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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
MLB Award Finalists & the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball has announced the finalists for the
major awards in the league and a member of the New York Yankees showed up on
the list. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the top three
vote-getters in each category on Monday and here they are.
Nov. 14
AL ROY
Michael Fulmer, Tigers
Tyler Naquin, Indians
Gary Sanchez, Yankees
Michael Fulmer, Tigers
Tyler Naquin, Indians
Gary Sanchez, Yankees
NL ROY
Kenta Maeda, Dodgers
Cory Seager, Dodgers
Trea Turner, Nationals
Kenta Maeda, Dodgers
Cory Seager, Dodgers
Trea Turner, Nationals
Nov. 15
AL Manager of the
Year
Jeff Banister, Rangers
Terry Francona, Indians
Buck Showalter, Orioles
Terry Francona, Indians
Buck Showalter, Orioles
NL Manager of the
Year
Dusty Baker, Nationals
Joe Maddon, Cubs
Dave Roberts, Dodgers
Joe Maddon, Cubs
Dave Roberts, Dodgers
Nov. 16
AL Cy Young
Corey Kluber, Indians
Rick Porcello, Red Sox
Justin Verlander, Tigers
Corey Kluber, Indians
Rick Porcello, Red Sox
Justin Verlander, Tigers
NL Cy Young
Kyle Hendricks, Cubs
Jon Lester, Cubs
Max Scherzer, Nationals
AL MVP
Jose Altuve, Astros
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Mike Trout, Angels
Kyle Hendricks, Cubs
Jon Lester, Cubs
Max Scherzer, Nationals
AL MVP
Jose Altuve, Astros
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Mike Trout, Angels
NL MVP
Kris Bryant, Cubs
Daniel Murphy, Nationals
Corey Seager, Dodgers
Kris Bryant, Cubs
Daniel Murphy, Nationals
Corey Seager, Dodgers
The awards will be handed out next week on MLB Network.
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2017 Qualifying Offer Predictions
Ten players received qualifying offers as the offseason
before the 2017 MLB season began and like I do every year I want to take a stab
at predicting who will accept and who will decline their offers. Now as you
probably already know the qualifying offer is basically a one-year deal offer
sheet worth $17.2 million that the player can either accept and return to his
old team or decline in order to test free agency. If the player declines and
signs with another team that team will lose their highest round draft pick
(unless it’s a Top 10 protected pick) and the players former team will receive
a sandwich pick as compensation in between the first and second rounds of the
2017 MLB Draft. Now you know so let’s get to the predictions.
Jose Bautista
Edwin Encarnacion
Yoenis Cespedes
Neil Walker
Dexter Fowler
Kenley Jansen
Justin Turner
Mark Trumbo
Ian Desmond
Jeremy Hellickson
Honestly, and I may even admittedly be reaching here, the
only player I can see accepting a qualifying offer is Jeremy Hellickson.
Hellickson has come into his own as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and
while he may use that to cash in on the free agency market I just have a gut
feeling that he may accept. I thought the same with players like Matt Wieters
and Brett Anderson last year and I get the same gut feeling with Hellickson. It
wouldn’t surprise me to see none of these players accept it but it would
surprise me if anyone besides Hellickson did.
Players have until November 14th to accept or
decline their qualifying offers.
Free Agency: Complete List of 163 MLB Free Agents
MLB free agency has officially begun and 163 players
including players with club options, player options and vesting options will
officially hit the market. While the free agent class is presumed to be pretty
light by all accounts there may be a few diamonds hidden in the rough for the
Yankees to take a waiver on. Here is the complete list for your reference
thanks to the crew over at USA Today.
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (10) — Pedro Alvarez, dh; Michael Bourn, of; Brian
Duensing, lhp; Tommy Hunter, rhp; Logan Ondrusek, rhp; Steve Pearce, 1b;
Nolan Reimold, of; Drew Stubbs, of; Mark Trumbo, of; Matt Wieters, c.
BOSTON (5) — Ryan Hanigan, c; Aaron Hill,
3b; Junichi Tazawa, rhp; Koji Uehara, rhp; Brad Ziegler, rhp.
CHICAGO (5) — Matt Albers, rhp; Alex Avila, c; Austin
Jackson, of; Justin Morneau, dh; p-James Shields, rhp.
CLEVELAND (4) — Marlon Byrd, of; Coco Crisp, of; Rajai
Davis, of; Mike Napoli, 1b.
DETROIT (3) — Erick Aybar, ss; Casey McGehee, 3b;
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c.
HOUSTON (4) — Jason Castro, c; Doug Fister, rhp; Colby
Rasmus, of; Luis Valbuena, 3b.
KANSAS CITY (6) — Drew Butera, c; Luke Hochevar, rhp; Kris
Medlen, rhp; Kendrys Morales, dh; Peter Moylan, rhp; Edinson Volquez, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (7) — Andrew Bailey, rhp; Jhoulys Chacin, rhp;
c-Yunel Escobar, 3b; Tim Lincecum, rhp; Geovany Soto, c; Jered Weaver, rhp;
Chris Wilson, lhp.
MINNESOTA (1) — Kurt Suzuki, c.
NEW YORK (2) — Billy Butler, of; Mark Teixeira, 1b.
OAKLAND (2) — Ross Detwiler, lhp; Sam Fuld, of.
SEATTLE (5) — Franklin Gutierrez, of; Chris Iannetta, c;
Dae-ho Lee, 1b; Adam Lind, 1b; Drew Storen, rhp.
TAMPA BAY (3) — Kevin Jepsen, rhp; Logan Morisson, 1b;
Alexei Ramirez, ss.
TEXAS (6) — Carlos Beltran, of; Ian Desmond, of; Carlos
Gomez, of; c-Derek Holland, lhp; Colby Lewis, rhp; Mitch Moreland, 1b.
TORONTO (10) — Jose Bautista, of; Joaquin Benoit, rhp; Brett
Cecil, lhp; R.A. Dickey, rhp; Edwin Encarnacion, dh; Scott Feldman, rhp; Gavin
Floyd, rhp; c-Jason Grilli, rhp; Dioner Navarro, c; Michael Saunders, of.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (2) — Daniel Hudson, rhp; Rickie Weeks, of.
ATLANTA (3) — Emilio Bonifacio, of; Eric O'Flaherty, lhp;
A.J. Pierzynski, c.
CHICAGO (9) — Trevor Cahill, rhp; Aroldis Chapman, lhp;
Chris Coghlan, of; Dexter Fowler, of; c-Jason Hammel,
rhp; Munenori Kawasaki, 2b-3b; David Ross, c; Joe Smith, rhp; Travis
Wood, lhp.
CINCINNATI (2) — Ross Ohlendorf, rhp; Alfredo Simon, rhp.
COLORADO (6) — Jorge De La Rosa, lhp; Daniel Descalso, inf;
Nick Hundley, c; Boone Logan, lhp; Ryan Raburn, of; Mark Reynolds, 1b.
LOS ANGELES (11) — Brett Anderson, lhp; Joe Blanton, rhp;
Jesse Chavez, rhp; Rich Hill, lhp; J.P. Howell, lhp; Kenley Jansen, rhp; p-Scott
Kazmir, lhp; Josh Reddick, of; c-Carlos Ruiz, c; Justin Turner, 3b; Chase
Utley, 2b.
MIAMI (7) — Andrew Cashner, rhp; Mike Dunn, lhp; Jeff
Francoeur, of; Chris Johnson, 1b-3b; Jeff Mathis, c; Dustin McGowan, rhp;
Fernando Rodney, rhp.
MILWAUKEE (2) — Blaine Boyer, rhp; Chris Capuano, lhp.
NEW YORK (9) — Jerry Blevins, lhp; Yoenis Cespedes, of;
Bartolo Colon, rhp; Alejandro De Aza, of; Kelly Johnson, 2b-3b; James Loney,
1b; Jon Niese, lhp; Fernando Salas, rhp; Neil Walker, 2b.
PHILADELPHIA (7) — Andres Blanco, 3b; Peter Bourjos, of;
A.J. Ellis, c; Jeremy Hellickson, rhp; David Hernandez, rhp; Ryan Howard, 1b;
Charlie Morton, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (5) — Neftali Feliz, rhp; Matt Joyce, of; Ivan
Nova, rhp; Sean Rodriguez, inf; Ryan Vogelsong, rhp.
ST. LOUIS (4) — v-Matt Holliday, of; Brandon Moss, 1b-of;
Jordan Walden, rhp; Jerome Williams, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (6) — Edwin Jackson, rhp; Jon Jay, of; Brandon
Morrow, rhp; Clayton Richard, lhp; Adam Rosales, 3b; Carlos Villanueva, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (8) — Gordon Beckham, 2b; Gregor Blanco, of;
Santiago Casilla, rhp; Javier Lopez, lhp; Joe Nathan, rhp; Angel Pagan, of;
Jake Peavy, rhp; Sergio Romo, rhp.
WASHINGTON (9) — Matt Belisle, rhp; Sean Burnett, lhp;
Stephen Drew, 2b; Chris Heisey, of; Mat Latos, rhp; Mark Melancon, rhp;
Yusmeiro Petit, rhp; Wilson Ramos, c; Marc Rzepczynski, lhp.
So What About Derek Holland?
We discussed it and discussed it already this week on the
blog and we’ll go over it again today. The New York Yankees need to add
starting pitching this offseason if they plan on competing and the free agent
well looks pretty dry. One starting pitcher that may interest the Yankees was
added to the fold though when the Texas Rangers decided to decline the team
option on his contract for the 2017 season. Should and will the Yankees be
interested?
The Rangers decided that they would rather pay Holland his
$1.5 million to walk into free agency rather than pay him his $11 million
option and some might argue they made that decision for good reason. Holland
has missed significant time over the past three seasons due to injury and has
been placed on the 60-Day DL in consecutive years after missing the better part
of two months with a shoulder inflammation injury in 2016. That mixed with the
fact that Holland gives up the long ball a little too much for my liking may be
the ultimate deciding factor of whether the Yankees will or should be
interested in my opinion.
Holland was a part of the Texas Rangers World Series teams
in 2010 and 2011 so the postseason and World Series experience is there but is
that enough to ignore the injury history of the past three seasons? Holland has
shown an ability to pitch, not only pitch but be dominant at times, and could
be a huge low-risk high reward type guy for the Yankees. There is no such thing
as a bad minor league deal but the problem is I can’t see Holland accepting one
with the starting pitching market as thin as it is this season.
So should the Yankees sign Holland and do I think they will
sign Holland? No and No. Again, if he wants to take a minor league deal and try
to feed his family off the $1.5 million the Rangers are already paying him,
fine. Sign me up. Load up the contract with incentives and give the man his $10
million or whatever the going rate is for middle-of-the-rotation type pitchers
is these days. If not, and I’m sure he will find guaranteed money elsewhere,
then I won’t lose sleep over it. Holland isn’t a game changer but I would be
foolish to completely dismiss a better season from him in 2017 than he has had
over the last three seasons.
That’s where I stand. What say you?
Weekly AFL Check In: James Kaprielian
James Kaprielian has pitched well for the Scottsdale
Scorpions this Arizona Fall League season but like I’ve said many, many times
during these check in posts the stats don’t really matter. The health of his
right throwing elbow and his ability to avoid Tommy John surgery, which
according to many news sites including Baseball America was on the table at one
point this season, is all that matters. Another week and he made it out alive.
Breathe Yankees family.
Here is the stat line he made it out alive with down in the
AFL this week:
This Day in New York Yankees History 11/9: Yankee Stadium III
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