The deadline has come and gone and now all 30 Major League
teams have decided whether they are going to tender a contract to their
non-tender candidates and players. When the smoke cleared 43 players were added
to the free agency pool after being non-tendered and about half as many trades,
signing and moves went down before the deadline. 43 more warm bodies for all 30
teams to choose from but will the Yankees take a waiver on any of them?
The field of 43 is highlighted by former Houston Astros
slugger Chris Carter, former Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez and
Kansas City Royals former closer Greg Holland. None of these three likely
intrigue the Yankees much, Carter is a first baseman and hit just .199 with 24
home runs last season while Alvarez is a first baseman only out of necessity.
He can’t field at third base and he’s barely marginal defensively at first base
after falling out of grace with the Pirates. Holland had Tommy John surgery late
in the 2015 season and will almost 100% miss the entire 2016 season as well
while rehabbing the injury.
Other not-so-notable names to join the free agency frenzy
includes Oakland A’s first baseman Ike Davis, former Giants World Series start
Yusmeiro Petit, injured Miami Marlins pitchers Henderson Alvarez and Aaron
Crow, relief pitcher Cesar Ramos, Padres third baseman and former Boston Red
Sox player Will Middlebrooks, Neftali Feliz, Al Albuquerque, catcher Tyler
Flowers, Jacob Turner and Atlanta Braves left-handed starter Mike Minor.
Minor league deals could be handed out to many of these
players if they were willing to sign, especially Alvarez, Middlebrooks (the
Yankees have almost zero insurance at third base for Chase Headley), and Minor
(because, duh, he throws left-handed). Nothing really intrigues me on this
roster although I do wonder if Cashman is intrigued by Tyler Flowers. Flowers
could give Yankees backup catcher Gary Sanchez more time to fine-tune his
development in Triple-A. No way to tell so you’re just going to have to stay
tuned.
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