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MistaNova:

--- Quote from: Halu Sination on April 01, 2014, 10:05:02 PM ---This opening day was so shitty for the Yanks that I almost thought they were playing an April Fool's joke on us.

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Somewhere in LA, Robinson Cano (of the first place Seattle Mariners) is laughing at how shitty the Yankees are.

Chamillitary Click:
I mean, they did it this offseason and the roster looks fine to me. One of the better lineups in baseball if you ask me. I know you'll respond with "They'll all be on the DL by June". But I'm optimistic about this team.

I agree teams are doing a much better job of locking up their all-stars at a younger age. But some will always fall through the cracks. Like Tampa Bay is going to have to move David Price. The Cubs are probably going to move Samardzija. Not saying we'll get either one, but we'll be in the mix. That's why small market teams are called small market teams. They can't pay all their talent $150 million+ per contract.

MistaNova:
You don't get it do you? Small market teams lock up players so they can take away the prime years of the players they lock up. So by the time those players hit the market (IF they hit the market) they'll be past their prime and have nowhere to go but down. Meaning that if the Yankees were to sign them, they'd be in the declining phase of their career and will never be able to live to the huge deals they get. Brian McCann is a great example. He's already 30, he peaked a long as time ago and he's been in decline since 2008. Hence why the Braves didn't make much of an effort to keep him around and no other team was dumb enough to throw $85 million at him.

As for Price, I doubt that the team that eventually trades for Price will allow him to hit free agency. Especially if that team gives up a substantial amount of prospects to acquire Price in the first place. No team is dumb enough to deplete their farm system just for half a season of Price (except maybe the Yankees). Whether or not Price goes anywhere will depend on whether or not Price will be willing to sign long term with the team he's traded. We already know the Mariners are out and there's no way Tampa would discuss any trade with the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles or Blue Jays.
And as for Samardzija, the Cubs could keep him around if they wanted to (they're not a small market team) and they'll probably need to considering how their farm system is stacked with offensive talent, but kinda light on pitching. But if Samardzija did end up getting traded the same thing I said about Price would probably apply. The Cubs want top prospects and the only way a team will give them that (or those) top prospect(s) is if they know that Samardzija will stay with the team for more than just one season (or one half of a season).

Basically the Yankees are fucked in this new era of prospect hugging. And they'll learn the hard way that not having a controllable homegrown core will hurt them for the next few years.

Halu Sination:

--- Quote from: Iveus on April 02, 2014, 06:38:42 PM ---You don't get it do you? Small market teams lock up players so they can take away the prime years of the players they lock up. So by the time those players hit the market (IF they hit the market) they'll be past their prime and have nowhere to go but down. Meaning that if the Yankees were to sign them, they'd be in the declining phase of their career and will never be able to live to the huge deals they get. Brian McCann is a great example. He's already 30, he peaked a long as time ago and he's been in decline since 2008. Hence why the Braves didn't make much of an effort to keep him around and no other team was dumb enough to throw $85 million at him.

As for Price, I doubt that the team that eventually trades for Price will allow him to hit free agency. Especially if that team gives up a substantial amount of prospects to acquire Price in the first place. No team is dumb enough to deplete their farm system just for half a season of Price (except maybe the Yankees). Whether or not Price goes anywhere will depend on whether or not Price will be willing to sign long term with the team he's traded. We already know the Mariners are out and there's no way Tampa would discuss any trade with the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles or Blue Jays.
And as for Samardzija, the Cubs could keep him around if they wanted to (they're not a small market team) and they'll probably need to considering how their farm system is stacked with offensive talent, but kinda light on pitching. But if Samardzija did end up getting traded the same thing I said about Price would probably apply. The Cubs want top prospects and the only way a team will give them that (or those) top prospect(s) is if they know that Samardzija will stay with the team for more than just one season (or one half of a season).

Basically the Yankees are fucked in this new era of prospect hugging. And they'll learn the hard way that not having a controllable homegrown core will hurt them for the next few years.

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This is on point. The only reason top level players make it to free agency to begin with is because they're starting to reach their decline years, otherwise teams extend their contracts before they can even hit free agency.

And either Astros have shown vast improvement or Yanks really need to step their fucking game up.

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