Everyone has to stop with the "I wish we had Jordan Montgomery right now" BS. Let's keep it real. Jordan Montgomery was a decent pitcher for the New York Yankees. But when he went to St. Louis, he became dominant. Call it a change of scenery, call it new found life, call it whatever you want, but what you can't call it is FOMO.
Stop wishing you had a guy that was just OK in New York. We made a trade, we got a guy with a tremendous upside who is an amazing defensive outfielder and outstanding team guy. Harrison Bader will be a beast in New York. Montgomery was never gonna be that guy in New York. Wish him luck in St. Louis cause he's doing great things! Everybody calm down.
The New York Post writes:
"Brian Cashman said on Tuesday’s episode of “The Show” podcast with The Post’s Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman that he has no regrets over the surprising trade deadline move.
“We made some tough decisions and some tough recommendations,” Cashman said. “We traded a quality starter and homegrown player in Jordan Montgomery that was obviously doing well for us. Knowing that you have to give to get, and we were looking to satisfy an area of need but you were going to have to wait on it.
And we are in that space where Jordan Montgomery ultimately has taken the ball every five days and we are waiting on Bader to get healthy and join our band of merry men. We were in the space I knew we’d be in when we made that trade.”
No matter how well or poorly Montgomery pitched for the Cardinals, the Yankees’ reality with Bader wasn’t going to change. The 28-year-old Gold Glove center fielder is out with a foot injury that has him in a boot and hoping to join the team in September for the stretch run."
This is a strategy move and while you don't see Bader now, wait until you do. Watch this:
You think Aaron Hicks is doing this? Aaron Judge? Anyone else? No.
Stop wishing ya'll had Montgomery back, you only liked him when he was in pinstripes... you love him in St. Louis. This is a you thing, not a Montgomery thing.
Be patient. Bader is getting healthy. NJ.com writes:
The Fly trap's coming folks... you will not be disappointed.
Funny , no one gives Monty any credit.He had a decent rookie season and then has recovered from Tommy John surgery.This season he finally showed the promise everyone expected.The problem he had the lowest run support of any Yankee starting pitcher.
ReplyDeleteHe also had the lowest pitches thrown per inning all that got him was no respect from management. So they traded him , the Cardinals saw that he was tipping his pitches and corrected that.
You know the ace of the Yankees everyone claims to be Cole , guess what Monty has more starts of 3 runs or less , has lower ERA and only 10 innings less than Cole.
Funny , he was not wanted by the Yankees.Sad , I think he could be a pitcher like Pettite.
Just think we traded a top pitcher for another injured gold glove savior.
Sorry , for his speed and contact only a .250 hitter not a good trade off.
Is he going to be another hitter like Hicks,with a better glove,what is the future for Florial and all are other outfielders?
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