The Yankees have been baseball’s best team by a wide margin — their .727 winning percentage trounces the Astros’ second-ranked .640 mark — but they’ll naturally still be on the hunt for improvements as the Aug. 2 trade deadline draws nearer. To that end, general manager Brian Cashman and his staff have already begun to survey the outfield market, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
It’s wholly unsurprising that the Yanks would be in the market for outfielders, given the way both Joey Gallo and Aaron Hicks have floundered so far in 2022. The 28-year-old Gallo, though he’s in the prime of his career, is limping through a career-worst .165/.276/.330 season and has fanned in a staggering 39.2% of his plate appearances this season. Hicks, 32, looked to be turning a corner when he opened the month of June with a .321/.410/.434 showing through 61 plate appearances across 16 games. However, he’s fallen into a 2-for-24 slump since that time and is hitting just .218/.338/.284 on the season overall. He’s still signed three more years beyond the current season, while Gallo is a free agent this coming winter, so the leash on Hicks figures to be longer.
Gallo’s struggles have pushed him into a decreased role of late, as Giancarlo Stanton has seen his time in the outfield tick upward. Stanton has already logged 242 innings in the outfield (all but seven coming in right) — the second-highest total in any of his four seasons wearing pinstripes. Stanton played in 139 games in 2021 but still logged just 199 innings in the outfield. Hicks, meanwhile, has shifted to left field in deference to MVP candidate (and free-agent-to-be) Aaron Judge, whose 337 frames in center this year have already exceeded his combined career total from six prior seasons.
There’s no indication yet as to which direction the Yankees are specifically leaning, and the outfield market figures to feature a broad range of available players. Speculatively speaking, a left-handed bat would be sensible — particularly one capable of playing center field. Anthony Rizzo is the only current regular who bats left-handed in the Yanks’ lineup. Hicks is a switch-hitter but better from the right side of the plate throughout his career, and the only other lefty bats on the big league roster are the struggling Gallo, switch-hitting utilityman Marwin Gonzalez and veteran infielder Matt Carpenter.
Kansas City’s Andrew Benintendi is among the likeliest outfielders to be traded, given his upcoming free agency, his strong .305/.370/.393 batting line and the Royals’ fifth-place standing in the AL Central. Other outfielders likely to be available include Oakland’s Ramon Laureano, Baltimore’s Anthony Santander and Trey Mancini, Cincinnati’s Tyler Naquin and Tommy Pham, Detroit’s Robbie Grossman, Pittsburgh’s Ben Gamel, Arizona’s David Peralta and Chicago’s Ian Happ.
We’ll surely see ample rumblings on Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds and Orioles outfielders Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays, but all three of those players can be controlled three more years beyond the current season. That’s also true of the aforementioned Laureano, but the A’s are only just beginning to dismantle their roster and as such could be a bit more amenable to parting with some more years of control than the Pirates or O’s, both of whom have been rebuilding for several years already.
The Yankees are already well over the new $230MM luxury tax threshold, currently checking in at about $246MM worth of luxury obligations, in the estimation of Roster Resource’s Jason Martinez. They’re paying a 20% tax on every dollar spent over that line (approximately $3.2MM as things currently stand) and would pay that same 20% on every dollar up to $250MM. Any spending thereafter would be taxed at a 32% rate, up to $270MM.
Astros might be better than them. And it’s still too early to compare to the Red Sox. They’ve matched them since the middle of May. So of course Cash man is in panic mode. They are so silly about having to win in the regular season. Do they think that 5 guys are going to start 160 games this year and have anything in the tank for the playoffs? Will they overuse their bullpen like they do every year? Will their muscle bound sluggers remain injury free all year? It’s all so much to worry about. 13 games ahead and freaking out. Situation normal all fouled up.
Astros s better team??? With or without trash cans???
They’re clearly still good without trash cans. I say bash institutional cheating as much as you want, but we can’t deny reality that the Astros are handling both NY teams without any problems. And the Mets and Yankees are both excellent teams. It’s a scary reminder how good the Astros are even with losing Correa.
@PurpleVonHayes; Did the Astros lose Correa? Or did they look at the make up of their team and staying within the constraints of their budget determine they would be competitive without him? Or…? Regardless, to date, they’re looking pretty tough without him.
@C Yards Jeff Yeah that’s a good point. I guess I mean, it’s scary that the Astros are so good that they clearly decided they didn’t need Correa.
And losing Springer as well. He of course was the year before but still part of that lineup. So it’s impressive they are good without Springer and Correa.
“Astros handling both Ny teams without any problems”.
Astros won 3, Yankees won 2
Such domination lol
Every player is replaceable. Fans too often deem a single player essential to winning when in fact every player is replaceable and a cheaper option is usually always better anyway.
They drafted and developed a SS to replace their long time SS that they had drafted and developed.
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Every player is replaceable. Fans too often deem a single player essential to winning when in fact every player is replaceable
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Baseball is more formula-based than the other sports. It’s not quite linear, but the most regular-season WAR equals the most regular-season wins. Everything else being equal, the team that acquires the most WAR/$$$ spent, will win.
And the $20-30M ballplayers often don’t provide the best WAR/$$$.
Their is no correlation between the regular season and the post season match-ups.
Yankees never led once during those two games. Just saying.
Yeh, right. Which version of “WAR? There are three, and they “tweak” them almost every year. It’s a pseudo-stat.
Astros are definitely better than the yankees, and look that way if you watch them play each other. Records say otherwise, but if you have eyes and a brain you can see the truth.
The trashcan thing you might need to ask Beltran about, he is in the NY broadcast room. He might have to break out his old ways to help them out, since he was the one who came up with the whole thing and took it team to team with him. Should be banned from baseball, but don’t worry the Yankees like cheaters and hired him.
“Astros are definitely better than the yankees, and look that way if you watch them play each other. Records say otherwise”
Sorry, but you are what your record says you are.
“but if you have eyes and a brain you can see the truth.”
@Joe says… Agreed. The Yankees are top dog in the AL this year. I’d love to see them square off against the Mets in the WS. Unfortunately for the Mets, the Braves may have something to say about that sooner than later. All this said, the Astros are good enough to surprise the Yanks. And I hope this is the case. Much rather see teams under the salary cap threshold than over “competing” in the WS. Also like that the Astros are winning with 70 +/- millions less in payroll than the Yanks.
yes their records on july 1st say how great they are. I mean that was an amazing world series of the red sox and the giants …. oh wait
It seems you have neither!
Not really surprising the Yanks, when they are straight dominating them in the regular season 😉
Sorry, but recent playoff history say what you really are. Yankees are better than the Astros when they can beat them in a playoff series.
@Bright Side The past never says what you really are in terms of sports. Let me be clear that I don’t think or care that the Astros are better than the Yankees, but it’s clear that the Astros are still a top team. The playoffs is essentially it’s own different season. We’ll see what happens there, but the past doesn’t matter.
@Rocker49- you have eyes and a brain? Prove it.
He’s just a troll. Look at literally every single Dodgers post.
“but if you have eyes and a brain you can see the truth.” OK, but what exactly DOES QAnon have to say about this?
@Flyby: true, 7/1 is a bit early to talk WS opponents. My bad. Cheers!
The astros played toronto in april and lost 2 out of 3 they played boston early in the year when boston was like 3-30. And they played the mets when tge mets were without scherzer and company. And they split with the yankees other than that they played miami. Washington and seattle. So lets wait until their season gets started. To chime in about how good they are
Jays fan here but I think Ramon laurano would make the yanks pretty complete
“If only we could pull out our brain and just use our eyes.”
Pablo Picasso
Something similar to BLM?
…says 2024 is when things get cheaper again and when CHAZ 2.0 gets an expansion team, funded by Soros supporters. Also says Yankees, which is a derogatory word developed by the imperialist Dutch, and Astros are both excellent teams that could both be watching the WS if some other playoff team gets hot at the right moment. QAnon is smarter than Confucius. Both used their eyes and brains had their educations federally funded. Much like psychology degree waiving elitist Karens. Geaux Indians!
No, you are better if you continuously exhibit the ability to beat the other team head to head. Because come October, won/loss resets to zero.
Both team look really good, however Yankees play in a much stronger division than the Astros.
C Yards Jeff, YOU might prefer to see the Astros over the Yankees in the World Series but I guarantee you 100%, the ratings will say differently if that happens. The highest ratings possible would be a Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series and I believe that will finally happen this season. No matter how you Astros fan boys try to spin things, the fact is that you were PROVEN to be the biggest cheaters in the history of sports and nothing you can or ever will do will change that. You guys make the Patriots seem like full blown amateurs by comparison. Nobody that lived through this era will ever respect the Astros whatsoever, even if they went on to win the next 10 World Series. The Yankees, in 2022, are better, deeper and now have the best closer in MLB, Clay “Mariano” Holmes. So what if the Asstros are winning with a salary 70 million less than the Yanks or Dodgers? To most fans, that simply means they have merely found new and more creative ways to cheat. They should have been stripped of that absolutely bogus World Series “championship”. As disgraceful as the Black Sox scandal.
So the Mariners were the best team in baseball in 2001? It turns out they weren’t.
Yanks better regardless trash cans use by the cheating Astros
Yanks cheated 2015, 2016 and still lost to the Astros lol.
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If you are the best, you stay that way by continuing to try and improve. Benintendi makes all the sense in the world for the Yankees. He’s left handed, a contact hitter, plays an above average left field, and could be a much needed lead off hitter.
He would also love to beat the Red Sox and show them what they gave up
@Mickey777- how bout Bryan Reynolds or Ian Happ, brother?
Captain Judge99
Bryan Reynolds is a pipe dream, I think. Don’t know if Ian Happ is the player we’ve seen this year or the guy from the last few years.
Prefer Benintendi but would definitely take any of the 3, depending on the cost of course.
Don’t think realistically there’s a pitcher available that substantially helps our chances in the post season. If you acquire Montas, who you bouncing out of the rotation? I’ve got Schmidt and Sears for depth. Like the article strongly implies is outfield help they are seeking.
Benintendi and Barlow from KC. Can always use another bull pen arm.
Definitely. And it sad, but almost anything would be better than gallo at this point who contributes virtually nothing literally.
Gallo isn’t going anywhere. Cashman never admits making a mistake.
There might be a pretty good bidding war for Benintendi.
@all in the suit that you where- Well hopefully Benintendi goes to the Blue Jays or somewhere else. Not really wanting him on the Yankees. Keep in mind he’s a rental.
Hope so.
– Dayton Moore
You don’t want someone who has hurt the Yanks in the past and actually won a World Series? Ok, keep Gallo. I agree that he’s a rental, so the cost couldn’t be too great. He can also help you win now, which is the point. I’m a Red Sox fan, so I don’t want to see him in Yankee pinstripes.
Somehow I don’t think Cashman is in “panic mode”. Having the best record in the league tends to help.
I know you hate it that no matter how good the Mets are, the Yankees are always just that much better.
Guys does any of this matter other than a **** measuring contest?
Does it matter now if the Astros are better than the Yankees or vice versa, both very good teams that will sort it out in the playoffs
#Joe Says.. agreed. “Having the best record in the league tends to help”. That said; year in, year out why would the cash man ever be in a “panic mode”? Having deep pockets with no fear/worry of going beyond the luxury tax threshold(s) to attempt to upgrade the roster “tends to help” as well.
The Yankee franchise you’re describing ceased to be, once Hal took over. He worries a lot (and needlessly) about the luxury tax.
Cashman may be in panic mode. If this Yankee team fails to reach the WS, Yankee fans may revolt.
You can bet he will be all in at the deadline.
This is a pretty bias bad take.
Yankees have been slumping offensively, for a while now, so their recent series is not indicative of talent.
That aside, they’ve been winning, in spite of IKF, Donaldson, Hicks, and Gallo underperforming. They’d be wise to pick up a great OF/SS and would have been wiser to do that in the off-season.
Keep in mind that Chapman, German, and Loaisiga are due back soon, and Britton and Ridings should be back shortly thereafter. It’s hard to imagine all 5 not being excellent, given their track records. A few should become or create trade pieces and rest.
Can the Twins beat the Yankees in the postseason? Can they win a game? Sure. A series? Nope. Maybe they think Correa changes that. Maybe they can win two games. But a series? No. There needs to be a huge shift for that to happen. Sanchez? Revenge? Still probably not enough. Winning is a CULTURE. Got it? And right now the Yankees DO NOT have that culture. Last year’s two innings by Cole is pathetic for the money they’re paying him. Maybe this is their year. It CAN happen. All the Yankee fans can then remind us of how many championships they’ve won. And the rest can just sigh and move on.
First the Yankees have to get past the Red Sox and Astros. Two teams with winning cultures.
You mean “cheating cultures?”
Remember that the Sox cheated, at least, through 2018, and the Astros cheated, at least, from 2017 to 2019.
If not for that, you really think they eliminate the Yankees, from 2017 on?
Did the 95 Yankees have a winning culture?
Talent produces wins. Wins produce chemistry. Chemistry produces culture.
Don’t even start with cheating because absolutely no team can match the Yankees in that department. More PED’s than anyone, more arrest records than anyone, an owner who was a crook, fans who throw things on the field more than at any other stadium, all-in-all a veritable cesspool, but hey, all those championships. Whoop-de-doo.
No matter how many times I debunk this, you keep repeating it. Are you intellectually dishonest or just uncomprehending?
Please clarify this, at least: are you a Red Sox fan or a Mets fan, or both?
Call it what you want … cheating … gamesmanship … one upping … gaining an edge … all teams do it in some way, shape or form. It’s always been a part of the fabric of the sport. Every once in awhile someone gets caught and faces a very manageable consequence. Why manageable? To keep the “fraternity” intact and viable so to not disrupt it’s popularity thus profitability
Is cheating universal? Maybe.
Were the Astros and Sox egregious? Definitely.
Did it affect the 2017-2019 playoffs? Yes.
It’s hard to imagine that so many playoff games would have broken their way, without their dishonest play.
Lou Merloni stated that the Red Sox staff trained the players how to use steroids and that the team was “a steroid factory.”
Manny got suspend 3!? times, and Ortiz failed a PED test, plus they’ve had a cheating scandal in every modern World Series win. Therefore, the curse has not legitimately been broken.
You don’t really debunk it, you just give your convenient evidence. It’s just an ongoing argument. You can’t tell me George wasn’t a criminal, he was. You can’t wipe away the arrest records of a dozen and a half Yankee players over the past two decades. And you can’t tell me fans at other stadiums even remotely approach the pathetic behavior in the Bronx. We can argue about cheating and PED’s but I don’t think any teams have done worse than the Yankees, just there are others who have followed suit. For the record, I am a fan of 29 teams in the major leagues, I like some more than others, but I’m happy for the success of EVERY team not named the Yankees. I’ve had enough of their nonsense and hope they continue their regular season success and postseason failure. And I hope their fans keep blaming it on cheating. Shows their true colors. It’s a big bandwagon, plenty of room for everyone. But the wheels wobble and the riders smell bad, so I’ll just walk my own way.
“You don’t really debunk it, you just give your convenient evidence.”
Now, that’s funny. “You and your stupid evidence!”
“For the record, I am a fan of 29 teams in the major leagues, I like some more than others, but I’m happy for the success of EVERY team not named the Yankees.”
So you’re not really a fan of any team — you’re just a Yankee-hater.
How sad, to approach a great game like baseball with the main purpose of rooting for one team to lose rather than to root for another team to win. A hater rather than a fan. SMH
The simple reality is that the Yankees don’t care about baseball, they only care about the Yankees. It’s great for some, but not for all.
You do know that George Steinbrenner wanted a salary cap, same as the NFL, NBA and NHL, don’t you?
Fink,
As usual well said!!!
Steinbrenner reinforced this idea of specialness in his public statements whenever the Yankees fell short of a World Series title. The idea was that whichever team managed to beat New York that season had simply committed a cosmic error—the world championship trophy, after all, belonged in The Bronx.
That sure sounds familiar. Well, they were BFF.
Is that what this is about? Sheesh. You don’t know much about George.
“Over the past 20 years, the late Yankees owner steered 44 percent of his donations to Republicans and 44 percent to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The rest went to nonpartisan political committees.” – Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2010/0716/Georg…
BTW, Steve Cohen, owner of the team in Flushing that you’re always defending, donated $1M to the inaugural slush fund of guess who? Hal Steinbrenner, on the other hand, ranks at the bottom among ML owners in political donations:
“At the bottom of the list are two owners that run their teams very differently — Robert Nutting and his wife Leslie of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Hal Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees. Nutting, consistently one of the least popular owners in baseball, contributed just $69,750, mostly to Republicans and conservative causes. Contributing even less than him however is Hal Steinbrenner, part of the Steinbrenner family dynasty known for their extravagant spending for on-field talent. Steinbrenner has contributed only $47,000, also mostly going towards Republicans.” – Open Secrets, March 5, 2019
If you think you can pick a sports team in any sport and not root for players whose politics don’t accord with yours, you’re dreaming.
Hard to imagine? With or without cheating they had a 50% chance of any playoff game having “broken their way.” They were a good team, not hard to imagine them winning.
Do you realize just how many games that is? Boston and Houston? 3 years? Wild Card? ALDS? ALCS? WS?
2x3x4x???
Those probabilities do NOT break 50/50, at ALL.
I’m talking one game at a time. I realize their overall chances of a championship aren’t that. My point is you seem to be arguing that there’s no way they could have won without cheating and there’s really no way to know that. It can’t be established statistically, or at least it hasn’t been.
Ray Negron, a Yankees employee for more than 40 years who serves as a columnist for Newsmax, told Business Insider that Steinbrenner was a “very strong mentor” to Trump.
“And he looked at Steinbrenner as a big brother, as a hero, and you know he don’t look at anybody that way,” Negron continued. “They were both the same.”
In that pair, George is the good guy! And I do really think George was a decent person but I will never say that about Donald. Ugh.
No love for Cohen at all, he’s gotten better results, but I don’t think that much of him. Hedge fund managers play speculative risk with rich people’s money. Not impressed.
you are a tool
The Astros cheated 2017 and part of 2018.
As a fan I will own that and not even bring up what any other team did.
But any cheating accusations after the first half of 2018 are unfounded
Jonthunder: MLB’s investigation of the 2018 Red Sox went on for months and uncovered no evidence of cheating. They admitted this in the report when they said they have a “factual dispute”, “largely have no direct evidence” and “no written record, recording or other contemporaneous evidence of the underlying events”. There was no evidence and the conclusion of cheating “on at least some occasions” was clearly based on speculation. MLB’s investigation failed to document a single occasion of cheating. This was very unfair to the Red Sox and Red Sox fans and why I keep pointing it out. People should read the report which is still available on MLB.com.
whyhayzee, Ray Negron is a good man; but with all due respect to Ray, we know who the mentor was, and it wasn’t George — it was Roy Cohn.
Fink, that’s why I said that I really think George was a decent person. The media loved it when he did or said something out of line but he just never bothered to try and fix his image. That tells me he was ok. The losers like rump are constantly telling you how great they are. That’s why I couldn’t stand the Clintons and blame them more than anyone else for the mess from having an evil incompetent putz potus.
I think the Yankees lose in 2017 regardless because of how their offense ended up going cold on the road. I think the Yankees lose in 2019 too because assuming the Astros were cheating that year too, explain why the Nationals could overcome it but the Yankees couldn’t.
The Yankees called them out on it publicly before the 2019 World Series:
nj.com/yankees/2019/11/mlb-rumors-is-there-proof-a…
The buzzer accusations were made before the World Series too. They were all over Twitter and were covered in the press immediately after Buzzer Boy hugged his jersey shut and told his teammates not to tear it off.
They might be. Too early? Panic mode? BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,BLAH. Just say you hate the Yankees. You’d sound smarter.
It is pretty ridiculous to say the Yankees are panicking.
I think the Yankees should pick up the phone for Ian Happ, he would kill it in NYY
I think my Rangers fleeced the Yankees on that Gallo trade.
Gallo is just too stubborn to improve as a hitter.
You may be right about the Yankees getting fleeced on that deal. You should never trade for a player who looks really good on a lousy team.
Yeah but I still think getting Hays would be a win for the Yanks if they could swing something.
You are 100% correct. You got 3 good prospects for a marginal major leaguer. Always liked Duran. We fleeced you for Trevino though!
They got four prospects for Gallo, Mickey, and three are already in the bigs.
Not sure if you’ve had a chance to watch much Rangers ball this year, but Ezequiel Duran has now surpassed an injured Josh Jung (who likely ends up at 1B) as the team’s every day 3B for the next decade. Cannon of an arm, respectable range, and power bat that fits in the middle of the order. Josh Smith is one of the most polished bat to ball guys I have seen in a long time. He’s going to be their version of Chone Figgins – a super utility leadoff man with more pop. The fans are already embracing him a lot like Michael Young. Glenn Otto looks like a #4/#5 SP ceiling with the potential to eventually move to the pen with wipeout breaking stuff. He just needs more time and consistency to develop. Trevor Hauver is having a nice year in the minors too. Really amazing get for Texas for Gallo … To your point about Jose Trevino, getting him for Abreu (who’s now back with your team) was stellar for NY. He is not only a great receiver but a wonderful human being. We hated to see him go. Texas was loaded at catcher (Jonah Heim, Mitch Garver, Sam Huff). In hindsight, I’m sure they regret trading IKF to the Twins for Garver. Trevino became the odd man out, as a result. I think his offensive ascension is a little overstated, because the Yankees play in such a hitter friendly park, and the Rangers in a pitcher friendly one. (Plus, he was always a good player, but nobody in the national media cares about the Rangers.) I’m happy for Trevi and that he’s getting the recognition now he deserves.
I don’t think Jung has been surpassed, it’s that Duran has passed, say, a Nick Solak and the only good way to play both Duran and Jung is at opposite corners.
Yankee Stadium is not more hitter-friendly. It suppresses doubles.
bleacherreport.com/articles/2022901-ranking-mlbs-m…
Getting Trevino for free does soften the blow though.
He refuses to the make adjustments like Rizzo on a two strike count. A lot of talent and a two cent head!
Trevino is a good guy. I hated to see him go. That trade was mostly about clearing space to have both Garver and Heim on the roster.
@etex211- yes a “Stubborn Sicilian” set in his ways. This is obviously Gallo’s last season in pinstripes.
Gallo didn’t even look good at the time of the trade, I was kinda surprised the Yankees traded for him?
Gallo? I thought you said Joey Callo .
Hahahaha
Maybe it was just payback for the alex rodriguez trade even though soriano was a good player
Why should he. When the shifts are banned his OPC will rise significantly.
That’s what a championship team does. They have a .727 winning percentage and are looking to improve. The Angels are wallowing in mediocrity and their solution is to continue to bring up AA quality players as the answer to their suckage.
Different scenarios.
Yankees are looking to improve one position to increase their chances in the postseason, it’s a no brainer really.
angels need to improve in multiple spots, they don’t even have the prospect capital to fill all those holes, they just aren’t a deep or good team.
Of course they are different scenarios, Dusty. That was my point. The Yankees have a winning culture. In contrast, the Angels talk about wanting to win but do nothing to improve the team in any meaningful ways. So it sounds like we agree. There’s not always a need to be a contrarian.
Gallo is a very like able guy as fans see how much this guy cares. He plays golf glove defense and goes hard all the time. His bat has awful and a change in scenery maybe the best thing. His value is so diminished that he would be a reclamation type trade. I keep saying the best spot for him would be the padres who need left handed batting outfielders to play strong defense. Maybe his batting woes will be over looked and they will help him get back on track there.
As far as Hicks unfortunately I can’t say he gives it his all. I’ve watched time and again him not go hard after fly balls. He is starting to wake up recently but his bat is also an albatross in that lineup. If I had to choose to keep one it would be Gallo for his defense and hard nose play but for obvious contract reasons he would be allot easier to move. Cash Ninja needs to find a spot that can revitalize Gallo career. GM always put the team first but they also care about these players and I’m sure Cashman wants to see Gallo turn this around for himself because that’s the type of GM Cashman is where he has stated in the past that these are humans with feelings.
I’m hoping both are moved to locations that benefit them in long run but as of right now they are both hurting the Yankees lineup. The Yanks need more high contact bats preferably left handed that can play multiple positions.
My top choice is Benintendi and Happ. But I would not give up a ransom for them.
We can also bring up sone youth that would infuse speed and defense like a Florial and Andujar who both strike out a ton but less than Gallo and Hicks!
sounds like andujar + frazier for benintendi, two arms plus merrifield as a throw-in would be a pretty fair swap.
Geezus christ
I know, right? The stupidity never ends…
May have to ask the Cubs about Frazier.
No: Andujar is already a massive overpay.
Witt, Jr. better be in this deal.
smh, only four players for andujar AND Frazier???? You’re clearly not a true Yankees fan
Throw in Gallo and that should net you another five or six top prospects. Also, somehow get Gary Sanchez involved.
The Yankees might want to check with the Cardinals. The Cardinals need Pitching!!!
It’s obvious that new manager doesn’t like the high strung Gold Glove Centerfielder, Harrison Bader. But he bats right handed. Besides being maybe the best centerfielder in baseball, he can steal bases successfully, will hit .250 or better and walks turn into doubles with him. Not high priced either.
A switch hitter, Dylan Carlson plays centerfield when Bader isn’t. He’ll hit around .275, has homerun power, and could win his first Gold Glove this season in Right field.
The Cardinals have an abundance of good young outfielders. Carlson and/or Bader could be obtained for the right pitcher. Preferably a reliever.
I doubt the Cards move Carlson, but Bader would be an interesting deal depending on what the Yankee would be willing to offer.
Bader can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
I love Bader. Also from upstate NY. But he’s a RH bat and we need left handed bats. I would trade Andujar and a fringe pitching prospect like Garcia for him but he’s no long term solution at all. He’s more of a utility cf they will see multiple organizations in his career.
Love to hear Deivi described as a fringe pitching prospect, which he is, as opposed the BS next No 2 the Yanks had always portrayed him as. More of the kevin Maas hyperbole. Same with Andujar.
Not sure where you heard Deivi Garcia was a number 2 talent Is he or was he a decent prospect ? Sure. Is he still good yes.
Cards aren’t going to trade Bader. Centerfield is our weakest area in terms of depth. There is a substantial drop off from Bader to Carlson and no one really behind that. I don’t see obvious signs of a rift between Ollie and Harry. The Cards will trade you Corey Dickerson, but of course, you wouldn’t want him.
I’m pulling for the Cubs to trade Ian happ before I am the Cardinals trade Bader. Bader is high strung but he’s arguably the best defensive centerfielder. Bader saves alot of runs, second isn’t even close when it comes to defensive URZ rating
Perhaps they can trade Lasagne for Yepez? Worked out last time those two teams made a swap like that!
Juan Soto would look good in pinstripes ( for the next decade ?)
Do you honestly think Cashman would trade the prospects necessary to make that happen?
He did with A-Rod, but Trout would be a better comp to that trade.
Juan Soto is under team control till 2025, he’s “struggling” this year but on the Yankees he would slot nicely in the line-up. They would need to empty the farm. Stinks Gallo hasn’t performed. I believe he can turn the corner, not sure if with Yanks though.
Not happening unless the plan is to let Judge walk. Even the Yanks have limitations. Soto, Judge, Stanton, and Cole… Payroll already at 120.
You’d have to trade at least one of the future Juan Sotos that are Dominguez and Volpe though!
Jose Siri and Chas McCormick are available
A percentage point difference of .087 hardly constitutes a “trounce”. Big market partial much?
Over the course of a season that would be about 14 games. I think that’s pretty significant. And even more significant when you are talking about the the number one and number two teams in baseball.
We are not talking about the difference between say, the Brewers and Cubs as they stand right now.
Let’s wait until the season is over then before a “trounce” is declared. The Astros handled the Yankees pretty good recently.
Totally agree with you on that—but there will be a point in the season where a .001 difference is significant. I think we can agree that Steve’s choice of the word “trounce” is probably not best in ways of telling us that the Yankees currently have a better record than the Astros (in the above comparison).
I would say a 7 game lead over the Astros is pretty significant (check time stamp) lead. You sound like you have a big market ax to grind. Also, the Astros aren’t exactly a small market themselves.
I’d test Andujar over Gallo in July before the deadline. He looked pretty good when he was called up a month ago. No wonder he wanted to be traded.
Y’all want Ozuna? We take Gallo off your hands and maybe a no name prospect like ehhh Edgar Barclay… and still eat like half of Ozuna’s contract…. I’d pull the trigger on that all day
If either Hicks or Gallo were preforming adequately, this wouldn’t be a discussion. Still, I don’t see the value in a huge prospect pay for one season. They gave up on Enciarte, who could play a decent centerfield. It’s not a great idea to run Judge out in CF too much. The team is winning 70% of its games….they won’t stay that way, but still. A modest overpay is fine. A big one? Why?
It’s probably too late to trade either Hicks or Gallo. I think Gallo still has some talent, but maybe the slump is inside his head. And maybe the RF porch is just too close. That happens sometimes to righties in Fenway. They start thinking about pulling it too often.
That said, it’s hard to imagine a contender trading for him hoping that he can turn it around with only half a season left.
And I always liked Hicks, but this is B2B bad seasons, plus $31M/3 left on his contract, and he is 32.272 years old.
That said, how about JBJ plus his $17M/1..5 years for Hicks and his $26M/2.5?
JBJ has a gruesome 54 OPS+, Joe. Hicks is better than that. Even Gallo is better than that.
Gee I can’t imagine why….
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!
Hicks is Ellsbury 2.0 and both signings made no sense whatsoever. Trade Gallo for anything you can for someone with a lower salary. Try and package Hicks along with Volpe and another prospect for Luis Castillo. I don’t see the Yankees’ pitching being as stellar as it is for the rest of the season as Taillon is injury-prone and Cortes seems to be reverting
There is no way the Yankees are trading Volpe for anyone not named Juan Soto. I am all for trading for Castillo but maybe adding Oswald Peraza would work
Volpe is going to wind up being a bust lol. Just like nearly all of the Yankee prospects that amount to almost nothing and then get traded to lower market teams
You my pretend Yankee fan are clueless. Volpe would never ever go in a trade for a pitcher like Castillo who is struggling with shoulder issues. To say the yanks prospects never pan out is also showing your ignorance. Look at the roster at homegrown yanks and then look at the shuttle if kids coming up and finally look at the potential of high end prospects on the way such as Volpe. Buy a clue or just be honest and admit your no Yankee fan with comments like that
Yeah, those failed Yankee prospects — such a sad history.
Aaron Judge
Dellin Betances
Brett Gardner
David Robertson
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Jorge Posada
Mariano Rivera
Ron Guidry
Thurmon Munson
Gary Sanchez, Clint Frazier, Miguel Andujar, Chance Adams
From his rookie year through 2021, Sanchez ranked first in home runs, fourth in runs, fifth in RBI, seventh in wRC, and fifth in fWAR among all catchers.
Frazier wasn’t drafted by the Yankees, he came from Cleveland in the Miller trade.
Miguel Andujar isn’t a failed prospect. He was the ROY runner-up and got injured. His career OPS+ is 108.
Yeah, Chance Adams was a failed prospect.
How many prospects do you think become star players? A Baseball Prospectus study in 2007 found that among position players rated as Top 10 prospects, only a third became everyday players, 17% became star players, and 21% were busts. Among Top 10 pitcher prospects, only 4% became stars, 12% became regulars, and 54% were busts.
philbirnbaum.com/btn2007-08.pdf
Don’t feed the animals.
So the Yankees have some prospects succeed and some fail. Almost just like every other team ever.
No better system than the Astros system, but that only since after that team lost 104 games. Scouting has its hits and misses. Paul O Neill wasnt a Yankee draft, he was with the Reds. But some would call him a great Yankee. The Yankees miss too. Mike Ford? Deivi “ can’t miss” but “can’t keep it in the park’ Garcia? Every team has their great prospects, and every team has their losers.
Ford was a UDFA in an era where there were 40 rounds in the draft. That he made even A+ ball was a success for their investment, much less that he provided some value in the Majors.
Doesn’t Castillo have a shoulder or arm issue?
Why in the world would the Reds take Hicks who has a higher salary then Castillo? There is zero chance they do that well maybe not zero they would have to massively overpaid in prospects to take back a guy that has a massive negative value. I’m not sure that Volpe alone is enough to offset that terrible contract let alone the value of Castillo.
Hicks’s contract is nowhere near as bad as Ellsbury’s, but you’re right that neither made any sense.
No way are the Yankees trading Volpe for Castillo. And no way would the Reds take Hicks. But the Yankees have enough alternatives to offer that a deal should be doable. But with Castillo already having shoulder problems and with so many good arms in the Yankees’ system, I’m not sure Cashman even wants Castillo.
Brett The Jet is still available as a free agent and he bats left handed.
We haven’t hit the part of the season yet where Judge and Stanton’s body’s break down . You know Its coming !!
Nails for life? Nah, not life — just three years for grand theft auto and nine months for indecent exposure.
P.S.
It’s pretty weird for a Mets fan to be chirping about injuries with deGrom and Scherzer on your team.
BURN!!!
They should explore The Scranton Wilkes Barre area in the meantime. Let the not kids anymore play!
I will be extremely disappointed in Brian Cashman if Ian Happ isn’t wearing pinstripes by the trade deadline. He’s a perfect fit for the team and they have the resources to get him. Cashman has no excuse to not make it happen
Happ has a year of control, which could up his price. Other than that, I agree.
Cost shouldn’t matter if the Yankees want to win this year. They’re going to be in the market for a LF this offseason anyway so Happ makes perfect sense
Cost always matters. You don’t win every year like the Yankees do by making dumb moves on the basis that only this year matters.
It would have to be a Gallo replacement. Hicks isn’t going anywhere. Gallo has set the bar so low (offensively) that almost any warm body will make the team better. Do they need it? Not during the season, but they will need an upgrade for the postseason when they pitching is better.
Spot on, every word. And Cashman better be serious about an upgrade this time, not expecting the other team to pay the salary if whoever he acquires ,or we will end up with nothing.
And one bat isn’t gonna be enough, if we continue to be impotent against Verlander.
We need to be able to figure out somehow to hit him. He’s not Koufax after all, and other teams can hit him sometimes.
Oh and one more point, can we please stop allowing Altuve to beat us every series. Other teams can get the guy out, why not us. If we must pitch to him, at least walk him in pivotal at bats So he constantly doesn’t get the big hit against us. It’s not rocket science. This has been going on for years already
Tigers: OF Grossman & RP Fulmer for prospects SP Beck Way & SP Ken Waldochuck would work great for all involved
No thanks, that’s great for Detroit but not for the Yanks
Agreed. The Tigers would be all over this trade scenario.
It might be time for a Tebow comeback!
Was he ever really here?
We’re taking Soto and Corbin in the exchange of Gallo and Andujar and we’ll worry about next year next year.
Bryan Reynolds isn’t going anywhere. Pirates are ready to build around him
All jon heyman reports should be clearly marked as purely his imagination and speculation. Other than bob nightingale there is no one else with a worse record of actual accurate info.
They let Correa walk because there was a divide in the club house.
There was the Correa faction and the Brantley faction.
Altuve giving the approval to Pena as a future all-star,effectively closing the chapter on Correa but probably not their friendship.
Team before individual, always!
Cruz and Reynolds for Andujar and Gardner, maybe Frazier.
I’ll even throw in Chapman.
I’m sure the Pirates will jump on that trade in a NY minute.
You do know that Gardner isn’t a Yankee this year, right?
Neither is Frazier but it’s the only tune they know. I have never seen such unoriginal trolls as what’s on MLBTR.
Unoriginal and uninformed.
Happ is #1 on that list. Benintendi #2. The Orioles don’t like dealing with the Yankees beyond minor deals. The Pirates aren’t dealing Reynolds unless they get a prospect like Peraza or Volpe and TBH, Reynolds isn’t worth either. As for rest, pass.
They did hook up in the Britton trade.
@Bright Side and @Joe says: very true, rare the O’s and Yanks trade. The Britton deal is finally starting to bear fruit for the Birds. Dillon Tate is pitching well this year and in late inning situations at an era below 2.00
He’s been putting in off season work with mechanics gurus which has goosed his velocity from 92-94 now up to 96 and he’s still young. The only big trade i remember was the multi player deal in 1976, we got 5 players including Dempsey, McGregor and Tippy Martinez … all integral pieces to the 1983 World Series championship team.
All said, if the situation is right/has value, Elias will consider offers from Cashman. No doubt!
If I’m the Yankees, I think I’d want both Happ and Benintendi
I agree 100%
Bright side in your mind Reynolds’s isn’t worth either but people who actually know baseball neither of those guys are worth Reynolds’s not even close.
This ridiculous prospect hugging has to stop if either guy had even the numbers that Reynolds’s has this year they would be hailed as rookie of the year candidates. Reynolds’s checks all the boxes for the Yankees. Here’s another thing not only does he check all the boxes this year he is controllable through 2025.
I really hope that Cashman thinks like you and think Volpe who is struggling in AA is not worth trading in a package for Reynolds’s. I say package because make no mistake it takes quite a bit more then Volpe to land Reynolds’s and it takes a ton more then Peraza. The funny thing is knowing the facts of how many prospects flame out no one still wants to trade prospects.
If you think Volpe is struggling, you aren’t paying attention.
He did get off to a brutal start but has righted the ship. So his overall numbers aren’t great (they are also not struggling numbers) but his more recent numbers are where they should be.
Yanks can be patient with Volpe, they have Falefa another year!
Joe same can said of Reynolds he had a brutal start but hitting like an all-star again he’s going to cost a lot more then just Volpe. I will admit haven’t watched Volpe but a couple of times this year and he struggled.
In any case, they have to do something about Hicks. They can’t keep him on the 40 man for another THREE years, regardless how stubborn Cashman gets.
If I remember correctly Gamel came from the Yankees system, mariners got him from there.
Call Gardy.
They could grow bigger vegetables if they made a garden hire. Good for the diet of their meat infused muscle men.
Gardenhire retired in 2020.
Speaking of Marwin Gonzalez, it’s not surprising that easily his best season was 2017 with Houston.
Of course the cheating helped him put up a career year in 2017; but I wouldn’t ascribe his lesser production now entirely to the lack of banging trash cans. It’s not surprising that his bat speed might’ve declined at the age of 33. He was 29 in his last year with Houston. Time catches up with most hitters at his age.
Indeed: not everyone is Kirby Puckett and hits .314 with 23 homers and 99 rbis at the age of 35.
I hope everyone is clear on this:
“They’re paying a 20% tax on every dollar spent over that line (approximately $3.2MM as things currently stand) . . .”
This should tell you how absurd it is for Hal Steinbrenner to obsess over the luxury tax. Their total tax bill so far is $3.2 million. The tax is a percentage of the money spent over the threshold, not a percentage of the entire payroll (which I suspect some fans think it is).
For the owner of the New York Yankees to concern himself with the comparative pittance represented by the luxury tax is absurd. It’s also bad business. Hal is determined not to follow his dad’s high-spending business model. That model allowed George to build an $8.5 million investment into a $6 billion property. And Hal wants to avoid this?
Agreed. I’ve been saying it for a while. But it’s not the amount of money I think that upsets Hal , it’s just the principle of the thing. He does not want to donate money to teams in the league, especially those that end up beating him. Of course there’s an obvious solution to that problem, but I won’t go there right now since we don’t know what that is.
To deny his own team the opportunity to improve because it might help another team marginally would be both stupid and petty. If that’s his thinking, it’s self-defeating.
Agreed.maybe its just the feeble excuse he employs to avoid spending a larger percentage of his earnings?
Should really be able to build a winning team for less than 230 million.
Spending money you don’t have is setting yourself up for fiscal ruin. Just look to the Mets when they were cozy with Bernie Madoff.
Pro sports ownership is a “boys club”
The owners conspire to keep spending down and not upset or embarras the others.
Being in NY the Yanks MUST spend but only for show and only so much.
Hal is no George who couldn’t care less.
The new George owns the Mets not the Yankees.
Should I be surprised that there are commenters here who think Clint Frazier and Brett Gardner are on the Yankee roster this year?
Gallo really is the King of the 3 true outcome hitters. Strike out, Ground out, and muttering to yourself walking back to dugout.
What is it with some people here who are so Obtuse, They can’t understand or acknowledge there are different degrees of cheating, or so-called gamesmanship allegedly ,which everybody engages in to some degree.
What other teams have allegedly done for gamesmanship, there’s no comparison to the the depths of cheating committed by the Astros with the video cameras and trash cans and so forth.
Why? What makes what they did so much worse? You say this like it’s obvious but I don’t see it that way at all.
andjujar and another couple of prospects for Laureano. best idea is call Andjuar up tomorrow and play him… see what you have… you have a huge lead……
That doesn’t fit the A’s MO. They don’t tend to move players until the second year of arb.
Leureano has 6 years of control which is exactly what the As trade for. Andujar will be entering 2nd year of arb next year, which is exactly what they trade away. You have your trade proposal backwards.
Obviously it would take some good prospects, not just Andujar. Depends what Yanks and others think of Laureano.
As rmullig2 noted, Laureano is under team control for two more years, not six. This Yankee fan doesn’t want another Dominican juicer on the team. Let him get suspended again elsewhere. Of all the potential trade targets mentioned, he’s the least attractive option IMO.
Just don’t see the A’s wanting Andujar at all.
Laureano has 2 years of control after this season.
His free agency is delayed a year until after 2025, due to the previous suspension. So 3 plus years of control currently
The Orioles are not going to trade anyone to the Yankees. And I seriously doubt they move anyone on their active roster except Martin, Odor, and Mateo.
If the O’s front office thought a deal worked in their favor, why wouldn’t they trade with the Yankees? In 1976, the Yanks and O’s made a blockbuster trade of 10 players, three of whom were instrumental in the O’s pennant in 1979 and their World Championship in 1983.
Yep. The O’s got Dempsey, MacGregor and Tippy Martinez in that trade in 76. As far as today goes, Elias will listen to Cashman and every team. If he likes an offer, like a big time pitching prospect, he’ll would jump on it. I’m thinking only Adley, Rodriguez, Hall and Henderson are untouchable.
Did Baltimore defeat any team from any other country to win that so-called “World Championship”?
Still obsessed with that, eh, Chucky?
Maybe this’ll help you reconcile yourself to the World Championship name.
The best players from all over the world come to the USA to play.
Of all the possible acquisitions suggested, Ian Happ would be the best get for the Yankees.
He’s versatile positionally, a switch hitter, and a former teammate of Anthony Rizzo. Get it done, Cash.
And he has another year if control.
Happ for Waldichuk
It would be painful to lose Waldichuk, but you’ve got to give good to get good. I don’t think Ken alone would be enough though.
Robbie Grossman for an autographed Aaron Judge baseball. Who hangs up first?
Umm…the baseball? No wait. A baseball cannot use a telephone. 🙂
You just hurt Mr. Met’s feelings.
Ian Happ for Waldichuk
No no no.
You’re right because it will cost more.
Please take Wil Myers from the Padres…lol!
Hicks is fine as the 4th outfielder.
As for Gallo, it’s gone from whether he deserves a spot on the Yankees to whether he deserves a spot in the MLB at this point.
Call up Andujar, worst case scenario is he doesn’t play well and you’re still looking to the trade market. There is absolutely zero reason for Gallo taking up a roster spot past next week. If you can’t get anything for him then DFA and move on.
The Rangers got Gallo to alter his approach three years ago. The strikeouts stayed about the same, but the walks and hits both went up. He actually hit .253 that season, and his OPS was near 1.000.
Of course, since then he has regressed back to being Chris Davis 2.0.
Gallo came up as a third baseman. The Rangers had a need at third a few years ago and asked him to play the position. He refused. That’s when I soured on the guy. He’s not a team player. He is one of the best athletes in baseball and has the talent to play virtually any position on the field.
He CAN be a great hitter again, but he doesn’t appear to have any interest in doing what is necessary to unlock all of that talent.
Andujar is up from Scranton as the 27th player for today’s DH (and he’s in the Yankee lineup for the day game). His presence on the big club means the Bombers can DFA Gallo late tonight.
Yankees have got to give Andujar a chance in July over Gallo who already had the chance before they try to trade for Benintendi the Nintendi.
It would be great if Gallo would figure it out, dude was a contributing factor prior to his NY tenure. He’s putting up some awful numbers, hard to root against him. Change numbers, bruh. The 13 doesn’t work.
I was thinking the same thing last week. The uniform number curse got Gallo. Take 98 and see what happens.
I thought that too, until I discovered that 13 was his number in Texas.
And yet another article that screams “Fire Al Avila/Hire the Superfife”!
Gallo sucks. Period. His glove is good but not worth a roster spot
Assuming the Yankees push for Bryan Reynolds it is going to take a good amount of quality to make it happen. I think they have the right pieces to make it happen too. Reynolds is back to his old self last month has been pretty great.
Volpe is almost assuredly out of the question and Dominguez also a hard sell, but they also have some other quality that could make it happen
Once again no prospect is off the table if you want Reynolds’s. This is Cherington’s regime in Pittsburg but make no mistake Reynolds’s who is controlled through 2025 is worth more then any prospect the Yankees have.
The Yankees aren’t trading for Reynolds the ask will be too high. I would bet they won’t trade Volpe or Waldichuk for anyone and Wells and Dominguez might also be on the no trade list as well. With that said I think they can get a very good OF piece for some of what’s left after those guys. Mullins would be awesome but I doubt that happens. It’ll probably end up being Benintendi or Laureano for a couple of decent prospects. I’d take Laureano of the two his game would fit nicely atop that Yankee lineup.
I don’t think the Yankees are going to trade for Reynolds either. I think Benintendi is the best bet probably won’t cost a lot or shouldn’t and his power probably plays up in Yankee stadium he would probably be a good fit.
Honestly I just shave a problem with people who say we should go get Reynolds but our top 4 prospects are off the board. It’s funny that they think there top 4 prospects are worth more in a trade then an all-star switch hitting center fielder with power who had a slow start to the year but has been raking again for the more then a month. Oh and he is controlled until 2025. He is the kind of guy you target if you want to win now and for the next few years but he is going to cost a lot prospect capital.
any single prospect yes. prospect being the key word. It comes down to what the Yankees are willing to part with.
But the Yankees do have what it takes, it all comes down to how bad they want Reynolds.
basically to get reynolds the yankees would likely have to give up most of their higher quality prospects that are nearer term.
Joe I agree that’s all I’ve been saying it takes quality to get quality.
The Orioles should not trade, Mullins, Santander and even Mancini, they are getting very close to get out of rebuilding, just wait for Rodriguez, DL Hall, Henderson, Westburg who are knocking at the door plus getting Means back, trading for prospects 2-3 years away, would delay even more their chances IMO
I forgot Hays
Take the ego-hit, Cash. DFA Gallo and give his spot to Andujar. You can read. Gallo’s negative WAR is doing nobody any good.
The Yankees sent Andujar back to Scranton right after the DH last night. Bombers are gonna ride with Gallo even as his average stays below the Mendoza line.
Looks that way, Chucky. I have a feeling that Andujar’s going to get that trade he asked for. It’ll be interesting to see if Gallo’s still on the roster after the All-Star break.
I won’t hold my breath, but I wish he would
Chapman’s looking like a waste of a roster spot so far.
He’s been on Waste for a while now, An expensive one with that
Jackie Bradley Jr……please take him. I hear there is a market for .205 hitters making $6.1m lol
This whole comment section been mostly Yankees vs astros and the cheating scandal and PEDs. Like can we just appreciate the season and just talk about what this article is about. Yes the Yankees need outfield help, a starter and relief pitching. Cashman was an idiot for trading Gallo, they were better off getting merrifield or stay with Allen/florial. Gallo is a three true outcome hitter it’s like watching Chris carter all over again. Doesn’t matter if you have 40 plus homerun power. If you strikeout more than making consistent contact with the ball than you’re an liability. Yankees should go after whit merrifield again can play the outfield and infield like marwin and a better leadoff hitter with speed. Or they go after Bryan Reynolds from Pittsburgh which give them a better switch hitter. The Yankees never trust their farm system and let the kids play while still surrounding them with vets. They deal the money out for aging players that’s not worth having.
Whit Merrifield has a 68 wRC+ and a .595 OPS. Gallo has a 78 wRC+ and a .606 OPS. Would it make sense to give the Royals some Yankee prospects for a player with a 0.0 fWAR, barely better than Gallo’s -0.1 fWAR? Merrifield is 33 years old.
Merrifield is batting .230. Andujar is batting .268 with an identical 68 wRC+ and nearly identical .596 OPS, and his fWAR is 0.1 in only 43 plate appearances, compared to Merrifield’s 0.0 fWAR in 336 plate appearances (and WAR is cumulative). Again, why trade prospect capital for someone who’s not as good as someone who’s already on the roster and who’s being paid a fraction of Merrifield’s salary?
Some Yankee fans have been lobbying to get Merrifield for years, but he’s not the same player at 33.
Bryan Reynolds would be a good acquisition, but the Pirates seem to want to “win” trades and ask for the moon in return. They might be even more unreasonable now, seeing how Matt Blake turned Clay Holmes into one of the best closers in baseball. And before that, the Rays fleeced them in the Archer trade. They might be trying to compensate for getting burned so badly.
Good analysis, Fink. Merrifield is not that good anymore.
Many have been lobbying for reynolds For a while now. The question is will cash do what it takes to get him, I think not. He usually likes the other team to pay the players that he is acquiring’s salary for the remainder of the year. So there is that
Yanks need desperately a LF who can hit & get on base. Hicks and Gallo aren’t cutting it. Period. It’s almost an automatic out. Package them both with a prospect or relief pitcher now…
Sir, I do wish our Yankees would get a good LFer but I don’t think that it’s absolutely necessary. You don’t need an All Star at every position on the field to win a championship. Even the dynasty years didn’t feature a future HOF’er in left field. Twas Spencer, Ledee, and Curtis.. Reynolds would be nice, but as with any player, can he handle the pressure in New York?