The Yankees are currently in Miami. They should fly out with a few things: some Cuban food, some nice cigars, and a new left-handed reliever. The Yankees should trade Jacoby Ellsbury for Wei-Yin Chen. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Here are three reasons why the Yankees should trade Ellsbury for Chen: 1. Luxury […]
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History isn’t on Jacoby Ellsbury’s side
This spring, Jacoby Ellsbury is entering camp with his eye on the center field job. Whether or not he deserves to reclaim the position is a question that seemingly has an obvious answer: no. Rather, it’s Aaron Hicks’s job to lose. Hicks is younger, more talented, and outperformed Ellsbury last season. The problem: Hicks has struggled […]
Using Carlos Gomez’s free agency as a barometer for Jacoby Ellsbury
At first glance, Carlos Gomez and Jacoby Ellsbury don’t appear to share many similarities aside from the position they play. Gomez hits for power, Ellsbury does not. Gomez throws and bats right-handed, Ellsbury does the opposite. Gomez is a free agent, Ellsbury is not. You get the picture by now. Despite these differences, what happens with […]
Assessing teams that might have use for Jacoby Ellsbury or Chase Headley
Last week, E.J. touched upon the Yankees’ offseason budget and how a few salary shedding trades could be in the club’s plans. E.J. also wrote about Masahiro Tanaka’s decision to remain in the Bronx and how it has increased the likelihood of the Yankees seeking to move salary off the books. Fortunately — Unfortunately? — the Yankees have a […]
Implications of a Torn UCL: The Gleyber Torres Story
I may have jinxed it. Buzz around the Bronx picked up so much a few weeks ago that I felt it was inevitable Gleyber Torres’ would make a resounding entrance into a lineup second only to the Houston Astros in OPS. My series of posts – It’s Not Gleyber Time… Yet & It’s Almost Gleyber […]
Watch: Jacoby Ellsbury steals home, ties game 3-3
Don’t look now, but Jacoby Ellsbury is heating up. After going 3-for-5 in a loss to Oakland on Thursday, Ellsbury was given Friday off with left-hander Matt Moore on the bump. When he was forced into action in the fifth inning after an apparent Aaron Hicks injury, Ellsbury efforted a tying run with a single to […]
Which Yankee has the worst contract?
The Yankees are, quite notably, the only Major League team without a major-league free agent signing this offseason. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of glaring needs and a desire to get younger, but the primary explanation for Brian Cashman’s silence in free agency is money. The Yankees, weary of the annual luxury tax […]
Jacoby Ellsbury and the vagaries of ‘having power’
Imagine you are at a bar with a friend. Good. Now make sure you don’t get too drunk in this daydream. Alcohol has a nasty way of decreasing one’s interest in complex things like the statistical analysis of baseball. You are sitting with a friend who is not a big fan of the New York Yankees […]
Jacoby Ellsbury can’t find holes in the infield forever
Jacoby Ellsbury has played the role of “prototypical leadoff hitter” to a tee so far this season. The 31-year-old outfielder has gotten on base at a gaudy .419 clip, he’s been a menace on the basepaths swiping 12 bags, and his 27 runs scored are tied for 4th in the major leagues. These are the […]
Should He Shave?
On the road in Tampa Bay a few weeks ago, Brett Gardner started a fad bigger than Beanie Babies, Silly Bandz, or those demon children Furbies; he grew a pitiful excuse for a moustache. In the coming days, the rest of his Yankees teammates followed his lead, sprouting whiskers of their own, in an expression of misguided masculinity, superstition, and […]