The Official 2025 New York Yankees Thread

[boog204]

I mean look at those names, players. Caballero is like the Mickey Mantle of the group at .232, that’s awful. That’s just a horrid left side of the infield that he’s put together in over a year, knowing how important it was to get a 3rd baseman. Now knowing Volpe’s a stiff the Yanks have zero value on their left side. DeJong is a typical worthless addition by our GM, baseballs worse.

Oh, it is beyond hideous... We will have an excellent rotation, and the bullpen will be fine. You throw crap at the wall and see what sticks, and I have no issue with how Cashman builds the 'pen. But the mere fact that we are going to consistently be running out .220 hitters at C, 3B, SS, and probably CF when Grisham reverts to the norm is absolutely laughable. Add on that your 2B is a 240 hitter and a 36 y/o Stanton? Gross.

My only optimism/hope point is that we also brought in a broken Matt Carpenter coming off back-to-back sub .200 years, and he became Kelly Leak, so you never know with a guy like Dejong.

They have just been built very poorly, and the prospects they thought they had have just not improved much at all (Martian, Volpe, Wells). If any of those three actually progress to become above-average players, it can balance the lineup out more. As it is, relying on Rice (who I'm not even remotely sold on), Jazz (who I think is a bad pitching stat padder), and Grisham (no way he repeats 25) is beyond problematic. The Yanks will win their 93 games, make the playoffs, and go cold against good pitching. Rinse and repeat.

The simple fact that we are begging for Bellinger, who offensively is a worse Nick Swisher by the numbers, just shows how desperate we are for a "professional" hitter in the lineup. At the same time, giving him 6/180 is absolutely asinine, and I don't blame the FO one bit for slow-playing this.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

After hearing the Yankees offer of 30 million a year, getting shut down from Boras, and then his camp now looking for seven years, I’m ready to move on from Bellinger and allocate that money to Bichette.

I like Cody, but at that money in terms, I’d rather get a younger infielder who hits for average. Maybe Bichette isn't a future shortstop, but he could play whichever infield position Jazz doesn’t play this year and then it opens the door for not necessarily needing Jazz once his arbitration years end.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

After hearing the Yankees offer of 30 million a year, getting shut down from Boras, and then his camp now looking for seven years, I’m ready to move on from Bellinger and allocate that money to Bichette.

I like Cody, but at that money in terms, I’d rather get a younger infielder who hits for average. Maybe Bichette is in a future shortstop, but he could play whichever infield position Jazz doesn’t play this year and then it opens the door for not necessarily needing jazz once his arbitration years end.

yeah…7 years is crazy.

 

[boog204]

After hearing the Yankees offer of 30 million a year, getting shut down from Boras, and then his camp now looking for seven years, I’m ready to move on from Bellinger and allocate that money to Bichette.

I like Cody, but at that money in terms, I’d rather get a younger infielder who hits for average. Maybe Bichette is in a future shortstop, but he could play whichever infield position Jazz doesn’t play this year and then it opens the door for not necessarily needing jazz once his arbitration years end.

It's just funny to me because most Yankee fans have been crying that the Yankees are cheap and hapless and asleep at the wheel and everything else, and then we find out we offered an overpay deal, and Boras/Bellinger are asking for 37/yr? For what is like the 30th best OF (by stats) in baseball? It's insane. I'd personally prefer to just let Jones/Dominguez win the spot and roll with it.

I like Bichette as an offensive player, but he's hideous defensively. I believe he ranked dead last among shortstops last year. Is the idea for him to take Volpe's spot? Because that makes our already weak "up in the middle" D that much worse.

 

[boog204]

yeah…7 years is crazy.

I do like Bellinger. But it's not like he's a top tier player anymore and hasn't been in 5-6 years. He's a good player. He's not an all-star. He's good. 270 29 98 equals 7 years at 37 million per? That's insane. And, he's going to decline fairly soon.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Yankees finally add a starter.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Just looked it up, he;s David Weathers' kid.

 

[boog204]

This is a low-risk, high-reward move. I like it. LHP who throws in the upper 90s with good secondary stuff and has started to figure it out the last two years, although injuries are a thing. Only 26. We gave up some minor leaguers who are decent, but let's be honest, the Yankees haven't given a chance to OF prospects with much, much higher pedigrees. Might as well move them as opposed to just letting them rot or losing them in Rule 5 or free agency.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

This is a low-risk, high-reward move. I like it. LHP who throws in the upper 90s with good secondary stuff and has started to figure it out the last two years, although injuries are a thing. Only 26. We gave up some minor leaguers who are decent, but let's be honest, the Yankees haven't given a chance to OF prospects with much, much higher pedigrees. Might as well move them as opposed to just letting them rot or losing them in Rule 5 or free agency.

I’m OK with the deal too. Four prospects sounds like a lot, but two of the guys are unranked and the other two have a highest rank of eight and 13 amongst ranked pro prospects in the system.

Weathers has been very good when he’s been healthy, so as long as his health is in check, he could be a pretty decent controllable piece.

 

[boog204]

I’m OK with the deal too. Four prospects sounds like a lot, but two of the guys are unranked and the other two have a highest rank of eight and 13 amongst ranked pro prospects in the system.

Weathers has been very good when he’s been healthy, so as long as his health is in check, he could be a pretty decent controllable piece.

You gotta give up something. Jasso is 23 and was okay in AA, Lewis is almost 23 and was okay in A ball, Jones is almost 24 and was okay in AA, and Matheus is only 21 and just completed A ball. Point being, these are not "big" prospects, and with the way the Yanks (don't) use their prospects, there was very little chance these guys would've ever contributed.