shakZN

Yankees diehard. Minor leagues too. Giants, Knicks, Rangers.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM That’s what makes baseball so fascinating. When does human instinct supersede calculation? That’s a critical question throughout all of the human experience. The new world of baseball is built on defying built-in biases and staying disciplined.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@ChrisCoop_ Well said. I think that it will require Kilby and or Lagrange plus others and I just don’t want them to do that. I personally value outlook and control over high risk high reward. Rice and Cam extend the window indefinitely and that will also factor in. No need for desperation rn

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@ChrisCoop_ Correction: I don’t think there’s zero chance we’re in it. We can certianly build an offer in a vacuum. But we just can’t compete with the relative value of the Dodgers top guys. Their org surplus is absurd and everyone knows it will get very messy if we try to compete

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@ChrisCoop_ Well it will certainly be a very interesting market I gotta admit and idk how the recent decline in rental tax will play into it. Very unique circumstances; arms race and all that. Cashman isn’t going past his ankles in this however and it’s funny to see people speculate.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

There are real people existing on this planet who think the Yankees FO will magically give up on all the sunk costs and work they’ve put in to develop Lombard for what is strictly speaking 1 guaranteed start in a single playoffs from an ace who will never wear pinstripes again.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@jared_golds23 Where are the underlying metrics?

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM It’s the Sierra Nevada IPAs talking

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM That’s what makes baseball so fascinating. When does human instinct supersede calculation? That’s a critical question throughout all of the human experience. The new world of baseball is built on defying built-in biases and staying disciplined.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @MarcoDa00046802 @RyanGarciaESM I think ur just conflating the fan perspective with the actual managerial one. Teams are managed on quasi-financial model, and its an outright horrific financial decision to give away a controllable and highly productive long term asset for such little control and high risk

[Rajee Pajee @RajeeDaPajee]

@YankeesFocus Fucking retard its skubal hes best in league trade skubal win world serie u r fucking retard kill urself

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM Young top 5-10 prospects are almost invaluable assets. Especially shortstops. The Yankees would have to be okay with expending many, many 10’s of millions of projected on field value to increase one season WS odds by a few percentage points. It’s bad business, plain and simple.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@RJP_RAR @LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM Find me an instance of a true top-10 blue chip prospect being traded for a pure rental at the deadline. It’s virtually never happened, and the Yankees FO aren’t going to be the first to do it.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@LeekNabers @RyanGarciaESM No. And the Yankees will not do that.

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@RyanGarciaESM Lombard + Warren is not an option if that’s the cost. No one employed in MLB would ever make that deal.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@victim_burn77 You stole this from an almost Friday skit?

[shakZN @williegandalf]

I could not possibly imagine a man with such little shame and foresight before watching this show.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

There are genuinely so many episodes of MadMen where the only engine of the plot is the magnitude of Don’s incredibly predictable and inhuman sense for deceit and immorality and lust. It’s like a fucking soap opera sometimes.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@briancrice That every NCAA player is on full scholarship

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@briancrice You were caught making up information and are now changing the goal posts.

[shakZN @williegandalf]

@briancrice Dude are you serious. 615 players were drafted last year. Thats more than every roster spot of all 16 SEC teams combined. All P4 schools combined accounted for 43% of draftees. Mid-majors are absolutely not fully funding their entire roster.