December 23, 2023
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I tell it as it is regarding the Yankees and their failed attempt to get Yoshinobu Yamamato. Make no mistake, this was a huge failure by the Yankees.
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There is a silver lining with the Yankees losing out on Yamamoto. NOW, the money that they WOULD have spend on ONE player can now be spent on MULTIPLE players who can help them! They can either get TWO very good starting pitchers, Jordan Montgomery AND Blake Snell. OR one of those two pitchers plus Cody Bellinger. OR one of those two pitchers plus a MUCH NEEDED 9th inning CLOSER, Josh Hader, with Clay Holmes moving to a setup reliever role. So the financial flexibility that the "loss" of Yamamoto now gives the Yankees can now result in MULTIPLE much needed pieces.
A couple of points. Yes, the Yankees offer was approximately $300 Million and the Dodgers offer was $325 Million. BUT. The Yankees $300 Million was for 10 years. The Dodgers $325 Million was for 12 years. This makes the Yankees offer MORE PER YEAR than the Dodgers offer. ANOTHER THING: When Yamamoto met with the Dodgers, the Dodgers were able to bring in multiple Dodger players IN PERSON to be part of that meeting....INCLUDING......Yamamoto's good friend who he famously hugged after Japan won the WBC, Shohei Ohtani. I think the opportunity to have Ohtani as a teammate again, just like he was his teammate playing for Japan in the WBC was too strong a temptation to pass up.…
Some random thoughts on the loss of "he who shall not be named" to the "they who shall not be named" in LA, and where the New York Yankees should proceed IMHO. I've been following them religiously since 1966 (and regularly attend the church of his holiness St. Horace Clarke of the Second Base).
The loss of “he who shall not be named” to the “they who shall not be named” hurt. And it hurt doubly since Roki Sasaki has declared that he wants to be posted in the winter of 2024. Sasaki said he would only consider LAD or NYY, and that he wanted to play with his friend "he who shall not be named". Guess what that means.…
The bottom line here is that we, as fans, will never know the real reason or reasons Yamamoto signed with LA...did he want to play with Ohtani? did he want to play on the West Coast? Did he want to play for $325 million for 12 years, not a penny or a day less? Did he want to play for the Bums above and beyond those first three reasons? Did the Yankees think that fewer years, more bucks per year and earlier opt-out possibilities might be enticing to him and his agent because it would allow him an earlier 2nd free agency? We'll never know...and, what's more, the Yankees MAY never know either...did his agent say to the Yanks "if…
not securing Ohtani's services was a major disappointment
but the Yankees quickly arranged the acquisition of a hitter roughly as valuable as Ohtani.
that was an acquisition that required surrendering pitchers rather than merely a fortune
but the acquisition of Soto blunted some of the pangs the disappointment.
we can certainly agree that it is necessary for the team augment the pitching staff.
their are several good starters to be had ....even though none of them appear to be as shiny and new as Yamamoto.