December 12, 2024

45 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Here’s every pick of this year’s Rule 5 Draft”

    1. might be decidedly unrealistic, but a deal centered on rice makes the most sense to me for both sides.

    2. If they could get an extension done, I’d totally deal Gil for Tucker. Gil was a complete afterthought before last season.

      Sans extension, then yeah, no thanks.

    3. I hear you, Brian, but I disagree. ultimately it’s a 1-year rental. id be remiss to repeat the ” once in a while” soto deal two years in a row, which is what this would amount to unless there was greater parity within the deal, so tucker + prospects for gil

    4. I also don’t get the cubs angle concerning tucker. can’t imagine they’d be willing to part with a better deal than the Yankees

    6. Brian, sure, if there were an extension. I’m not expecting one, though.
      Jeff – sure, depending on the prospects, if they’re more than cannon fodder.

    7. seems like an amalgamation of hoyer (and the cubs) being in cashmans pocket, myopic reporting, and slow news day concerning the cubs interest in tucker

  3. Bryan Hoch ⚾️

    Hearing more buzz connecting Yankees to Alex Bregman. Interest is real.

    Jon Heyman

    Cody Bellinger would be a great fit for Yankees since he’s very good at 1B and very solid in CF, too. But for now there’s a gap on the $. Cubs don’t want to eat any of it, Yankees think they should. Bellinger is guaranteed $52.5M over 2 years with an opt-out after 2025.

    2. yea, and he’s presumably not gonna cost a fuck ton ($30mm+ aav).

      For anyone listening, no on bellinger!!!

  4. Gil winning the Rookie of the Year was huge, as now he’s “ROOKIE OF THE YEAR LUIS GIL,” which sadly is much better as a trade asset.

    By the way, the idea of them turning a reliever into the centerpiece of the Soto deal, and then turning an afterthought into a guy who could be the centerpiece of a Kyle Tucker trade a year later? That’s fucking AMAZING.

    1. and they got both king and gil for garbage in the form of players. kudos to Yankee player development. gone are the days of Mike Lowell runoff! (I’m looking at you ed yarnell)

    2. It is amazing that they’ve now turned Gil into something good enough to deal for Tucker.
      But now that we’re at that point, he’s NOT an afterthought anymore. I mean, we saw him pitch this year. And even that was hardly him at his unreachable, ideal, unsustainable best. That’s still him, warts and all. He could clearly be still better.
      So you’re not trading last year’s afterthought. You’re trading what the Astros covet… for good reason. With, what, five years of control? Screw that – UNLESS you get the extension you want.
      Because the extension’s not going be at some huge discount, if it’s even considered. If you can even get an extension, then it’s long-term, cost-controlled Gil for a massively expensive Tucker. I wouldn’t do that, either way – it’s not the Yankees can’t use Gil in their rotation.

    6. yea, $30mm is way too low, 38 works for me. But again that’s market value like pet was alluding to. That’s not worth a 1-1

  5. By the way, for the people who always talk up Gene Michael to talk down Cashman, they get that Cashman was Michael’s righthand man during that period, right? He became Michael’s OFFICIAL second-in-command at age 25 (and he was obviously a big part of Michael’s circle even earlier than that)! His age was the only reason he didn’t get the job when Michael was depromoted (or whatever you call it when you get kicked upstairs out of your main job) in 1995 (Cashman wasn’t even 30 yet), but he was obviously still a major part of the Bob Watson era, as well.

    So I don’t get why people try to use the eras where Cashman was a major part of the team as a shot AGAINST Cashman.

    1. I am unfamiliar with this very specific audience you’re railing against. it reminds me of the semi-made-up mini generation between the end of Gen x and the millennials. born analog but digitally savvy! anyway, Brian, I, too, enjoy yelling at clouds (sometimes)

    2. I legit am very glad you haven’t seen it. I see it a lot online, and it is very annoying. The idea that Cashman inherited a great team, and thus can’t be credited for any success, despite him clearly being a major part of how the 1990s dynasty team was built.

    3. I should probably recuse myself as a cashman apologist then. Though my gripe w cashman is that he can be a bit of a slower-than-preferred adopter. like w Rothschild to blake, keeping idiot Boone on for one last debilitating hurrah, not being a complete fucking opportunistic animal (eg truly leveraging all things Yankee to overcome Cba and market hindrances)

    4. I don’t even mind people ripping on Cashman, it’s just silly how they have to invent narratives to knock the PAST successes. You know, like, “I don’t like the moves Cashman has made the last decade, so that means he never did anything good!”

    6. Cashman being in the organization back then doesn’t mean he gets credit for those moves. In the end, it they weren’t his call.

      But Cashman was great back then… but also remember that the payroll was $59M in 1997, the year before he took over. 8 years later in 2005, it was $208M… 69% higher than the #2 team that same year. Increasing the payroll that much over that short a time covers a world of mistakes and spending that much more than the #2 team gives you a huge advantage.

    1. I’m fairly certain bellinger has is developing spinal stenosis bc of the ridiculous torque he has w his holey swing. other examples of players w said malady who put a ton of pressure on their lower verts – David wright, mattingly, fatass (ahem, prince fielder)

  11. al east gonna be a bit tight this season. orioles taking a step back but their core developing further, red Sox making a push, jays last gasp, rays being the rays.

  12. I don’t like Cashman – now. I think he’s past his prime. Everyone gets old. For players it’s more obvious, for managers maybe less so and for GMs even less. His David Justice trade won them a WS. But over the last decade he seems to make a lot of bad choices: for the same money he chose Travis Hafner instead of post season hero Ibanez is one example. Trading for guys who seem to be unable to make it in NY like Sonny Gray. Trading for injured guys in the hope they’ll be ok, like Montas (and CF Bader in a boot). His bad moves seem to outweigh his good ones and even his best ones like Soto don’t last long, eh? Is it his fault our young stars fade so fast (Sanchez, Gleyber) or get hurt so much (Bird) or both (Andujar)? He’s the boss and he has to take the blame. Time for some fresh blood.

    1. I dunno man, seems like cherry picking and not gauging other orgs. Billy beane has largely sucked since 2010ish, theo only won one w the cubs and then cubs of that gen imploded. Shapiro hasnt been able to put it together w the jays meaningfully. Mets are the Mets. etc etc.

      that the Yankees have an enviable organization – player dev from journeyman to high upside prospect, scouting, injury prevention, conditioning and strength training, personnel development, etc – is testimony to cashmans big picture vision and capacity to implement said vision

    2. I don’t think the Yankees do have enviable player development. Players within their system question it to the media and it’s lack of fundamentals.
      They’ve also had players call out their organizational pitching philosophy as being hugely behind other organizations. They’ve improved on this recently but in general they are always playing catchup.
      Their analytics department may be large but it isn’t enviable.
      I mean the Dodgers have been straight openly laughing at the Yankees since the World Series ended.

      I’m not sure when the idea that their front office is top notch at anything exists outside of their front office.

    1. got a prospect and some 2024 int bonus money, for what exactly I do not know. id imagine either for a trade or to sign a decent prospect in the 2024 period

    2. I guess that means Trevino isn’t going anywhere. Maybe that’s why the Sox made the deal. What are the other BUC options?

    3. The Red Sox acquired catcher Carlos Narváez from the Yankees for minor league pitcher Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz and international bonus pool space.

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