August 6, 2025

92 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Yankees look to regroup, find consistency after All-Star break”

  2. What do you guys think about the idea of not adding guys as replacements to the All-Star Game if they won’t be pitching in the game? I think it’s stupid. Does it really fucking matter if you add them as an All-Star and then move to the next guy on the list? It’s stupid that Sanchez and Suarez of the Phillies won’t be All-Stars only because they won’t pitch in the game.

    1. Do some of these guys have contracts with all star bonuses? No idea how this works though

  5. 4th Baseball America had Kohn as their 168th prospect, and praised his overall skillset which suggests a starter’s profile:

    [Kohn has] a blend of pitchability and bat-missing ability. Kohn works from a three-quarters arm slot with a funky delivery that adds deception to a fastball that sits at 92-93 mph and touches 95. His best secondary is a low-80s slider, which he throws with confidence and shows some ability to manipulate its shape…will mix in a firm low-80s changeup and a slower curveball in the upper 70s.

  6. 5th College Senior SS Jackson has raked since his first day in Salt Lake City. He hit .363/.463/.516 with 22 extra-base hits in 52 games last year, and Baseball America speculated that he probably could have entered the draft right then. He chose to return to school though, and he boosted the power with a .364/.445/.641 line, this time notching 19 doubles and 12 homers while stealing 20 bases. Jackson made the PAC-12 All-Conference Team as a junior and the All-Big 12 First Team as a senior

  15. The first home run derby took place in 1960, Mantle had 44 home runs in 5 shows, Mays had 35, and Aaron 34 in 7 shows but had the most wins.

    1. I don’t think that’s the same home run derby, I think you’re talking about the TV show.
      The format was very different, as I recall.
      Fun show, though!

  16. id like suarez to come over. what would be really great would be to send volpe back and move peraza to short. if we are going to punt on offense last have the best defense possible. he likely can’t be this bad and anyway volpe is going to get a raise. even if he figures it all out they won’t be able to say they didn’t try.

    suarez is not likely as good as he’s been but he may still be the missing piece.

    1. Don’t think Arizona would take Volpe. They already have a real shortstop (Perdomo). They want pitching for Suarez. Would probably ask for Schlittler plus IPK.

    2. Cash is not trading Volpe who makes under a million and is under team control until 2029.

    3. Suarez is just the dude that you KNOW will suck as soon as he comes over here. But yes, it does make a ton of sense, even with that very high risk of him sucking here.

      Dominguez LF
      Judge RF
      Bellinger CF
      Stanton DH
      Jazz 2B
      Suarez 3B
      Rice 1B
      Wells C
      Volpe SS

      (or against lefities)

      Goldschmidt 1B
      Judge RF
      Bellinger CF
      Stanton DH
      Jazz 2B
      Suarez 3B
      Dominguez LF
      Volpe SS
      Wells C

      That works really nicely. Although the amount of free-swinging between Stanton, Jazz, and Suarez would be HILARIOUS.

      Schlittler has got to be untouchable right now since he’s in the actual rotation. I imagine Cunningham is the more likely centerpiece (I don’t think they’d move Hess).

    4. Suarez is just the dude that you KNOW will suck as soon as he comes over here.

      Yeah, he’s all power and no real hit skill. Strikes out a ton and doesn’t walk much, plays average at best third base and he’s having his best season ever at 33. It screams an overpay. No to sending them Schlittler, yes to sending them Stroman and some lotto tickets – which the Dbacks will turn down.

  17. Heyman suggests: Cam Schlittler, Cade Smith and Brock Selvidge to Arizona for Suarez and Zac Gallen.

    That’s at least a realistic proposal, and I suppose the idea is that Gallen takes over for Schlittler this season, and then Cole takes that rotation spot next season, and you go with:

    Cole
    Fried
    Rodon
    Gil
    Warren

    I wouldn’t do it, as I don’t think Gallen helps you enough, but it at least is a reasonable enough concept.

    1. I don’t imagine Arizona will trade Suarez until the last possible moment. He and Naylor are the best available bats by a LARGE margin. They’re going to wring every last asset they can get out of those guys.

  21. In a column picking award-winners at the half, Jayson Stark said of Agustín Ramírez that he “has been a team-changing figure for the Marlins.” I mean, he’s a decent DH at 23 years old, but he can’t catch, so how is that a “team-changing figure”?

    1. i have been talking about drob since march. he may have nothing left and still be better than lo.

      cashman = jackass

    2. D-Rob’s free agency was weird. He was his own agent, and he was asking for a shit ton of money. I guess the hope is that he’s willing to be more reasonable now.

  24. This doesn’t seem right.
    Andersen Pickard. Another bonus pool note:

    The #Yankees only have $5,383,600 in bonus pool space for the full MLB Draft.

    Their entire spending allotment for all 20 rounds is smaller than the individual slot value for each of the draft’s first 13 picks.

    Same goes for #Mets at $5,465,900. Dodgers are at $9 Million

    2. pretty much.

      does the result give the NL any postseason advantage again?

      i miss when they used to just play baseball.

    3. No, they dropped that advantage thing a long time ago, because the games were becoming TOO competitive, and they were afraid guys would get hurt.

    2. He also has the most strikeouts (1302) in MLB in that same span, followed by Schwarber (1251), Gallo (1216), and Judge (1116). Suarez is 50th in fWAR in front of Devers and behind Ketel Marte.

      Sure he’s a talented power hitter, but I don’t think the Yankees need to overpay for another lumbering RH power hitter who can’t do much else to win ball games. Probably would be tough to get Josh Smith back from the Rangers.

    3. I don’t love Suarez, either, but I think this team could very MUCH use a righthanded power hitting third baseman. Especially one who is only a rental, so it doesn’t even affect the longterm money for the team (if he did well as a Yankee, I could see them bringing him back on a two-year deal, sort of like Rizzo after Rizzo did well after they traded for him in a similar situation).

    4. He’s also 33 and coming off the best OPS of his career by 100 points since 2018 and he’s not good defensively. OTOH he’s only a rental.

    5. Yeah, the short term aspect of it is the best part. It makes him more likely to be moved, it makes him less likely to return an insane asset haul, and, of course, it means they are not on the hook for him longterm.

    6. Weird to think that they might get more for him because they have less in the way of rights to him. Still has to be true, though, that a short-term rental still can only have limited value.

  30. If the D-backs do end up as a seller, which seems likely, Piecoro suggests they’ll prioritize adding pitching they can control beyond the current season.

    I suppose the one asset we have is young pitching.

  32. What percent of Volpe’s batted balls have >15% launch angle? I suspect it is pretty small. That’s disappointing, given that he’s actually trying to elevate the ball in accordance with the Yankees one size fits all hitting approach. Maybe Arod is right – Volpe would be better off just putting the ball in play rather than trying to elevate everything since that’s clearly not working.

    2. And over the last two years his WHIP is 0.5. Might we see an IKF return and will the natives revolt.

    3. I didn’t know that this guy was a possible option until I saw a news article from someone today referencing him. I poked around a little more and saw a trade package for him last winter that would have been 1:1 for Mark Leiter Jr. Which … in a heartbeat.

      I think the cost could be a top-20 prospect who Cash needs to clear out, maybe Rodriguez-Cruz who I think is Rule V eligible this year … but this is a totally doable trade that could help both teams.

  35. MLBTR The Yankees have shown interest in Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller, reports Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. They’re one of several clubs in the running for the 29-year-old righty, who’s signed for three additional years beyond the current season. Both the Mets and Cubs have been tied to Keller in recent weeks. Hiles adds that the Cubs currently view Keller more of a backup option in their rotation search, while the Mets are “very” interested.

    Keller is midway through the second season of a five-year, $77MM contract. He’s being paid $15MM in 2025 and will earn salaries of $16.5MM, $18MM and $20MM over the next three seasons.

    1. That suggests to me that they doubt Gil will stay healthy, because otherwise, why would you need Keller locked in for the next three seasons? The amount of control likely makes him expensive, and he’d be, like, what, the #3 starter this season due to injuries, and the #4 starter next season?

  38. #Yankees first-round pick Dax Kilby says he expects to sign with NY tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. He’s going through physicals today and can’t wait to get to work.

    “I’m beyond excited to be a part of this great organization … the Yankees are the pinnacle of Major League Baseball.”

    1. I figured TBA for tonight, Rodon for tomorrow and see if Fried is ok for Sunday.

  40. This doesn’t sound good

    River Ave. Blues
    ‪@riveraveblues.bsky.social‬
    The Yankees say Ian Hamilton is starting tonight. Will Warren tomorrow and Marcus Stroman on Sunday. Not sure if Hamilton will be an opener for Cam Schlittler, of if this is a full blown bullpen game. Today would be the day to do it with the bullpen rested coming out of the All-Star break.

    2. It’s just a blister problem, but blisters have sent him to the IL FOUR times in his career. They tend to be SHORT stints, though, so my guess is that they’re trying as hard as they can to avoid sending him to the IL at all.

  44. T Grisham (L) CF
    C Bellinger (L) 1B
    A Judge (R) RF
    J Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
    J Domínguez (S) LF
    B Rice (L) DH
    A Volpe (R) SS
    A Wells (L) C
    J Vivas (L) 3B I guess a 41OPS+ is better than a 28 OPS+ but I would bring up Lopez as a placeholder until someone better comes along or he shows he’s worse than what we have.

    In the last 7 games Stanton has 3 home runs and is hitting 261/1016, I might want to see if he’s in one of his grooves.

  45. Rodon last pitched 7/11 he must be experiencing arm fatigue otherwise I dont know why he’s not pitching in this series. These games count also.

  46. Kirschner Cam Schlittler was going to start tonight but he had some upper arm soreness. Had an MRI. That came back clean. They expect he’ll start in Toronto.

    Oh good!

    2. Yeah, I guess that’s the plan, just a straight bullpen game.

      Hmmm…do they even have enough of a bullpen to DO a straight bullpen game? I think they might need bulk from Beeter.

      HA! I misse that Rico Garcia is now on the active roster over Beeter.

      Okay, so I guess Brubaker bulk innings?

    1. In the past, it’s tended to be just one missed start, so I think with the break, they MIGHT be able to finagle it so that he gets to start the finale of the Toronto series.

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