The Official 2025 New York Yankees Thread

[Hey Adrien!]

I can fault Cashman for lots of things, but I've always liked the way he does the bullpen. You can find bullpen arms out there relatively cheaply. He'll replace those non-tendered guys with a collection of good arms, and it'll be rinse and repeat. The days of having a Mendoza, Stanton, Nelson, Rivera anchored type of bullpen are long gone.


I thought it was a good baseball move to give the QO, as I didn't expect Grish to accept it. And now he has. And I'm relatively certain Trent will revert to being a 200 hitter with 14 meaningless HRs for 22 million/year. Gross.

I have the exact same feeling w/ Cashman re: Bullpen. The staff does a nice job finding diamonds in the rough.

Honestly, I don't hate the QO for Grisham. It's just a one-year commitment.

He's a no-brainer start against RHP (.869 OPS) and I like his defense even though his metrics are starting to go the other way and Judge can play CF the days Grisham sits for LHP. Yanks just need to add an OF who can hit well against LHP (looking at you, Cody Bellinger!)

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Tons of talent, but literally never healthy. The only time he's ever been healthy was five seasons ago.



I can fault Cashman for lots of things, but I've always liked the way he does the bullpen. You can find bullpen arms out there relatively cheaply. He'll replace those non-tendered guys with a collection of good arms, and it'll be rinse and repeat. The days of having a Mendoza, Stanton, Nelson, Rivera anchored type of bullpen are long gone.


I thought it was a good baseball move to give the QO, as I didn't expect Grish to accept it. And now he has. And I'm relatively certain Trent will revert to being a 200 hitter with 14 meaningless HRs for 22 million/year. Gross.

I was hoping Grish wouldn’t re-sign because I think last year was a mirage, but $22mil is a lotta lettuce to turn down. They say it doesn’t make a difference in our pursuit of other free agents but I can’t imagine that’s true. It complicates things in the OF especially if we’re truly trying to get Belli back. I’d like to see what Spencer Jones can do in the big leagues soon. I know he strikes out a ton so he’ll fit right into our lineup in that sense, but by all accounts, he also rakes. The Martian is nowhere near as good as advertised and plays OF like I did in slow pitch softball (badly…although I also hit bombs) so I’m ready to use him as trade bait.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

If George was alive (rest his soul) he's sign Tucker for LF, Bellinger for CF!
He'd trade for Donovan from the Cardinals for SS!
He'd sign Bregman for 3B!
And Reamuto for C with Rice on 1st!
And he'd get at least 2 starting pitchers and 1 bullpen guy!
But Hal wants to get richer not win the World Series!
The Yankees are the richest team in MLB, 3.1 Billion $ and he cries poverty! The hell with the tax penalty, win the WS while Judge and Cole are still alive!
In 2009 they spent a lot but won the WS!

 

[boog204]

I was hoping Grish wouldn’t re-sign because I think last year was a mirage, but $22mil is a lotta lettuce to turn down. They say it doesn’t make a difference in our pursuit of other free agents but I can’t imagine that’s true. It complicates things in the OF especially if we’re truly trying to get Belli back. I’d like to see what Spencer Jones can do in the big leagues soon. I know he strikes out a ton so he’ll fit right into our lineup in that sense, but by all accounts, he also rakes. The Martian is nowhere near as good as advertised and plays OF like I did in slow pitch softball (badly…although I also hit bombs) so I’m ready to use him as trade bait.

I didn't want Grisham because I was hoping that somehow Jasson or Jones would be able to become legit young stars. I feel like the Yankees have generally given their young players about 12 minutes to prove whether or not they can play (unless you're Volpe, who will probably be our starting SS, hitting 210, until he's 40). With Grisham back, it just makes the leash even shorter for any young OF because I believe we will bring back Belli, and our OF will be set. They're going to play Grisham. But I think last season, which is a bit overrated to begin with, is an extreme outlier.

At the same time, we have absolutely wasted the prime of one of our all-time greats, and we are in win-now mode. So if we can flip Jones and/or Jasson for something that will put us there, then so be it. The future is not particularly bright, and our young talent is a bit iffy moving forward. I'm not a ridiculous Rice believer. ERC has some potential, but still has to survive our terrible pitching development system, and who the hell knows if Lombard will be able to hit.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Yankees’ Tim Hill honored for beating cancer with prestigious award — from Red Sox

For one day, the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry was set aside to honor a courageous battle far from the field.

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