Jarlaxle
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32 year old pitcher with injury history...25M a year? Yeahno.
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The contract is a millstone. They owe Stanton $30,000,000 a year, until 2027. (He'll be 38.) Figure at least $60,000,000 of dead money on the contract...unless he opts out (he can in 2020), in which case he's either gone, or they will have to pay him MORE money.
Jeter is probably turning cartwheels...he is out from under a horrible contract, with an All-Star second baseman and one of NY's better pitching prospects. He might have simply given Stanton away, had any team agreed to simply pay the entire contract. (As it stands, the Marlins are eating $30,000,000.) There is no way on Earth the Yankees are staying under the 2018 luxury tax threshold as they claimed, especially with Ellsbury's albatross of a contract.
Castro is signed to a reasonable contract (about $10M/year) for 2 seasons, with a team option for 2020.
Who would be dumb enough to take Ellsbury and that contract?
So...Judge is hurt, Sanchez is hitting under 200. Ellsbury made $21 million to not play a single game, and is owed about $40,000,000 over the next 2 years."No one should be surprised when the Yankees offense bludgeons opposing teams. But the back-to-back-to-back potential of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez is scary.
On Opening Day, the trio combined for six hits, four runs, five extra-base hits and reached base seven total times. It's going to be impossible for pitchers to navigate through a trio that could combine for 120-plus home runs and 200 extra-base hits."
Kapler outrage, Thor's talent, Yanks power | MLB takes
So...Judge is hurt, Sanchez is hitting under 200. Ellsbury made $21 million to not play a single game, and is owed about $40,000,000 over the next 2 years."No one should be surprised when the Yankees offense bludgeons opposing teams. But the back-to-back-to-back potential of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez is scary.
On Opening Day, the trio combined for six hits, four runs, five extra-base hits and reached base seven total times. It's going to be impossible for pitchers to navigate through a trio that could combine for 120-plus home runs and 200 extra-base hits."
Kapler outrage, Thor's talent, Yanks power | MLB takes
How's that working out so far?
Can't wait to see them get demolished by the Astros/Red Sox come October. Will be fitting karma for the arrogant spouting of Yankees fans all off-season long!!