We've been watching this for a couple of weeks now. We knew decision day was coming, and this time Gio Gonzalez took control and is forcing the Yankees to make a decision. Gio opted out of his contract on Saturday, which gave the Yankees 48 hours to either release him or add him to the 25-man roster. Time is ticking, and by the end of today we will see what the final decision is.
We knew this was coming and shouldn't be too surprised to see him opt out. The Yankees added him as insurance for CC Sabathia's health concerns and Luis Severino too. If Domingo German hadn't been as reliable as he has been maybe this would be a different story. The Yankees like what they have seen from German and are comfortable enough with Jonathan Loaisiga as depth. Even so, the old saying goes you can never have too much pitching depth. Maybe if Gio wasn't expensive pitching depth on an already expensive payroll they would keep him. I just don't see the Yankees keeping him at this point. Adding him to the 25-man roster adds a $3 million base salary and an additional $300,000 per start. Who knows though, maybe I'm wrong.
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And that's not unrealistic at this point. There are teams out there that are struggling with pitching. The Angels need help, the Red Sox will be without Nathan Eovaldi for awhile and surgery could be on the table. The Mets also have their own tricky situation with their ace Jacob deGrom and other ineffective starters.
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Something tells me we may still see Gio in New York, and we shouldn't be surprised. If Gio was a position player he'd definitely have a spot right now on this team. Weird how baseball works. If this is the end of Gio as a Yankee, I still wish him all the best.
--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @Nyprincessj
I say no because I think he is not any better than what we got.
ReplyDeleteI do know that by the end of the season CC will fade like the last two years.That is when I hope the Yankees are smart enough to move Cessa in to a 6th starter and stretch out our rotation.
Just think CC could be the odd man out of the rotation when Sevy comes back if he makes it back this year.
I think the Yankees would be wise to send Ford down though I like him and use Sanchez at the DH and work him slowly in to catching and use DJ at 1st and Estrada in the field with Wade sparing the OF mostly Tauchman in LF while Tauchman spares Gardy until Hicks and Stanton return.
We are looking at Hicks in CF , Stanton at DH and Gardy in LF and Frazier in RF until Judge returns with Tauchman as the 4th OF.
I think the Yankees should dump Ellsbury who I thought would rake with his speed and ocassional power as a Yankee but he was a dud.
Hard to believe it but Damon was a better Red Sox sign.
The way Ursela has played I would be hard pressed to keep Tulo who I like but hey this guys glove rakes and has been hitting.