Official MLB 2024 Thread

Yankees are supposedly looking into Bryce Harper... as a possibility at 1B. Huh.

Should be. Probably will take a run at Keuchel and/or Patrick Corbin, I imagine. If not, I heard the Indians are listening to offers on everyone but Jose Ramirez and Lindor, so maybe a trade for Kluber could be on the table.

But it is the Yankees, so I figured it'd be obvious they'll be in on both Harper and Machado.

Yanks don't need Harper. Arguably they don't even need Machado. The sole reason why the Yankees did not win the Division and why they were eliminated from the Playoffs is because the starting pitching was not good enough. Starting pitching needs to take priority over all potential offseason trades or signings.

I would sign Patrick Corbin, re-sign JA Happ, and I would love to trade for either Kluber or Bumgarner, both rumored to be on the block. If Cash and Hal don't want to trade, you could always pony up more cash and try and sign Dallas Keuchel, or maybe roll the dice on Nathan Eovaldi as he looked great last year post Tommy John #2.

IF and only IF the Yankees improve the rotation should they then move on to other areas, such as 2B/SS (wherever Gleyber doesn't play). If they keep Gleyber at 2B, they'll need a SS. Is that person a sub until Didi comes back, or do they go for the long term deal and let Didi walk at the end of 2019? That's a decision the Yankees need to make.

If they move Gleyber to SS, you can maybe get a Jed Lowrie or DJ LeMahieu to play 2B, or if they really wanna roll the dice, have Neil Walker play 2B for the first 3-4 months. But he's real streaky.

And as much as I love CC, I really hope the Yankees do not re-sign him. He's going to be 39 and he's got the bad knee and he's only able to go 4-5 innings per start, which KILLS the bullpen, and he's good for at least 3 stints on the DL every year. I love him, we couldn't have won in 09 without him; he's one of the best Yankee lefties of all time.....but it's time to say goodbye. Yanks got rid of Babe Ruth eventually, everybody needs to go at some point, and we are trying to win a World Series and need the best players possible, we can't afford to allocate money and a roster spot on Sabathia who at this point is a sympathy case.

I would also sign back Andrew Miller and David Robertson to fortify that bullpen.

Here's my roster, and I think it could win it all, baring horrible injuries and poor production:

Rotation:
1. Luis Severino - RHP
2. Kluber/Bumgarner/Keuchel/Eovaldi (whatever the Yankees prefer, or want to spend or could trade for)
3. Patrick Corbun - LHP
4. Masahiro Tanaka - RHP
5. JA Happ - LHP

Yanks would still have German, Loaisiga, Adams, Sheffield, and Cessa for spot starts, AND let's not forget Jordan Montgomery IS coming back in maybe July.

Position Players (not in batting order)
C. Gary Sanchez
1B. Luke Voit
2B. Niel Walker
SS. Gleyber Torres
3B. Miguel Andujar
RF. Aaron Judge
CF. Aaron Hicks
LF. Brett Gardner
DH. Giancarlo Stanton

Bullpen:
Stephen Tarpley - LHP
Chad Green - RHP
Jonathan Holder - RHP
Andrew Miller - LHP
David Robertson - RHP
Dellin Betances - RHP
Aroldis Chapman - LHP (CLOSER)

Bench:
Austin Romine - C
Tyler Wade - IF/OF
Ronald Torreyes - IF
Clint Frazier - OF

If that team couldn't win, then it's not meant to be.

We'll see what the Yankees do.

welcome back CC....1 year/8 million is perfect for a guy his age. they know what they are getting with him. he made 29 starts last year and had a few decent games. theres nothing wrong with having extra pitching. regardless this is most likely his last year so i hope its a good one

until Harper is wearing another uniform (or back in the Nats uniform) i wont believe any of these "reports"

Well I'm gonna make myself excited by believing the "It's not a matter of IF, but WHEN" on Harper to Philly. Like....this is HUGE! YOOGE!!! BIGLY! #covfefe

Joe Mauer and Chase Utley retired. It wouldve been funny if Utley's final AB was in CitiField and he got beaned by Noah Syndergaard.

Andujar got robbed. If he was on any other team but the Yankees he would have won Rookie of the Year by a LANDSLIDE.

How was Ohtani a "two way phenomenon"? The dude literally pitched 50 innings and ruined his arm. And his pitching numbers against GOOD teams were PATHETIC.

vs. Boston: 2 innings, 3 runs.
vs. Houston: 5.1 innings, 4 runs.
vs. Houston: 2.1 innings, 2 runs.

Bottom line, Ohtani didn't pitch or hit in one meaningful game all year because the Angels were so bad. His pitching was limited to 10 mediocre games, and Andujar was better than him in EVERY OFFENSIVE STATISTIC. And Miguel Andujar was an impact player all year on a team that made the Playoffs.

Andujar broke the rookie record for doubles which had stood since 1936!

Typical Yankee hating on the part of the voters.

terrible logic...its literally just saying "he won because he did things"

Andujar should have been the official ROY, his offensive numbers were not just better...they were WAY better.

im not taking away from what the guy did. but people are WAY overplaying the significance of it because it hasn't really been done before. its like they declared him ROY as soon as he pitched his first game and hit his first home run.

the plate appearances argument is SO flawed...they're saying in 367 plate appearances he was the best in baseball? how can you seriously say that when guys get 100-200 more than him on AVERAGE? so spread out another 200 at bats and he slides in the middle of everyone else...maybe hit 30 home runs....maybe, but now we're just basing awards on predictions?

and yeah his pitching stats were fine, but AVERAGE. he wasn't blowing people away with lights out stuff like we've never seen before.

the MVP is reserved for the best player in the league. the ROY is like a sub-MVP because its hard to declare a rookie the best, they usually don't put up as good a numbers as veterans. Bottom line, it really doesn't matter because the Yankees didn't win a title and the Angels suck. And in the future we don't know what Andujar is going to be but we hope he's going to be as good as he was this season. And I'm happy for Ohtani that he has something cool to add to his resume, he is a talented player no doubt.

But the fact that the Yankees as a team won 100 games and nobody is winning any awards or getting anything positive coming out of it is disappointing. The thing we at least had to look forward to was celebrating with the kid about a ROY win which I'm sure is important to him.