playing, but I enjoy skulking in the background and reading everyone's overreactions

Bah this is taking too long. I'm ready for the game threads to begin.

Two good pitches aren't enough to be a starter. He has no third pitch whatsoever. In 19 career starts he's pitched 89.1 innings and given up 50 earned runs with 68 Ks, good for an average of 4 2/3 innings per start with an ERA of 5.60 and K/9 of 7.6. His 2018 numbers as a starter are even worse (5 GS, 18 IP, 7.22 ERA, 7.2 K/9). But last year in relief, he tossed 26.2 innings and gave up 13 earned runs with 26 Ks. While the ERA isn't great at 4.86, it's certainly better than his numbers as a starter. And as his improved K rate shows, his stuff plays up in relief since he only has to go through a lineup once.

Me neither, but they need someone in the bullpen who can give them more than two innings at a time. I guess German could be that guy, but I think he still has a long term shot as a starter. I'd prefer for him to pitch every 5 days down in AAA and let Cessa transition to the BP full-time.

Thanks for kicking it off Jacko. I agree with mostly everything but the Yankees typically roll with 8 relievers and only 3 bench spots, so I think both Kahnle and Cessa start off the year on the 25.

Dammit! But at least I have a poll!

With the start of spring training right around the corner and so many free agents left unsigned, I wondered what it would look like if we created a team solely out of the best remaining free agents. I kept it simple and just used projected WAR to determine the top players: Starting Lineup 1. Josh Harrison 2B (1.2) 2. Bryce Harper RF (4.9) 3. Manny Machado 3B (5.0) 4. Mike Moustakas DH (2.8) 5. Marwin Gonzalez 1B (1.8) 6. Adam Jones CF (1.2) 7. Carlos Gonzalez LF (1.3) 8. Jose Iglesias SS (1.7) 9. Matt Wieters C (1.3) Bench Denard Span OF (0.6) Martin Maldonado C (1.0) Yangervis Solarte 1B,2B,3B (0.7) Rotation 1. Dallas Keuchel (3.3) 2. Brett Anderson (1.3) 3. Clay Bucholz (1.0) 4. Gio Gonzalez (0.8) 5. Ervin Santana (0.7) Bullpen Doug Fister [6th SP/Swingman] (0.6) Blake Wood (0.1) Aaron Loup (0.1) Ryan Madson (0.1) Tony Sipp (0.1) Bud Norris (0.4) Jake Diekman (0.4) Craig Kimbrel (2.1) Not a great looking team but certainly not terrible. With a total of 34.5 WAR, they're projected to be the 17th best team in baseball (just ahead of the A's and behind the Reds). So what did I learn from wasting half an hour doing this? Even thought we keep hearing about how terrible this free agency has been because the top several guys are still unsigned, there really aren't THAT many quality free agents still out there.

Players are overpaid compared to the rest of us schmucks, but I wouldn't say they're overpaid for the amount of revenue that they bring in for the league. I have a hard time aligning my views with these billionaire owners but I get it, logically it doesn't make sense for teams to agree to huge contracts with players who will be in their mid 30's by the end of their contracts. So then to make up this difference players should be paid more during their prime years, when they're still under team control. I'm pretty sure there's a much more detailed discussion on this in another thread.

200 strikeout seasons could become a rarity soon as well. If the MLB approves a 26 man roster I'd imagine a lot of teams will eventually switch to 6 man rotation, thus fewer starts/innings/strikeouts for pitchers.

I'm looking forward to seeing Mike King. I think he could be this year's Jordan Montgomery. Also want to see how Florial looks this year after recovering from injury and spending a full year in AA, seeing Schmidt unleashed as you said, the development of all our young high ceiling arms (Deivi Garcia, Roansy Contreras, Medina, Acevedo, Abreu), and also our two catchers that we drafted 1 & 2 last year.

Arenado will be a Yankee by July

Not to the point where they've dropped to dead last. They may not have MLB ready stars anymore, but they still had 2 guys in the top 100 (Lasagna, Florial) and 1 other guy who Keith Law said was 101st on his list (Pereira). Some of the more reputable team farm rankings don't come out until February, but I'm willing to bet that the Yankees finish somewhere in the middle of the pack.

Please no

Well with half the league tanking this year maybe the 2022 season will be awesome because many of those teams will have been rebuilt.

Shinier turds have a greater chance of being diamonds. That's a saying right? If not then it should be.

The Yankees did have two players in the Baseball Prospectus' top 100 list (released yesterday as well). Lasagna at 64 and Florial at 66. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/46653/2019-prospects-the-top-101/ I'd say the Yanks' farm ranks somewhere between 15th and 20th. Not great, but not 30th at least

Just when Machado is about to settle for $160M over 7 years with the Phillies is when the Yanks will jump in.

That was unnecessary

So you're saying we have a victory parade in our future?! I'll take it.