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Not Happy About This

December 2, 2015

david price sox

I figured the Yankees wouldn’t touch Price, given how much money he’d command. I just hoped he’d wind up in the other league. Or even another division in our league. But no. The Red Sox needed an ace and they got one, and paid dearly. (“The seven-year, $217 million deal is the richest awarded to a major league pitcher and the largest in Red Sox history,” said Peter Abraham in the Boston Globe.) So now we’ll face Price a zillion times. Swell.

Where does that leave the Yankees in terms of a starting rotation? In the same place we were in last year. We’ll have Tanaka (arm trouble), Evo (doesn’t go deep in games), Nova (inconsistent), Pineda (inconsistent), Severino (prodigy or fluke), Warren (so-so) and CC (who knows). Is there an ace in that group? If healthy, Tanaka’s still my go-to guy, and I’m betting Severino will only get better. The others are question marks for me, but they’re ours for better or worse.

I’m wondering if Cashman intends to make any deals to strengthen this team. I get that he’s hamstrung by bloated salaries that are still on the books, but this is the Yankees we’re talking about. It’s not in our DNA to stand pat and do nothing. Or is it? Will Cashman really wait a few years to spend on Bryce Harper, etc? Doesn’t he have a Stadium to fill in the meantime?

I wouldn’t mind a shiny new player under my Christmas tree. Just saying.

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Adam Warren, CC Sabathia, David Price, Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, Red Sox, Yankees

Comments

  1. Diane Anziano says

    December 2, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Price is not worth what Boston agreed to pay him, Jane. He may help them out next year and even possibly the year after…but from there on he’s done.

  2. Jane Heller says

    December 2, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    Well, yeah. They totally overpaid, Diane, but it doesn’t mean I’ll be glad to face him over and over again!

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