2013 New York Yankees season thread Vol. (85-77) OFFSEASON

Ballerific703 said:
^ policy does not need to end. It stands for a reason and I love it.


David Price already changed his mind and said he would be willing to follow the policy :smokin
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Doesn't matter..

Mustache... Yes
Beard... No

No reason.. It's stupid.. If you can have a stache, you should be able to have a beard..

Not saying you should let it go crazy, and have a Rollie Fingers stache, or Brian Wilson beard... But a neat beard should be allowed.
 
I agree, nice nest beards shouldn't be a problem. They let Clemens rock on game days. Mattingly used to push his luck too. I think one day they ease up on it.
 
I think everyone is going to be pleasantly surprised how good and how well Youk fits on this team. His skill set really works for our approach
 
Essential1 said:
Good point on Gardener.. I normally put the worst guy last by default.

Yankees desperately need to look for a catcher this season.
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I don't the our catcher situation is much worse than last year. I like Cervelli, and maybe it's time to see what Romine can do. Outside of a few clutch hits, Russell Martin was an automatic out.

We'll be alright if our pitching staff can play as well as they did last year, but there are a lot of ?s bc of the age of the team. Who knows when Jeter finally slows down, if Tex continues to regress, if Arod gives us anything at all, and I'm worried about Rivera's health too. Cano is in a contract year and as much as I like him, I feel like it might not be a prudent decision to give him an Arod contract, especially him being a 6' 200+ 2b hitting his 30s now. I'm guessing with all our cost cutting we're showcasing and trading Granderson this year too, even though he's tailor-made for Yankee stadium. It'll be an interesting and hopefully fun year at least, I have low expectations, but I'm curious to see how everything plays out.
 
dland24 said:
Granderson broken forearm. Ouch.
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Talk about a bad omen.

Damn.
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Granderson’s injury leaves plenty of lingering questions

It was an inside fastball that hit Curtis Granderson on the right forearm, just above his wrist. Initially, Granderson thought it was no big deal.

“Not right away because it was just one specific spot (that hurt),” Granderson said. “Nothing moved up or down. No numbness. No tingling. Just that spot. Kind of felt like you hit your funny bone, but only in that spot. Even as we were waiting for the X-ray they were like, ‘Is it starting to tingle?’ I said, not really. He goes, ‘OK, that’s a good sign.’ Then they looked at it and said, there it is.”

Broken forearm. It’s expected to take 10 weeks for Granderson to be ready to rejoin the big league team, which puts him back in the lineup the first week of May. It leaves a month-long hole and some immediate uncertainty.

Who is going to fill the roster spot?
The Yankees have veterans Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera in camp. They also have older minor league outfielders like Ronnier Mustelier, Zoilo Almonte, Thomas Neal and Adonis Garcia. Brian Cashman mentioned that his scouts have just started watching games and it’s still too early to know which players might become available.

Cashman said this morning that he wouldn’t want a young guy in a part-time, right-handed platoon role. But that’s not necessarily the case for a situation like this.

“Now we’ll be forced to really evaluate that aspect of it,” Cashman said. “You’re not asking guys (to sit for a long time). Could you bring a guy up right now for the first month in an everyday situation? We’ll look at that. We’ll look at it all. We have no choice. When these things happen you adjust, so we’ll be forced to adjust.”

Will the Yankees bring Granderson back as a left fielder?
This spring, the Yankees were planning to test Granderson in left. It was meant to be a time for the team to evaluate and for Granderson to adjust. Now the Yankees don’t have that same adjustment time, and it might be easier to bring Granderson back at his most comfortable position.

“I don’t know about that,” Cashman said. “The plan we were having was an experiment. I haven’t though that far ahead, but that experiment is over.”

Does this mean Brett Gardner is the Opening Day center fielder?
Girardi announced Brett Gardner as his starting center fielder, then hedged a little by saying there’s a chance the Yankees could carry a Granderson replacement who’s only comfortable in center. In that case, the Yankees might let the new guy play center while Gardner moves back to left. That said, both Melky Mesa and Adonis Garcia — the young center fielders in camp — have experience in the corners, so they wouldn’t necessarily bump Gardner. Girardi wouldn’t completely rule out the idea of putting Ichiro Suzuki in left field if the Yankees add a guy who’s more comfortable in right.

“Whoever it is that comes up, you probably want him to be most comfortable,” Girardi said. “You don’t want to ask him to try do too much and maybe learn a position that he hasn’t played a lot of.”

A few odds and ends

• Cashman didn’t totally rule out the idea of Eduardo Nunez in left, but he said he was leaning against it. “Not necessarily for me,” Cashman said. “But it could be for other people. I don’t see that as something that is an option from my perspective.”

• Girardi said the Yankees don’t have to replace Granderson with someone who can play center field. The Yankees could go a month with Ichiro as their backup in center. “Ichiro’s done it for us,” Girardi said. “You’re not looking at a long-term fix, you’re looking at a short-term fix, so whatever we have to do for short-term, that’s what we’re going to try to do.”

• Granderson said he had a similar situation with the Tigers (broke his hand when he was hit by a pitch in spring training). “I think the estimate at the time was four to eight weeks, and we were back in like five,” Granderson said. “Then piggybacking off of that, I’ve had injuries in the past with the oblique and the groin and again, the range of the amount of time, I’ve typically been on the short end of it. Hopefully that remains the same.”
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- http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2013/02/24/grandersons-injury-leaves-plenty-of-lingering-questions/
 
Yankees To Start Season Sans Granderson; Is Soriano The Answer?

TAMPA, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Curtis Granderson jogged to first base after being hit on his right forearm as if it was a minor annoyance. Back at the ballpark in a brace a couple of hours later, it was clear the Yankees had a pretty big power problem on their hands.

In his first at-bat of spring training, the slugger broke his arm when he hit by a pitch from Toronto’s J.A. Happ in the bottom of the first inning Sunday, and is expected to be out until the first week of May.

“Grandy is not a bat you say is easy to replace, but we’re going to have to find a way,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “No one is going to feel sorry for you.”

The Yankees, who were beat 2-0 by a Blue Jays’ split squad, first called it a bruise but X-rays revealed the break.

“Five pitches in we got a little setback,” Granderson said. “Now we rest, recovery, get it back, and get ready to play whenever that day comes.”

SWEENY: No need for panic move

The team said Granderson could be out 10 weeks, which means he’ll miss about a month of the regular season.

“Mentally, you understand this is part of it, but at the same time now there’s not much I can do about it except do the best things I can to not make it worse,” Granderson said. “Keep myself ready to go.”

It’s a major blow for the Yankees, who are already without Alex Rodriguez until at least the All-Star break. The Yankees also lost Nick Swisher to free agency.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano was asked Sunday if he’d consider waiving his no-trade rights to reunite with the Yankees.

“I don’t like to say no,” Soriano said , according to the Chicago Tribune. “That’s the team that opened the door for me in the big leagues. But, like I said, that was a long time ago. … It happened today, so I don’t know if they want to call (the Cubs) or not. But if they call for me I have to think about it. I’m 37 years old, so I have to think about it first, what’s good for me and the team and my family too.”

Soriano hit .262 with 32 home runs and 108 RBIs last season. He said he wants to “give it one more shot” with the Cubs.

“Let’s see how this team does. I want to be a champion with the Cubs,” said Soriano. “That’s my plan. If we don’t get off to a good start, I’ll have to think about a new plan.”

Cubs president Theo Epstein said he’d consider a trade if it was a good fit for both Soriano and Chicago.

“If we can get him to a winner and get a good package back we’d consider it. We haven’t even been tempted yet,” Epstein told CBSSports.com. “He’s a valuable guy here. He’s more valuable to us than anything we’ve been offered … by far.”

Granderson led New York with 43 homers last season. The Yankees hit 245 homers last year and had five players with at least 20. This year they could open the season with just two players, Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano, who topped 20.

Granderson was examined near first base before leaving the game.

“It didn’t sound good,” said Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, who was in the on-deck circle when Granderson got hit.

The Yankees were planning to experiment during exhibition games to see if they would move Granderson from center to left, with Brett Gardner going from left to center. That potential alignment is on hold.

Girardi said that Gardner will likely start the season in center.

Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera, in the competition for the fourth outfielder spot, could see increased playing time.

“We’ll be forced to take a look at a short-term option,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. “Obviously, we’ll being get Curtis back. It’s very early. We’re still evaluating what we actually have in camp. The first month there will be a vacancy that we need to fill. Is that internal, external, I couldn’t even tell you.”

Cashman said he is not in favor of giving infielder Eduardo Nunez a look in left field.
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- http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02...season-sans-granderson-is-soriano-the-answer/

Cliffs:
-Thought of a possible return of Alfonso Soriano.
-Cashman doesn't plan on giving Nunez a shot in LF.

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Loved Soriano when he was here, but when he left, the decline of performance gradually started. No thanks for a return.
 
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Sure bring in an even worse fielder who strikes out a little more as well, doesn't have the Wrigley winds to push out the HR's, has about 1,600 PA's the last 3 years at 37 years old in a league without a DH to rest his legs and with a decreasing fly ball rate. That makes total sense Yanks.

#powermoves #panicmoves
 
I remember how mad i was when we cut ties with Soriano. I HATED him because of how much he would constantly strikeout but LOVED his power when he got a hold of one.

But then Cano came along.. :lol:
 
I want no parts of Soriano, even if the Cubs are paying 90% of his contract.

I was just having this discussion with one of the hosts I work with who thinks the Yankees will struggle to win 85 games and finish in 4th place. I don't think we'll be that bad but 85-92 games is the range I have us in, in terms of wins.

The problem we are having is we're so old, yet so stubborn, we (Steinbrenners / Yankee Fans) refuse to accept the idea of rebuilding and getting younger. Yet how do you expect to get younger if you don't make moves or bring your kids up and take the lumps but let them develop on the big stage? Right now the Mets are getting younger and have lots of guys who will be their future, we're to scared to make that happen.

Why are we soooo hell bent on being under the cap after years of not giving a poop? Why did we make no effort to sign a catcher who can hit? Why is the average age of our pitching staff closer to 40 then 25?

Sheesh..where can you say I'm wrong?
 
**** that, I'd rather throw one of us out there in LF then :lol:

Why are we soooo hell bent on being under the cap after years of not giving a poop?

This is why I hope they do miss the playoffs this year. See how dumb that strategy is at this time/era in the league.
 
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