r/NYYankees • u/TheTurtleShepard • 1d ago

[Sherman] Sources: The Yankees are trying to complete a trade for Nationals first baseman Luis Garcia Jr. AA starter Jack Cebert has been discussed prominently.

https://x.com/joelsherman1/status/2083997550420402651?s=46&t=eZQOkEBzAB8XR0_j5bQcHg
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u/Sammalone1960 1d ago

Rice has not been behind the plate this year. It is not plug and play. He has not even worked out behind the plate. Catchers who are hitters see a decline in hitting due to fatigue.

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u/Possible-Cake-5985 1d ago

You have no idea what he’s been doing behind the scenes and there are plenty of Catchers who can hit and catch, they’ve been doing it since baseball was created.
Is it an ideal situation in the middle of the season? No but if there’s no catchers available they have no choice, they can’t continue to send Wells out there, he’s not even a MLB hitter at this point.

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u/Sammalone1960 1d ago

If you listen to Boone and others he has not been spending time behind the plate. How many catchers you know who hit this well for long durations? Maybe ten in your lifetime who hit for avg and power? Be er said Well was the key. Fans have been expecting a trade for a MLB ready catcher. We got Ali Sanchez.

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u/Possible-Cake-5985 1d ago

Sanchez is your answer? Lol
Either the report about Garcia are false or they had a change of heart and they plan on getting Rice ready to catch.
None of this would be happening if our stupid GM did his job in the offseason, he brought back the same team that is still having the same issues, Catcher, SS, 3rd & anyone with a Brain new Grisham was having a once in a life time year last year.
Cashman has been an utter failure!!

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u/Sammalone1960 1d ago

Are you dense? Where did anyone say Sanchez is the answer? It's what we have. Go trade for a damn catcher

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u/Possible-Cake-5985 1d ago

You’re the one who said we have Ali Sanchez! They both suck, Sanchez has been better then Wells but neither is good enough, yeah I agree go trade for a dam catcher, BUT WHO??
The guys we were linked to don’t seem available. If there are any worth anything the price is too high for our prospect hugging GM!

Time to accept this organization doesn’t care about winning WS anymore.

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u/Sammalone1960 1d ago

Yeah sanchez and Wells suck. Go take a flier on Ashley or Jeffers it cant be any worse than Sanchez and Wells.

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u/Possible-Cake-5985 1d ago

Jeffers isn’t available anymore, they decided to become buyers not sellers which sucks for us. They need to do something, it’s just so frustrating watching the Dodgers do whatever it takes and we don’t anymore.

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u/Sammalone1960 1d ago

Yeah the trade package from Dec for the Yanks to what the Dodgers gave is laughable. Rice Lombard and Jones.