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.
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.
ReplyDeletePrado 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.
DeleteThe 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.