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| The New York Yankees have had some bad signings since 2000. Since then, the team has won only one World Series in 2009. And yes, there is a direct correlation to not winning it all or choking in the playoffs or in the case of 2013, not making it at all, with bad signings and not building a team with a farm system underneath it that you can rely on (for farm system success, see: Cardinals, Reds, Rays, Red Sox, Rangers, Nationals, Giants, etc over the last decade-plus). The recent signing of Jacoby Ellsbury will help continue the World Series drought and idiotic make-up of the Yankees. Here is the list of reasons why:
1. Ellsbury has missed 264 games the last four seasons combined. He is anything but durable. 2. Robinson Cano isn't exactly the favorite player of this website, but he is a hell of a lot more durable than Ellsbury. And speaking of Cano, Why exactly pay Ellsbury just under $22 million annually when you might have been able to negotiate Cano down to $22-$25 million per year? The point here is that Cano isn't the ultimate answer. But if Ellsbury is, then Cano looks more like the answer. 3. Ellsbury relies on his lower body like a certain former Met, Jose Reyes. When he gets injured in the lower body area, his whole game suffers. Not good. And when Ellsbury plays unhealthy, the former Red Sox CF doesn't play the field well, which will hurt the Yanks defensively, an area they can ill afford to fail in considering how that pitching staff looks for the next five years. 4. Isn't Brett Gardner a darn good centerfielder? Now the Yanks move him to left and they take away a guy with solid range who not only comes from the farm (yea, that word means nothing to New York), but set an example as a grinder and a worker who stuck with the team. This is just wrong. 5. Ellsbury is 30. A three-year deal maybe would make sense. But the Yanks again overpaid for a player who will be aging badly when he enters years 4-7 on the contract. Just a horrendous move. |
