Yankees offseason gets going
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Week in review on Nov 06, 2011 
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Last week started with the Yankees taking care of their greatest offseason need. CC Sabathia did not opt out, he agreed to a contract extension, and the Yankees have their irreplaceable ace at the top of their rotation.
A day later, Brian Cashman’s new contract became official, and the Yankees offseason was off and running. Cashman has started making his winter phone calls, checking in with agents and gauging the market.
When the Yankees open spring training in a few months, we’ll look back at the beginning of last week as the moment their offseason really got started.
The rest of this week in review.
• Curtis Granderson was named the American League’s Player of the Year in this year’s Players Choice Awards.
• The Elias rankings became public, including Freddy Garcia as a Type B free agent. If the Yankees offer him arbitration and he signs elsewhere, they’ll get a draft pick.
• None of the Yankees won a Gold Glove, but Granderson and Robinson Cano took home Silver Slugger Awards.
• Speaking of Granderson and Cano, they’ve been in Taiwan helping a group of Major Leaguers play a five-game exhibition series. The last game is today. The MLB team won the first four games, with Granderson hitting a grand slam and Cano having a strong — and wildly popular — series.
• The Yankees declined their option on disappointing former first-round pick Andrew Brackman, adding him to the list of free agents who became free to sign with new teams on Thursday.
• Cashman said that, despite getting Sabathia, pitching remains his offseason priority. He doesn’t foresee needing a bat, and he expects to move conservatively through the winter.
• Ohio State’s baseball field was named after Nick Swisher. I bet he wasn’t excited about it at all.
• A whole bunch of minor leaguers officially became free agents, including Kei Igawa, whose contract finally came off the books.
• Former Yankees Allie Reynolds, Jim Kaat and Luis Tiant are on the Golden Era Hall of Fame ballot.
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I honestly think the Yankees get darvish and do a big trade. That’s my gut feeling.
It would be a serious tease if Darvish doesn’t hit the market.
MTU
Sorry for not responding yesterday. I fell asleep and by the time i got back on, you were gone. The Phillies have a lot of lower level talent in high A and AA this past year, they may not all pan out but they all will impact their future somehow. There’s Jiwan James who is an excellent outfielder, Trevor May, Jon Pettibone and Brody Colvin, 3 pitchers who were in High A this year. I’m sure there is someone I am missing.
So will Granderson match his 2011 season next year? If he cuts down on the strike outs, he’ll be a serious force.
Cano in the third spot will be a major boost.
Most of us think A-Rod will be all right if he stays healthy, right?
It’ll be interesting to hear about Teixiera’s work this off season. Let’s hope Long can make that lefty swing more consistant, maybe he’ll try and actually get to Tex to mirror his right handed swing?
TY-
Better late than never.
Thanks. Sounds like you know more about their farm than I do.
I am not familiar with any of those players.
I tend to focus on the higher levels (aa, aaa).
Just curious.
If the Yankees got Darvish would he have to compete for a spot in the rotation ?
Is there a chance they would send him to AAA to get acclimated, or would the contract cost mean he would need to MLB ready to justify it ?
I agree with Cashman that we don’t need a big bat. We just need Teixiera to work out the kinks in his swing and A-Rod to stay healthy. Gardner and Swisher need to find a bit more consistancy too, obviously. Montero will be a boost for the line up.
Why trade pieces to acquire a bat? The team has all the talent they need, and there’s some serious money invested in their current players.
Radio,
That was supposed to say “win” not “window”…..my phone is crazy.
Kev-
Blake always tries to blame it on his phone.
MTU November 6th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Kev-
Blake always tries to blame it on his phone.
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I know how it is. Mobile phones are not friendly with LoHud.
And I imagine that something in Darvish’s contract with stipulate being in the MLB, I’m not entirely sure how those things work though. It would certainly be in the Yankees favor if they could start him in the minors for adjustment purposes.
good morning all
Blake’s phone does come up w/ some interesting sentances.
With Montero as a starter, I agree, no need for a big bat.
Headed to meetin this morning …….Darvish and Danks……go get Uhm Cash
I am worried that the Jays will go all in on Darvish, they do need guys to put them over the top.
I think Darvish and CJ Wilson will set the market on Danks, I don’t see Cashman making a move for him before those two are wrapped up.
How fun would Darvish be to watch out of any player ?!
It would make for huge press and liven up an already fun yank atmosphere.
Get him ca$hman
MTU
I am more familiar with many teams farm systems because of watching them play in the FSL over the minor league season. The TY play the Phillies team all the time because of their promixity.
Even if Yu Darvish has a surprisingly low posting fee and reaches agreement on a reasonable salary, he comes with some questions.
- Making an adjustment with a culture change.
- Ability to pitch every 5 days and the preparation between starts opposed to pitching once a week.
- Having a good dialogue with Larry Rothschild with in game adjustments.
- Making an adjustment with a culture change.
- Ability to pitch every 5 days and the preparation between starts opposed to pitching once a week.
- Having a good dialogue with Larry Rothschild with in game adjustments.
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Isn’t Darvish supposed to be pretty charismatic? I’m sure he could make the culture change.
It’s a little ridiculous to suggest we should be concerned with his “dialogue” with Rothschild. Some Americans can’t communicate with their pitching coaches.
The actual physical transition could be the toughest part.
” Yankees offseason gets going ”
and ….. ?
Hmmm . So what’s considered to be news in this post ?
” Oklahoma Hit by Quake for Second Night in a Row ”
L . o . l .
Oklahoma and its cutie, little earthquakes .
Red Robin November 6th, 2011 at 10:27 am
” Yankees offseason gets going ”
and ….. ?
Hmmm . So what’s considered to be news in this post ?
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I thought the same thing, I guess it was just a weekly review of all the other posts that were put up. I did see that the clothing drive didn’t make the summary though
Always an interesting perspective here which is what makes it interesting. The gang that doesn’t think we need anything, the gang that thinks we need a slight tweak, and the gang that thinks we need some major moves. Basically it’s pretty much the same team that has gotten bounced from the playoffs the last two years. Personally I believe there are several guys on the team both pitchers and offense that haven’t gotten it done the last two years. They are still around for next year. Could they t urn it around? sure but things in several areas need to go in a much more positive direction and then you need all the guys that have have productive seasons to maintain that. Personally I don’t share the we don’t need a big bat conclusion, I think there is general concensious amongst all that we do need better SP’ing. The being conservative comments don’t reasonate with me, if we do that it’s going to be FF a year and same conversations same outcomes.
Personally I believe there are several guys on the team both pitchers and offense that haven’t gotten it done the last two years.
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Like who? Other than AJ Burnett and Phil Hughes.
Darvish would be very interesting for sure. By all accounts he’s the best oitcher to ever come out of Japan, and could be a real force.
Me, I’d like to add CJ Wilson, and either Danks or Oswalt. Yes, Roy has had back problems, but his talent may be worth the risk, at the right price and years.
I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t see Phil Hughes being a top SP for the Yankees, either short term or long term. He’ll most likely be in the BP or traded. That would be a shame, for I truly like Phil, and have followed his career since he signed with the Yankees.
Talk about a slow day ………………………
Later folks.
I haven’t seen Yu, but he’s sounding like a much better upside bet than CJ.
I’d rather sign a guy with real upside than one who is way inferior to, but may end up blocking, Manny and Dellin, primarily. If Darvish turns out to be really good, we’ll be back to being a pitching power much faster than if we settle for a CJ Wilson.
This being a slow day anyways . . .
Pardon me for asking the following –
China’s annual defense budget = ?
U.S.’s annual defense budget = ?
MTU,
Thanks for the kind words yesterday. My little guy is doing well. They say you have to walk before you run, but I’m not so sure of that!
Looking forward to Cashman’s moves, particularly some trades, but hope he brings back some folks like Garcia, Chavez, and Jones.
Red Robin November 6th, 2011 at 11:43 am
This being a slow day anyways . . .
Pardon me for asking the following –
China’s annual defense budget = ?
U.S.’s annual defense budget = ?
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US defense budget is larger than all of Europe and Asia together. For the record, China doesn’t publish theirs, but they don’t need to. They have a much cheaper weapon – our economy in their hands.
now back to our regularly scheduled postings…