Maybe not but… I do kinda buy into the school of thought of “you have to optimize your contention window in Judge’s late prime, efficiency be damned.”

Right, are they still trying to cut payroll? Dumping Seager from ages 32-37 turns that into a 4-year, $135M deal, during which they won a WS. Not bad!

Volpe aligns better with the Langford/Carter/Jung core timeline too.

Would NYY sign Seager to a 6/189 contract as a 32-yo if he were a FA?

This is a dumb sports talk radio fake trade, I know, but who would say no if the Yankees offered Volpe for Corey Seager straight up?

The CW is that you simply can't trade the 24-yo elite defensive SS w/3 arb years for the worst 6 years of a big FA contract. But no idea what Volpe's trade value is

Congrats man! That's huge, very well deserved.

this should have more likes

I thought they reset it with the 2024 Draft? They're eligible for the lottery for two years consecutively and next year would be their second?

I think the takeaway is that a manager's impact is best measured over the long term, with the understanding that even the best managers are subject to the year-to-year variance inherent to baseball.

what was the cutoff date you used for that? Like 6/27?

...Falcons?

Bottom right, for sure

I thought it looked like it wants to be Kingsmen, but more self-serious and without the whiff of camp

Yeah RS is the current worst for my money, but USA Today/any Gannett site is also right up there.