TwitterDay 1 Of A Busy Offseason
23 Oct 2010
The Yankees have a lot of decisions to make about the makeup of their 2011 club and it starts at the top. First on the list is the manager. Should Joe Girardi come back in 2011 and beyond?
Right at 1A and 1B are the decisions about the offers to be made to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
Right below that is finding out what Andy Pettitte wants to do and deciding how the Yankees want to respond to that.
Beyond that, there are arbitration decisions, free agent decisions and trading decisions that have to be made.
As crucial as the 2008-09 offseason was to the franchise, this one could potentially be even bigger. The wrong choices with some of the older players could leave the Yankees in a bad position for a while to come.
I plan to tackle all of these issues and I am going to start tomorrow with the manager decision facing the Yankees.
2011 starts today
Oct 24, 2010 @ 08:42:34
for the fab 4 – you really don’t have better options lined up and FA is looking soft so you have to think about bringing them back, right?
As for Girardi – I’ve never understood the lovefest with him as a manager, either in NY or in Florida. I don’t see them moving on him unless you know of undercurrents and problems with him and somebody above.
Oct 24, 2010 @ 09:13:03
My vote is that Girardi returns as do his coaches. I think his positives far outweigh his begatives. Jeter will be back but he needs to be willing to take a short deal for (much) lighter $ than his current money – and recognize that his days of playing “silently hurt” and 150+ games are in the past. Mo? The machine returns, year to year – Pettite style deals. Andy? As long as he can pitch effectively? Why not …
I just watched a team bring in a 21 year old pitcher – and not only did he not “wet his pants”, he shut down an opposing team in its own ballpark on national TV in a champonship series. Hopefully Girardi and Cashman watched that game – time to get younger fellas.
Pitchers, catchers, left side of the IF, a decision about Gardner – and the DH (see catchers).