Just wanted to see what others think. My idea of a Yankees rebuild is to get the old guys off the field and the base paths. And with the team hamstrung by several untradable contracts, this limits the options in 2016, which I characterize as the year the chickens came home to roost.
Still, these are the Yankees. As Abbey keeps saying, they could go after Harper in a few years.
Beltran and Teix are gone after this season. A buyout of CC seems likely. The farm system has two prospects primed to replace Beltran and Teixeira (Judge and Bird). Operative word there is prospects.
Pitching remains a problem. Pineda and Eovaldi are wildly inconsistent. Severino is struggling to find an out pitch. James Kaprelian won't climb thru the farm system in one year, due to a swollen elbow setback.
What is the price of success? The Red Sox finished last three of four seasons (and won a WS in the other!). During those four seasons, they steadily broke in three gifted young players from their farm system. They had this luxury because they were not serious pennant contenders. The Yanks are in a similar situation this year but are blocked by those aging players. It might take them three or four seasons, as it did Boston, to break in their prospects and see which ones sink and which ones can swim.
To me, a Yankees rebuild begins with the coaching staff fixing the starting pitching. Regression is not acceptable for young pitchers with great stuff. The rest of the rebuild begins next year and could continue for a year or two, just as it did for Boston.
And, to pre-empt Abbey, Cashman has already begun his rebuild by acquiring two young middle infielders, Didi and Castro.
Still, these are the Yankees. As Abbey keeps saying, they could go after Harper in a few years.
Beltran and Teix are gone after this season. A buyout of CC seems likely. The farm system has two prospects primed to replace Beltran and Teixeira (Judge and Bird). Operative word there is prospects.
Pitching remains a problem. Pineda and Eovaldi are wildly inconsistent. Severino is struggling to find an out pitch. James Kaprelian won't climb thru the farm system in one year, due to a swollen elbow setback.
What is the price of success? The Red Sox finished last three of four seasons (and won a WS in the other!). During those four seasons, they steadily broke in three gifted young players from their farm system. They had this luxury because they were not serious pennant contenders. The Yanks are in a similar situation this year but are blocked by those aging players. It might take them three or four seasons, as it did Boston, to break in their prospects and see which ones sink and which ones can swim.
To me, a Yankees rebuild begins with the coaching staff fixing the starting pitching. Regression is not acceptable for young pitchers with great stuff. The rest of the rebuild begins next year and could continue for a year or two, just as it did for Boston.
And, to pre-empt Abbey, Cashman has already begun his rebuild by acquiring two young middle infielders, Didi and Castro.