Feeling pressure from the Yankee fan base and really with no idea how to restructure a team, the Yankees made their first moves... cutting guys. Sadly, they were players and not the analytics department.
On Twitter ( I will never call it X because it's ridiculous), Joel Sherman tweeted the following:
Hearing the Yankees have outrighted Domingo German. Also Matt Bowman, Franchy Cordero, Jimmy Cordero, Billy McKinney and Ryan Weber. All can be claimed now or elect free agency.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 2, 2023
Now, call it what it is... NOT THE FIX WE NEED.
Sure, we can get rid of the tier 2 and tier 3 guys, but whatever happened to rewarding guys that stepped up when the team was in hell? Billy McKinney, call him average all you want, he really gave everything he had and proved he belongs on a major league roster. He got the Yanks wins when we need it most.
They had to ditch Domingo... too many personal issues made him a problem. And yes, the others I can see as being cut.
But the Yankees have plenty of highly paid players that have done much worse than guys like Billy McKinney and if you're gonna restructure a team, I think they need to look much deeper into that than cutting the low hanging fruit. In other words, a restructure is exactly what it is... and this feels like any other end of the year move the Yankees would make.
But hey, the off season is here! Look for a whole lot of this kind of stuff... almost like last year when Hal said we weren't done, and we got Carlos Rodon and an ulcer. God, I hope it's not gonna be that kind of off-season. Horrible.
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