Martin Prado out for the season--appendectomy
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Good thing for Girardi that Prado is out - he was ruining his whole "well nobody on this damn team can hit, that's why Jeter is still in the 2 hole" argument....
Cashman just can't catch a break. He spends and spends and spends, but he can't seem to put together a healthy team.
A quarter? I'd double that. Every year NY has missed the playoffs they've spent about 500m the following offseason.
If they don't offer near $200 million to Lester or Scherzer, then they aren't the Yankees I know.E5 Yaz said:
Prado's surgery is actually a break. It forces the Yankees to bring up their best Scranton player, Jose Pirela, and get a look at him for 13 games. Pirela plays five positions, hit over .300 with a .798 OPS this year. He should have been called up in early September. Instead, he has been sitting at home for a week.
Lurking on the fringe of WC contention two weeks ago, the Yankees declined to bring up young players like Pirela, Rob Refsnyder and Jacob Lindgren, protecting their hallowed 40-man roster instead of gathering information now for 2015.
This Yankee team that lacked energy could have used a taste of young talent. Cashman prefers to trade for players in late July instead of auditioning his own prospects, which makes no sense and never has.
Lurking on the fringe of WC contention two weeks ago, the Yankees declined to bring up young players like Pirela, Rob Refsnyder and Jacob Lindgren, protecting their hallowed 40-man roster instead of gathering information now for 2015.
This Yankee team that lacked energy could have used a taste of young talent. Cashman prefers to trade for players in late July instead of auditioning his own prospects, which makes no sense and never has.
Maybe he's afraid of destroying their trade value by showing off all their flaws vs. MLB competition like the Red Sox keep doing to their young guys?
Good point. The thing about failing is most players have to fail before they can succeed. Only the great ones make a smooth transition. If Boegarts continues his strong September push, his struggles will have been worth the effort. What you want to avoid is young players going home frustrated and lacking their old confidence. But at least Boston gives its top prospects a chance to succeed.judyb said:
judyb said:
This is interesting. Hasn't the consensus been that the Yankees get a lot of trade value for their prospects? Perhaps it is due to such a SSS of ML experience and it is more on the hype and their place on the BA prospect list.