Joe Girardi arrived in the Great Hall at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday morning, ready to join about 300 volunteers in assembling care packages for armed forces personnel overseas. It could be trade routes, ” Girardi said. “But if we feel it will improve our club, I’m sure we’ll try to make a deal”.
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This past summer, the NY Yankees offense got energized when the team called up Greg Bird to be a fill-in player for the offense and when Mark Teixeira went down with a broken shin, Bird become the everyday solution at first base for the remainder of the season. The physical and mental stress that they go through on a daily basis to keep us safe is probably something none of us can really imagine.
“Like anything else with roster management, if there’s opportunity to upgrade and have a more balanced out defense/offense profile, great”, Cashman said.
Also, as for Kimbrel and Chapman, maybe Cashman felt he could swing a favorable deal for either one of those closers because of the current situations surrounding the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds.
Bird’s explosion prompted immediate curiosity about how he would fit into the Yankees’ 2016 puzzle, given Teixeira has one year left on his eight-year, $180 million contract.
“Obviously we had switch-hitters in the lineup”, he said. I like what CC did for us down the stretch in September, once he got the knee brace perfected. For now, Rob Refsnyder is the right-handed complement to Dustin Ackley at second base.
Girardi watched Alex Rodriguez’s postseason performance as an analyst for Fox. The team spending the most money doesn’t always wind up winning the World Series, which is the way it seemed when Cashman took over as Yankees’ GM in 1998. “It’s not easy”, he said. It’s not easy, you know, the first time you do it, it’s actually somewhat stressful. “In an arena where he’s usually comfortable, at a ballpark, it’s a whole lot different when those lights go on and you’re expected to say something that’s insightful and not embarrass yourself”. Save for the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada, Yankees’ prospects were traditionally seen as nothing more than trade chips.
– Dellin Betances has been the Yankees’ best pitcher the last two years and he is also their biggest bargain since he still has another year before he is even arbitration eligible. Every year, that’s going to be a debate. “He’s played extremely well in the Fall League, off the charts, so it’s something that we’re going to look at”. Masahiro Tanaka is coming off of elbow surgery.
On if he sees a scenario where Sabathia will not be in the rotation, Girardi said, “If he’s pitching the way was at the end of last season, I don’t see that – I see him in the starting rotation”.
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Now that the Yankees are in the offseason, though not looking to move any of the three, Cashman said there is no one on his 40-man roster who couldn’t be had for the right price.
