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EJ, Paul and Rob discuss the role that Giancarlo Stanton will play on the 2024 Yankees.
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I suspect the acquisition of the lefty betters means the Yanks see more lefty starters, which would be to the benefit of Stanton.
I think Stanton’s back is up against the wall. I think he may play like a player in a contract year. I expect him to bear down at the plate, and hustle on the bases, and at least try to play like a $32 million dollar a year player. If he does not, he should be benched. The big question is whether Boone has the backbone to bench him.
I still think Florial should play over Verdugo and Grisham
If Stanton still has trouble with sliders, I would only play him against LHP.
To me, the keys for a bounce back for Stanton include:
1) He needs to go back to his open stance that he had with Miami
2) He needs to get over his apparent fear of being hit.
I would love to see him visit Judge's hitting instructor to get over his bad habits.
I would also love to see him do much more stretching...perhaps even using yoga.
Because of all the free agents George loved to collect, yes Willie McGee for Bob Sykes was bad, but it came down to protecting this kid 1B, who was behind Steve Balboni in the system or McGee. That kid 1B? None other than Donald Arthur Mattingly.
EJ, really, you don't know who Jay Buhner was? Also, his minor league teammate and CF was Roberto Kelly.
Because of the Yanks/O's 13 player trade only 3 years earlier, that's why guys like Dempsey were at My Captain's funeral on August 6, 1979.
Gotta agree that the Stanton deal, clearly is the worst trade of Brian Cashman's tenure as GM, also for the same reasons, not only did he only make it healthy…