The Yankees have made one of the more notable September call-ups around the league, announcing the promotion of top shortstop prospect Oswald Peraza from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. With active rosters expanding and Peraza already on the 40-man roster, no corresponding move is necessary.
It’s the first big league call for the 22-year-old, who has spent a bit more than six years climbing the minor league ladder. Originally signed by New York out of Venezuela during the 2016-17 international signing period, the 6’0″ infielder spent his first couple seasons in rookie ball. He put himself firmly on the prospect radar by 2019, showing a high-contact approach in Low-A that year. The cancelation of the following minor league season cost Peraza a year of reps, but New York still felt there was a chance another team would take him in the Rule 5 draft and carry him on the MLB roster in 2021.
The Yankees therefore added Peraza to the 40-man roster, and he’s occupied a spot there for the past couple seasons as he’s continued to progress through the system. He mashed in a 28-game stint in High-A to start 2021, earning a quick promotion to Double-A Somerset. Peraza played most of the year there, hitting .294/.348/.466 with 12 home runs and 20 stolen bases through 79 games. That impressive age-21 season earned him a late-season cameo in Triple-A and plenty of public support on Top 100 prospect lists entering this year.
Peraza placed among the game’s top farmhands in preseason rankings at Baseball America, ESPN, The Athletic and FanGraphs. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel was the most bullish, slotting him 25th leaguewide, but evaluators broadly agreed he was a plus defensive shortstop with power potential and bat-to-ball skills. Reports raised questions about his tendency to chase pitches outside the strike zone, but consensus opinion is that he has the physical tools to be an above-average regular.
The right-handed hitter hasn’t done much to change those reviews in 2022. He got off to a slow start in Triple-A but has turned things on of late, and his season line now sits at a solid .258/.329/.440. He’s hit 18 homers and swiped 33 bases on 38 attempts. Peraza’s 8% walk rate and 23.2% strikeout percentage are each pedestrian, but it’s a generally productive showing for a player of his youth and defensive profile. BA slotted him second among Yankees prospects (behind only fellow shortstop Anthony Volpe) and #76 overall on its most recent Top 100 update. McDaniel now has him 36th leaguewide, agreeing that only Volpe is the more promising minor leaguer in the New York system.
Rival teams inquired about Peraza’s availability at the trade deadline, with the Reds and Marlins reportedly looking to include him in respective discussions about Luis Castillo and Pablo López. New York held onto him, though, and he’s now in position to potentially factor into their postseason run. The Yankees are coming off an awful month of August, but they’re still a lock to make the playoffs in some capacity. With a six-game lead over the Rays in the AL East, New York remains a strong favorite for a division title and a top two seed that’d earn them a first-round bye.
What role Peraza will play remains to be seen, but it stands to reason he’ll be in manager Aaron Boone’s starting lineup more often than not. Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Josh Donaldson, acquired together in an offseason blockbuster with the Twins, have been the primary left side duo in the Bronx. Kiner-Falefa is hitting only .261/.310/.315 on the season, and he carries a .237/.290/.289 mark dating back to the All-Star Break. He’s gotten mixed reviews from public metrics for his glovework. Defensive Runs Saved has rated Kiner-Falefa 11 runs above average, the fifth-highest mark among shortstops. Statcast, on the other hand, has pegged him as a run below average.
Curtailing Kiner-Falefa’s playing time seems the easiest way to get Peraza into the lineup, but the Yankees could also work him in at the hot corner while giving Donaldson a few more days off. The former MVP has a roughly average .222/.308/.382 line across 441 plate appearances. He’s still drawing unanimous praise from public metrics for his glove, but the Yankees have also given the 36-year-old a fair number of quasi-rest days as a designated hitter.
However he’s deployed, Peraza will have a bit less than five weeks to make a case for a spot on the playoff roster. As a player who was on the 40-man by September 1, he’s automatically postseason-eligible (although even players in an organization but not on the 40-man are often easily added to playoff rosters via petition to the league office). Even if he doesn’t play a key role this postseason, Peraza will get his feet wet against big league arms as he looks to stake a claim to an Opening Day roster spot next year. He’ll have one minor league option year remaining after this season, so the Yankees can send Peraza back to Scranton next season if he doesn’t hit the ground running.
Peraza will be paid at the prorated $700K MLB minimum rate for any time he’s on the big league roster, and he’ll pick up a bit of major league service time. Far too much time has passed for him to accrue a full season of service or even threaten early arbitration eligibility as a Super Two player. He won’t be arb-eligible until after 2025 at the earliest, with his quickest path to free agency coming after 2028. If he’s optioned back to the minors next year, that could push his trajectory further into the future.
It’s also worth noting that Peraza will not reach 60 days of MLB service this season, nor is he likely to tally 130 at-bats and exhaust his rookie eligibility. He’ll technically remain a prospect headed into 2023, a potentially meaningful distinction under the new collective bargaining agreement. Players with less than 60 days of service who appear among two preseason Top 100 lists at Baseball America, ESPN or MLB Pipeline (as Peraza seems likely to do next offseason) can net their team a bonus amateur draft choice based on their early-career finishes in awards voting, so long as their club carries them on the MLB roster for a full service year. If the Yankees break camp with Peraza and he wins a Rookie of the Year or places highly in MVP balloting during his first couple seasons, New York could pick up an extra draft choice down the line.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post first reported Peraza’s promotion before the team announcement.
Image courtesy of USA Today Sports.
Finally!!!!
I’m glad finally. I could complain somewhat about the timing, bringing the kid into the middle of the Yankees in freefall , like putting him on the deck of the titanic. It is going to put a ton of pressure on the kid ,which could’ve been avoided if they brought him up before this disaster has unfolded. But you can’t expect that ,that’s not the cashman Way, wait to the last possible minute when is almost too late.
DR: Assuming you’re handle is the same on PSA, I thought your response to Rorschach44 was right on point. And, even though Cashman is right that the hitters aren’t hitting, Cashman is acquiring hitters that don’t hit in the first place (Gallo, Donaldson, Hicks, IKF, Higgy, Odor, etc, etc).
You are right on both accounts Clipper. I didnt know you were on there too,
That only took, FOREVER!!! Smh
Yup. Now that he’s on the Titanic, hopefully he brought his raft with him.
It’s not like he was tearing up the minors.
Actually, he has since June 2nd. Since then he’s hit .302 with 11 HRs in 47 games.
So then this is the appropriate time to call him up.
I think so.
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Oswaldo and Oswald on the same team???
Might confuse Boone and his lineup construction, which would not be difficult to do, He probably confuses himself by what kind of bubble gum to chew, certainly Sterling and his game calling.
Has anyone here called Cooperstown to get his measurements for the bust?
No, but every time you post it sure is a HOF bust.
LOL
Not anywhere near as big a bust as your team has been for 6-8 weeks now.
Looks as if the Yankees are living rent free in Sam’s head. He must be a Pirates fan.
LOL
Yankees are funny. Their fans are pathetic. I can’t help needling them.
Nah Sam’s nothing but a trolling Royals fan, last time we checked. Who really knows now? And he’s actually making fun of the Yankees organization? Smh
It’s funny the most pathetic thing on this site is you, stick to your Royals. The funny thing about it is that their a loser organization, and even more pathetic then you. Samuel Royal Flush Troll.
How does one claim someone to be rent free whenever the comment is 100% in line with the post. Yankees posts = comments about the yankees. If it was say a Dbax post, then understandable.
Oh please your as delusional as Sammy himself! Smh.
It’s You’re. But that’s fine too I guess…..
We have hit all the MLBTR checkpoints here-
An anti Yankee lead, the out of bounds “your team KC sucks so all your points must be invalid” eyeroll take, and then the grammar police citing a minor traffic violation to sew it all up
* Glad to see I made it off Sammy’s no fly zone for the moment…sure ill work my way back on soon enough . **Top Gun 2 is the absolute Sh@#$……beat the heat this weekend folks and make the trip to the Imax if you haven’t already
Whatever troll
I’m sure Steinbrenner has already done so or at least his stooge cashman
IT BEGINS….
What begins? The slow march to an early exit followed by nothing?
What begins? Tampa Bay’s takeover of the division
Keep dreaming troll, come up for air once in a while. Not happening.
Let’s go Rays.
No worries they’ll be better next year.
Not happening, huh? I’ve heard that before…
Can’t hurt at this point. Move IKF to 3rd, sit Donaldson and insert Peraza at SS. Something needs to be changed up, because this team is headed for a historic collapse if they don’t get it together asap.
And Ikf won a gg at 3rd
You are right, Which is why the Yankees won’t do it, makes too much sense
Hard to believe, but IKF actually has better stats than Torres, Which says more about how horrid Torres has been then how good IKF is because he is not.
Not even close. Torres OPS .715 vs IKF .625
You can cherry pick all you want, if that’s the only stat you wanna look at ,fine
You can also make a case to sit Gleyber Torres, who had reverted to the 20-21 version of himself.
Yup
This is at least a month overdue but better late than never. Now we don’t have to watch IKF play every day. This should also allow Volpe to spend the last month in AAA
Hopefully they will use him, not just have him ride the bench.
I imagine Peraza will get the bulk of the playing time at SS and IKF will play a utility role
@Ronk325- I imagine you are 100% correct. IKF is now a utility player at best.
Give me 2 Oswaldos any day of the week over the rally killers AKA Hicks and Torres
I hope they non-tender Torres after the season. Guy is a slacker and is nothing what he was his first season
Agreed. But they’ll probably do what they did with Sanchez. Sign him, and then hope they can trade him or throw him in with another player for a deal elsewhere. That usually backfires for us though, hence Donaldson along with a catcher that has disappeared and third basement playing short, but not too well either
That’s for sure
Torres has pretty much the same ops in the majors as what this guy had at triple A.
Torres can’t play defense, and apparently that’s a strength for Peraza. Plus Peraza had a rough couple months to start the season deflating his overall numbers, but has turned it on since. But, just the D alone, would have me opt for Peraza over Torres.
You are probably right but the poster was referring to rally killers. I was talking offensively he might not be an upgrade.
Ah, I see. Well, maybe not, but I love good D, and think it’s undervalued, especially on the IF.
tad2b13 – I love good D too…
Torres’s OPS this year is 54 points lower than Peraza’s OPS in Scranton this year.
Not to mention Torres’ hits come at in opportune times (like last season when 80% of his hits/HRs were against the last place O’s), and his homeostasis is Gallo-like, despite his overall numbers looking somewhat playable.
Take, for instance, last night’s game. How the Yanks can go from man on second (Judge) and no outs, to first and second with two outs is unreal. Why are they letting Torres and Donaldson both swing the bat when only down by one run? And, as we could’ve easily predicted, both struck out with RISP. This is precisely what plagued the Yankees last year.
If this kid hits its Torres to Miami in the off-season.
Here’s hoping. I’m so tired of Torres spinning himself into the ground like a Bugs Bunny cartoon when he swings for the fences.
Haha joe. I am with you. But he is coming aboard the titanic, I hope he has his life raft Handy
There is no reason why they couldn’t have done the same with Waldi/Sears and kept Monty. This team would be in much better shape. There’s also the Donaldson debacle. $25M for a defender who can’t hit the ball. That $50M total could’ve gone a long way toward acquiring another player for a position of need.
Clipper that’s the way I would’ve done it too. But of course cashman tried to pull a fast one and unload Sanchez’s contract without costing himself anything, and acquiring the incomparable IKF ,who he had been salivating over for quite a while. And let’s not forget the catcher he acquired, that we have never seen, The guy is so muscle bound he probably should have a career in the wrestling Federation instead.
And instead as I understand it, Minnesota pulled a fast one on us ,and with the money they got from us were able to get Correa. Now correa is not having a great season I grant you, but compared to IKf he looks like Mickey mantle, Both offensively and defensively. These deals alone argue for the departure of cashman, but yet according to reports he’s been resigned unfortunately, so we are doomed for this kind of performance for our team for many years into the future
I don’t quite understand why the Yankees hold onto players for so long and then wind up letting them go once they lose all trade value after they’ve provided nothing for the team the entire time they were on the roster. Such as Sanchez, Frazier, probably Andujar
The problem isn’t that they hold on to guys too long. The problem is they don’t identify which ones they should trade. Frazier, Sanchez, Andujar etc. were incorrectly projected to be part of a championship team. There’s where the problem is.
It seems like they don’t do either. They have opportunities to trade players and they don’t. Andujar and Frazier could’ve been packaged for Gerrit Cole; Torres, Hicks, and a prospect could’ve been packaged for Luis Castillo
That’s a good point Joe. And it’s been a chronic problem for a long time now. And its Done irreparable harm to the product on the field, maybe it’s all coming to ahead now. Yet despite Cashmans and his teams poor ability to evaluate talent, he remains so he can continue to wreak havoc with his organization
Where are all the Angels call ups??? Is this not a good time for them to be checking out their prospects or something?!?!
Are the Angels MiL teams involved in the playoffs? I don’t know if they are, but that could be the reason.
You raise a great question..I’ll check it out.
They have the worst farm system in baseball. Nothing worth calling up.
I thought they were loaded
No, they aren’t loaded. @Mets698622 is half right. They do have the lowest ranked farm system, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have anyone worth calling up.
They have one top 100 guy O’Hoppe. But a lot of what goes into the rankings is depth, which they definitely lack. But there are plenty of top prospects that fail, and then there’s guys that were never a prospect that become all-stars.
Not loaded but not as grim as Mets guy says. Pipeline had them at 30 because they only had one top-100 prospect though they admitted that Neto and Quero were close to making the list. Depth is slightly above-average but the system’s strengths are AA arms with 2023-24 ETAs and A-ball hitters who are 3-4 years away. AA Rocket City has the best record in the Southern League, and teams would rather their prospects play in a meaningful playoff atmosphere than MLB games that only affect next year’s draft position.
The only legit prospect who could have gotten the call was Davis Daniel but they chose to evaluate Weiss and Aguilar to see if they want to keep them on the 40-man for next year or let them hit minor league free agency. We could see a Silseth or Daniel callup if injuries hit or Weiss struggles.
Yikes. Sorry I asked…I’ll just have to take absolute solace in Arte’s ousting as well as getting to see Trout and Ohtani for as long as possible…I’m also still telling myself that Rendon is gonna “bounce back” next year…yes…Rendon’s year next year…haha
P.S. Give me a little slack on the word “ousting.” I don’t really care at this point how his “exit” came to fruition. All that matters is that he is bye bye.
Like Jose Mota says: “From prospect to suspect.”
Fangraphs ranks the Angels’ farm system #23.
fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2022-in-season-p…
Been one of the more intriguing names on the top prospects list for awhile. You knew he would eventually get a chance, let’s see what he’s made of.
Whew….had not realized what a spin Donaldson is in….?
Heard a few whispers of him being “negative” I think…?
From Philly, so I naturally ignore NY stuff…yeah….I know…
But seriously, has it been that bad…. is he at least a clubhouse guy or mentor…?
He can’t hit a fastball any longer. Once in a while he’ll have a decent day at the plate, but he’s usually awful.
Pulled his B-BallRef page….’19 was stellar, a ton of guys tanked ’20….
2021 was a dip for sure, but now it’s even worse….36 I know but wow…apparently heading to a path of being left off post season roster…?
Twins players this spring strongly hinted at Donaldson being pretty negative in the clubhouse, particularly last season when the team was struggling.
They’ve been much better off with Urshela’s steadiness, although Sanchez’s floundering had negated much of that.
This is exciting for Yankee fans. It’s always interesting to see a top prospect get called up. I’m not a Yankee fan, far from it, but even I’m looking forward to seeing how he does.
I think the pressure on him is overrated. I’m sure they told him awhile ago he’d be a Sept. call-up, and no doubt they’ve told him all he needs to do is play the position. In fact, I think being a Sept, call-up brings less pressure. Had this been a month ago, it might have seemed they needed him to help right the ship. Now he’s just one of probably 60 call-ups throughout MLB.
Oswald at 2b, Oswaldo at SS. If Rizzo is healthy, slot DJ at 3b.
Once Bader is here, we should never start hicks, Donaldson or Gleyber
Finally, but if only they had the pitching for the playoffs 🙁
Cashman picked the wrong horse again, saddling them with Montas instead of Castillo.
He always goes for these bargain basement types, he’s like a kid at the candy store if he can get a deal even if the player is inferior, as they usually are
@Fink- Well Luis Castillo was never coming. The Yankees said no on Volpe and Peraza early on, then the Reds said no to Dominguez, Sweeney and Waldichuk. Castillo is better then Montas though. It definitely appears you we’re right though, looks like the A’s stole Sears, Waldi, and Medina.
They might have the pitching, but it’s been the offense that has failed them every year during the postseason, this year will be no exception if they even manage to get there, which is looking more more unlikely as each day passes.
What’s everyone’s thoughts on our return for Gary Sanchez? Could we have done better?
Gary Sanchez was a yankee dump in the trade. The Yankees were just trying to get him out of town.
That is true, cashman signed him for a year with the hope that he would be able to unload him ,so that he wouldn’t let him go for nothing. Turns out it would’ve been better off if they just DFA him for nothing. The fallout from that idiocy has been truly horrendous.
For example as a result stuck with the useless Donaldson contract for yet another year, the awful IKF, and the catcher that we have never seen ,who should be playing for the wrestlers Federation
Getting rid of Sanchez but having to pay Donaldson 50m/2yrs isn’t worth it but no one wants Sanchez so essentially it was worth it lol
It was stupid to take on Donaldson’s contract, regardless of what other options there were.
And Trevino and Sanchez would’ve been better than Trevino and Higgy.
Pink I agree with you. I think the Yankees thought Higgies defense was better than Sanchez, and if he hit ,it would just be gravy. But as we see he is not a major league player, and his defense is maybe marginally better than Gary’s. And he doesn’t hit a lick either. no I think if they just left Gary alone, and accepted him for what he ,was a around 200 hitter that could hit a few home runs everybody would’ve been better off ,but they always expected him to go back to his almost All-Star season, which proved to be the outlier , Occur during the juice the ball here, leaving Gleyber hit 38 home runs that year, as a result they probably ruined him more in the process.
And we definitely would’ve been better off saving that 25 million that’s going to the useless Donaldson, and spending it on a real short stop for example, and keeping Gio,who has been just as good as Donaldson if not better.
Sanchez’s 98 OPS+ would’ve contributed more than Higgy’s 63 OPS+, and Trevino would still be the starting catcher.
There’s a reasonable argument to be made that Gary’s bad rep with the fans made his departure necessary, so I won’t fault Cashman so much for moving him. But taking on Donaldson’s contract at his age was the wrong way to accomplish Gary’s departure, IMO.
Higgy’s defense is better than Gary’s; and maybe Gary’s production would’ve suffered had he stayed in the Bronx. Done deal now.
No
But I’ve heard the Yanks are like the Titanic. Not sure where I read that.
Yankees are overrated. Cashman should take lessons from Farhan. I bet Judge leaves NY to come back to SF
Cashman refused to trade Volpe for Rodon and now NY is stuck with Montas
Where did you hear that the Giants wanted Volpe for Rodon?
sports podcast on youtube
Whose podcast? Got any names?
it’s on japanese youtube, you wouldn’t understand
Post the link and let’s test your theory.
I would but my mom doesn’t let me post links for strangers who act weird on the internet. I’m sorry but i’m sure you understand, fink. If that is your real name
Yeah, I understand. Time wasted. End of discussion.
A Japanese sports podcast on YouTube Japan you say… Must be all true then.
Yeah, and my mommy says you are full of ——-
Please men let’s lay off the Mother’s!
Yup
Wow, I had no idea that the NYY offense had fallen off so bad. I know they’ve been playing badly, but in the last 22 games, the NYY have given up more that 4 runs only 3x, and still only have a 9-13 in those 22 games. This is what I’ve been complaining about the RS all year.
I can’t blame Cashman for bringing in Donaldson–while he was in a decline phase, he wasn’t nearly this poor, and IKF is basically the player he was. But I’d prefer to see the kids than trading them away as Cashman did at the trading deadline, This team isn’t championship caliber and bringing in the merely adequate and substantial prospect cost was a mistake. Let the kids play. The team is moribund right now.
Mike, your points are valid, but I think it’s the motive behind the Donaldson move (and others) – it was designed as a cost-savings measure (instead of signing FAs) coupled with an opportunity to “win” a trade by unloading poor performing players. In particular, the cost-savings part is what irritates the fan base.
In a clear championship run year(s) with very clear positional needs to be filled, the Yankees took the bargain-shopper way out: IKF, Hicks, Donaldson, and others. Yet, they’ve been remarkably wasteful in spending too, when adding up all their side projects, reclamations, and deals (like Donaldson). It’s just been poorly managed overall, imho.
Clipper, You are right of course, and it has been documented that we agree on these points. It’s too bad that Cashman does not listen to us. We could certainly run the team better than he has with the with the large payroll that he has.
Peraza is not Jeter, and wont help to fix the lock hitting of the Yankees. And a bad manager, Who dot not know how to make a lineup.
We really don’t know what Peraza is yet.
Hmm TB only five back in loss column , getting tight :).
The Yankees slide coincides with Matt Carpenter’s being put on the injured list. The middle of the lineup is too right handed and strike out prone.
Oswaldo Peraza may be auditioning for 2B next season. I assume the NYY is looking to upgrade over Torres.
Torres, he of the $.10 cent head both offensively (in love with pull, fly ball contact) and defensively with bad decision making. You know, the thing about Jeter wasn’t that he was the best shortstop or an offensive force…..it was his baseball mind and clock….you could count on him to do the best for the team……that’s what separated him from more talented players playing which is why Torres needs to go….he’s just too much of a liability that Boone continues to coddle and protect.
That’s a very good point, I agree fully.
Yankee fans, check this out from the MLB article on Monty’s success with the Cardinals:
“Such success from Montgomery has to be shocking to those in the Yankees organization after he didn’t register a win in his final eight starts in pinstripes. The difference with the birds on the bat as opposed to the pinstripes: Montgomery is throwing his fastball 30 percent of the time, as opposed to just 8.5 percent of the time as a Yankee.”
mlb.com/news/jordan-montgomery-off-to-hot-start-wi…
Sound familiar? This is the same BS that both Happ and Gray went through when traded to the Yankees. Both of them were told to reduce their fastball usage. Happ just blew off those instructions and kept throwing his best pitch; but Gray tried to follow the instructions with disastrous results.
Apparently it doesn’t matter who’s the pitching coach, since Rothschild is long gone. This makes me suspect that the anti-fastball directive comes from Cashman’s analytics department, which is headed by Michael Fishman, whose experience in baseball prior to his hire by Cashman was playing Strat-O-Matic, a baseball board game, from which he graduated to fantasy baseball while working as an insurance actuary.
If the Yankees squander this season, Hal had better have the wherewithal to make an executive decision and jettison most of his front office. Not that I expect him to.
This may be true but what I remember is how Sonny Gray was paired with the terrible catching of Gary Sanchez who made Gray ineffective.
Whether your characterization of the Yankee front office is correct or not Pink, its time for change at multiple levels in Yankee land…..while Ive defended Cash in the pasts, its time for him to go and with him bring in a new team that would vanquish the likes of the Fishmans in Analytics. Too many bad player decisions topped by the Monty as well as the Montas disaster this year, has finally pulled back the curtain for all to see.
Second to go would obviously be Boone, simply because a new GM would like his guy in charge of the team, but obviously Boone can’t separate himself as a manager from his players which leads to constant ill placed support regardless of what your eyes tell you…..plus he isn’t very good at handling a pitching staff.
Bring up the kids, trade the prospects who will never be Grade A ML players, and re-stock the ML roster for competition in the AL East which is a different division today and will be for years to come.
Pink, My sentiments exactly. This team is becoming unwatchable.Steinbrenner should be ashamed of himself. I don’t know who would spend money to watch this garbage right now because I certainly won’t.Hal Needs to be sent a strong message, because nothing else will get through to him.
Maybe this will give the Yankees the shot in the arm they desperately need.
The thing that angered me is you didn’t want to trade Peraza in a Castillo package originally, so why not bring him up immediately after the trading deadline? For heaven’s sake, Peraza has been ready for a while now! (Kid gloves) Smh
True, but remember that Peraza plus Volpe wasn’t enough so it didn’t really matter once the M’s decided they were going for it after 20 years and no playoffs…….but they should have formulated a plan right then and there to bring him up given nothing has gotten better offensively or defensively since.
I’m glad that Volpe and Peraza are still Yankees though, now we can see Peraza play(give the kid a chance to play) everything with the Yankees are kid gloves. Smh. Dominguez, Sweeney, and Waldichuk was a great offer. I feel Cincinnati will regret not taking it. My preference was to keep Dominguez and to trade Peraza though. We’ll see, Rocky.
I’m sure they’re happy to finally make it, but as an outsider, they could’ve and should’ve called them up sooner. It seems like Cashman only did it to shut people up. That’s not good.
@goastros123- Well Volpe isn’t ready yet. He probably needs another year and a half to be ready. Dominguez might need 2 years. There is no doubt though Peraza definitely needed to be called up a month ago, and yes I’ve definitely had it with Cashman, if it was up to me the Yankee Clipper, Rocky 7, Mickey 777, or even Fink Ployed would be named new GM/President. I could definitely live with that decision. It’s time for a much needed change.
But they’re not letting him play, he’s riding the bench, while the players that have allowed us to lose over 11 games of our lead in the last month are still playing.
I wonder how Peraza feels about that. It doesn’t exactly send a good message to your prospects.
Yankees needs this kid to hit the ground running. Take over starting SS or 3B job.
Peraza will never play 3rd base. Why have him play there, when he can play gold glove defense at shortstop? Smh
Absolutely….time for IKF to sit and watch…….better to find out exactly what Peraza is and maybe is capable of in order to formulate off season plans than to just assume as Cashman usually does……regardless, he should be gone after this season for anything short of a WS title which is a bad assumption at this juncture even with 30 games plus the playoffs left given the holes offensively, defensively plus pitching…….
The Yankees have done well this season overall, but their front office seems to be a mess.
The Yearly highly touted Yankee prospect that never pans out.
Ignoramus speaks! Never huh?
Promoted but benched. At least for tonight.
Hicks, Donaldson, IKF, all starting. It’s almost as if Boone is trying to get the lead to 0.
Clip, That would make more sense, but he is just clueless that’s the problem, and it’s so afraid of hurting plays feelings that he plays these useless, inept over the hill players over and over again expecting a different result.
It’s pretty pathetic. They brought peraza up, For what, to ride the bench , while all these other useless players play. We may as well see what he’s got. If they brought him up to have some experience with a major league club, well then they brought him up to the wrong team. This team is playing like a little league team at this point.
I’ve been watching the Yankees for a long time, since the horrible Horace Clark and Jerry Kenny era which is prior even to Steinbrenner. They were pretty bad back then, but this team is even worse if that’s possible never seen anything like it
What could have been if Rays didn’t have such an injury riddled season. The win the east again easily lol
Mike Kay opined during the game that Boone didn’t start Peraza over IKF because…”Boone didn’t want to sit IKF the day after that error because he would think it’s related.”
Uh, yes, exactly. He should do that and hope IKF thinks it’s related. Perhaps he takes his job up a notch next game? When did showing moral support of a player with subpar play at a key position become more important than winning for a first place team? And if a professional player can’t handle sitting the day after he boots another routine play it’s just too bad. But it’s precisely why the Yankees are where they are with Boone and the players (Hicks, Torres, IKF, Gonzales). Hicks looked fantastic at the plate again, btw….. the guy can’t hit pitches straight down the middle of a 12U pitcher was on the mound.
Final assessment: It’s unfair to lay the blame at Boone’s feet. The reality is that the bargain-bin roster was put together by Cashman to avoid going over the CBT, and therein lies the biggest issue. The fact that half the team are bench players, at their best, and DFAs on a normal day, is what’s killing the offense, and the results are reflecting the talent Cashman put on the roster. He does this every single season and every single season it fails.
Likewise, Anthony Banda pitched terribly. Another bargain FA dropped from multiple teams, instead of bringing up talent from the minors (well, we gave most of that away).
Diatribe complete –
Clippers, Very well stated again. My sentiments exactly. And people say that a manager or front office, GM, don’t play the games so don’t have much impact on it lol.
I think if they’re incompetent, or inept, as this Yankees leader ship has been lately, they certainly can have a big impact on the game.
And the Yankees have gotten themselves into such a deep hole, and have been playing so poorly for so long, some of which was due to miss management of the roster, then now they’re pressing, and has a result are making errors ,getting thrown out on the bases, if they do get a rare hit, and generally playing even worse than they would have to have been. This team is in need of a big time sports psychologist, they really need a whole crew of them. I would apply for the job myself if I lived in New York.
Clip, Boone as we know is not cut out to be a manager. He’s too much of a people pleaser doesn’t do it needs to be done. That’s exactly the correct reason why you should bench IKF. He always does things backwards. He should go back to the booth where he could Be a hypocrite, andspend his time critiquing other managers and other teams ,he certainly can’t manage himself. Unfortunately we are stuck with him, unless he resigns, and why would he give up that massive payday. Cheap Steinbrenner would never fire him ,pay him for doing nothing, and have to hire yet another manager ,unless the next manager works for free. But they really do not need a manager, Cashman’s doing everything from his lofty perch anyway so he could do both jobs.
As a Yankee fan who’s absolutely disgusted since the Monty for Bader trade I hope Baltimore sneaks in the back door and runs through all these teams. They’re young, talented, and fun to watch and as a baseball fan I find myself drifting over to watch them quite often. Same with Atlanta. The Orioles and the Braves are the most fun teams to watch in baseball right now and I would love that World Series.
I would not have claimed Bader off waivers. He isn’t worth a roster spot, let alone a reliable LH starter. This is a clown show. I hope the Yankees miss the playoffs too if it means that Boone gets fired. He sucks. He can’t manage the bullpen, the bench, or the line-up card. Why is Donaldson still getting ABs in the middle of this order? IKF is a third baseman. Donaldson is a third base coach. Gallo was run out of town, but at least he got on base.
I guarantee you Boone does not get fired no matter what.Cheap Steinbrenner would never pay him for three years of doing nothing while he has the higher another manager. Steinbrenner is not Steve Cohen, he’s only interested in cutting corners when it comes to spending money, not spending extra money. He doesn’t care enough because he’s making plenty of money from this, that’s his only interest
Mystery Team, I wouldn’t mind seeing the birds pull it off, but I’d rather see the Mariners finally get into a World Series. The O’s have three championships.
I agree the Monty deal was pathetic, and completely uncalled for. He was a good pitcher for us who’s been even better since he left lol. I guess Kashman doesn’t know the old baseball edge, you can never have enough pitching.