Off Season Thread aka The Party is over

[EAGLES3658]

I'd rather avoid that third year and the massive AAV. $50MM to $130MM is a very significant difference. Let's also not forget how dominant Verlander had been prior to the major injury. Dude won the Cy Young his last full season.

I'd just be worried about how a guy who will be 39 to start the season will recover from a major arm surgery. Wouldn't go two years on him.

[IceHawk-181]

Ray signed with Seattle.

Thank god we did not sign the reigning CY Young winner at $23MM AAV.

Back in my day a guy like that would only get like $10 Mil.....hard pass!!!

#SaveThatCash

[jango2000]

We are already there man.

This is what Moneyball has evolved into.

Everyone wants to be Oakland and Tampa.

All the rumors point to the Yankees sitting out the entire impact free agent market.

I feel like the Yankees and Mets just freaky Friday'd...Cohen is pulling Boss moves and Hal is looking kinda Wilpony to me.

Too true. Hal wants to be forced by the Lux Tax into being Tamp/Oak. Then he can throw his hands up and say, "my hands are tied!"

[ShadyOne]

People really get this mad?

I mean, do a lot of you actually spend a ton on this? I follow, but I haven’t been actively buying merch, or going to games in years. I actually find it more enjoyable to watch the younger, cheaper guys come up. We have done the overspend to win thing, it doesn’t usually work either.

I’d rather save that for the right moves. And did our division get better?

[johnny ny]

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...gde-story.html

[runnermjr1296]

People really get this mad?

I mean, do a lot of you actually spend a ton on this? I follow, but I haven’t been actively buying merch, or going to games in years. I actually find it more enjoyable to watch the younger, cheaper guys come up. We have done the overspend to win thing, it doesn’t usually work either.

I’d rather save that for the right moves. And did our division get better?

100%
I am upset that we let Stallings get away though. Our catching situation is horrible. I can maybe live with Higgy as my backup but no way I want Gary back, it’s not even an option as far as I’m concerned


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[jango2000]

Watching the big moves happen without us being involved is true to the new Hal Yankee brand. Just good enough. But no magic.
If the Yanks go without a major move this offseason I am officially No Longer A Fan.
I've been following this team almost as long as Dr. T, but we've had over ten years of uninspired baseball under Hal and Cash and my heart just ain't in it anymore.
Hal is an idiot. He inherited billions so people kiss his ***, but the truth is he has no feel for what the New York Yankees are. He's just a trust fund dullard who can't even understand the magic of Yankees Baseball. Everything to him is bottom line. He wants the Yankees to be Oakland Rays. But of course he wants the Oak/Rays payroll with the New York Yankee revenues.
Fk Hal. Fk Cashman. Fk Idiot Levine. And fk boring Boone.
This sux.

[dayners81]

People really get this mad?

I mean, do a lot of you actually spend a ton on this? I follow, but I haven’t been actively buying merch, or going to games in years. I actually find it more enjoyable to watch the younger, cheaper guys come up. We have done the overspend to win thing, it doesn’t usually work either.

I’d rather save that for the right moves. And did our division get better?

this is hilarious watching this melt down. I would have loved Seager but 10yrs325m for a guy that is injury prone and likely to move to 3rd is too much.

The biggest mistakes IMO the Yanks have made so far is not getting either Barnhart or Stallings.

I would have probably matched the Verlander deal though

[spliff(TONE)]

Thank god we did not sign the reigning CY Young winner at $23MM AAV.

Back in my day a guy like that would only get like $10 Mil.....hard pass!!!

#SaveThatCash

Okay, we get it. Deep breaths.

Not sure how this constitutes as a meaningful reply to the post you quoted here though.

[Kinkotheclown]

Watching the big moves happen without us being involved is true to the new Hal Yankee brand. Just good enough. But no magic.
If the Yanks go without a major move this offseason I am officially No Longer A Fan.
I've been following this team almost as long as Dr. T, but we've had over ten years of uninspired baseball under Hal and Cash and my heart just ain't in it anymore.
Hal is an idiot. He inherited billions so people kiss his ***, but the truth is he has no feel for what the New York Yankees are. He's just a trust fund dullard who can't even understand the magic of Yankees Baseball. Everything to him is bottom line. He wants the Yankees to be Oakland Rays. But of course he wants the Oak/Rays payroll with the New York Yankee revenues.
Fk Hal. Fk Cashman. Fk Idiot Levine. And fk boring Boone.
This sux.

Amen.

I am ok with moves that aren't jaw dropping but this is concerning.

I feared we as fans would hear from Cashman, Boone and Hal, "This team got to the playoffs. We didn't feel we needed any major moves. We are confident with these guys. If we found a player we really thought was worth it, we would have been all in but the market was more than we felt was justified. We believe we can win it all with this team"

[IceHawk-181]

Okay, we get it. Deep breaths.

Not sure how this constitutes as a meaningful reply to the post you quoted here though.

Half of the fans and the media is crowing over how much Cashman is not spending while the distance between the NYY and the ALCS champion is getting bigger.

Wait until Judge walks.

[Kinkotheclown]

this is hilarious watching this melt down. I would have loved Seager but 10yrs325m for a guy that is injury prone and likely to move to 3rd is too much.

The biggest mistakes IMO the Yanks have made so far is not getting either Barnhart or Stallings.

I would have probably matched the Verlander deal though

It's hysterical to see.

[Kinkotheclown]

People really get this mad?

I mean, do a lot of you actually spend a ton on this? I follow, but I haven’t been actively buying merch, or going to games in years. I actually find it more enjoyable to watch the younger, cheaper guys come up. We have done the overspend to win thing, it doesn’t usually work either.

I’d rather save that for the right moves. And did our division get better?

Nope. The division arguably got worse. I totally agree about the younger crew. I will be absolutely fine with youth on the field.

[rrzubnyy]

So Seager to Rangers for 10/325
Semien to Rangers to Rangers for 7/175


Yankees?

I know

Too much money


Save it!

[rrzubnyy]

I thought Mad Max didnt like New York?

Hal couldn’t beat Cohen?

Unreal!