Good afternoon everyone, it’s time to go back to the postal bag and answer some of your questions. Do not forget to send your questions for our weekly call by e-mail to Pinstripeanleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com.
Hypernot request: I admit that the signature of Ryan Yarbrough was not exciting, and I first feared the days he started. But it launched very well, with a 3.06 MPM and a 1.05 whip. Do you think it can be a real long-term thing?
It depends on what we define as the “long term”. Do I think it should start a potential game in playoffs? No, there should be better arms aligned in front of him for this. But can it maintain a rotation point and give the Yankees decent sleeves at the bottom of the rotation? This is very feasible, and his ascent to the fifth starter was a large piece of the puzzle to unlock this hot section on which they were.
By examining its performance, it is quite close to what its peripherals indicate. Its FIP is slightly higher at 4.32, but it obtains a 99th centile output speed and hard -hit prices using its out -of -speed terrain kitchen sink. Transforming his four runners into a spectacle pitch turned into a wise decision, because even if his speed has turned a bit at 87.6 MPH, he is still at the bottom of the League League League. Although we rely on movement and deception to obtain by Yarbrough does not make many strikers to continue, and yet he manages a 24.8 percent withdrawal rate so far – expect it to fall a little, but as long as Yarbrough continues to maintain the strong contact, he should remain in rotation. It was a miracle adjustment (gifted in the hands of the Yankees by a division rival) after the experience of Carlos Carrasco failed and Marcus Stroman hit the shelf, and the team already did not seem too involved in the latter.
Yankeeswin asks: Regarding George Lombard, Jr. done on the plate, he does not show much mastery of the AA. He makes walks, but that is not enough to raise him so early. His defense is stellar, which is great, but not also enough to go up. Volpe has shown a good impact with the bat and is currently good for a war of almost 2.. It seems that it has locked this position in the predictable future. The real question then, are the Yankees interested in using Lombard, Jr. as a commercial bait, or will they move it to another position? And can they afford not to exchange it for an immediate impact player (anyone)?
This was a significant drop in the production of Lombard during its first double-A presentation, but it was still very early. Many best hopes have fluctuated from the promotion before bouncing in the new level (the Double-A-Balle-A-Tale jump in terms of talent on the field is one of the biggest to do), and 29 games are certainly not enough to tidy up its attack. Lombard has also climbed into the prospects classification, by establishing itself as the overall perspective n ° 27 in Athletic Last mid-season card. It is a prospect of Blue Chip, not a commercial bait.
The possible position of Lombard will be settled once it is closer to the majors, but keep it at the stop stop and obtain the most precious experience possible while it ripe will be the game plan until it is switching to Triple-A. From there, it becomes a question of where the scouts see it best and where the Yankees need help, and this image should become clearer in about a year, because Lombard will not take into account the push in 2025. Is it an untouchable perspective? The Yankees have placed this label generously on some of their guys in the past five years, but Lombard is a decent bet to stay unless a absolute blockbuster is revealed. The market does not seem too likely to have one of them right now, but many can change by the end of July.
Chrish89 requests: Why do we move jazz to a position that it is far from being so good to appease the corpse of DJL which cannot really hit or stay healthy? Make sense!
I’m going to be honest, on the surface, I have no way of pleading so that DJ Lemahieu sticks to the second goal while they move Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the third basis. Without speculating too much on what is happening behind the scenes, all we have heard so far is that Chisholm commenting during his passage of rehabilitation of Somerset saying that he had the choice but that the team preferred him in third row, so he will go with it and be a team player. It is admirable by jazz, but as John discussed yesterday, he is a head scratch from Aaron Boone and the company.
Frankly, although the overall programming was a success without production to the second goal of the absence of Chisholm, there is no place to always spray in a black hole for the whole year, and the recent history of Lemahieu does not inspire the confidence that his cold start will improve. It may be a configuration to go out and acquire a second base player and that Chisholm has already aligned himself in third place, depending on their reading of the market and which could be obtained. Anyway, whatever they have placed them in the Yankees will have to do something about the inner field or risk encountering a similar problem they had with Alex Verdugo in the last season.
