2021-2022 Off Season Thread

[TexasYank23]

Passan was on Kay's showing Yankees WILL sign Seager and it'll be north of 300 mil

[ppa79]

Passan was on Kay's showing Yankees WILL sign Seager and it'll be north of 300 mil

I don't think Yankees sign anyone to 300 mil.

[hhill]

I don't think Yankees sign anyone to 300 mil.

Passan is a good source, pretty reputable

[Portbb]

This is my point. Yankees might miss out on the top first round picks but they sure miss a lot of good players that are available for them to draft.

Agree. How on earth were they right about Judge? Especially considering they picked him AFTER Eric Jagielo.

[Mixwell]

Passan is a good source, pretty reputable

There's no way he knows that before free agency starts. I promise you Seager doesn't even know where he's playing next year yet.

[yank4life2005]

Passan was on Kay's showing Yankees WILL sign Seager and it'll be north of 300 mil

I like Seager but that would be a mistake...a huge one especially the 10 to 12 years that Boras will command. His injury history and lack of elite defense is a huge drawback IMO.

[ppa79]

There's no way he knows that before free agency starts. I promise you Seager doesn't even know where he's playing next year yet.

Exactly, I bet the Yankees haven't even talked internally about how their perceive each player.

[False1]

Signing Correa or Seager to 250-350 million scares me. Both have missed significant time because of injuries. Correa had a back injury that kept him out quite a bit in 2018 and 2019. One article I read said the guy had to lay down in the aisle of the plane during a 2 hour flight from Houston to Tampa because of his back. In 2 of the last 3 full seasons Seager has played less than 100 games.

I'd be down with either, but personally I'm hype man for Seager.

I think the injury history is a little overblown, presuming he clears medicals without any red flags. Yeah, he's had a few strains and sprains that have hampered him a bit. And he had TJS, but I look at that as out of the way and while he was out for TJS they took care of artho on his hip. The other injury was due to HBP. Certainly not a track record of elite physical endurance to the grinds of the job, but I don't get a strong sense of a Nick Johnson or Aaron Hicks scenario at play here either. Ultimately, let your crack medical staff weigh in on those risks.

As excited as we are about Volpe, prior to this season he wasn't even really on the radar. Volpe will be 21 next year and start in AA. Seager was the consensus #1 prospect in all of baseball going into his age 21 season at AAA, and put up a 174 OPS+ in 117 major league at bats. At age 22, he won ROY and hit playoff HRs against the likes of Max Scherzer. By the end of his 23 year old season he had already amassed >12 WAR. In his age 26 season he produced an epic NLDS and WS performance that won him MVP in each, culminating in a championship for LAD. This isn't a knock on Volpe at all, and maybe not a fair comparison either since Volpe lost a season in the minors in '20 due to Covid. But just to make the point that Seager is an amazing talent that is available squarely in his prime at a position of tremendous need for a club that needs to decide if it wants to make a run in '22 and '23. Counting on Peraza or Volpe to fill that hole is foolish if you're trying to compete now. If either of them force the Yankees hand, Cashman/Boone have proven a willingness to shift basically everyone around the infield. I'd love to have that problem.

Ideally Seager can be had for 8 years. Probably wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for him to hit FA with one more shot at a future payday for a shorter term deal at age 35. I wouldn't go 12 years, a scenario where he'd be rostered through his age 39 season. Maybe a player option for a 9th year. More than that is pushing it.

[ojo]

I can get behind Seager, because he'll likely slide over to 3B perhaps as early as 2023. Just please stop offering NTCs.

[ymike673]

Agree. How on earth were they right about Judge? Especially considering they picked him AFTER Eric Jagielo.

Really they were not right. They picked Jagielo first. Just lucked out for a change.

[Yankees1962]

Agree. How on earth were they right about Judge? Especially considering they picked him AFTER Eric Jagielo.

They at least picked Judge ahead of Ian Clarkin.

[ymike673]

The Dodgers typically draft towards the bottom of the first round yet it hasn’t prevented them from developing one of the most productive farm systems in the game.

Once again proving my point. FO is substandard in all phases of drafting and player development. But Cashman stays forever.

[AussieYank]

Go Braves!

[ymike673]

Go Braves!

Yes. Go Braves, Beat the cheaters!

[Zimmer's Helmet]

The Yankees aren’t signing any big ticket free agents.

Not when they’re operating under a self-imposed salary cap.
They’ve already got $80 million a year committed to Stanton, Cole and DJ for the foreseeable future and still need to extend Judge. The Yankees are not going to commit $130 million a year on 5 players for the next 5 season.