OT: MLB Thread 2024

[NickyFotiu]

I read that Alonzo is speaking with the Mets and the Yanks which makes sense. If you are the Yanks and you feel that Alonzo will sign with the Mets do you try to push the price up? Or is that too petty?

 

[Raspewtin]

I read that Alonzo is speaking with the Mets and the Yanks which makes sense. If you are the Yanks and you feel that Alonzo will sign with the Mets do you try to push the price up? Or is that too petty?

no. waste of time.

Alonso shouldn't be anywhere near here anyway. Need infield defense and Alonso is among the worst at 1B

 

[Bob Richards]

I read that Alonzo is speaking with the Mets and the Yanks which makes sense. If you are the Yanks and you feel that Alonzo will sign with the Mets do you try to push the price up? Or is that too petty?

Probably not because that's putting in energy that could be better spent elsewhere.

Also you don't want to push your luck and accidentally end up signing Pete Alonso lol.

 

[NickyFotiu]

no. waste of time.

Alonso shouldn't be anywhere near here anyway. Need infield defense and Alonso is among the worst at 1B

I'm all for defense but would like his power as well. Talk is Bellinger and Bergmen may be targets as well.

 

[I Eat Crow]

I hate the guy but Bregman is a much better fit for the Yankees than Alonso.

 

[Raspewtin]

besides the initial disgust i'd feel having that cheating f*** on this team, he'd be a massive boost defensively. offensively ehhhh and the contract will be horrible but i'd learn to tolerate him

as currently constructed we'd have a whole year of pitching around Judge with no real big threat. I don't know what you do about that besides pray that VOlpe, Wells, and Jasson are better than league average offensively.

 

[Guyute]

besides the initial disgust i'd feel having that cheating f*** on this team, he'd be a massive boost defensively. offensively ehhhh and the contract will be horrible but i'd learn to tolerate him

as currently constructed we'd have a whole year of pitching around Judge with no real big threat. I don't know what you do about that besides pray that VOlpe, Wells, and Jasson are better than league average offensively.

He doesn’t strike out 130+ times every year, so that’s a giant positive for the Yankees. It seems like being really good at striking out is what Cashman covets most in a player.

 

[Machinehead]

It's amazing how entrenched MLB is in analytics and yet useless sacks of shit like Anthony Santander will command big money.

 

[will1066]

He doesn’t strike out 130+ times every year, so that’s a giant positive for the Yankees. It seems like being really good at striking out is what Cashman covets most in a player.

You're referring to Alonso, right?

 

[Guyute]

You're referring to Alonso, right?

We were talking about Bregman, but I'm sure the Yankees will sign Alonso knowing Cashman loves batters that strikeout

 

[Raspewtin]

Bellinger to the Yankees. He's pricey but got a 3 WAR player for nothing. Cool

I expect nothing less than his 2019 year

 

[Machinehead]

If we take that Soto money and just use it to buy like, a whole team, it's not the worst outcome.

 

[NickyFotiu]

If we take that Soto money and just use it to buy like, a whole team, it's not the worst outcome.

The Rangers should buy the Oilers so we get McDavid, Leo, and company

 

[Ruggs225]

The Rangers should buy the Oilers so we get McDavid, Leo, and company

Yeah but we would bench them to give kreider and zib More time on the PP so their feelings arent hurt.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Yeah but we would bench them to give kreider and zib More time on the PP so their feelings arent hurt.

Funny. Not true but funny

 

[Raspewtin]

If we take that Soto money and just use it to buy like, a whole team, it's not the worst outcome.

assuming Hill comes back the yankees have upgraded their pitching to top 5 in the league which is great. pushing Rodon down to #3 starter (#4? Gil?) is a great move and having a setup-close duo of Weaver-Williams is unmatched in the league.

their lack of pop is not good though. without Soto Judge will get pitched around a lot and we need to upgrade Torres too, who's leadoff offense will be very hard to replicate from what's available.

the Yankees, currently, are projected to have the third best lineup in WAR behind the Dodgers and Braves. Missing a 1B and 3B (Oswaldo/Peraza/DJL/Rice are project to be platooning there). There's a lot of room for improvement but I just don't know what you do here that's financially and futurely smart.

Alonso is a non starter imo, will be too expensive, he sucks eggs defensively, and we'll lose more picks (lost one signing Fried). I'd blow my brains out if we bring that useless f*** Santander here at 1B where he's never even played. Walker is old and wants a long deal and would cost another pick but he's my ideal target IMO. I've talked myself into liking Bregman, relatively, but he would be a pretty rough offensive option here. He can't hit for shit in YS and his walk rate torpedoed this year.

If we went the Bregman/Walker route, which would really hurt in the long term, that's probably the best chance the Yankees have at fielding a complete team and winning the WS. They'd have a top 5 defensive infield in the majors and still have a team of above average batters, if Volpe and Wells can add a little more. I'm not totally in love with it but a better option has yet to present itself

Also convince Sasaki that NY is actually a small market and bring him over <3