It really would be too easy to jump on the Yankees for giving up all their best pitchers bullpen or not, for young prospects, especially after their pitching meltdown last night and the likelihood that Nathan Evoldi's career could very well be over after his latest injuries; Sabathia's really hurting and their rising star Severino is imploding too. What the heck let's do it anyway. I wrote an article a week ago questioning the Yankees complete abandonment of this season efforts to try to make the playoffs and give away tremendous talent for prospects. Of course I believe in prospects and developing your farm system. No one plays forever and your farm system keeps a team " forever young ". The Yankee farm sysyem was a big reason for their historic run through the 90's and into the next Century. What I don't believe in is depending 100% on the development of prospects because we all know that's a real crapshoot. Recent weeks have shown the Yankees talent is for real and they will definitely have a chance to put together a real solid foundation of talented players. The future looks bright but in the meantime you need to be competitive and no matter how bright your future is or how good your offensive players are you can't win if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Baseball is a game of pitching, always has been and always will be. The best pictures usually lead their teams to championships. Some of baseball's best cliches are about pitching. We all know them "momentum is only as good as your next day's pitcher", " good pitching always stops good hitting" and on and on. Pitching is always at a premium, and finding a position player is always an easier job than finding an Ace for your staff. As I've said before getting younger and more athletic is a Sports Axiom .The Yankees are moving in the right direction, and if you're a baseball fan you can sense the excitement building. They may put together a foundation that starts another run at greatness. In the meantime I don't think they needed to give up the ghost. They still need pitching and it may take a while but once you build a strong foundation and usually last for very long time.. Go Yankees...
Friday, August 26, 2016
The Double-Edged Sword
It really would be too easy to jump on the Yankees for giving up all their best pitchers bullpen or not, for young prospects, especially after their pitching meltdown last night and the likelihood that Nathan Evoldi's career could very well be over after his latest injuries; Sabathia's really hurting and their rising star Severino is imploding too. What the heck let's do it anyway. I wrote an article a week ago questioning the Yankees complete abandonment of this season efforts to try to make the playoffs and give away tremendous talent for prospects. Of course I believe in prospects and developing your farm system. No one plays forever and your farm system keeps a team " forever young ". The Yankee farm sysyem was a big reason for their historic run through the 90's and into the next Century. What I don't believe in is depending 100% on the development of prospects because we all know that's a real crapshoot. Recent weeks have shown the Yankees talent is for real and they will definitely have a chance to put together a real solid foundation of talented players. The future looks bright but in the meantime you need to be competitive and no matter how bright your future is or how good your offensive players are you can't win if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Baseball is a game of pitching, always has been and always will be. The best pictures usually lead their teams to championships. Some of baseball's best cliches are about pitching. We all know them "momentum is only as good as your next day's pitcher", " good pitching always stops good hitting" and on and on. Pitching is always at a premium, and finding a position player is always an easier job than finding an Ace for your staff. As I've said before getting younger and more athletic is a Sports Axiom .The Yankees are moving in the right direction, and if you're a baseball fan you can sense the excitement building. They may put together a foundation that starts another run at greatness. In the meantime I don't think they needed to give up the ghost. They still need pitching and it may take a while but once you build a strong foundation and usually last for very long time.. Go Yankees...
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