January 14, 2026

22 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Yankees acquiring left-hander Weathers in trade with Marlins (source)”

  1. The thing that confuses me about this is that it sure feels that Blackburn is in line to be a short man now, right?

    That’s the path they took with Weaver, so maybe they’re going to do the same with Blackburn? He DID show me a little bit of something late last season.

    As Yarbrough now has to be the long man, I imagine. You don’t want Yarbrough working in short man positions, I don’t think.

  2. Enough of these role players’ nepo babies. Get a HOFer’s nepo baby instead. If Mariano Jr. won’t come out of retirement, then sign Jeter’s son, who is now 2 years old and more capable of introspection than Volpe.

    1. Okay, reporting suggests that their “long term offer” is waaaaaaay on the low side, to the point where there’s no way that he’ll take it, so that makes me feel a little bit better. It doesn’t mean much if Toronto “makes a long term offer” if they’re just lowballing the guy.

  5. This offseason is making me vomit. $22m for a blah CF coming off a career year. After agreeing late last season to pay $16m for a 3b who can’t hit. And no money for real stars?

    This front office team needs a total overhaul.

    1. I’m receptive to the McMahon complaints (the money was why I didn’t want him, either), but the Grisham complaint is silly. If they DIDN’T re-sign him, they’d be DESPERATE for Bellinger and then they’d STILL need to add. There isn’t a better free agent center fielder out there than Grisham, and $22 million for one year is a GOOD deal for the Yankees, which is why they made the offer hoping he would take it.

    2. I guess I disagree that $22m for a one year deal for a guy who has never hit until last year and at the same time lost his great fielding skills was a good move. Time will tell. Harrison Bader is out there and may have been a better move but maybe not. Maybe I’ll tag this and we can discuss at the end of 2026!

    4. Brian, have to agree with them. If Grisham fields like two years ago and hits like last year, then it’s a great deal.
      If hits like his whole career UNTIL last year, which seems likely, and his defense is now pretty bad, as we’ve been reading consistently, then “Bellinger and then they’d STILL need to add” is exactly what they should do (actually, Tucker and add,, but beat dead horse), is there any disputing that?
      And the latter is the case you have to presume.

    5. Grisham’s entire hitting approach changed. None of his underlying batting data suggests fluke. Signing Grisham long term would have been a terrible idea, but getting him for one year was a GOOD move. He was the best free agent center fielder on the market. He’ll be 29 in 2026.

      His defense was annoying, agreed. But you have to like the chances of your 29-year-old two-time Gold Glover fixing his issues. It’s not like the guy is in his 30s.

      It is a good signing, and they only had to commit a single season. They gave him the QO hoping he would take it.

  6. source confirms: Free-agent LHP Ranger Suárez in agreement with Red Sox on five-year, $130M contract. First: @JonHeyman, @BNightengale
    Career era+ 125, 2025 137.
    FIP 3.54 career, 3.21 2025

  9. Should have arrived sooner at the realization that paying attention to the regular season ignores where baseball now is.
    Unless you win 120 games, no one will remember how anyone did in the regular season. And when anyone remembers that Mariners team, it’s the Yankee fans who smile. Screw the regular season, they’ll be good enough for that anyway. Screw 20 years of not missing the playoffs. Who wouldn’t give 5 off those seasons for a championship?
    …
    With this many playoff spots, we should now be judging teams SOLELY (or almost solely) by their playoff performance.
    Want to judge a good team over the last 10 years? Look SOLELY at postseason performance, because that’s what they should be building for.

  11. Yankee acquisitions,resigning Kervin Castro, Kaleb Ort, Jayien Sandridge, Ryan Weathers, Cade Winquest, Amed Rosario, Trent Grisham

    The bargain table at K Mart

    1. Not that I’m against those moves, but had they made NONE of them I wouldn’t care much one way or the other.

  12. I obviously don’t love the Red Sox getting Suarez, but it’s also hard for me to give that much of a shit about Ranger Suarez. The Phillies didn’t even CONSIDER trying to re-sign the guy.

    NONE of us were at ALL, like, “Shit, I hope the Yankees get Ranger Suarez,” but now that the Red Sox sign him, suddenly we give a shit about the guy? Come on.

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