River Ave Blues reporting Miguel Andujar being called up.
It's fun, but I hope the kids get to play.
It's fun, but I hope the kids get to play.
NY roster 2017
- Thread starter jon abbey
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Really good news because Andujar potentially is an impact hitter who can play third while Headley fills the abyss at first base.
NY only has 6 players over 30 left on the 40 man, and most of them should be gone by next April:
Headley (33)
Ellsbury (33)
Gardner (33)
Clippard (32)
Sabathia (36)
Holliday (37)
Three of those six are FAs (the bottom 3) and the top 3 have prospects ready or close to ready for their jobs (Andujar, Fowler, Frazier).
Headley (33)
Ellsbury (33)
Gardner (33)
Clippard (32)
Sabathia (36)
Holliday (37)
Three of those six are FAs (the bottom 3) and the top 3 have prospects ready or close to ready for their jobs (Andujar, Fowler, Frazier).
So what is your 2019 lineup, Jon? Need the 5 starting pitchers, too, when you have time.
Here is my uninformed guess
C -- Sanchez.
1B -- Judge
2B -- Torres
SS -- Didi
3B -- Andujar
LF -- Frazier
CF -- Fowler
RF -- Harper
SPs -- Severino, Montgomery, Kaprielian, Adams, ?
Here is my uninformed guess
C -- Sanchez.
1B -- Judge
2B -- Torres
SS -- Didi
3B -- Andujar
LF -- Frazier
CF -- Fowler
RF -- Harper
SPs -- Severino, Montgomery, Kaprielian, Adams, ?
Well, I will go with what I think Cashman's best case scenario is, obviously everyone doesn't always work (ahem, Bird):
C: Sanchez
1B: Bird
2B: Torres
SS: Didi
3B: Andujar
LF: Frazier
CF: Fowler
RF: Harper/Judge
DH: Judge/Harper
Bench: Wade, Hicks, backup C
SPs: Darvish, Severino, Tanaka (assuming he doesn't opt out this year), Montgomery, Adams
NY will also push hard for Otani whenever he is available, and if they get Darvish on board, that will help as Darvish is Otani's friend and training partner. Justus Sheffield should also be ready by 2019 Opening Day, maybe Acevedo too, and as you mention, hopefully Kaprielian will bounce back from his injury issues.
Bullpen: Chapman, Betances, and then who knows. NY has a lot of big arms at every level in the system, but most of them are currently starters, not relievers.
C: Sanchez
1B: Bird
2B: Torres
SS: Didi
3B: Andujar
LF: Frazier
CF: Fowler
RF: Harper/Judge
DH: Judge/Harper
Bench: Wade, Hicks, backup C
SPs: Darvish, Severino, Tanaka (assuming he doesn't opt out this year), Montgomery, Adams
NY will also push hard for Otani whenever he is available, and if they get Darvish on board, that will help as Darvish is Otani's friend and training partner. Justus Sheffield should also be ready by 2019 Opening Day, maybe Acevedo too, and as you mention, hopefully Kaprielian will bounce back from his injury issues.
Bullpen: Chapman, Betances, and then who knows. NY has a lot of big arms at every level in the system, but most of them are currently starters, not relievers.
Carter DFA. Again. Ji Man Choi up and will be the starter. Choi has been terrible against lefties and has flirted on and off with switch hitting but they don't seem to facing any lefties until after the break. Otherwise he is probably an offensive and definitely defensive upgrade over Carter.
Oh, I am not sure about anything concerning a 26 year old journeyman. I thought Choi's reputation was about average at 1b, though, and Carter looks absolutely lost all around.
Not sure what thread to put this in, but more and more NY's next big move seems like it needs to be to trade or even DFA Ellsbury. He has something like $78M left on his deal through 2020, maybe NY can get someone to pay something like 3/18 of that and pick up the other $60M. That is a huge amount but of course it's a sunk cost and it will free up necessary ABs. This is their current OF depth without Ellsbury:
Frazier/Gardner/Judge, Mason Williams can be the 4th OF until Hicks is back, and keeping Gardner around into 2018 is insurance to see how Dustin Fowler comes back from his injury next year.
Behind those guys are Billy McKinney (a 2013 first round pick and former top 100 prospect who is starting to play like it again) and Tito Polo (coming on in AA recently) plus the always overlooked Jake Cave (1.053 OPS in AAA). Behind those guys are top 100 prospects in low A, Blake Rutherford (#36 on the new BA list) and Estevan Florial (#70 on the same list).
NY needs to be thankful they have built up so much young OF depth since the inane Ellsbury signing and move on from it, ASAP I think.
Frazier/Gardner/Judge, Mason Williams can be the 4th OF until Hicks is back, and keeping Gardner around into 2018 is insurance to see how Dustin Fowler comes back from his injury next year.
Behind those guys are Billy McKinney (a 2013 first round pick and former top 100 prospect who is starting to play like it again) and Tito Polo (coming on in AA recently) plus the always overlooked Jake Cave (1.053 OPS in AAA). Behind those guys are top 100 prospects in low A, Blake Rutherford (#36 on the new BA list) and Estevan Florial (#70 on the same list).
NY needs to be thankful they have built up so much young OF depth since the inane Ellsbury signing and move on from it, ASAP I think.
Randy Levine's recent belch of incoherence has presumably made the Bird situation even more tricky, and it was confusing enough already with no one being able to pinpoint the physical cause or really help it. Presumably that's why NY snuck him into BP for Staten Island the last two days without telling anyone, he made it through that, so now he will evidently start rehab games in AA or AAA again.
http://pinstripedprospects.com/greg-bird-spends-two-days-in-staten-island-24154
http://pinstripedprospects.com/greg-bird-spends-two-days-in-staten-island-24154
Nope, 1 for 1 deal for 1B Garrett Cooper, who is putting up massive numbers in the PCL, even for the PCL. He should presumably bump Choi and be NY's starting 1B immediately until Bird or maybe Austin are back.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cooper005gar
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cooper005gar
NY needs to make a bunch of moves this weekend, let me take a shot:
Friday: They are currently at 24 active players because they traded Webb, so Holliday is activated in that spot (they have eight relievers still). Also I would like to activate Cooper and send down Refsnyder and give Cooper ABs against all the lefty starters in Fenway, but not sure if they will do that.
Saturday: Castro is supposed to be back, so I'm guessing they send down Wade to get consistent ABs again.
Sunday: Montgomery gets activated as the 26th man for the doubleheader and sent back down for a few days after the game, to be reactivated once his turn comes up again.
Friday: They are currently at 24 active players because they traded Webb, so Holliday is activated in that spot (they have eight relievers still). Also I would like to activate Cooper and send down Refsnyder and give Cooper ABs against all the lefty starters in Fenway, but not sure if they will do that.
Saturday: Castro is supposed to be back, so I'm guessing they send down Wade to get consistent ABs again.
Sunday: Montgomery gets activated as the 26th man for the doubleheader and sent back down for a few days after the game, to be reactivated once his turn comes up again.
The Blue Jays have acquired infielder/outfielder Rob Refsnyder from the AL East rival Yankees for first baseman Ryan McBroom, according to an announcement from New York.
So to reset, this is the current team post-trading deadline:
C: Sanchez
1B: Headley/Cooper (Tyler Austin starting rehab games this week, Bird potentially back in late August)
2B: Torreyes/Wade until Castro is back
SS: Didi
3B: the lesser Frazier
LF: the greater Frazier
CF: Gardner (Hicks starting rehab games this week)
RF: Judge
DH: Holliday
bench: Romine, Ellsbury, Cooper/Headley, Wade/Torreyes
Severino
Gray
Tanaka
Sabathia
Garcia/Montgomery
rotating 7th reliever
Warren
Green
Kahnle
Betances
Robertson
Chapman
C: Sanchez
1B: Headley/Cooper (Tyler Austin starting rehab games this week, Bird potentially back in late August)
2B: Torreyes/Wade until Castro is back
SS: Didi
3B: the lesser Frazier
LF: the greater Frazier
CF: Gardner (Hicks starting rehab games this week)
RF: Judge
DH: Holliday
bench: Romine, Ellsbury, Cooper/Headley, Wade/Torreyes
Severino
Gray
Tanaka
Sabathia
Garcia/Montgomery
rotating 7th reliever
Warren
Green
Kahnle
Betances
Robertson
Chapman
40 man roster expansion is Friday and NY has more potential guys who can help than at any time that I can remember. I'll attempt a list:
Guys on the DL: Holliday is rehabbing in AAA and will be back Friday, Clint Frazier and Garrett Cooper I'm not sure about, same with Cessa.
Other guys on the 40 man: All eleven guys currently in AAA who are on the 40 man have played for NY this year, it's just a question of who Cashman wants to take from Scranton on Friday and who he will leave for later. The list:
Miguel Andujar
Tyler Austin
Giovanny Gallegos
Domingo German
Ben Heller
Ronald Herrera
Kyle Higashioka
Jonathan Holder
Bryan Mitchell
Jordan Montgomery (up tomorrow as the 26th man for the doubleheader)
Tyler Wade
Higashioka is hurt, Herrera has only pitched a few low level rehab games, but the other nine guys should all be ready to go when called.
Non-40 man options: Not sure how they could get anyone new on the 40 man at this point, but Nick Rumbelow and Jake Cave would be great September additions. Rumbelow has given up 2 ERs in 28 AAA innings on his way back from Tommy John, fantastic numbers across the board, and Cave has been playing like a IL MVP candidate for the last couple of months. Also they will need a 40 man spot to add another catcher during the Sanchez/Romine suspensions, the only possibility I see for not losing someone is maybe Cessa to the 60 day DL, but I'm not sure if he'd go for that or if he's even really hurt.
So, yeah, the bench is going to be full in a few weeks.
Guys on the DL: Holliday is rehabbing in AAA and will be back Friday, Clint Frazier and Garrett Cooper I'm not sure about, same with Cessa.
Other guys on the 40 man: All eleven guys currently in AAA who are on the 40 man have played for NY this year, it's just a question of who Cashman wants to take from Scranton on Friday and who he will leave for later. The list:
Miguel Andujar
Tyler Austin
Giovanny Gallegos
Domingo German
Ben Heller
Ronald Herrera
Kyle Higashioka
Jonathan Holder
Bryan Mitchell
Jordan Montgomery (up tomorrow as the 26th man for the doubleheader)
Tyler Wade
Higashioka is hurt, Herrera has only pitched a few low level rehab games, but the other nine guys should all be ready to go when called.
Non-40 man options: Not sure how they could get anyone new on the 40 man at this point, but Nick Rumbelow and Jake Cave would be great September additions. Rumbelow has given up 2 ERs in 28 AAA innings on his way back from Tommy John, fantastic numbers across the board, and Cave has been playing like a IL MVP candidate for the last couple of months. Also they will need a 40 man spot to add another catcher during the Sanchez/Romine suspensions, the only possibility I see for not losing someone is maybe Cessa to the 60 day DL, but I'm not sure if he'd go for that or if he's even really hurt.
So, yeah, the bench is going to be full in a few weeks.
Holliday definitely back tomorrow, no news on anyone else yet. Miguel Andujar would almost certainly be the best primary DH option immediately (I don't believe Holliday will make it back to himself this year), crossing my fingers there but not optimistic.