03 Dec 2019 02:59:20
Yankees Offseason

Trades

Trade #1

Indians get Jasson Dominguez, Deivi Garcia, Estevan Florial, Clint Frazier, and Thairo Estrada

Yankees get Francisco Lindor

Trade #2

Pirates get Albert Abreu, Jonathan Loaisiga, and Michael King

Yankees get Starling Marte

Trade #3

Brewers get J.A. Happ, Miguel Andujar, Jonathon Holder, Clarke Schmidt, and Matt Sauer

Yankees get Josh Hader

Free Agency

Let Brett Gardner and Didi Gregorius walk.

Resign Dellin Betances for 3 years and $30 million

Resign Austin Romine for 3 years and $9 million

Resign Edwin Encarnacion for 1 year and $8 million

Sign Gerrit Cole for 7 years and $245 million

Roster

Hicks on 60 Day IL

Lineup

1B LeMahieu
RF Judge
SS Lindor
LF Stanton
DH Encarnacion
C Sanchez
2B Torres
CF Marte
3B Urshela

Bench

C Romine
1B Voit
IF Wade
OF Tauchman

Rotation

Cole
Severino
Paxton
Tanaka
German

Bullpen

Green (Opener/Middle Reliever)
Kahnle (Middle Reliever)
Ottavino (Middle Reliever)
Betances (Middle Reliever)
Britton (7th Inning Setup Man)
Hader (8th Inning Setup Man)
Chapman (Closer)

1.) 03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019 12:17:59
So can you finally answer this for all of us. Why is it ever year you want the Yankees to trade for every big name that is rumored to be available. I am surprised you don't have a trade for Bryant and Betts up there.

2.) 03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019 13:42:05
I go for fits. Not just big names. Which is why I donâ€™t have them going for Bryant or Betts. They have been linked to Lindor to fill the hole left by Didi. Hicks is out for a big chunk of the year and Gardner canâ€™t be counted on to repeat his production at age 36 especially if the scale back the baseball juicing. Marte makes sense as a one year rental to provide some speed and on base skills to the lineup and plays a great CF. As for Hader, that one may be more far fetched but the Yankees seem to add a major bullpen piece every offseason now out of nowhere and he is young and under control so he provides some insurance when Kahnle is a free agent after this year and if Betances doesnâ€™t come back the same.

3.) 03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019 14:45:42
Infield, lemahieu 2nd, Torres SS, Urshela/ Andujar 3rd, what hole? Clint Frazier, Tachmann, Ford, others/ less expensive free agents. You can't have them trade away the farm system. that's what got them in trouble from 2012-2016, they had no depth.

4.) 03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019 16:29:30
Lindor is clearly a target that would improve the Yankees. The deal as presented, won't be adequate as the Indians would want someone who could step in and contribute, immediately. Deivi Garcia is smaller than Danny Salazar, who didn't work. Hard Pass. Clint Frazier is more of a throw in at this point. Estevan Florial has proven he can't hit and the Indians already have a guy, Daniel Johnson who they like better. Thairo Estrada is a "nothing special" middle infielder/ utility infielder that the Indians have an ample supply of.

This is not what it would take to acquire one of the top ten players in the world. That would require starting with Andujar, keeping Jasson Dominguez (excellent prospect) adding another prospect like Kevin Alcantara and adding an arm, at least one of Jonathan Loaisiga, Luis Medina, Michael King and or Domingo Acevedo, possibly two if Loaisiga is NOT chosen.

Yankee fans may look at this kind of deal and gasp. but, that's what it would take.

5.) 03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019 21:31:56
And now I just read an article linking Hader to the Yankees. So now all three of these players have officially been linked to the Yankees in some capacity. Iâ€™m not just pulling it out of nowhere. It gets talked about on sports sights and I try to predict what I think a fair deal might look like. Iâ€™m not just saying theyâ€™re going to get every good player available.

6.) 04 Dec 2019
04 Dec 2019 12:33:24
I am sure you can find an article linking anyone to any team.

7.) 04 Dec 2019
04 Dec 2019 18:11:09
That Josh Hader trade is awful.