Besides the obvious answer of absolutely nothing this was a complete cluster fuck. It seems like every contending team did something to improve. The Yankees made some cosmetic moves that do absolutely nothing. The fact is with Pineda on the shelf this is a weaker club. I'm not saying they needed him but the Mets landed Cespedes for absolutely nothing. Not making a move is a complete disgrace and like I said in another thread we're going to be left with waiver wire scraps. Yes, I'm happy none of the top prospects were dealt but very disappointed that they did nothing to help themselves moving forward this season.
With Pineda out moving Warren back to the rotation is now a must. Someone in that organization is going to have to sack up and put CC back in the Pen.
Well with Pineda on he shelf for who knows how long if they leave Warren in the pen and continue this nonsense with CC things are going to get rough.
15 Day DL but per MLB "analysts" could be four to eight weeks, not good. So unlees Cashman has a rabbit in his hat they better hustle Warren back out there. In the case of CC it's just blatant stupidity to keep running him out there, especially against Division opponents.
"With Pineda out moving Warren back to the rotation is now a must". ____________________ Warren back to the SPR sounds like the best most obvious choice especially if they feel they have an adequate alternative for Warren's bullpen spot. Or, the Yanks can call up Severino......then we could still have the bullpen intact and have our top pitching prospect in the rotation. And Cashman won't have to "give up" anything to do it!
Trashman's lack of obtaining a starter or reliever or anyone of worth really puts the screws to Girardi to keep the team on top with his smoking mirrors. Those mirrors look extremely cracked. How this team responds, to say the least, will be interesting. Meanwhile, the Trash man buries his head in the sand. I do not trust his evaluation of talent. Look who he has on the parent team.........who do not belong in MLB. He literally is the face of the organization...how does this guy get a pass in New York and with the New York Yankees?
"..Ackley is the answer". ________________________ Guess what, Yanks just got younger and more " athletic". Dumped Capuano 36 yrs old, Jones 34 yrs old,..... And added Goody 23 yrs old, Severino 21 yrs old, and Ackley 27 yrs old who can play infield AND outfield.
While I agree with the above, it was actually somewhat refreshing to not only see the prospects stay, but it also results in one coming to the show
Responding to posts 10 and 11: As the other teams are scrambling, acquiring rentals and trading prospects, let's not lose sight of the current main objective of finishing in first place and the Yankees presently in first place as August comes around are in better shape than the rest of the division and have not traded one single top prospect and added a "younger" versatile player who can play infield positions and the outfield to help out when regulars need a day off.
...but they also lost Pineda...and in the meantime, while other teams got better, the Yanx did not. ...the Ackley move was redundant and did not improve the team one iota, though some may choose to paint it otherwise...the Yanx have plenty of OFers and plenty of second basemen...and have little depth off the bench, especially offensive depth late in the game when it is needed.
Ackley - turned 27 yrs old in Feb, Has played 2b in 282 games. LF - 207 games CF- 71 games 1b (rarely)- 18 games Career .243 BA, has some power reaching double digits twice in a season with decent speed. Is he a GOOD hitter....no...but he helps make the Yanks younger and more athletic/versatile and his "type" of player is a SPARE PART and bench player who gives the MGR more options on the field (rest regulars, bumps and bruises,ect) and isn't expected to carry the team with his bat..lol. The Yanks only owe him approx 1.5 (?) mil for the remainder of the season. He's not Ben Zobrist, but he's also not 34 yrs old with a balky knee making 7.5 mil this year.
...yup, Cashman's original "plan" was supposedly to get "younger and more athletic" before this season started, not in August. Instead he acquired players like Jones and Capuano and flush $10 Mil down the drain by cutting them and thereby admitting they were bad acquisitions to begin with.
^^^thank you...somehow the "plan" has evidently been made retroactive... the preseason plan was to get "younger and more athletic" so Cashman decided to bring in 2 old bums (Jones 34, and Capuano soon to be 37) and then waste nearly $13 Mil by subsequently replacing them with youngsters...thereby admitting his original "plan" was misguided and contradictory. ...like you said, that wasted money could/should have been spent more wisely BEFORE the season began...there were also much better options at 2B .
It's a simple decision tree for risk/reward analysis, biz school 101 stuff. People that run billion dollar operations should be able to do these things. It was obvious to us that "the plan" was not well vetted or defined, which is why he's ended up spending more for less value.
cashman lucky in that texeira and the "clean a-rod" LMAO having their best seasons in 5 years otherwise back in the pack. Still can't fathom why refsnyder is not up here to stay instead of drew and the frito bandito at 2nd.
