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He has put up solid numbers and stayed healthy this season. I wonder how much McCann hitting behind him helped him this season but now that Mccann has sunk so has jose. May explain why RR put Yoan cleanup recently to try and get Jose better pitches to hit.

Jose is hitting 260 w 22HR and 73 RBI. Those are pretty damn good numbers for 8/1. I am amazed a buyer didn't grab him for the final 2 months, especially an AL team. I wonder what return Hahn wanted?

You don't mention Kenny. Isn't Hahn supervised by Williams supervised by JR???

In the end, it is not who they sign but how they produce. Whether this winter they sign Cole or grab somebody off waivers, next year they cannot afford to be struggling to stay afloat at the trade deadline.

Maybe RH thinks he is contending this year.......................

If true, having young arms to work with may not be a great combination.

There may be. But we saw the first half Yankees lose both multiple positional players(Ggregorius, Judge, Stanton, Gardner etc) and several SP all at the same time. But they patched their way to a solid record.

Hahn has to know they have to sign free agents. They just don't have the depth to trade many prospects. Unfortunately they couldn't/didn't get the ball rolling this week. Two years in a row he id not make a significant move at the deadline.

Unless you are the Yankees.

I think the Knights have about 30 games left. That is a nice sample size.

I think Lopez is our 5th starter in the next two years. Yankees are in a bad stretch and desperately need pitching. Since Andujar is hurt they may package he and Frazier for the right SP. Maybe Garcia is not off limits as the deadline approaches. Yankees seem willing to consider Miguel Andujar and/or Clint Frazier in deals for the starter they need. Deivi Garcia appears to be off limits, except possibly for Syndergaard (which is a long shot for other obvious reasons) - Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 28, 2019

Yankees still need a starter. Hopefully Hahn has at least dangled Lopez in case Cashman gets panicky.

There had been a lot of Red Sox talk of backing off Diaz and jumping to Hudson. Maybe they are looking elsewhere for a closer.

Maybe he is playing poker to the very end hoping someone gets desperate, but I think Hahn may have cashed his chips in and went home for the day.

FWIW--NY Post's Sherman said the Santana move is most likely because Wheeler is going not Thor.

He plays most games and is one of best CF in the game. But he is a 9th batter so you better have very good bats in LF and RF.

There it is. Hahn wants Santana................................

Rumors in New England seem to indicate it will be Boston's #1 or 2 prospects Dalbec or Casas . Both are corner infielders. They really would be their # 3 and 4 since 1 and 2 are already in Boston.

Just kidding.

You forgot the biggest improvement . They replaced Renteria w Maddon. That was probably good for 12 of the 24 games.

I think Eloy will get better. I think Moncada's had a solid year already. My concern is that we have no clue what Cease, Lopez and Gio will give us. All three are in a rollercoaster cycle. WE got outstanding contributions from Gio and McCann first half but we may not see that again. I never say guys will be healthy. Look around baseball. It is normal that teams play with 2-3 regulars out for extended periods. But I think we are at a disadvantage because our 25-35 slots on roster are really not MLB average. I think 2020 is the year we get to 80 wins and 2021 to 90. Hopefully I am a year off.

I agree as long as they don't make any significant trade deadline moves. If they do move Colome, I think they will finish closer to last year than 70. If they stay on pace and win 70, then they would need to win 16-18 more games next year since the WC this year will most likely be low 90's.

You have a short memory....................

Not to excuse RR and his lineup riddles but looking at this lineup, Jay is not the worst hitter. He actually has been getting on base at a pretty good clip.