[Sawchik] Yankees’ first basemen posted the worst wRC+ mark (71) for the franchise since 1913 this past season. Their 1Bs were 30th in the majors in batting average, 30th in slugging, and 30th in on-base %. There should be some urgency here.
December 20, 2024
Shows how little cashman values 1b
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I don’t care where the bat comes from as long as they can hit lol
One single player that we haven’t shown interest in since Fried comes off the board and everyone loses their minds.
Christ, I knew it was bad but not historically so.
Goldschmidt come on down
“Who da fook is dis guy?” -Connor McGregor
Crazy Ain’t even have to know the numbers to know that , you could just feel it all season
So you’re saying anything we throw out at 1B should be an improvement?
And we were one Nestor fucking Cortez pitch away from a one game lead on the road in the World Series
It’s a shame we passed on Walker.
But hey! At least Boone started an immobile Rizzo every game in the playoffs so he could get a single every few games 🎉🎉
Brian Cashman simply does not get this and it’s a major fault in him as a GM. He did the same shit during the trade deadline when we needed another bat and bullpen help and Rizzo in the playoffs was an automatic out and the bullpen got burned out. Dude thinks he’s too fucking smart. First base has been a black hole for years now. Singing reclamation projects to try to fix the issue has not worked. That’s why people can talk shit about AJ Preller but he fucking goes for it. He deals from a sense of urgency every time.
I feel like we can somewhat punt on one infield spot but not two. You need to get a first baseman so you can use a combo of Oswaldo, Oswald, Vivas, etc to cover third or get a second/third baseman and depend on Rice, Oswaldo, DJ or random spring training invite to cover first or do the same to left field and move Belli to first.
They actually have a ton of options so it doesn’t make sense to freak out until we see what they end up doing
No…it means the players used to play there weren’t good. It’s not like they signed Rizzo thinking he would be terrible
Also, if the overall team score runs but they are weak at first offensively. It’s not a big deal…as long as that player can field the position well
Can’t go too long without someone complaining 🙄
They literally just traded for a 1B if they decide they don’t like any other 1B on the market. It’s still 2024, there is plenty of time before next season.
I really think Cashman is looking at an even shorter stopgap for first base than the three year deal Walker got. It’s very likely he’s looking to trade for one on their last year or two of Arbitration and teams are high balling him knowing the desperate need for it
3rd base, SS, & LF were also bottom of the league offense wise.
That’s with adding Jazz at the deadline
Seems bad, but at least first base isn’t a position that’s supposed to have a lot of offense right?
This is insane that we’re really going to trout out the corpse of Goldy instead of just paying Walker a very reasonable 60 mill deal over 3 years……
Elite defense and solid hitter. Even if he falls off by year 3, the money isn’t bad and now we’re relegated to either Santana or Goldy who are both older. This is embarassing
Nick Johnson
I’d rather get another OF (Luis Robert?) and put Bellinger at 1st. I think there are better short term options in the OF, even if it’s by trading
Yanks haven’t had a competent first baseman since Tex left
Was Mark Teixeira our last good 1st baseman?
I’m sure Cashman is prioritizing 1B. I think he’s been prioritizing the 5 or 6 huge holes that the Yankees have had to fill this winter. He may not be able to plug all 5 or 6 with the biggest premier free agents in each spot what are you expecting?
Bring back Chris Carter
This is where we can make up for losing Soto
No where to go but up I guess
Santana or Goldie it is. There’s also Arenado, worst case we move him to 1st.
See we have lots of ancient options.
We are definitely winning the World Series next year.
Sign Soto to play 1B. Problem solved.
There is urgency in signing Vlad Jr. And hitting him #2 so they can’t pitch around Judge. Except he’s not available yet, so it doesn’t make sense to freak out.
29 comments
I don’t care where the bat comes from as long as they can hit lol
One single player that we haven’t shown interest in since Fried comes off the board and everyone loses their minds.
Christ, I knew it was bad but not historically so.
Goldschmidt come on down
“Who da fook is dis guy?” -Connor McGregor
Crazy Ain’t even have to know the numbers to know that , you could just feel it all season
So you’re saying anything we throw out at 1B should be an improvement?
And we were one Nestor fucking Cortez pitch away from a one game lead on the road in the World Series
It’s a shame we passed on Walker.
But hey! At least Boone started an immobile Rizzo every game in the playoffs so he could get a single every few games 🎉🎉
Brian Cashman simply does not get this and it’s a major fault in him as a GM. He did the same shit during the trade deadline when we needed another bat and bullpen help and Rizzo in the playoffs was an automatic out and the bullpen got burned out. Dude thinks he’s too fucking smart. First base has been a black hole for years now. Singing reclamation projects to try to fix the issue has not worked. That’s why people can talk shit about AJ Preller but he fucking goes for it. He deals from a sense of urgency every time.
I feel like we can somewhat punt on one infield spot but not two. You need to get a first baseman so you can use a combo of Oswaldo, Oswald, Vivas, etc to cover third or get a second/third baseman and depend on Rice, Oswaldo, DJ or random spring training invite to cover first or do the same to left field and move Belli to first.
They actually have a ton of options so it doesn’t make sense to freak out until we see what they end up doing
No…it means the players used to play there weren’t good. It’s not like they signed Rizzo thinking he would be terrible
Also, if the overall team score runs but they are weak at first offensively. It’s not a big deal…as long as that player can field the position well
Can’t go too long without someone complaining 🙄
They literally just traded for a 1B if they decide they don’t like any other 1B on the market. It’s still 2024, there is plenty of time before next season.
I really think Cashman is looking at an even shorter stopgap for first base than the three year deal Walker got. It’s very likely he’s looking to trade for one on their last year or two of Arbitration and teams are high balling him knowing the desperate need for it
3rd base, SS, & LF were also bottom of the league offense wise.
That’s with adding Jazz at the deadline
Seems bad, but at least first base isn’t a position that’s supposed to have a lot of offense right?
This is insane that we’re really going to trout out the corpse of Goldy instead of just paying Walker a very reasonable 60 mill deal over 3 years……
Elite defense and solid hitter. Even if he falls off by year 3, the money isn’t bad and now we’re relegated to either Santana or Goldy who are both older. This is embarassing
Nick Johnson
I’d rather get another OF (Luis Robert?) and put Bellinger at 1st. I think there are better short term options in the OF, even if it’s by trading
Yanks haven’t had a competent first baseman since Tex left
Was Mark Teixeira our last good 1st baseman?
I’m sure Cashman is prioritizing 1B. I think he’s been prioritizing the 5 or 6 huge holes that the Yankees have had to fill this winter. He may not be able to plug all 5 or 6 with the biggest premier free agents in each spot what are you expecting?
Bring back Chris Carter
This is where we can make up for losing Soto
No where to go but up I guess
Santana or Goldie it is. There’s also Arenado, worst case we move him to 1st.
See we have lots of ancient options.
We are definitely winning the World Series next year.
Sign Soto to play 1B. Problem solved.
There is urgency in signing Vlad Jr. And hitting him #2 so they can’t pitch around Judge. Except he’s not available yet, so it doesn’t make sense to freak out.