When browsing earlier, I noticed that it was this date in 1980 that the Yankees made Dave Winfield the highest paid professional athlete in history. I remember Winfield (as you probably do) as an extremely athletic and hard-nosed player for the Yankees who despite being very productive in pinstripes, never got the credit he deserved. … Continue reading Don’t trust your eyes, part 86:

Today, I’m going to do something I rarely – very rarely – do in this space. I’m going to base my opinion and hazard a written guess about the future in Yankee land with little evidence to support it other than what “I think”. Normally, I hate when people do that with the white hot … Continue reading My Magic 8 Ball and Cashman

Yesterday I wrote about Dick Allen. Dick Allen, who is one of the best right handed hitters to ever walk on a baseball field, one of the best overall players of his era, an MVP and Rookie of the Year award winner, and a seven time All-Star. Dick Allen is not in the Hall of … Continue reading Vizquel HOF? Seriously…?

Dick Allen passed away yesterday. In what’s been a very long year for all of us in many regards, the baseball world seems to have just be piling on since April. We’ve lost some of the best ever in 2020. Kaline, Seaver, Gibson, Brock, Ford, Morgan – hell, I’m forgetting someone – all left their … Continue reading RIP, Dick Allen. So frustrating…

Out of Left Field is an occasional informal look at some happenings that may not require 800 words of analysis and commentary but should be addressed anyway. In today’s edition of “Out of Left Field”, in no particular order, we have… Good move offering Luis Cessa a contract. Cessa, who was part of one of … Continue reading Out of left field, NYY:

I have a policy of not giving oxygen to people who are a) idiots, b) clearly just looking for clicks, c) both a and b. I’ve never understood folks who share and spread other peoples’ idiocy without realizing you’re only giving said idiot a larger platform. So I’m not going to specify the nationally known … Continue reading PEDs: What you don’t know:

I’ve discussed the Yankees’ catching situation many times recently and catchers in general only a little less frequently. But there’s a factor that’s flown somewhat under the radar when discussing catchers, specifically free agent catchers, upon whom teams are considering spending more than a little money: They don’t age well. I bring this up as … Continue reading Buying a catcher? Check this 1st…

My eyebrows have been raised a few times lately when doing my morning routine of checking the handful of writers and sites I trust to see if anything interesting happened on the MLB hot stove. There’s been more than one mention from more than one source that the Yankees may be interested in parting ways … Continue reading NYY catcher position – please don’t…

Several recent reports have suggested that Gary Sanchez is going to be a free agent very soon due to the possibility the Yankees may not offer him a contract. Here’s the thing about Gary Sanchez: He turns 28 years old this Wednesday.Even with a likely bump in salary via arbitration he’s cheap.He’s a better than … Continue reading Let’s talk Sanchez, Yankee fans:

For me, the question of “Is (insert player name) a Hall of Famer?” is answered with approximate equal distribution into one of three categories: Yes, no, and I’m not sure. I’m not sure usually means “Let me spend 15-30 minutes on Baseball Reference and Fangraphs with 12 tabs open and I’ll get back to you”. … Continue reading HOF ballot: Let’s talk Pettitte.