ramssuperbowl99 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Mah efficiency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, redsoxsuck05 said: Mah efficiency "Oh rats, I really thought he was the franchise cornerstone we'd built around. Oh well, back to counting my money." - Hal Steinbrenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbuff23835 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 minute ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: "Oh rats, I really thought he was the franchise cornerstone we'd built around. Oh well, back to counting my money." - Hal Steinbrenner Hey Hal just spent 70 mil yesterday. Baby steps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Just now, bigbadbuff23835 said: Hey Hal just spent 70 mil yesterday. Baby steps! oh yeah I've been meaning to get @mission27's take on that 7 year deal for a flea. Gracias for the reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, bigbadbuff23835 said: Hey Hal just spent 70 mil yesterday. Baby steps! How can we afford Arenado when he have to extend Hicksie in 7 years?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Good keep for the Rockies. Arenado's one of the game's elite young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 48 minutes ago, bigbadbuff23835 said: Hey Hal just spent 70 mil yesterday. Baby steps! The Hicks extension was a smart move.NY Post: Say that 2018 proves to be Aaron Hicks’ peak. That he can’t stay sufficiently healthy and doesn’t develop any further, his late bloom turning out to be more of an exciting aberration. It leaves the Yankees $70 million poorer, but — most importantly — only $10 million per season, through 2025, on their luxury-tax bill. To appreciate Hicks requires a deep dive. Consider that only three center fielders in all of baseball recorded an .800 OPS or better against both lefty and righty pitchers last season — the Angels’ Mike Trout, the Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon and the switch-hitting Hicks (thanks, FanGraphs). You’d rather have an .800 OPS than a .300 batting average. And you’d rather have someone who works the count like Hicks, who — as the Yankees pointed out in their press release announcing the deal — ranked fifth in the majors last year with a 15.5 percent walk rate and seventh-best with a 20.9 percent chase rate. Throw in his excellent defense, visible to the naked eye and verified by the metrics, and you have a five-tool player — who has proven he can thrive in the Yankees’ fishbowl — at the price per annum of a good setup reliever. Hicks’ signing obviously mitigates the Yankees’ need for Trout should he become a free agent after 2020, yet the dollars don’t block the possibility; Hicks could move to a corner-outfield spot. Cashman said Monday that the Yankees have “diversified,” pointing out their array of relatively low-risk purchases this offseason as they climbed well over the $206 million luxury-tax threshold (they’re at about $223 million now). I think they should have signed Bryce Harper, too. However, by locking down Hicks, with each such act of diversification, their bet against Harper and Manny Machado looks increasingly likely to prevail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Hicks mitigates the Yankees need for Mike effing Trout. Oh lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 39 minutes ago, Thelonebillsfan said: Hicks mitigates the Yankees need for Mike effing Trout. Oh lad. Oh lad? The comment wasnt a comparison of the two players talents - which I suspect you realize, but perhaps not. Hicks was entering his walk year - the guy in the minors isnt showing signs of being ready - next years CF FA's probably wont hit the market and arent better than Hicks anyway - so extending him was a smart move - both competitive and business wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Great move for both sides. Dont understand why Hicks is getting mentioned though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer026 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Good, he deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 18 hours ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: oh yeah I've been meaning to get @mission27's take on that 7 year deal for a flea. Gracias for the reminder. He’s not really a flea anymore tbh just your run of the mill LTBIFB CS so I’m ok with it. He actually rates highly on the MoL proprietary CS% which I assume is why the Yankees extended him. Low batting average, home runs, cannon arm, lots of walks, general aura of smug disregard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 15 hours ago, Thelonebillsfan said: Hicks mitigates the Yankees need for Mike effing Trout. Oh lad. Realistically it means we aren’t going after Trout tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, mission27 said: Realistically it means we aren’t going after Trout tbh. Not necessarily. Trout's not UFA until 2021 - two years out. Hicks salary is a drop in the hat realistically. Also - Garder's (7.5M salary) is going to be coming off the books - AND EVENTUALLY - (2022 to be specific) - we'll be rid of Ellsbury's 21M hole in the water salary. I think if we didnt have this Ellsbury salary around our necks we'd have been more of a player for Harper and/or Machado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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