Carlos Beltran Signs a 3-Year, $45M Deal With the Yankees

[maxe0213]

You suffering Scotty from dementia

Thats a big IF the Yankess just paid huge $$$ to get. Last 4 years he's spent 2 of them injured and two healthy.
What they have now in NY is either a game changer ( if healthy all year) or an overpaid long term bench warmer.
Little wonder that Yankees fans are nuts about the contract length. For good reason.

Yankees have a HUGE issue in their IF they haven't even addressed yet. Someone is kidding themselves in that front office or is being very, very, very deliberate.

1B is a Teixeira coming off major wrist surgery.
2B was Cano =now replaced with a "what if" Kelly Johnson- who is a known defensive liability
SS is manned by an aging Jeter devoid of his former range with a suspect ankle
3B is manned by an injured Arod with a degenerative hip condition

You really want this infield if your a Yankee pitcher??

Just thoughts,,,
jeff

Kelly Johnson at 2nd base at number 9 in the order is fine by me. 240 Million for Cano is insane. I agree that a lot of this season depends on Tex, Jeter, Rodriguez healths/suspensions but if they are healthy I'm fine with Ryan as a back up. Plus Ellsbury's two injuries were freak and were not reoccuring. Ribs and a non throwing shoulder? I'm not worried about that. We have Ells till he is 37 which is not ancient at all. I think the Yanks are saying in the next three years they want to win a WS and aren't allowing anything in the way. If NO WS happens in the next 3 years I think they clean house. Especially with Tex up as well as Jeter and Sabathia would be getting up there with ARod as well.

Very interesting offseason IMO.

 

[chromerookies]

I really like this signing, it made my day!

 

[zach]

Ah yes, this must be in response to the new MLB rule allowing 4 outfielders in the field.

 

[zach]

Yeah. I think that its whats gonna happen. Either trade Gardner or try and convince Soriano to play full time DH. I think this was an counter move to Cano leaving. I bet they wouldn't have gone for Beltran without Cano leaving. I think that they are gonna like Kelly Johnson man 2nd which is fine with me in the 9 spot.

I would think they would want Gardner for the speed. Where does this leave Ichiro?

 

[jcmint]

Sori is actually easy to move for the Yanks. I think they will want gardy to stay but I dont see him as a leadoff guy I see him at the bottom of the order.

With TEX being back thats a legit gold glove scooping up crappy throws so thats huge.

The yanks are not done thats for sure