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But no extension leads me to believe this will be his last year as a Yankee.
Low cost for this year could make him attractive as part of an off-season trade....
While reports state that the Yanks and Belly are at an impasse….expect free agency to pick up now. Big domino just fell
Bregman to the Cubs. 5 yrs / $175M
Reports that the Yanks are heavily involved with Bichette and still in the Tucker sweepstakes. I like Bichette because he gets hits / gets on base. Tucker is a superior bat to Belly but Belly gives you so much versatility and Tucker will get a BIG number
Bregman to the Cubs. 5 yrs / $175M
Reports that the Yanks are heavily involved with Bichette and still in the Tucker sweepstakes. I like Bichette because he gets hits / gets on base. Tucker is a superior bat to Belly but Belly gives you so much versatility and Tucker will get a BIG number
I'm in agreement with the Yankees on the Bellinger impasse. 7 years is too long. I do not like long term deals for players who have already turned 30 years of age. The Stanton contract has been an albatross for the Yankees, preventing a lot of deals. We have several players on long term deals and adding another will further handicap future deals. Scott Boras is notorious for dragging things out and Bellinger may indeed agree to the 5 year deal the Yankees are offering if he is really sincere about wanting to be a Yankee. We will see. I hate to see him go.
Yanks shipped some surplus minor leaguers to Miami for lefty Ryan Weathers
Starter with bullpen experience with 3 years of control and even had one minor league option available. David Weathers son
Live arm. Throws 97 consistently with an upper 80s change and low 90s slider. Definitely has talent/upside
Starter with bullpen experience with 3 years of control and even had one minor league option available. David Weathers son
Live arm. Throws 97 consistently with an upper 80s change and low 90s slider. Definitely has talent/upside
I'm not crazy about this trade. Giving up the prospects they did for a player lacking durability and with a lifetime ERA of 4.93? I don't know. I just feel the Yankees can do better than they have been doing the past few years on trades, especially for pitchers.
I’m blown away with how little we have done. The entire division has gotten better while we’ve just sat around. Yes…I realize Bichette, Tucker and Belly are still out there. But nothing makes me feel like we will sign any of them. I’ve reached the point where I wish George’s kids would sell the franchise. It is the most valuable baseball franchise in American sports and they continue to pinch pennies.
I try to keep up with prospects and I had not heard of any of the guys they sent to Miami. I considered them simply surplus bodies and I hope that I am right in doing so
I'm 99% certain we sign one of the three. Most likely Belly when Boras comes off of the ridiculous term he is demanding. Belly is close to a point age wise where a stop-gap contract doesn't make any sense as he won't miraculously get more term being a year older. My understanding is that the Yanks are offering 5 years and Belly/Boras are demanding 7....they'll settle on 6.
Although I do believe that Tucker is a far better option offensively. You take a step down defensively and Tucker is going to cost $10M+ more per year.
I still really like Bichette as a fit in New York. Guy flat out hits and plays with a little piss and vinegar in his game. Not great with a glove but a Bichette and Belly combo would be incredible. They would then ship out Jazz for pitching help as Bichette really needs to play 2nd from a defensive standpoint
I'd like to get Bichette and Bellinger. Bellinger is a very valuable player as he can play anywhere defensively and can hit.
It's amazing how George's reputation has changed. He was hated in the 80s and early 90s. The team became great due to his time away, and once he got his hands on it again the world series wins slowly faded away.....
But I will say, at least George wasn't afraid to spend money and be the villain, unlike his son.
But I will say, at least George wasn't afraid to spend money and be the villain, unlike his son.
To be clear…it’s the last part of your post that I keep referencing. George’s wallet and his willingness to open it time and again made us feel like if a free agent hit the market, we always got first dibs. He was too emotional and too involved with the clubhouse at times (many times) and that wasn’t ideal.
But the Mets and the Dodgers have both accepted the concept that spending tons of money grows your franchise’s net worth. While the Yankees net worth will never go down because we are an iconic brand, ownership now spends with a ceiling of some imaginary budget point that isn’t ever a real thing. It’s maddening.
Every single year they add the best guy on the market. It's honestly absurd.
I applaud them for it but....good Lord
Well, the Mets just landed Bichette. So literally the best we can do now is resign Belly to have the same pieces as last year.
With what the Dodgers keep doing…I’m not sure it would matter
IF our pitching staff can get back from injury and produce as capable…we’ll still be good. But the offense is currently Judge + homers + no extended rallies / strikeouts and walks
You have to think that with all the pitching injuries and surgeries the past few years that the healthy trend has to finally turn in our favor. When all these guys get back the staff should be above average. Pitching and defense wins championships and I feel we have both to go far, but you are correct in that someone has to step up other than Judge, he can't do it every night.
Excellent news! Bellinger signs with the Yankees!!!!! That was a must deal.
At basically the same offer the Yanks tendered a week or two ago
5 yrs / $162.5M
$32.5M/yr AAV
It’s a good deal. Five years was the most we should have given. I’m so glad we landed there. I still feel like our off-season was a net negative and that our division got better than we did individually, but at least it wasn’t a disaster since we now have Belly back.
As I stated a few weeks ago the Yankees were not going to go past 5 years and I surely didn't want them to and many didn't as well. Boras must have caved because he wanted 7 years and Bellinger wanted to remain a Yankee.
I agree wholeheartedly although I thought that both sides would "settle" on a 6th year at a reduced number for it. 7 years at this point in Belly's career is insane. Boras knew that too
Well, he finally got surgery on his shoulder so maybe he gets a new breath of fresh air now so to speak. Hard to hit and field with a torn rotator cuff. We'll see how he progresses. If he doesn't improve this year it's time to move on.
Analytics be damned....turn him into a slap and gap hitter and watch him take off!
Still the worst thing to happen to him was hitting 20+ dingers his rookie season
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I love the optimism, but I don’t think he has the bat-to-ball skills to be that slap/gap hitter you describe. He never walks…and he strikes out a ton. I know you feel like those issues may be due to his objective to pull and lift the ball, but I think it is far more likely that, as a rookie, there wasn’t nearly the book on him that there is now. And the holes (plural) in his swing and plate coverage have been identified and are being exploited. And we don’t even want to talk defense right now…because he was a disaster in the field in 2025.
You make very valid arguments. And its likely you are right. He's got a big swing (likely exacerbated by his unlikely hot power start to his career) and I would love to see a concerted effort to cut that down.
Volpe's swing is definitely way to long. He needs to shorten it up and watch a lot of film on people like DJ Lemahieu on how to work right field.
Both he and Stanton are much better hitters when they aren't trying to pull everything.
Both he and Stanton are much better hitters when they aren't trying to pull everything.
You guys need to remember he has played with a bad shoulder for 2 years and the labrum finally tore last year and kept playing. That will affect your swing big time as I know from having he same issue many years ago. We'll see what a healthy Volpe swing looks like before I make a final judgment on him. But he is a good hitter when going the opposite way even injured.