Bonn1997 wrote:How does Brian Cashman still have a job?

Don't care for either move we just made at the deadline. Prado's not great and definitely wasn't worth surrendering Pete O'Brien imo. O'Brien has MONSTER power -- 33 HRs combined in the minors this year. Dude had some nice versatility to him as well -- catcher by trade but with Gary Sanchez, maybe Austin Romine etc. in front of him, he was supposedly progressing nicely at 3rd, 1st and the OF. Always room for him as a DH with the Yankees too. This guy's bat is what really matters. 3rd most HRs in the entire minor league baseball system up to this point this year...When's the last time we developed a big-time power hitter of our own? I feel like we've always had to go out and get our big bats elsewhere -- Tex, A-Rod, Cecil Fielder back in the day, etc. Now we actually had a nice power prospect making big noise in our system and we trade him for 30 year old Martin Prado?!? Don't understand why we couldn't have just called O'Brien up weeks ago. Would've filled in for Tex during the back injury and could've been a nice cheap internal option to hit behind Tex now that he's back (Tex has no protection in this lineup at all). I mean we might've just given up on a future 40 HR guy here for not much in return.

And the move for Drew -- I don't get that either. Dude was having a horrible year. From what I'm reading, the plan is to play Drew at 2nd and Prado in RF. Great, let's play both new guys out of position why don't we!! Welcome to the Bronx zoo!!! Is Drew that much of an upgrade over Brian Roberts? We only gave up Kelly Johnson so no biggie there I guess (not like surrendering a young jewel like O'Brien). Will the plan be to resign Drew after the yr and pencil him in as Jeter's replacement? No idea...

Right now, the Prado move feels like a D- and the Drew move a C-. Hopefully both guys prove me wrong and they contribute something worthwhile down the stretch here.

A Pete O'Brien call-up for much needed pop and getting Michael Pineda back sometime soon might've been all this team really needed.

Bonn1997 wrote:Those are very generous grades.
I think the team needed a complete overhaul. If we were going to be buyers, though, we should have at least bought something worthwhile.

Agreed. Only thing I can think of is Cash looked into some bigger moves I'm sure. Price was prob. way too high though -- teams prob. wanted Betances, D-Rob, O'Brien, Luis Servino, Gary Sanchez, etc...Then once teams wouldn't drop their asking price, he then went to his plan B, plan C ideas. To me though, Pete O'Brien was a lot to give up for a plan C, no?

Don't know what they think they got in Prado but to be fair, I might rate that trade a little higher than a D-, we'll see. Wasn't overly familiar with him but just looking over his stats and some video -- he's not a power hitter--I hope they don't think they got some legit power hitter--but he's got a live-looking bat. Should be able to compile some extra base hits, shoot balls in the gaps for doubles, etc.. Looks like he's got some nice gap power.. Close to a .300 hitter for his career. He's right-handed though, so in Yankee Stadium especially, probability is low he starts hitting HRs for us, and to me that's what we really needed: a legit power hitter. Looks like Prado's fairly versatile too--I think he's really a 3rd baseman but I believe I read the plan is to start using him in RF. I guess he's got some experience in the OF -- I hope he can handle that role and thrive here. If all goes well, this guy could have an impact...Having said that, I would much rather have seen Peter O'Brien called up weeks ago to see if he could've provided some real pop for the lineup. Sometimes the answers are right in front of you. Grass ain't always greener, you know the deal Bonn...What were they afraid of? Calling up O'Brien, rushing him up from Trenton, and he failed? So what if he did? Big deal -- nobody would've expected a thing outta the kid. Turns out we were only able to get Martin Prado for him so his value, despite the 33 HRs in the minors this yr up to this point, was still relatively low. But what if we brought him up and he became an overnight sensation? It's happened before...Say we brought the kid up, he started hitting bombs, galvanized the team & city, the crowd fell in love with him, we finally found some legit power (and on the cheap too, always a good thing), etc...He either could've helped us AND/OR he could've increased his value to the point where we could've gotten something better than Prado for him. Prado doesn't look like a bad addition himself; giving up on O'Brien so early is what really makes the move feel like a D- to me. I would've liked to have seen what this kid could've done at the major league level FOR US. My guess is he would've held his own and hit for some power. All of Cash's other moves were some nice minor tweaks I supported (I can even live with what they gave up for Headley---Solarte had really fizzled out and it looked like things were starting to catch up to Rafael De Paula, who wasn't nearly as dominant this year as he was when he first debuted for the Yanks), but this move for Prado I feel like he may have given up too much..

Pineda's possibly coming back!
Tanaka's already playing a game of catch with someone!

Each little signing Cashman makes is paying off! At least right away!

The baseball powers just cannot have Jeter's career end at Fenway! We have to make the playoffs!

Bonn1997 wrote:Cervelli is a better hitter than McCann!

A month later this still seems true