The Washington Nationals disappointed a lot of people not
named Strasburg this week when the team announced a seven-year extension for
the young right-hander. It was long thought that Strasburg, a former first
overall pick by Washington in the MLB Draft, would hit free agency following
this season but the Nationals instead locked up their ace righty begging the
question how will this affect the Yankees? What will the Yankees do now with
their starting pitching both on the free agent market and with their own free
agents to be Nathan Eovaldi and Michael Pineda.
This coming offseason’s free agent market took a big blow
with the loss of Strasburg with the front runners being Bartolo Colon, R.A.
Dickey and Rich Hill. If New York needs another starter next offseason they may
have to go the same route they went this season and they may have dig deeper
into the trade market. That’s if the team has their eye on the 2017 roster and
team and that’s only if they don’t have their eyes on the prize in 2018 and
2019. If it’s the latter and not the former you have to wonder if the team
would consider trading either or both of Eovaldi and Pineda this July or
offseason.
Both Eovaldi and Pineda are young fireballers that are under
contract for the 2017 season and may be the team’s best trade pieces going
forward. The Yankees have shown a reluctance to go dig deep into their farm
system to make the big trades when they feel it’s necessary and the free agent
class is barren leaving the Yankees with little in the way of options. Either
they hope to contend or they need to trade and get what they can now rather
than later.
If the Yankees plan on contending they could always extend
either Eovaldi and/or Pineda but that may have just gotten pretty damn
expensive. Eovaldi is 26-years old while Pineda is 27-years old while Strasburg
is still somehow just about to turn 28-years old this season and all three
pitchers are all upside. If Strasburg is getting $175 million over seven
seasons for mediocrity what would Eovaldi and Pineda get? At least $150 million
you would have to think which begs the question if they are worth it? Honestly
I’m not so sure.
If the Yankees are out of it in July then trade them, if
they aren’t then the hard question comes. To extend or not to extend. I don’t
have the answer.
Unfortunately, pineda's value is shit right now.
ReplyDeleteI originally ranted about trading tanaka. but signing a 27 year old x7 is very different than signing a 29-31 year old x6-7. these guys are expensive. I toss around "150 million" in conversation like it's nothing. hell, I could probably retire on 200k. it's disgusting.
at this point, I'm done with pinedas bs. it's been going on since 2012. besides the up and downs in performance, there's the pine tar, and there's the shoulder, and I didnt witness it, but apparently he threw up his handles multiple times on dropped balls to aaron hicks. how about you dont give up 4 runs in the first inning, jackass. at this point, Yankees won the trade, but what a freaking waste of hype and expectation on both sides. I remember watching him in spring training with the belgian devil of an ex, 2012 or whatever. watching with hope that this would be the future of the yankees.
I'm rambling, about god knows what. probably should take my meds. so where was I?
sure, extend eovaldi. I think something comparable to hughes, at 5x58mil. i think that's reasonable.
and tanaka. man oh man. I can't willingly let him walk. I either want to trade him or get an extension now. and it should be 20 mil less than stras. but I want to trade him for a top prospect. none of these wasteful Tampa fillins that the yankees typically land.