The sky is falling! The sky is falling! No really though
guys, the sky is falling. While I may be exaggerating just a tad I feel like it
is in my little world that I call the Burch Household. Why? Well George A. King
of the New York Post reported over the weekend that the New York Yankees have
told teams that they are listening to offers for utility man, and my absolute
favorite prospect in all the land, Robert Refsnyder. While this doesn’t mean a
transaction is imminent by any means it means the Yankees are at least
entertaining the idea of moving him and that, in a nutshell, breaks my heart.
I can’t help it. I’m a fan. I’ve been a fan of Refsnyder
since the Yankees took the outfielder out of the University of Arizona back in
2012 and I am a fan today. I was a fan when Refsnyder was transferred to second
base and I was a fan when Stephen Drew (Sucks) was clogging up the second base
position while Refsnyder was hitting .300 in Triple-A. I was a fan during
Refsnyder’s first 16 games of his Major League career when he slashed
.302/.348/.512 with five extra-base hits, five RBI and two stolen bases and I
was a fan when he started at second base in the team’s Wild Card playoff game
against the Houston Astros and Dallas Keuchel.
If I am being 100% honest, while I will admittedly be
crushed, I would be happy if Refsnyder were to be traded only because it means
he could potentially get the playing time that he not only needs but also
deserves in my obviously bias and yet humble opinion. Refsnyder should have
been called up at least a year earlier than he was and was slated to be the
team’s starting second baseman until the Starlin Castro acquisition from the
Chicago Cubs. Refsnyder has been looked over and passed over ever since he was
drafted and it seems unlikely he will ever get a true shot here in the Bronx so
no one would or should begrudge him for going elsewhere to get that shot. This
sport isn’t the NBA, you have to play your entire life just to get a 15-minute
cup of coffee in the show and if that cup of Joe isn’t in the Bronx I’ll just
be glad that he got it at all, regardless of where it is.
What the Yankees could be getting back for Refsnyder is
anyone’s guess, not a game changer or a huge name in my opinion although there
is always that Jose Quintana rumor still hanging around Yankee Land, but at
this point anything is better than nothing. At least in Refsnyder’s case. Good
luck to the soon-to-be 26-year old no matter what happens and where he ends up.
Just know I am going to terribly upset if that isn’t with the Yankees in some
capacity for the 2017 season.
Damn, I read that yesterday and was happy to see the Yankees trading him for the same reasons as you Daniel.
ReplyDeleteI think one reason I liked him was because he has had to prove himself in his time with the Yanks.
I think some of us have gone through life proving ourselves over and over again...and that means anyone that has made themselves successful in life.
Refsy has done everything he can to show he belongs in the major leagues. His bat is better than his defense but, it is still good enough to play in the place of Castro or Headly.
Good Luck, if you go somewhere you can get a fair shot.
My opinion!