Welcome ladies and gentleman to the first annual TGP Awards
brought to you by the New York Yankees. Tonight we’ll take a look at who will
win each of the major awards, Most Likely to Bounce Back in 2015, The Andruw
Jones Award (the player I want off the team in the worst way by June) and of
course the big one, the Get Greedy Award given to the greediest Yankee of the
year. We’ve got a busy night so let’s get to it.
Here to present the award for most likely to bounce back in
2015 is Yankees first baseman and host of Foul Territory, Mr. Mark Teixeira.
“And the award goes to….. Carlos Beltran!” How could Beltran not win this
award? He could almost literally miss half the season and still play more games
in the outfield in 2015 than he did in 2014 and bat for a higher batting
average with more home runs and RBI. Congrats Carlos.
For the second award we bring in former Yankees player
Andruw Jones to present to inaugural Andruw Jones Award. “And the award goes
to….. Chris Capuano!” Capuano is here to provide insurance to the Yankees staff
and eventually, hopefully, the bullpen when Ivan Nova comes back. There is a
reason a team like the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies give up on a pitcher
so soon. Capuano falls into the Brandon McCarthy role for me as the player we
got the most out of in 2014 and should move on or be disappointed with in 2015.
I was ready for Capuano to leave the rotation before he got in pinstripes so I
have a feeling it won’t take until June this year for me to want him gone.
And for the final award of the night, the big award of the
night, we bring in Hal Steinbrenner to present the Get Greedy Award which is
given to the greediest member of the Yankees in 2015. “And the nominees are….
Alex Rodriguez….. CC Sabathia….. Mark Teixeira….. Carlos Beltran…… and Jacoby
Ellsbury. And the #GetGreedy award goes to….. Alex Rodriguez.” While you could
make the case that any or all of these players are “greedy” they all look to be
every day and integral parts of the team except for Rodriguez. Rodriguez has
now two bad hips and two steroid allegations to go with his $61 million in
remaining salary as he rides the bench and “fights” for playing time in 2015.
We want to thank everyone for coming out and tuning in at
home for the first ever TGP Awards Show. We hope you enjoyed and will stop by
next year. Goodbye, and Happy New Year!
Good stuff Daniel. Beltran definitely gets my vote for bounce back player, but I have to go with Chris Young for player I want gone and Teixera for greediest. Young because he had almost 2 full seasons of being horrible and 1 month of outstanding production. I only see him taking playing time from a younger player. And Teixera is far greediest than Arod in my book because at least Arod wants to play. All Teixera wants to do is collect a paycheck and take a few days off every time his vagina gets sore.
ReplyDeleteCapuano didn't even have the 1 month of outstanding production though and blocks the young kids as well.
DeleteA Rod may "want" to play or he may be saying all the right things in the media. Teixeira, even with his days off, plays a lot more than A Rod does at this point in their careers. Teix at least can give us a redeeming factor with his defense, A Rod cannot.
Teix does provide above average defense, I'll concede that. But the award is for greed. To me, asking for a day off because you don't feel 100% while making $23 million is worse than somebody who wants playing time but doesn't have the skill set anymore.
ReplyDeleteI understood what you meant Jeff I just refuse to take his word for it at face value. Sure he says he wants to play, we'll see if he actually wants to play next season when/if he comes into camp in shape, early etc.
DeleteOnly time will tell. He hasn't been honest for well over a decade. It's hard to imagine he'll start now.
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