I read that he might not be getting called up for a start next week now. He's young but if the Yankees could catch lightening in a bottle with him during a late season run. Wouldn't that be huge for the rotation? A rotation that not only has the issue of Sabathia but let face it the word vulnerable comes to mind. For example is Nova going to need to be shut down at any point? The kid is 6-0 in AAA and really what else can he prove? Give him a shot. It can only help.
...yeah, they're definitely "vulnerable"... the decision to remove CC from the starting rotation needs to be made before any PS series, if they get that far...maybe Warren returns to a starting role.
I'd even take a veteran arm right now just to have some insurance. I realize the big name like Price aren't going to happen. Everyone is starting the conversation with Judge. Screw that for a rental. I'd rather role the dice in this years playoffs than compromise the future.
...yeah, I'm not big on Price for 2 months...but the latest is that Detroit has made it public that they're gonna "reboot" and will indeed possibly trade Price...and the Phillies have asked for Severino/Judge in return for Hamels...pass. ...but since the Dodgers went instead with acquiring Latos, maybe the asking price for Hamels or Price will fall. But the Jays are also still hot for a starter, so who knows? Knowing his history, Cashman will either do absolutely nothing or he'll get bent over in a trade. The Yanx definitely have some other trade chips to offer another team if the price is right. ...but if the Yanx are gonna get someone like Prado, fine...but if they go after a starter it needs to be a front end starter, one that you can't count on virtually every time he's pitching...another #3 or #4 is not gonna help us...we've got enough of those already.
A year after he won the Cy Young the Giants kept Lincecum off the playoff roster because of the bad year he was having. The Yankees need to show the same type of balls when it comes to Sabathia.
I kinda subscribe to the theory that the Yanks will (and historically) are going to need a very good LHSP if they are going to go very far in the post season- should they get there. Maybe Cashman should make a bid for Price. The last deal he made with Detroit has worked out pretty well so far.
Well, he pitched a hell of a game last night... 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 10 K, but 3R... Refsnyder had 2 errors, 1 fielding, 1 throwing, and Pirela had 1 throwing error... http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2015_07_29_swbaaa_lhvaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb&sid=t531
...^^^ IMO, if the Yanx want to see success beyond the ALDS, yes, they're going to need both Severino and Judge on the 40 man Roster...... I don't foresee the Yanx obtaining a Top End SP, like Price. After last year's debacles, in the Winter Meetings; to the Trade Deadlines, of both last year and this current one.......... Trashman, if he were a Poker Player, would be sitting with double Deuces, vs opposing teams, Royal Flushes, or a Full House....Trashman, has become so un-effective in the last few years, or since he arrived basically. Trashman didn't build the Team like Gene Michael did, and can't, he's not bright enough....... IMO, Trashman has reached the point total incompetence, of No Return, AND - He's reached the pinnacle of the 'Peter Principle'.....
As I've already mentioned, a year after winning the Cy Young the Giants kept Lincecum off the PS roster because he was having a bad season. The Yankees have to show the same balls with Sabathia.
The Peter Principle: "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence," and that "In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties." Or, basically: We do a job well, we're promoted. We do that job well, we're promoted again. This happens in succession until we eventually rise to a position that we can no longer do well -- or our level of incompetence. There, we either stagnate, revert back to a lower position, or are fired. the practicality and pertinence of the Peter Principle was not lost on the working world, and the theory has since become a hotly debated human resources phenomenon. It's no longer a theory, but a hard cold fact...... The Peter Principle, tho' some claim as a theory; while I've spent my entire work-lifetime, observing the truth in the Peter Principle, time and time again. In most cases, and Corporations, such has become an observable fact not theory or myth.....!!!
I don't think the Yankees can win the division if they don't make those moves you suggest. The Starting Staff in my view is shaky, cannot go deep in games on a consistent basis. You worry about all teams and to date the Yankees have handled the Rays, Red Sox and Baltimore but shit can reverse in a hurry if consistency is not maintained. The most important of games (19) remain with Toronto and Baltimore. Of the division teams I think Toronto is the most dangerous. Meanwhile the GM inserts thumb up ass and spins on it. Deal for Price, heaven forbid, Dombrowski has cleaned Cashmans plow every time out.
The Yankees would really need to collapse. Lets say they go 6-7 against Toronto. Toronto gains one game but takes 13 games off the schedule. Plus, you have to take into account the games Toronto and Baltimore have left with each other. Lets not go overboard crazy here.
And I would again say they need to not only keep him off the PS roster, but also release him... he's been far from effective all season... hell, 2 or 3 years now...
1980 season Yankees had an 8.5 game lead in August. Baltimore came in swept the Yankees cutting the lead, then the Yankees came to Baltimore and lost 3 of 5. big lead gone. Shit can happen, though we hope it won't. Baltimore ended up 3 games behind the Yankees in '80 but sniveled for a playoff system because they took the season series.. I was stationed in Virginia at the time went to a couple of games in that last series.
This might be just the right time to bring up Severino, but since we already know that the Yankees don't have the balls to pen CC how would he fit into the rotation?
