Trader Cash? I Don’t Think So

Yanks Not In A Trading Mood

I remember a time when  we’d fall in love with  a Yankee prospect (see Montero, Banuelos) in Montero’s case we saw him have a nice September call  up, 18 games, 4 HR’s, .328 / .406 / .590 / .996 slash line only to  see him traded next season  for the injured Michael Pineda, bummer right?

As it turns out, so  far Pineda has helped the Bomber varsity and given them a whisper of hope that he and Tanaka can  anchor the rotation.

Monty on the other hand has had to  endure some growing pains, in 170 games for Seattle he’s yet to put up at least a .700 OPS

Shit Meet Fan

Monty was popped for PED’s, had a run in with  some punk bitch  cross checker ( probably better for his career then  a run in with a cross dresser) forcing Jack Z who is on a bad roll acquiring former Yankees  to  shut him  down  for a while.

Thankfully for Monty from Venezuela, the worm  seems to be turning,  at the moment after 53 games he has 8 HR’s, 423 RBI’s and a .311 / .350 / .481 / .830 slash line.. As recent as June 2nd he had a 4 hit game and knocked in 6 runs

“I just try to have fun, try to relax, try not to think about much, do this or do that. Just let it go, let it happen,” Montero said. “I feel good to help the team win today, that’s what I’m looking for, that’s what I’m trying to do each game. It’s always good to be a good helper.”

So  some good news for Montero  fans, except why did Jack Z go out and trade for Mark Trumbo  and not promote Montero?

Well  for one Jack Z was looking for some pop  from a corner outfielder, so once again Montero is a man with a projected  bat but no position. The Yanks flipped him as a catcher, obviously the Mariners tried him with the tools but it didn’t pan out. The Yanks had enough DH’s, not enough young pitching,  and they had man crushes on Murphy, Romine, Sanchez and at the time O’Brien, then signed Martin and soon after Bubba McCan’t so  Monty had no  where to  go

The Mariners also  acquired old buddy Vidal Nuno in the Trumbo  deal and they  have high hopes for the Little Lefty

Anyway  good luck  to  all  those guys, including Cano and Banuelos who  also looks to be coming around for the Braves AAA team, we enjoyed everyone of them but right now they’re Jack Z and John Hart’s  problem, we have issues of our own in NY

I’m gonna take a shot at  reading the tea leaves Re: any future heart break we may endure if Cashman trades an up and coming prospect . The list of potential  future A list Baby Bombers that  are closest to  the varsity are Severino, Judge, Bird, Jagielo, Refsynder, Clarkin, and Bird. We’ve seen Murphy, Romine, Heathcott, Lindgren, Pirela, Flores, Mitchell and Pinder wet their beaks in a cup of coffee already

I don’t think Cashman  would put any of the recent draft picks  (Severino, Judge, Bird, Jagielo, Lindgren or Clarkin) in a trade for that much needed rotation  stud, and it would take  one or three of those kids to bring back a Hamels or Cueto who  would both look good in Pinstripes…

I do  think any of the other kids would be pieces in a McCarthy type deal, but you would hope if Cashman  does trade any of the 2nd tier prospects for a pitcher, he can  either sign the guy or bring in a young pitcher that’s a cost controlled acquisition.

You really don’t want to lose any of those kids for a rental, like McCarthy, but I wouldn’t fall in love with Romine, Flores, Pinder, Refsynder or Pirela, those players might be vulnerable to  a trade

In my minds eye the Yanks will  finally not trade away their future,  so  fall in love with the double A prospects and a few of the AAA kids.. Hal wants to cut payroll, (Hamels and Cueto)  are too  expensive, and there is nothing better then  young cheap help to  achieve that  goal…

On the brighter side, Things in Boston are escalating to  a heated frenzy after they  blew that  4-0 lead and lost 8-4 lol..

Like we thought, and really tried to  tell  them this winter, Ramirez is a butcher to  start off with, put him in Left field and he’s  a body parts wood chipper…They  can’t put him  at DH with Grand Papi clogging  up  the spot, they owe him $88M, so  there’re stuck.. Hanley Ramirez makes Manny Ramirez look like Roberto Clemente

Fenway Fats is trying to  find a way  back to San Francisco, boy did that  fat  bastard walk into  a mugging, they’re destroying him up north

The 3 Amigos and their bastard son  the Cuban Rusney Castillo  are flat out sucking so  far.. They’re finding out that  the touted farm system takes time to mature and none of them  are Mike Trout’s despite them  thinking they had 5 or 6 of them.. At least in NY we knew our team  was a .500 squad  at best,  so  we’re farting through polyester at the moment

The Angels will be tough this weekend

Weaver, Richards, and Wilson will be no walk in the park

Yanks counter with Eovaldi, Warren  and Pineda

more later