
Originally Posted by
evilemplover
10 year deal for anyone older than 22 is dumb.... and even then.. not very smart..
Personally, our IF prospects are all at SS... I'd say sign Story for 2-4 years and move him when one of those younger guys pushes him out.. (Volpe????)...
Though closer to home.. if the Union has their way in the CBA negotiations, the problems Kris Bryant went through would become a thing of the past... as players would hit UFA the first time they are a without a contract after they reach 29 1/2 years of age... If they succeed in that (and I like that idea as it does not reward teams for keeping guys down but rather bringing them up early) Judge could suddenly go from RFA to UFA and that would be bad... the Yanks should put prio 1 on signing him long term to lock him up before the the Lockout and CBA is done.. where the negotiation could be done with the current rules in mind rather than the new ones.... but for some reason, I believe that won't happen and the Yanks will over pay for delaying...
As far as Catcher... Sanchez is my guy until we have a better option in hand. He's still one of the better hitting catchers.. and I know if I was his coach, I'd stop him from trying to frame and just catch the damn ball... with the computer correcting umps.. framing is not making as big a difference as it used to.. and missing a pitch because your trying to frame and get too cute will lose you games... framing won't win you games... but PB's will kill you. And with his arm... he can make up for it throwing a few guys out...