CHRIS ARCHER. GOOD IDEA? BAD IDEA?

Do the Yankees want Chris Archer? Do the Yankees NEED Chris Archer? Would the Yankees rather have Trevor Bauer? Here are my answers...

Maybe.

NO.

YES.

I've said this all along so I'm just gonna say it again because this is what I do... complain and vent.  The Yankees need 2 vital pieces to get to a championship next season. They need DJ LeMahieu and the need a top pitcher... Trevor Bauer. 

WITHOUT THESE GUYS, THERE IS NO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES IN 2021. Write that down.

Some people love the idea of Chris Archer coming to the Yankees. I will suggest that it's fine if we're stockpiling arms, but that's not who we need.

Some good thoughts here. One from Pinstripe Alley:

"A number of teams, including the Yankees, could use a veteran starter like Archer to fill out their rotations. The question is, where does Archer provide the most value? And how attractive is he to the Yankees?

Would it be risky would it be to sign Archer to a one-year deal? Kind of. Archer had thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) surgery in June to address symptoms of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome, which causes pinching and compression in the nerves connecting the neck and armpit area."

This one from Yanks Go Yard:

"Archer isn’t simply coming off an injury — he battled thoracic outlet syndrome, the effects of which can continue to rear their ugly head interminably. Occasionally, it’s a career-ending diagnosis, like in the case of Josh Beckett. We can’t just discount this as a setback to be shrugged off for an otherwise-dominant bounce-back candidate.

Of course, there is the other half of this equation: Archer hasn’t been good for a long time. If you need to dig extensively into the metrics to justify someone’s effectiveness, maybe they aren’t that useful."

And with these 2 opinions, which are quite similar talking about injury, this is a non-story folks. Signing Archer is a bad idea. The best thing he should do is walk away gracefully... and perhaps Cashman should dig deep into his wallet and grab a sure thing... Trevor F'ing Bauer.