Should the Yankees trade Severino, Judge and Refsnyder for Hamels? Your answer may be used in a blog tomorrow afternoon. Go!!!
— Greedy Pinstripes (@GreedyStripes) March 9, 2015
Yesterday afternoon “news” broke that the New York Yankees
have been the closest team to acquiring the Philadelphia Phillies left hander
Cole Hamels in a trade. Originally no names were released but the package for
Hamels was said to be a prospects package and later we found out that
Philadelphia at least wanted Luis Severino, Aaron Judge and Robert Refsnyder in
the trade. You guys know me by now I am a huge advocate for the SOCIAL part of
social media. I respond to your tweets, I don’t ignore your DM’s and I
encourage everyone to get involved. Yesterday I asked our followers if they
thought the team should acquire Hamels and honestly the results surprised me. I
thought we would have a mixed bag of results but the vast majority of the
people who responded were all in agreement with a big and resounding NO!
See below:
@GreedyStripes I say no we need good prospects and I don't like hamels that much
— #LGD (@DevilsYankees14) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes no, I would not trade up and coming prospecs for hamels. He's not what he was a few years ago we need Severino, and judge
— Jimmy Vonderlinden++ (@CanesEagles1) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes That's basically THE farm. There's no way that trade should ever happen.
— Jason Kaleta (@jason_kaleta) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes not worth it, this team needs an offensive upgrade for a chance to win this year,stopping runs no good if u can't score them
— Michael (@mantle1956) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes No. If the Yankees are serious about rebuilding this team they won't make this trade
— Luke Becker (@Luke_YN26) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes no way!!! They will be the players who return the Yankees to prominence...... Its not as if this team is one arm away
— Boss of Bassford Ave (@bxboss22) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes Cole gave up on Philly in the 09 series. He is 30 and not worth 3 big farm chips. No deal.
— Mike O'Hara (@mikeyoh21) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes Absolutely not!! Horrible deal!
— Jessica (@FinnGirlJess) March 9, 2015
.@GreedyStripes let some other team cripple their payroll for 4 years.
— Andrew G. (@hoosiers23) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes absolutely NOT. Definitely not Severino and Judge
— Rich Piazza (@Richiep21) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes absolutely not! Way too much young potential within those three! Look to the future now.
— Proud Pinstripes⚾️ (@YankeesMove) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes No chance. They could have added Scherzer for nothing and didn't. That tells you they are staying put and maxed out payroll.
— Mart (@MM4039) March 9, 2015
@GreedyStripes Id have my doubts about a straight Judge or Severino trade. No way all 3. We dont need (another) expensive post-prime veteran
— Alvaro Molina (@a_molinam) March 9, 2015
@NRoss56 @GreedyStripes @john_zsoldos @YankeeSource @yanksbaseball25 If Cashman makes that trade I'm going to need bail money.
— Michael P. (@MichaelPawluk) March 9, 2015
I don't know what my exact opinion on this is, but I will say that most of the time the "can't miss" guy dissapoints (see Jesus Montero). Just throwing that out there,
ReplyDeleteJust throwing this out there as well, cant miss starting pitchers haven't always done well in New York. Randy Johnson, Kevin Brown, Jeff Weaver, etc. etc. etc.
DeleteMany can't miss players have failed in New York, the difference here is...our "sure things" are not expected to be the Next A-Rod or Whitey Ford!
ReplyDeleteWhat we have is a plethora of talented players, out of the mix a few may get traded away, loose their way, or just fade away. The good part is, after that, we will still have a few diamonds in the rough.
Guy's this isn't happening so stop freaking out
ReplyDeleteI like the farm system as it is now constituted and starting to come together. Believe me when I say I don't wear rose colored glasses. I back some players and tell the truth about others and have for years. I have been called many names for doing so, but never have I ever overestimated a player. Hype is just hype, not fact, and anyone with eyes can see the good and the bad parts of a player and his game. What has to be addressed are the things that can be tweaked, that is why they start in the farm system.
ReplyDeleteFor a couple of years, the experts were saying Dellin was over hyped and should follow the other "Killer Bees" and cut lose. I said big pitchers with his arm have a history of needing more time to sort things out.
When a team has one or two stars coming through the system, one bad step can set their system back a few years. Thus, having many good players coming of age within the next 1 to 3 years gives us a cushion...so to speak! Some of then could play this year if it wasn't for being blocked by a vet with less talent!