YANKEES ADD YET ANOTHER LEFTY

It's been the thing that we've been doing all year. Continually add arms to the biggest issue we have this year... the bullpen.  And so, the Yankees have added another arm, and yea, it's a lefty once again. Tim Mayza. With Enyel De Los Santos being dumped, I guess it just makes sense.

SB Nation writes:

"Mayza, 32, has been a reliable middle reliever/setup man since 2017 with the Blue Jays. Consistently running FIPs below 3.00 from 2021-23, Tim had the best season of his career just last year, worth a win and a half, posting a 1.52 ERA and 2.60 FIP in 53.1 innings.... Matt Blake appears to have his work cut out for him with this one:

If you want to be optimistic, Mayza was very good not that long ago (yes, even in the season in which he coughed up No. 61 to Aaron Judge). The Blue Jays didn’t really have any other choice but to designate him for assignment back in June, and you can see that his return to form is all about getting velo back on his fastballs."

And for me it goes back to that "Lightning in a Bottle" mentality that Cashman has. Think about it, all our money is tied up in Juan Soto and so we only really are able to get some spare parts and hope it works out.  

Remember when Clay Holmes came to the Yankees? I wrote THE YANKEES BLEW IT WITH THE CLAY HOLMES TRADE in June 2021 when they acquired him.  He was not impressive then. Now clearly he's had his moments of brilliance, but you guys also ALWAYS rip this guy to shreds when he blows it, which, comes often. And so, you see, I wasn't totally wrong. This was a "Lightning in a Bottle" move by Cashman and it half worked.

The point is, how many of these are we gonna see in our lifetime under the Cashman regime?

Welcome Tim Mayza.  Hope it all works out.

ONE MORE TRADE FOR YANKS IN A PRETTY UNDERWHELMING TRADE DEADLINE

We all knew the Yankees weren't going to do anything significant at the trade deadline this year. If you thought otherwise, you would have been mistaken. Remember, they have their guy... Juan Soto. They really can't spend much and can't give away much because 9 times out of 10, somehow the Yankees end up paying out contracts when Cashman negotiates his trades.  In other words, somehow, we get hosed and yesterday was no different.  Yea, we got Mark Leiter Jr, but that's it.  Oh yeah, the Yankees and Padres made a move too... a move to bolster the Yankees depleted bullpen.

Pinstripe Alley writes:

"Righty pitcher Enyel De Los Santos is joining the Yankees from the Padres. Initially reported by Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, the full move has minor-league righty Thomas Balboni Jr. (wonderful name) also joining the organization. Speedster Brandon Lockridge is on his way to the Padres in the return...

De Los Santos has pitched in parts of six MLB seasons, most notably with Cleveland and San Diego since 2022. That year helped him emerge from anonymity to record a 3.04 ERA, 2.62 FIP, and a 1.069 WHIP for the AL Central-winning Guardians. De Los Santos fanned 61 batters in 53.1 innings, and combined for 3.1 shutout frames in the playoffs against the Rays and Yankees."

Is it a good move? Sure.  Am I holding my breath? Sure, I always do, because the Yankees are so streaky and so are their players.  Look, we all love Jazz Chisholm right now, but Jazz is playing like Ken Griffey Jr right now, not Jazz... let him settle in. Sure I'll take the wins, but I'm not getting crazy yet.  But I will tell you this about Jazz, the dude's so damn likable, how do you not wanna root for him. It's great.

So yea, the Yankees didn't do much, probably because their front office's arrogance on how good our team is on paper is really taking the forefront of the entire trade deadline for them. Whatever.  

We always want more, we never get it. Fire Cashman. I'm over it.