Derek Jeter received a lot of criticism in the off season for cleaning out the Miami Marlins roster. But SU says when it came to Giancarlo Stanton, he was right on the money. SU has seen enough. We are nearing the half way point to the season and SU has watched a lot of games. Aside from the occasional home run bomb, he has a lot of hits that are dribblers or seeing eye singles and very few of them come with men on base.
Let’s look at the stats. He has 35 rbis, hitting .213 with RISP. Strikes out a third of the time but no one cares about that anymore. Gleyber Torres in 100 fewer at bats has 33 rbis – batting 9th most of the time! Stanton gets to hide behind the team’s great record but let’s be honest – this was a bad trade even with Miami paying part of his contract. Somewhere Andruw Jones is sitting with his 325 pounds thinking that he should have played another 5 years as he could have put up numbers like this.
SU came across this article on espn.com this morning:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23797027/new-york-yankees-gleyber-torres-too-good-give-up
Trade Torres for Jacob DeGrom or any other starter? What?????? Torres is 21 years old and is a natural shortstop. He plays every day. Starting pitchers today are so fragile. This is insane. Now, if the Mets were interested in Stanton who dominated the NL last season, that is a different story. If Miami is paying about a third of his salary, how about if the Yankees pay another third making him a $10 million a year investment? Throw in Clint Frazier and another prospect and you can have him. Your “generational player” for the next 10 years. I know, this will never happen. He will be an albatross in the Bronx for the next 10 years and once Sanchez becomes a full-time DH, you have a real problem. SU thought Stanton was a better outfielder but he’s not. This dude is a #7 hitter who probably had a poster of Dave Kingman in his room growing up.
I also know he will hit a home run tonight as every time I bash him, he does something. But SU cannot root for Stanton – just can’t do it. And you know, that at some point this year, due to injuries, he will need to be front and center and will shrink big time.
Gary Sanchez down in the .180s now. Crazy. SU says he is way too bulked up and needs to drop 30 pounds and be more flexible. And yet they continue to win due to a lot of home runs, decent but short starts and a bullpen that is now getting up to speed from all of the big guns. Still fun to watch and as the Met fans say, what is your problem?
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U r probably right about Stanton. Drop him in the order. Move Andujar in the 2 hole, Torrez in the 3 hole or Judge and Torrez in the 3 or 4 hole. Including Gardner here are your top 4 hitters on the Yankees. Didi at 5, Stanton at 6 Hicks at 7 and Sanchez at 8. Walker 9th.
I’m not feeling great with our current lineup. No break out innings nor getting 12 hits anymore. Mix it up. Contact hitters should be at the top of the lineup.
It was clear that Stanton was no use to the Marlins at that price. It was also clear that he was no use to the Yankees, even at a reduced price because they get production up and down the lineup with or without Stanton in it. If the Yankees take away some more of his salary, he actually makes some sense for the Mets because they are starved for offensive production.
Sanchez also dropped a pop fly last night. He has a hard time holding onto balls of any kind. Pitches. Pop flies, Throws to the plate. He also dropped a pitch allowing a runner to easily steal second. The runner then scored on the next hit. This won’t show up as a passed ball but, with his arm, he would have had a chance to throw the runner out but he can’t hold onto the ball.
I am not an ophthalmologist nor do I play one on TV but I am telling you this: Sanchez needs his eyes checked. All of the things you mention above tell me he does not see the ball well. He is batting below .190, does drop every throw and ball and just seems slow in reaction time. Do the Yankees have a team ophthalmologist or does every player have to see Dr. Amad for every ailment?
I just look forward to that 2 week period when 5 of the 9 starting players get hot at the same time. We will score 10 runs a game. A lot fun until the playoffs then it gets real and could be ugly without starting pitching
That is true, Bob. This line up has really not come close to clicking at that level at any point this year. Let’s save those games vs. Boston.