Growing Everything But The Payroll: The Official 2025 New York Yankees Season Thread

[King P]

If Tucker goes for 10 years 350 mil and it's not with us, throw this organization in the dumpster

 

[holidayinn21]

"Let him play winter ball"
"Let him leadoff"
"Let him get reps"

Meanwhile...........

 

[Remote]

"Let him play winter ball"
"Let him leadoff"
"Let him get reps"

Meanwhile...........

Dominguez has almost 500 career ABs at the Major League level.

It hasn’t been consistent. But he’s approaching a make-or-break moment for his career.

Here’s the bad news: usually the best prospects absolutely MASH in the Minors, even if they struggle early in their Major League careers.

But Jasson posted a respectable .816 OPS in the minors. Not exactly lighting the world on fire. It’s not like he was even on Brandon Wood’s level where you could give him a really long leash.

As best I can tell so far, the only redeeming qualities for Jasson Dominguez are
1) high exit velocity
2) he’s a switch hitter

But he doesn’t hit for average.
His exit velocity hasn’t translated to HRs.
He isn’t a good defender.

If the Yankees really feel he needs to play every day, then what the hell is he doing in the Bronx? Send him to AAA. Stashing him on the bench seems like they’re trying to hide his flaws or lack of development to other teams.

 

[holidayinn21]

Dominguez has almost 500 career ABs at the Major League level.

It hasn’t been consistent. But he’s approaching a make-or-break moment for his career.

Here’s the bad news: usually the best prospects absolutely MASH in the Minors, even if they struggle early in their Major League careers.

But Jasson posted a respectable .816 OPS in the minors. Not exactly lighting the world on fire. It’s not like he was even on Brandon Wood’s level where you could give him a really long leash.

As best I can tell so far, the only redeeming qualities for Jasson Dominguez are
1) high exit velocity
2) he’s a switch hitter

But he doesn’t hit for average.
His exit velocity hasn’t translated to HRs.
He isn’t a good defender.

If the Yankees really feel he needs to play every day, then what the hell is he doing in the Bronx? Send him to AAA. Stashing him on the bench seems like they’re trying to hide his flaws or lack of development to other teams.

As much as people don't want to admit it, he's a project, and a few games of winter ball isn't gonna change that. Hell, he's DH'd a few games already, and he's been taken out for defensive purposes, so obviously the coaches are seeing the same thing the Yankees are.

If he's still on the team come February, then he needs to really earn his spot on the team

 

[King P]

Tucker being the fallback option is

Heyman is never beating the Boras client allegations

 

[Grifter]

Hire him Cash. Can't do worse than what we got.

 

[Remote]

Hire him Cash. Can't do worse than what we got.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

I’m not sure if it’s as bad as passing on Harper & Machado or passing on Olson/Freeman & Seager, but it’s right up there. This directly cost them the pennant along with passing on Verlander. They went 0-2 against Verlander in a 7 game series in 2017 and went 1-3 against Cole & Verlander in a 6 game series in 2019. It probably cost them the east in 2018 as well since they’d thrown traded for Sonny gray instead & we all saw how bad he was in his home starts.

 

[King P]

Here we go again

 

[Remote]

What does Cashman see in Bellinger?
I don’t get it.

He’s 30 years old.
He posted a .347 wOBA on an xwOBA of just .322.
His barrel rate was 7.5.

Look. He’s a fine player. But he’s almost definitely exiting his prime. What the fukk is the infatuation here?

I wouldn’t want to commit more than 3 years, TOPS on this dude. And probably just 2.

This guy isn’t a difference maker. Kyle Tucker IS.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

What does Cashman see in Bellinger?
I don’t get it.

He’s 30 years old.
He posted a .347 wOBA on an xwOBA of just .322.
His barrel rate was 7.5.

Look. He’s a fine player. But he’s almost definitely exiting his prime. What the fukk is the infatuation here?

I wouldn’t want to commit more than 3 years, TOPS on this dude. And probably just 2.

This guy isn’t a difference maker. Kyle Tucker IS.

He’s one of the only 2-3 guys on the team who manages to not strike out 130+ times a year. He’s one of the few guys on the team who can successfully adjust his approach and look for contact with 2 strikes or 2 outs and with runners on. Until the final 2-3 weeks of the year he was hitting roughly .290 with a near .350 OBP and slugging around .515 which are all excellent numbers to go with good speed and defense. He’s a valuable part of any batting order but they could easily afford him and Tucker. There’s no reason to not get both, especially when Tucker is the better player. Bellinger isn’t good enough to be the 2nd best hitter on a champion. Tucker might be. Either way they also badly need to fix the infield because the team won’t go anywhere without fixing it regardless of who is in the outfield.

 

[Remote]

There’s no reason to not get both, especially when Tucker is the better player. Bellinger isn’t good enough to be the 2nd best hitter on a champion. Tucker might be

Agree.

 

[puggle]

I think it's more that Hal basically told Cashman that Tucker is off limits considering the team's payroll.

 

[Remote]

I think it's more that Hal basically told Cashman that Tucker is off limits considering the team's payroll.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

I think it's more that Hal basically told Cashman that Tucker is off limits considering the team's payroll.

Give $56 million in 2026 to Trent Grisham, Ryan McMahon, & DJ Lemahieu