Unofficial ‘21-22 Yankees Offseason thread

[SixFeetDeep]

What’s hilarious is that if we do sign Correa, or even Story, and that’s it, we’ll have the #1 payroll in MLB

But it won’t be enough!

[SixFeetDeep]

Ray had one good year, and now he's gone to a shitty team...gausman's numbers are better over the last 3 seasons and more consistent.

Garcia also improves our bullpen.

Semien is replaceable and we weren't done in FA.

So...yes.

How does one simply replace 45 HRs and 6.6 WAR? There’s only 2 guys that did that last year and you already have the other one.

[SixFeetDeep]

^^^Name your favorite 2013 Yankee, mine is Zoilo Almonte

[Badger]

How does one simply replace 45 HRs and 6.6 WAR? There’s only 2 guys that did that last year and you already have the other one.

Bichette is gonna hit 45 additional homers this year.

[SixFeetDeep]

Holy excrement, the moment when you realize the 2013 Yankees went out and signed Jacoby Ellsbury that offseason

[SixFeetDeep]

Also McCann and Beltran who didn’t finish out their contracts here :'(

[MBGreen]

How does one simply replace 45 HRs and 6.6 WAR? There’s only 2 guys that did that last year and you already have the other one.

Like I said...we're not done yet.

[AlioTheFool]

Also McCann and Beltran who didn’t finish out their contracts here :'(

Not gonna quote every post.

You're cherry-picking just to make your point. I 100% agree with you that the Yankees have often spent poorly. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't spend. Machado and Harper should be Yankees.

I never wanted McCann or Beltran. Same for Ellsbury, who had a terrible injury history--which seems to be a Cashman favorite player profile.

As for Correa, it would be a good expenditure for the player. I just don't want the person here. But if they sign him, I'll root for him.

We're not as far off from each other as you think. I would love if this team could start promoting MiLB players who perform like Judge.

[SixFeetDeep]

Machado AND Harper?

K

You know my stance on this, I was all in on signing one. That being said, it was probably Machado/Harper or Cole. I would take Cole, and if you factor in our pitching staff vs our offense at the time of these decisions, it’s a no brainer.

[SixFeetDeep]

I know I can be a bit of a douche in here sometimes, but if the Yankees don’t come away with Correa/Story/Freeman, then I agree with most of what everyone is saying.

Can we wait for that to happen though? The offseason isn’t even close to complete (and who knows when it will be)

IMO the only FA’s we’ve truly missed out on are Starling Marte and Seager (moot point if we get Correa/Story)

Would I have loved to sign Max Scherzer? Absolutely. It’s not my money. I can also see the rationale that signing a 37 year old pitcher with a million innings on his arm to $40M/year is pretty risky. We need a shortstop more anyways.

[SixFeetDeep]

We're not as far off from each other as you think. I would love if this team could start promoting MiLB players who perform like Judge.

Volpe and Jasson are the best prospects we’ve had in…idk a really long derriere time, the only problem is they’re not going to help the 2022 Yankees. Oswald Peraza is closer and would be viewed as the SS of the future if not for Volpe. The Yankees need a SS tomorrow though.

I really liked what I saw out of Luis Gil last year. They don’t usually give young pitchers a shot in the rotation though, hopefully Gil forces their hand in ST.

[MBGreen]

I know I can be a bit of a douche in here sometimes, but if the Yankees don’t come away with Correa/Story/Freeman, then I agree with most of what everyone is saying.

Can we wait for that to happen though? The offseason isn’t even close to complete (and who knows when it will be)

IMO the only FA’s we’ve truly missed out on are Starling Marte and Seager (moot point if we get Correa/Story)

Would I have loved to sign Max Scherzer? Absolutely. It’s not my money. I can also see the rationale that signing a 37 year old pitcher with a million innings on his arm to $40M/year is pretty risky. We need a shortstop more anyways.

I'm hoping Baerga wasn't sniffing coke when he said the Jays were in on Freeman. 

[SixFeetDeep]

I'm hoping Baerga wasn't sniffing coke when he said the Jays were in on Freeman. 

Super longshot that he leaves ATL but anyone that isn’t trying to get him would be wrong

[SixFeetDeep]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how:

Dodgers by far best team in MLB on paper
Braves lose Acuna, a top 5 player
Dodgers trade for Scherzer and Trea Turner (holy excrement)
Braves win

If you told me the Yankees could sign Scherzer and Trea Turner today, and that they wouldn’t make the World Series I would be Confucius

[MBGreen]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how:

Dodgers by far best team in MLB on paper
Braves lose Acuna, a top 5 player
Dodgers trade for Scherzer and Trea Turner (holy excrement)
Braves win

If you told me the Yankees could sign Scherzer and Trea Turner today, and that they wouldn’t make the World Series I would be Confucius

just goes to show that championships aren't won on paper, i guess.