THE OTHER MATSUI

While we all know that the Yankee bullpen was pretty good last year, it would only make sense that the Yankees look at the places to fix that don't really need fixing. I mean think about this for a moment, the starting rotation besides Gerrit Cole and the occasional good performance by Michael King was really all they had.  Carlos Rodon laid an egg, Luis Severino was a rollercoaster and Nestor Cortes was forever hurt.  We had nothing. Oh, yeah... that's right we got rid of Jordan Montgomery, a big lefty, because we needed a big lefty in Rodon.  How'd that work out Cashman? You're a fool.

So now, with the bullpen pretty much solid and dominant in the Major Leagues, why not make it better... cause, you know, there aren't other areas that need fixing, right?

Word is the Yanks may have interest in Japanese closer, Yuki Matsui. Inside the Pinstripes writes:

"If the Yankees were to land Matsui this offseason, he likely would help the bullpen immediately. The 27-year-old has played 10 professional seasons for the Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball League and has a career 2.43 ERA in 517 games played. Matsui has racked up 236 saves so far in his career and would be an intriguing piece to add to an already sturdy New York bullpen.

Matsui has compiled an ERA above 2.00 just once over the last five seasons and impressed in 2023 with a minuscule 1.57 ERA in 59 outings along with 39 saves."

Let me also state 2 things; Matsui is intrigued by an MLB move, but we don't know if it's something he will pursue. The other thing is the idea that the Yankees will go full throttle to pursue this guy is very, very premature.  But knowing Cashman's track record with "new shiny things" and picking wrong, I would not put it past him and this Yankee front office. They literally have no idea what's going on and what our needs are.