Let the snowballing begin? Wei-Yin Chen is off the board to
the Miami Marlins on a five-year deal with an option for a sixth year as Chen
looks to lead Miami back to the Promised Land. Chen will now pair up with Jose
Fernandez and that young core of players down in Miami that struggled so
mightily in 2015 and will look to anchor a rotation that can compete in the AL
East. Miami struck the big deal but what does this mean for the rest of the
league and specifically the Yankees? A lot actually.
The top starting pitcher is off the board now and all that’s
left is what I like to call, and no disrespect intended here, bargain basement
pitching. What does it mean for the Yankees? It means if they want a Doug
Fister or Tim Lincecum his price tag just went up but at the same time you
would have to think that Ivan Nova’s did as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean
the Yankees will sign Fister or trade Nova but the likelihood definitely
increased with this move.
This also means, officially, that Chen will not head back to
Baltimore or Boston or anyone that can really hurt the Yankees in 2015. The
dominos should now begin to fall as the interested teams list gets narrower not
only for pitching but for all prospects. We needed a big domino to fall and it just
did in Chen.
Awesome.
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