Thursday, September 24, 2015

Familiar Faces in Different Places… The Recap


The theme of the 2015 offseason for the New York Yankees was new faces in different places as the team saw plenty of turnover from the 2014 season. Francisco Cervelli was gone and John Ryan Murphy was in along with Justin Wilson. David Phelps and Martin Prado were gone while Garrett Jones, Nathan Eovaldi and Stephen Drew were in. Shane Greene was gone and Didi Gregorius was in. Brian Cashman the man credited with making these moves, was raked over the coals when he made these moves but have they surprising worked out for the New York Yankees GM?

Francisco Cervelli:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 120 469 51 124 15 6 39 1 44 83 .300 .378 .404 .782 115
John Ryan Murphy:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 61 153 19 39 8 3 14 0 9 37 .281 .322 .417 .740 103
Justin Wilson:
Year W L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2015 5 0 3.04 69 56.1 46 19 19 2 19 62 132 2.52 1.154 7.3 0.3 3.0 9.9
David Phelps:
Year W L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2015 4 8 4.50 23 112.0 119 59 56 11 33 77 86 4.03 1.357 9.6 0.9 2.7 6.2
Martin Prado:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 120 514 49 134 22 9 56 1 33 65 .287 .335 .396 .731 102
Garrett Jones:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 57 152 12 31 4 5 17 0 8 37 .215 .257 .361 .618 69
Nathan Eovaldi:
Year W L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2015 14 3 4.20 27 154.1 175 72 72 10 49 121 95 3.43 1.451 10.2 0.6 2.9 7.1
Stephen Drew:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 131 428 43 77 16 17 44 0 37 71 .201 .271 .381 .652 79
Shane Greene:
Year W L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2015 4 8 6.88 18 83.2 103 67 64 13 27 50 57 5.15 1.554 11.1 1.4 2.9 5.4
Didi Gregorius:
Year G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
2015 143 537 56 131 22 9 52 4 27 78 .266 .315 .370 .685 89
As you can see it clearly looks like the Yankees won the trade involving Wilson for Cervelli. Wilson has been an integral part of the Yankees bullpen and Murphy has been no slouch both behind the plate and at the dish as he backs up Brian McCann.

Say what you will about the body of work that Eovaldi has put forward this season but 14 victories in the Major Leagues is 14 victories in the Major Leagues regardless of his run support. David Phelps didn’t exactly force the Yankees fans to miss him and while Martin Prado would have been a perfect fit for the 2015 Yankees and beyond, he’s under team control at least through 2016, the Yankees needed pitching at the point of the trade more so than the infield help. This one could go either way depending on how pessimistic you want to look at things but I think most people would agree this was another win for the Cashman.


Shane Greene has flopped in Detroit and Gregorius has been in the middle of everything good that is the New York Yankees this season. He hasn’t replaced Jeter but he’s made a lot of us forget about him and I don’t think anyone expected to be reading this in September of 2015, a mere season removed from the Captain’s retirement. 

2 comments:

  1. We undoubtedly won the Gregorius/Greene trade. So much for Dombrowski owning Cashman. Sorry Hans, Cashman won that one. We probably won on the Eovaldi trade. Prado is good but not great. Phelps is a glorified bullpen arm. He'll never be a consistent starter. The Cervelli/Wilson deal I think we lost. I'm not saying Cervelli is better than Murphy, and I know we traded from a position of depth, but that doesn't change the fact that we gave up a starting catcher hitting .300 on a playoff bound team bound team for a relief pitcher that walks too many hitters.

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    1. Prado would be a perfect fit for this team but he wasn't "great" in 2015 and will only be a year older in 2016, I agree we won that trade and the Didi trade.

      The thing you have to remember about the Cervelli trade is the whole "ARod sold out Cervelli in the Biogenesis" fallout thing. That probably pushed the trade more so than the team coveting Justin Wilson.

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