From Bryan Hoch:
Outfielder Trent Grisham accepted the qualifying offer from the Yankees, valued at $22.025 million, on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Grisham was the only Yankee to receive the offer, which represents a significant raise over his $5 million salary this past season.
This is not bad news. Grisham LONG TERM is a bad thing. Grisham on a one-year deal is fine.
This shouldn’t impact them signing Kyle Tucker. I mean, they weren’t signing Kyle Tucker anyways, but whether or not they signed Kyle Tucker, it wasn’t going to be because of a one-year deal to Trent Grisham.
They are likely going to re-sign Bellinger instead of Tucker, which was likely what they were going to do anyways.
So this doesn’t affect that, it just means they have another year of Grisham, who was very good last year.
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That means the saboteur has committed $38 million in 2026 to McMahon and Grisham. Surely that should get an AL East title.
The deals only matter if it prevents them from signing someone else, and I don’t think that it will. I’m sure that Cash told Hal that this was a possibility.
It’s hard to say $22 Million won’t be an obstacle. Cash says they want Bellinger. If he reverses his defensive decline and hits close to what he did last year, not so bad. Having Grisham and The Martian both of whom can’t hit lefties is a problem.
No surprises so far
The Yankees on Tuesday selected the contracts of outfielder Spencer Jones and righties Elmer Rodriguez and Chase Hampton,
There are way too many good guys not available for the Rule 5 draft. Very annoying.
Can’t they just DFA Effross or someone?
Yankee Go Yard For now — for NOW — the Yankees have one spot available for high-minors relievers Eric Reyzelman and Harrison Cohen, as well as Hueston Morrill, who was named the Best Bullpen Arm in the South Atlantic League by Baseball America this year.
None of these guys were protected.
Joe Vasile Twitter After adding Hampton, Jones and Rodríguez to the 40-man, the Yankees have seven Top 30 prospects eligible for the Rule 5 Draft:
LHP Henry Lalane, LHP Brock Selvidge, RHP Brendan Beck, OF Jace Avina, 1B T.J. Rumfield, RHP Eric Reyzelman and RHP Harrison Cohen.
Henry Lalane?? Not that long he was touted as the next BIG thing. Protecting Ian Hamilton, Effross and Winans.
That’s what I don’t get. Is there a reason they can’t just cut, say, that middle infield guy they picked up as a DFA last year?
Braden Shewmake, age 28, 31 career games 118 BA, hit 244 in AAA last year. Huge upside.
Lalane has thrown 143 innings since 2021, he’s always hurt.
Jasson 1-5 in his Dominican debut on Monday.
slow clap, crashman