"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
We dealt from a surplus, opened up our 40 man and didn't affect the top of the depth chart of our farm at all.
By the way, Florial was just called up to High-A Tampa, a step away from AA
I would rather have Groome, Mata, and Chavis than Fowler, Mateo, and Kaprielian.
But Dombrowski was never going to offer that for Gray.
Grooms has injury, character and performance concerns and he's in A ball sucking ass.
Mata is in Low A ball
Chavis is a real prospect with close proximity.
Fowler made his big league debut. Kaprielian likely debuts in Double A next year. Mateo will likely end the year in AAA.