2016 New York Yankees

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All of the mega deals. Those are/were completely stupid.

Tex's wasn't that bad, largely due to his comeback season in 2015. He's done after this year.

The first A-Rod deal (that they inherited from Texas) paid big dividends.

[OFFNY]

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Babe Ruth was born 121 years ago today.

[PaulFolk]

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Babe Ruth was born 121 years ago today.

Did you need to post this in three separate threads? Especially when it has nothing to do with the 2016 Yankees?

[bobmc]

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Babe Ruth was born 121 years ago today.

Here he is as a pre curse or.....Go Sawx!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTD?src=hash">#OTD</a> in 1895, he was born George Herman Ruth, Jr. <a href="https://t.co/LbpOIFouHg">pic.twitter.com/LbpOIFouHg</a></p>— Graig Kreindler (@GraigKreindler) <a href="

">February 6, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[OFFNY]

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Babe Ruth was born 121 years ago today.

Here he is as a pre-curse or....... Go, Sawx!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTD?src=hash">#OTD</a> in 1895, he was born George Herman Ruth, Jr. <a href="https://t.co/LbpOIFouHg">pic.twitter.com/LbpOIFouHg</a></p>— Graig Kreindler (@GraigKreindler) <a href="

">February 6, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nice picture.

Of the 7 World Series that Ruth won in his career, 3 were with the Red Sox, and 4 with the Yankees.

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https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/aroldis-chapman-has-reported-for-spring-training-now-what

[backwardsk]

Every year we talk about the Yankees decline and it never really happens. I know the saying about insanity, but I think this is the year where they really struggle.

I don't think their bullpen is better. Their back three are phenomenal (if Manfred doesn't give Chapman 50 games), but overall they lose a lot of innings from Warren and Wilson who were excellent last season.

Does Girardi have the stones to bench Ellsbury and his $100M+ contract for Hicks, or does he keep his sub .700 bat in the lineup?

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[OFFNY]

Every year we talk about the Yankees decline, and it never really happens. I know the saying about insanity, but I think this is the year where they really struggle.

I don't think their bullpen is better. Their back three are phenomenal (if Manfred doesn't give Chapman 50 games), but overall they lose a lot of innings from Warren and Wilson who were excellent last season.

Does Girardi have the stones to bench Ellsbury and his $100M+ contract for Hicks, or does he keep his sub .700 bat in the lineup?

I think that there is a difference between "decline" and "collapse."

The Yankees collapsed in 1989, after having had 6 consecutive winnings seasons from 1983-1988. They proceeded to have 4 consecutive losing seasons from 1989 through 1992 before George Steinbrenner was kicked out of baseball for two years, which allowed Gene Michael and Buck Showalter to rebuild the franchise back into contenders.

The Yankees went 85-77 in 2013, 84-78 in 2014, and 87-75 in 2015. They did not make the postseason in 2 out of 3 of those seasons, and they got KO'd in 1 game by the Astros in the one season in which they did make the playoffs. Subsequently, I think that an argument can be made that the Yankees have been declining already. The question is, will that decline continue in 2016 ???

[backwardsk]

Castro has been taking grounders at third.

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[SteveA]

Castro has been taking grounders at third.

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They thinking of signing Desmond? Maybe putting him at 2nd?

Or have I pulled my Jump to Conclusions Mat out a bit too far?

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[backwardsk]

They thinking of signing Desmond? Maybe putting him at 2nd?

Or have I pulled my Jump to Conclusions Mat out a bit too far?

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I think there is some concern about Headley holding up for 162.

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[Can_of_corn]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash">#Yankees</a>' Chapman: <br><br>"Today, I accepted a 30 game suspension from Major League Baseball resulting... <a href="https://t.co/uNzflS1J0n">https://t.co/uNzflS1J0n</a></p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

">March 1, 2016</a></blockquote>

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No extra year of control for the Yankees.

[MDtransplant757]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash">#Yankees</a>' Chapman: <br><br>"Today, I accepted a 30 game suspension from Major League Baseball resulting... <a href="https://t.co/uNzflS1J0n">https://t.co/uNzflS1J0n</a></p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

">March 1, 2016</a></blockquote>

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No extra year of control for the Yankees.

He should be punished. No one does that sort of thing and gets away with it now adays.

[OFFNY]

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Luis Severino's Poise Reminds Yankees Manager Joe Girardi of Hall-of-Famer Greg Maddux

(By Mark Feinsand)

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/luis-severino-poise-reminds-joe-girardi-greg-maddux-article-1.2562538

[25 Nuggets]

I said it was a good trade when it happened... Starlin Castro is leading the Yankees this spring in pretty much every major offensive category. I think it's going to carry over to the regular season.