Headley Agrees to Deal with Yankees

[Lou]

4 years $50+ million

[DowningRules]

I don't think Harvey Korman will adjust well to NYC.

 

(deep reference alert).

[Thomas]

I don't think Harvey Korman will adjust well to NYC.

 

(deep reference alert).

 

Careful it's 2014, she'll be able to sue you!

[Capital_Dave]

So what are they planning to do with A-Rod?  That's a ton of money ($21M '15, $20M '16, $20M '17) to leave sitting on the bench... then again it is the Yankees...

[wopphil]

At that price, I believe the Angels should have been all over him.

[Adam]

So what are they planning to do with A-Rod?  That's a ton of money ($21M '15, $20M '16, $20M '17) to leave sitting on the bench... then again it is the Yankees...

 

I hope the Yankees sit ARod's ass on the bench for the rest of his contract. That would be great. Don't even let him pinch hit.

[Stradling]

I see the upside of Headley but the reality of him is he isn't enough of an overall upgrade to spend the extra money on.

[Adam]

At that price, I believe the Angels should have been all over him.

 

 

I don't know man. He's had one great year and several meh to so-so years. 

 

I think there's a better chance that he's a .700 OPS guy than an .800 OPS guy. 

[Lou]

At that price, I believe the Angels should have been all over him.

 

i disagree. 

[Blarg]

Yanks are doing what they always do, pay for veterans and eat a lot of dead money contracts.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Pass.

[nando714]

Moncada to Giants imo

[Mark68]

I don't think Harvey Korman will adjust well to NYC.

 

(deep reference alert).

It's Hedley!

 

[laagamer]

Save > Spend on Headley 

[IEAngelsfan]

Good. Hopefully this will end the "sign Headley" posts.......ok, who am I kidding.

[Angelsjunky]

Let's see....Headley's one year younger than Freese, about the same with the bat - maybe a touch better - and solidly better with the glove, but Freese is still decent. I'm wondering if Freese will get something like 3/$30M next year. Hard to believe.

[Angelsjunky]

Anyhow, I've cooled on Headley. While he was truly great in 2012, there's no way around the fact that he is, in the end, a lifetime .265/.347/.409 hitter. I know, I know - he played in San Diego. But he wasn't really that much better in NY. I expect he might hit something like .270/.360/.420 with 15 HR next year, which is pretty good these days for a good defensive third baseman, but the gap between him and Freese is just not large enough to warrant the money IMO.

[Richard]

Good. Hopefully this will end the "sign Headley" posts.......ok, who am I kidding.

 

 

The chase for Chase will never end!

[Butcher'd]

Moncada to Giants imo

 

yep...good fit

[eaterfan]

Anyhow, I've cooled on Headley. While he was truly great in 2012, there's no way around the fact that he is, in the end, a lifetime .265/.347/.409 hitter. I know, I know - he played in San Diego. But he wasn't really that much better in NY. I expect he might hit something like .270/.360/.420 with 15 HR next year, which is pretty good these days for a good defensive third baseman, but the gap between him and Freese is just not large enough to warrant the money IMO.

Isn't NYY pretty tough on RH hitters? Bottom line is that his bat is probably equal to Freese and his defense us substantially better. The other issue is we have no replacement for Freese so he will be expensive soon too.

[Angel Oracle]

Moncada to Giants imo

Makes sense, but I hope we try to get him ourselves.   No worries on international spending cap, since we already reached that anyway

 

Question gets back to, can Aybar effectively play SS after his contract expires following the 2016 season?

He would be 33 in 2017.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I'm glad the Yankees overpaid for his services and not the Angels.

[Lou]

Anyhow, I've cooled on Headley. While he was truly great in 2012, there's no way around the fact that he is, in the end, a lifetime .265/.347/.409 hitter. I know, I know - he played in San Diego. But he wasn't really that much better in NY. I expect he might hit something like .270/.360/.420 with 15 HR next year, which is pretty good these days for a good defensive third baseman, but the gap between him and Freese is just not large enough to warrant the money IMO.

 

those numbers would make 2015 the 2nd best season of his career. 

[Inside Pitch]

Isn't NYY pretty tough on RH hitters? Bottom line is that his bat is probably equal to Freese and his defense us substantially better. The other issue is we have no replacement for Freese so he will be expensive soon too.

 

Based on park factors last year (statcorner.com), Yankee Stadium showed a HR index of 131 for LHBs Vs. 132 for RHBs.  Given Headley is a switch hitter the move to Yankee Stadium was an all around solid move for him.  

 

The other thing to consider is that there was talk regarding Headley's epidural injections last year.... that's been a cute way for players to get around some of the PED guidelines in recent years.  Headley was known to have had at least one such procedure in June of last year.  His season turned around the following month.

 

Not sure Headley is a good bet to continue his second half surge moving forward.  Minus that uptick, that's a hard contract to swallow.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[Second Base]

Freese is a better bat than Headley and I think we'll see that next season. Freese, because of the market is still going to get upwards of 50 million.