Regrets?

What moves will come back to bite the Yankees in the ass?

IMO It'll be the loss of Martin Prado who I feel was exactly the type of player & leader that the Yankees have needed for several years. And Shane Greene who I think is capable of winning 15+ games this coming season.

 

...yup, touched on that a few times, and just referenced it again in the Moncada thread...and I'll also again point to the Yanx eventually regretting letting Cervelli go.

...Cashman making moves just for the sake of saying he did something isn't much of a "plan" to me...again, how are we better?

 

One step forward........two steps back. This has to be one of the more frustrating seasons I've seen. And I'll probably spend as much time looking at the box scores of our traded players (Prado, Greene, Cervelli etc) as I will the Yankees box score.

 

Prado, Greene and Cervelli have the greatest potential to create regrets.

Now given all those gymnastics, I regret losing the known entities Cano and Robertson.

 

Even with Dumb & Dumber calling the shots, I don't think there is anyway for Cashman to duck this albatross.... He wears it, he owns it.

Heck even Girardi started the year off saying....I got a whole new team to learn.

 

It may be time to put the players names on the back of the uniforms so everyone knows each other.

 

In one of my few optimistic views of this team I'd think that McCann & Murphy will be a good tandem, Cervelli I think will shine in Pittsburgh showing he can be the "A" dog behind the Dish, glad to see him get a shot.

 

I too, and I think most of us, will miss Cervelli, Prado, and Greene. I'm over curious how McCarthy's career will resume in L.A. He suprised me in NY, after a very dismal career in AZ.

I've been thinking all month now, in fact, and I don't mind saying, it, tho' I also realize this player, dissed the Yanks more than He said the Yanks dissed him. That would be Robinson Cano....Yep, the Yanx need a solid player, who would of had to carry the team, over many periods, when no one else could or would, ie Beltran, Tex, and a few others.

No doubt, Cano would of made a difference, but I think were all over and done, with the mention of Cano....but one can't deny he could of and would of helped the Team.

I'd of loved to of seen D-Rob, as well as the southpaw O's reliever, working in tandem.....I would of had a very hard time, tho' parting with 15 mil for him, but we all knew a team would do just that. That's why I like pay for performance incentive laden contracts, if a player like D-rob did well enough, then he could of reached the 15 million $$$ plateau, and in following years, then some....

 

Its this kind of Journalistic trash that pisses me off, but then, this writer may must of hit his stride too.....

I can't refute these words, and can't defend Cashman either...This IS what our rivals and press are painting a pic of for the Yanx 015 season, hard to swallow, harder to read, and there is no free anger management, for Yanx Fans, WTF...?

NO one want's to read this shit, yet, just to show how and what others are saying about the Yanx. May they all eat their words, before this decade is over, a couple of Series Trophies, would silence the masses, I'd love to hear them choke on their words, yet, who can defend Cashman?

clipped from: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...huge-coup-for-red-sox-another-yankees-failure


"Um, hello, Yankees?"


"Anybody home?"


"Not only did Boston acquire a five-tool, 19-year-old infielder who has been the talk of baseball all winter, the Yankees whiffed (again) in the single biggest area they absolutely must get better."


"Acquiring young talent."


"Already, there is less hope for the Yankees heading into 2015 and beyond than there was for Fifty Shades of Grey to win best picture at the Oscars on Sunday night. Now, that’s the phrase that pretty much describes the look of the current Yankees, where surely one day soon Grecian Formula and Rogaine will be as much a part of the clubhouse spread as baked fish and grilled chicken."


"And where Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover surely must be going through the minds of even the most passionate, pinstripe-wearing villagers in the Bronx."


No, Moncada wasn’t cheap, his final tab checking in at $31.5 million, according to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez, who has been the lead dog on Moncada developments since day one. And because the Red Sox were over their international bonus pool allotment, they must pay 100 percent tax on the deal. So signing Moncada really will cost them roughly $60 million.


"Or, you know, pocket change for that team from the Bronx."


"Yoo hoo, Yankees…hello?"

"The Yankees, under GM Brian Cashman and the Steinbrenner family without George, spend most of their time figuring ways to pay less luxury tax and scheming for angles to avoid paying Alex Rodriguez bonus money on a contract they stupidly agreed to extend back in 2007".


"Time was, the Yankees were players in the winter. Now, they’re the new Not Ready for Prime Time Players, with a little too much Emily Litella sprinkled in. Max Scherzer? Never mind. Jon Lester? Never mind. Moncada;......Never mind."

 

Last year I posted that the acquisition of Beltran, Ellsbury, and McCann would negate the loss of Cano. Unfortunately not to be, the pitching staff fell apart, Beltran wimped, McCann handled the staff well, failed at the dish. Ellsbury had little support in a line up that failed in offense and defense. As far as Cano goes I still say fuck him, he made his choice then sniveled that the Yankees "disrespected" him.

 

I've got to agree on Cano, the Yankees made him a very nice offer. He had his lowest HR (14) & RBI (82) totals since 2008. Seattle can have him.

 

...wasn't crazy about how the whole Cano thing went down...but if I'm Cano, I'm feeling better about the M's chances vs the Yanx' chances.

 

Team wise I agree but I really don't see him matching the production that he would have had with the Yankees. As was proven last year.

 

...he'll have much better protection this year batting in front of Nelson Cruz.

 

Cruz, another contract Seattle may regret sooner than later.

 

Possible but it wasn't like the opposing pitchers were walking him because he only walked about 60 times. Besides didn't he have Seager (25 HRs & 96 RBI) hitting behind him? And just a feeling but I really don't see Cruz hitting 40 HRs in Seattle. Hell I'll be surprised if he sniffs 30.

 

...but he was intentionally walked more times last year than during any year in his whole career which tells me they were definitely pitching around him.
... Cano batted 3rd all year and Seager batted behind him only 40 times and he also had Morales hitting behind him a good part of the year.
...The only numbers that really fell last year was his HR total. His BA, OBP, and OPS+ which factors in Safeco Field were still the same, and his SOs did not increase. And if Safeco will hurt Cruz's HR totals it would also explain Cano's last year. And though Cano is probably capable of hitting 30 HRs he's only done it once in his career. He's still a 200 hit, 40 doubles, line drive hitter.
...don't know if Cruz will hit 40 HRs in Seattle this year but I'd bet Cano hits more than 14.

 

It wasn't just the HRs for Cano, his #s were also down in RBI, SLG%, OPS & TBs. I also think he'll be better then 14 HRs but not by much. Cruz had a career year last season in both HRs & RBI. I don't see him coming close to those this year. BUT......there is always that extremely rare occurrence where I'm wrong.

 

...lol...rick, think about it....his "RBIs, SLG%, OPS, and TBs" were down because of the lower number of HRs.