Beltran to the Yankees

[Teagz]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/409152299966418944
 

 

[Teagz]

Deal is worth 45M/3YR

 

[Mexi]

i like it. seems like a fair market value deal to me
 
Royals or whoever need to trade for andre ethier. he's a winner. 3 NLCS's in his career

 

[elcheato]

Power went down, walk rate went down last year. I get the feeling Beltran is going to fall off soon.

 

[Mexi]

offensive ballpark
will not be a full time OF
 
i think the next 2 years he'll be fine
the last one doesnt even matter. by then he's either still serviceable or they can just dump him and get younger

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

The bleacher creatures will have a lot of soverniers  this season

 

[Teagz]

That short porch will definitely help the power numbers. 

 

[elcheato]

You could say that about any lefty or switch hitter they sign though, doesn't make the player physically better.

 

[Mexi]

fucking shit
 
the yankees bench is Vernon Wells, Soriano and Ichiro (im sure Sori will DH, but he's a backup OF too)
 
thats so yankees

 

[elcheato]

Do they have a regular DH? I imagine they'll put Soriano there.

 

[snipezo]

old as fuck team. but they'll have a decent lineup.

 

[Teagz]

That porch will help hide his diminishing talents though. Only gonna help his numbers stay at a reasonably productive level as he ages.
 
 
 
By the last year of the deal he might be a shell of his former self so this could all be irrelevant lol  

 

[snipezo]

2nd year of his contract might even be a disaster.
 
looks like boston, ny and tampa will be competing for the top spot again though.

 

[elcheato]

I'll go on record and say the first year will be a disaster

 

[snipezo]

we'll see. i kinda like this signing for the yanks.

 

[Teagz]

I think there's a good chance that the Yankees as a whole will be a disaster this year lol

 

[Pugz]

tiggers gotta go out and get choo now, for sure

 

[Lake Louise]

It'll be interesting to see how this works out. I believe the first year will be good for him, but the next couple will be a struggle.