Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Bye Bye Stanton - to the Yankees

cmoss84

By cmoss84
in Other Baseball

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 84
  • Created
  • Last Reply
jimmer Wichita Wind Surge

jimmer

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

Do the Yankees still go after the big free agents next offseason or does this take them out of the running?

Well, IMO, Stanton to the Yankees didn't make sense.  So who knows.  Maybe it takes them out of the Harper sweepstakes, but Machado is likely still a target.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Leader
Posted
Posted

Well, IMO, Stanton to the Yankees didn't make sense. So who knows. Maybe it takes them out of the Harper sweepstakes, but Machado is likely still a target.

My impossible dream is getting Machado. Would hate it if he ended up a Yankee. They can have Harper. Sigh.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MileHighTwinsFan Draft Eligible

MileHighTwinsFan

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

This feels a lot like the Fielder trade the Tigers made when they already had Cabrera. They twisted themselves in knots to get them both on the field and it simply didn't work well. I think having 3 of the exact same hitter in the lineup can be a liability. I would have been patient and went for Harper. Of course they still may go after him too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MangLitch College Ball

MangLitch

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Castro and middling prospects? For real?

 

Am I underestimating Castro’s value or did they just get Stanton for a bag of baseballs?

 

If this is the case, at least we don’t have to talk about trading Dozier for 3 more months. Being the NL MVP got a return that isn’t exactly expected

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sam Morley College Ball

Sam Morley

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

This is one bizare offseason. The Ohtani sweepstakes, and now Derek Jeter sended Stanton to join Judge and the Yankees. My god. Gehrig and Ruth, Mantle and Marris, Stanton and Judge, unbelievable. 

PLUS Rafael Palmiero's comeback! How could I leave that out?!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Danchat St Paul Saints

Danchat

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Wow, just wow. Did not see this coming. I really thought San Fran or St Louis was going to get him, and then the Yankees jump in. Let’s hope they’re giving up some good prospects. Stanton hitting in Yankee stadium is a scary thought... he could approach 60 HRs again.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
drock2190 First Round Pick

drock2190

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

The Yankees won't be giving up that great of prospects for Stanton. 

 

Everyone will complain they got him for little to nothing but that contract could get ugly fast. And lets not forget Stanton hasn't been a perfect bill of health either.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
prouster First Round Pick

prouster

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

I wonder about team chemistry. Judge can't love this idea. Good luck to Aaron Boone trying to be a first time manager, with enormous expectations in the biggest media market with the most most impatient and demanding fan base in baseball, trying to manage the enormous egos in his dugout.

I can't imagine anyone in that clubhouse thinks this is a bad thing. Who wouldn't want Judge and Stanton in the same lineup?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nater79a Draft Eligible

nater79a

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

Well, IMO, Stanton to the Yankees didn't make sense.  So who knows.  Maybe it takes them out of the Harper sweepstakes, but Machado is likely still a target.

 

Would think the Yankees are out of the Harper sweepstakes unless they want to completely blow the luxury tax sky high.  Could see them trading for Machado at the trading deadline in July and then seeing if they can shed enough salary next offseason to try and resign him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bark's Lounge Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

Bark's Lounge

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

If Stanton can remain healthy playing in that band box for 81 games and many more games in the HR friendly ballparks of the AL East, Barry Bonds single season HR record is not out of reach. Call that statement silly if you want, but I sincerely believe it is attainable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
twinsfanstreif Draft Eligible

twinsfanstreif

Provisional Member
Posted
Posted

Twins blew it.

 

1 Dozier 2B

2 Kepler LF

3 Mauer 1B

4 Stanton RF

5 Sano 3B

...

The problem is Stanton held all the cards in this, he had a full no trade clause and he reportedly rejected trades to St Louis and SF, why would he have waived it for us? NY was on the short list and that's where he went, kind of a bummer but we had the same amount of say in this as in the Ohtani situation. On that note we really need to start talking about a salary cap, the fact that the Yankees can do something like this with no consequence is just absurd

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ashbury Cooperstown

ashbury

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

Twins blew it.

Mod note: I took this to be entirely in jest, from what appears to be a regular poster at Twinkie Town, and thus left it in view, but if anyone is going to pursue this tangent seriously, I'll ask them all to stop now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jimmer Wichita Wind Surge

jimmer

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Castro and middling prospects? For real?

 

Am I underestimating Castro’s value or did they just get Stanton for a bag of baseballs?

 

If this is the case, at least we don’t have to talk about trading Dozier for 3 more months. Being the NL MVP got a return that isn’t exactly expected

Guzman is a decent prospect and Starlin Castro will probably be flipped. Marlins werent going to get a lot for Stanton when only absorbing 30M of his monster contract.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

Idk what's more disgusting; watching the Yankees get even better or the way the Miami organization operates...

I'd say the latter. It would be no fun at all being a Marlins fan knowing how cheap they operate. This trade is nothing more than a salary dump for Miami.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Twins community on the internet.

Become a Caretaker
×
×
  • Create New...