I didn't really mean to paint it positively or negatively, I am sure there is plenty we don't know about the history there and what was being shouted back and forth right beforehand. FWIW, Gleyber Torres (who is Venezuelan but I think just watching from afar like the rest of us) condemned Cabrera strongly for this after it happened, I think in his Instagram stories:
Agreed. First thought upon seeing 'Aaron Judge going to SF to meet with Giants' was *please keep him.* Pretty please, even.
He was already signed through 2024 ... not sure why they felt the need to lock him down further now
He is almost certainly coming back to NY, but curious to hear you elaborate on this perspective. It's of course true that the majority of big FA deals end up hurting the team, but also it's hard to see NY competing this year without him in their lineup and so you'd be wasting a year of Cole, Rizzo, Stanton, Severino...
As a Red Sox fan, I want to see him in SF. Not sure how NYY fans would agree with me unless they think he'll cripple the team financially. He seems like a good person, so I'll continue to root for him so long as he wears different laundry.
Well, one of the areas the Yankees suffered offensively was having an injured lineup focused solely around Judge. I don't think the scenarios where you spread that money around leave the team out of competing.
What's interesting to me is that available outfielders that would enhance any lineup seem to be at an extreme shortage. Maybe you can grab one of the Arizona guys and it pans out. What Seattle has for trade bait isn't that enticing. Pittsburgh could deal Reynolds. Who else has an outfielder on the block? Nimmo would seem to be the best of the free agents. It's not a plus-market at the moment.
I would target upgrading SS or 3B + signing a player like Conforto or exploring the trade market for outfielders. Sign Turner and use Peraza to get a new outfielder, for example.
I agree with all of this (Turner is not a long-term answer at SS defensively, he is adequate currently) but the 'LF upgrade' part is not so easy.
Much smaller scale, obviously, but I laugh when I see Red Sox fans suggesting that they move on from Verdugo. I mean, he's no great shakes at this point ... but move on from him to who, exactly? The upgrades just aren't out there this offseason.
I think we all "prefer" Judge. The question is can the team be competitive without him. I think so.
Part of the luxury of being a big market team is knowing when not to go crazy with available funds. Besides, players who are unavailable now become available in July
No, it doesn't seem like it will be easy. But I think the bar is "better than Hicks". Maybe if Cabrera spends winter ball playing LF he could be the guy.
Hey! We aren’t general managers. The team has full time employees whose job it is to find these upgrades.
Feels like the Red Sox have always been much better than the Yankees on this front.
It's hard to quantify, since the Red Sox have gone through multiple GMs (with different philosophies) while Cashman has been running the show. I suspect it's more a matter of ownership willingness. And it can certainly be argued that losing Mookie is Example 1A of "not going crazy" was a mistake
Right, but it feels like there are plenty of instances where the Sox let someone like Pedro Martinez ago, even though it hurt at the time for the ballclub, but was proven to be the smart decision.
Whoa. I think this needs a little more discussion. I don't know anything about the pitchers Milwaukee got in return... but is this a general surrender flag? Does this indicate that they might be open to offers on either of their SP's? They're not replacing Renfroe unless they sign Nimmo or Judge (ha!) so they'd be looking at further trades.
Definitely not a general surrender flag, they operate like TB, constantly rebuilding. They are open to offers on those SPs but the price will be high and good luck outbidding the Dodgers, who seem to have an endless renewable supply of stud prospects.
Brewers are fine in the OF, this trade just increases the odds that Sal Frelick and/or Joey Wiemer join Garrett Mitchell in breaking camp with the MLB squad. Add in Jackson Chourio starting the year in AA, and the Brewers have more than enough OF for the present and the future.
This ESPN report says All-Star break for DHing. May be able to return to the field by the end of the year.
Glad to see this reaction here. Cabrera committed a violent crime on the field and people are cheering. It’s gross.
I’ve always thought he looked like Trout - so that’ll be a bit confusing.
The off-season usually doesn't really get rolling until the winter meetings. Those are still ~10 days away.
