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MLB 2017-18 Hotstove thread

maflynn said:
You do, but most people's first job isn't the CEO and that in a sense is what happened with Boone. You start at the bottom of the rung and work your way up.

He talked himself into the job.

I'm not hating him, while being a red sox fan, I do have trouble hoping he succeeds because he's with the yankees, but in all honesty I'm not looking (or hoping) he fails, if you get what I'm saying.


Maybe, but and given the talent laden roster, he probably won't need to do much for the team to succeed.
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yup.

and of couorse. you can't root for him. understood. as a s.f. giants fan i hate all things Dodger, and Yankee by the by, completely understood.
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maflynn said:
I mean he's smart, I'm not knocking that, but he's had zero experience being a manager. Don't you want someone who has a proven track record at such a premier and storied franchise?
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Agreed. I was shocked to see the Yankees going with a rookie manager.
 
I am still surprised they let Girardi go. Shame the Nationals are too cheap with their managers cause I would have loved Girardi manage the Nats.
 
quagmire said:
I am still surprised they let Girardi go. Shame the Nationals are too cheap with their managers cause I would have loved Girardi manage the Nats.
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There must have been a big fallout between Girardi and the front office.

Boone is considered a baseball lifer, while not my first choice everyone in the league seems to think he has the ability to manage.
 
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he'll do well there i think.
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quagmire said:
I am still surprised they let Girardi go. Shame the Nationals are too cheap with their managers cause I would have loved Girardi manage the Nats.
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yeah, dusty baker is an idiot. thought was evident when he left us. guess not.
 
MacNut said:
Boone is considered a baseball lifer, while not my first choice everyone in the league seems to think he has the ability to manage.
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The problem is, that there is no proof/evidence that Boone can manage. I think this is a huge risk for the Yankees.
 
ucfgrad93 said:
The problem is, that there is no proof/evidence that Boone can manage. I think this is a huge risk for the Yankees.
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The Yankees don't want a manager, they want someone who can take orders from the front office.
Brian Cashman has a car that’s ready to race.

He put it together himself. Most of the parts are new, though there are few reliable pieces that are road tested. All in all, there’s not many miles on the thing. This vehicle has it all — speed, power, control, sustainability, a fresh makeover — and Cashman is still adding to it. One would be hard-pressed to find a shinier model.

So when it came time to find a driver, it struck some as peculiar that Cashman picked someone who has never been behind a wheel before.

The car, of course, is a young Yankees squad gassed with talent and expectations. The driver is Aaron Boone, Cashman’s pick to be the 35th manager in team history. Reports broke Friday night that the general manager decided on Boone over Hensley Meulens, Carlos Beltran, Rob Thomson, Chris Woodward and Eric Wedge.

All of those candidates, except Beltran, have something Boone doesn’t: big league coaching experience.

Meulens is the Giants bench coach. Thomson, who will join Gabe Kapler’s staff in Philadelphia, had spent nearly three decades with the Yankees. Woodward manned third for a comparable Dodgers team that just went to the World Series. Wedge has managed in Cleveland and Seattle.

Boone? He’s been working for ESPN as an analyst since retiring in 2009.

Experience must not have meant all that much to Cashman, but perhaps that was by design. With Boone, he now has a skipper he can mold in his image.

After the Yankees’ decision to part ways with Joe Girardi, there were reports that his relationship with Cashman had soured. Some of that has been chalked up to Girardi’s handling of players, while others have reasoned increased analytical direction from Cashman and the front office played a part. Some have suggested Girardi’s intense, sometimes robotic, nature was a factor.

Regardless, Cashman is still calling the shots. Now he’s got his guy.
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http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/new...n-cashman-analytics/vn4ru0at8ktl1sopkzxyvw9oz
 
Ohtani signs with the Angels.

Stanton wants no part of the Giants or Cardinals opens up to Yankees, Dodgers, Astros, and Cubs.
[doublepost=1512760637][/doublepost]Cashman and the Yankees agree to a 5 year 25 million extension.
 
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MacNut said:
Ohtani signs with the Angels.

Stanton wants no part of the Giants or Cardinals opens up to Yankees, Dodgers, Astros, and Cubs.
[doublepost=1512760637][/doublepost]Cashman and the Yankees agree to a 5 year 25 million extension.
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Crap... in the Rangers’ division :(
 
Stanton...you gotta be kidding me. out of all the teams in the MLB he has to choose the yankees. typical miamian, who doesnt think right. he would have been better off with the Mets. bad move on his part. SMH.
 
Centaurr said:
Stanton...you gotta be kidding me. out of all the teams in the MLB he has to choose the yankees. typical miamian, who doesnt think right. he would have been better off with the Mets. bad move on his part. SMH.
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:D. Why would he go to the Mets. Plus they can’t afford to pay him.

So the Yankees are rumored to be paying $265 million out of the remaining $295 m of his contract.
 
Centaurr said:
he would have been better off with the Mets. bad move on his part. SMH.
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Why?

He stated numerous times that he was tired of being part of a team with a losing record. The NY Mets were 70 and 92 last year and didn't make it to the playoffs.

Where as the Yankees were one game away from the World Series and I think their lack of experience was the result of their poor showings when playing on the road during the playoffs (translation, more experienced team will should be better during the playoffs).
 
The Mets are asking the Marlins about Castro if the Stanton deal goes through.
 
MacNut said:
Why would he go to the Mets. Plus they can’t afford to pay him.
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because Mets need another bat
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maflynn said:
Why?

He stated numerous times that he was tired of being part of a team with a losing record. The NY Mets were 70 and 92 last year and didn't make it to the playoffs.
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you sure do have a short memory. what about the last 2 playoffs before that. Mets were consistent. plus they have a stellar pitching brigade when healthy.
 
Centaurr said:
because Mets need another bat
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Yes, they do, but they still were awful last year and have had years mired in mediocrity


Centaurr said:
you sure do have a short memory. what about the last 2 playoffs before that. Mets were consistent. plus they have a stellar pitching brigade when healthy.
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Yes, 2015 they made it to the world series (only to get smoked by KC), then 2016 they lost in the wild card playoff, and last year not making the playoffs. So yeah why would a player tired of being connected to a losing franchise sign with the Mets? Prior 2015 they hadn't made the playoffs since 2006 and so between that long dry spell and the precipitous fall off these past few years I think that mostly ruled them out of running
 
Centaurr said:
because Mets need another bat
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you sure do have a short memory. what about the last 2 playoffs before that. Mets were consistent. plus they have a stellar pitching brigade when healthy.
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The Mets need a new ownership team and upper management before they will become a winning team again. They can’t afford Stanton and he didn’t even consider the Mets as a team he would play for so it’s a moot point anyways.
 
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