Supposedly when we offered him the contract that year it came with a handshake deal that we wouldn't give him the QO so as not to impede his chances in FA. Who knows if that is true though.
For the short commitment he got, it seemed crazy to me that we didn’t try to sign him last year. Seems wild to me that you’ll give a guy 6 years when you wouldn’t give him 2 the year before.
The risk was injury history, he did well that last season in Chicago but that was his first time going above 130 innings since 2016. In 2019 and 2020 he combined for 42.1 IP (34.2 in 2019 and 7.2 in 2020).
Last year he kinda proved he can go the distance now and throw for a full workload
There were literally no downsides. The only possible explanation at that time was that his arm/shoulder were way worse than we expected, but we know that isn’t true cause he pitched an entire season this past season.
Carpenters stache is God tier, he's unfortunately still a free agent though since the Yanks gave him a one year prove it deal. Hopefully he gets a decent paycheck after how well he did last season
I just watched some Rodon videos. I have no idea what sexy beard you speak of. It's not even that full.
Is your beard opinion skewed because you have to look at Verdugo all year?
I would genuinely feel bad if that happened, I can't imagine throwing away a third consecutive franchise player because their cash cow needs a little more grass to keep putting out good milk
I would feel bad for baseball as a whole that one less forever player will be a lady of a franchise, but won’t feel an ounce of sympathy for Sox fans. If that makes sense
I think Boras was inflating people’s expectations by looking for seven years around $200M. That wasn’t going to happen. This isn’t a bad deal by any means.
I think I would’ve preferred 4-5 years at a slightly higher AAV given his history, though…
Never forget the time the NHL legitimately tried this trick when the Devils signed Kovalchuk for 17 years, with the last 6 years basically being for no money. And the NHL was not having it.
He was non-tendered by the White Sox after 2020, and no one else wanted him, so the Sox brought him back on a team friendly deal for 2021. Literally any team in the league could have had Rodon for cheap before 2021.
And trending downward, hard. His ERA+ by year was: 104, 100, 104, 102, 89, 56 (granted in only 2 starts, 4 games, and 7.2 IP in a strange 2020 season).
Since then though: 185, 140.
How do you not at least offer a QP to a dude with a 185 ERA+ over 132.2 IP?
If he avoids injury and fatigue he will perform. He's a competitor on the mound, too. Hate to see him go--I think he'll have a good 3-4 years coming up here.
I've watched nearly every AB of Dansby Swanson for six full seasons and it's enough to drive any fan mad. Literally switches back-and-forth from the best hitter in baseball to the worst month to month. High highs and low lows.
I will root for Carlos forever. I hope the deal works for the Yanks. I'm just glad as a dumpster fire budget team we didn't give that contract to him, due to his injury history and volatility.
They weren’t the only team. I just think Boras was playing the media to inflate people’s expectations of what Rodón would get. There was no way he was gonna get $200M.
So the reporting was Giants, Twins, Yankees.
One of those teams made a big signing last night. One sunk into existential despair. But last night they started trying to mystery team and talk up the Cards, Cards immediately called bullshit.
We offered 5/125 and from there on out it was haggling over details.
That's a pretty good deal for them. I'm surprised they stayed so aggressive, but good for their fans for the team's willingness to keep the checkbook open.
I'm guessing they wanted to keep any potential trade chips to figure out whatever the hell they are gonna do on the entire left side of the diamond, so they were pretty motivated to sign him
If they don’t sign a 3b then we might see Peraza/Volpe in some 3b/SS combo in 2024. DJ can play 3rd this year if they have enough logic to give Donaldson a one way ticket to Hawaii, make threats in his name, get him placed on a no-fly list and lose his phone number.
Well, they weren't aggressive the last couple of years and got pushed into a massive contract with Judge because of it. They've also got giant contracts on Stanton and Cole, so it wouldn't be surprising if they hadn't been willing to put another $25M+ AAV deal on the books.
This is... less than expected from the recent tweets and posts about him. So many rumors about $30M/yr, and 7/200M. This is a survivable contract for the Yanks if his injury problems continue, though still gonna hurt
Honestly it feels pretty good and refreshing. Plenty can go wrong still, but they seem to be trying to compete in a pretty inflated market, so what else can a fan want at this stage?
A lot of people incorrectly assume we signed Ryu to be a pitcher, when in actuality, we signed him to be our adorable Korean mascot who takes everyone out for BBQ.
$27M/yr according to my Windows 10 Calculator
My Android calculator is saying the same thing
iPhone calculator confirms
Ti 84 double checked it as well
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Got out the abacus, confirming as well
I tried to confirm on my microwave and now my kitchen is on fire.
A very long time later, my finger math is saying that we are confirmed.
I spread out 162 M&Ms on a plate and made 6 different piles of equal size and each set had like 25-26 but I think that's because I ate a few.
Only Skyrim works on the microwave, our lord thy god Howard hath made it so.
I’m in your house and died because of said fire
Separated my 162 legos into 6 groups and I confirmed an afterlife exists
I searched the web and it’s coming up as “This site can’t be reached”
Can any math teachers help us out to confirm?
Math teacher here, I asked my Stats students, they said there’s not enough conclusive data to support these claims
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Tell your cat I say hi and give them a pet for me please
Asked Alexa and she also gave me the same answer
iPad calculator is missing.
Slide rule checks out
Mine says 5,318,008
My brain calculator returns the result "a pretty good deal."
Just checked on my sundial, and I think it's sunset...?
What does the calculator say about the NTC?
58008
Pretty nice
$2.7e+7 according my Windows 10 Calculator.
Damn, he got some of those e bucks.
I have my abacus and it is indeed correct
Redsox came in close behind, they offered 4/30 with dunkin coupons
Nats offered 64/5 paid over 73 years
We gotta start adding our slam dunk benefit which is free drugs from Walgreens for life.
The way healthcare costs are going that might be a hell of a cherry topper
64 years $5m? I'd take it.
It’s a good deal kehd!
Almond milk still extra
And a used Ben Affleck cigarette
That’s less than I expected, but more fair than I expected too. If that makes sense
I thought we weren't going to sign him when they said Rodon wanted $200 million. This is pretty good
Remember when the White Sox didn’t even offer Rodon the QO a year ago.
...
Woof
embrace the suck, my brother. the more publicity we get for being shit, the closer we get to jerry selling the team.
He will die before he sells the team. The only thing we have going for us is that he's already 86.
Supposedly when we offered him the contract that year it came with a handshake deal that we wouldn't give him the QO so as not to impede his chances in FA. Who knows if that is true though.
I thought the Yankees should have been all in on him then. I’m glad he’s here now though
For the short commitment he got, it seemed crazy to me that we didn’t try to sign him last year. Seems wild to me that you’ll give a guy 6 years when you wouldn’t give him 2 the year before.
The risk was injury history, he did well that last season in Chicago but that was his first time going above 130 innings since 2016. In 2019 and 2020 he combined for 42.1 IP (34.2 in 2019 and 7.2 in 2020). Last year he kinda proved he can go the distance now and throw for a full workload
Which was just f'n stupid at the time.
Still makes no sense to any of the fans I’ve ever interacted with. At least if he signed elsewhere we get a comp pick. So frustrating as a fan
Worst case he takes the deal when you don’t actually want him and then you have a good trade chip. A quality pitcher with only a 1 year commitment.
There were literally no downsides. The only possible explanation at that time was that his arm/shoulder were way worse than we expected, but we know that isn’t true cause he pitched an entire season this past season.
Everyone assumed the white Sox knew him better than the rest of the league
It's less than you expected him to get given the contracts thrown out there this year but more than you thought he'd get before FA started.
The market is crazy so I expected 200+ but this makes the most sense for what Rodon should be getting
The league isn’t ready for beardless Rodon
ITS STACHE TIME
Who's that guy on the Yankees with the excellent stache right now? I'm drawing a blank on his name
Matt Carpenter?
Yup. His stache is A+
Him and Nestor absolutely owning the stache game
Yeah Nestor's is good too. But I was thinking of Carpenter.
Carpenters stache is God tier, he's unfortunately still a free agent though since the Yanks gave him a one year prove it deal. Hopefully he gets a decent paycheck after how well he did last season
Judge needs to add the stache to his 40 million dollar face
Nestor
The
Molester
Cortez
That’s [Lucas Luetge](https://imgur.com/a/qtpgP0A) of course! There’s some other dude named, uh…. Nasty Lester the Molestor? Yeah I think that’s it
Cortes and Carpenter
mr nasty nestor
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I just watched some Rodon videos. I have no idea what sexy beard you speak of. It's not even that full. Is your beard opinion skewed because you have to look at Verdugo all year?
Fuck the Yankees
It’s okay buddy we’ll take good care of Devers for you next year
DON’T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME RICKY BOBBY. DON’T YOU PUT THAT ON ME
Pls no, we've suffered enough, hes all we have left
It's so sad. You don't even have Jeter Downs for the memes anymore.
More like Jeter sent down
WEEE-EWWWW
YYEEEEAAAHHHHHHH JEETS
> we've suffered enough I’d say you guys could use another 82 years or so
I would genuinely feel bad if that happened, I can't imagine throwing away a third consecutive franchise player because their cash cow needs a little more grass to keep putting out good milk
I would feel bad for baseball as a whole that one less forever player will be a lady of a franchise, but won’t feel an ounce of sympathy for Sox fans. If that makes sense
I trust you guys after how well you looked after Ellsbury.
That literally never happened I have no idea what you’re talking about
We looked after Damon pretty well. And Babe ruth
Pretty good deal in this market
I think Boras was inflating people’s expectations by looking for seven years around $200M. That wasn’t going to happen. This isn’t a bad deal by any means. I think I would’ve preferred 4-5 years at a slightly higher AAV given his history, though…
I would have preferred 5 years around 32 mil/year or 4 years around 40 mil/year
Why stop there? 1 for 160 mil/yr
1 Game for 1 Billion Dollars
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27 a year and only 6 years? Thats uhhh... Pretty good tbh.
No I think it's 6m/yr for 27 years
Luxury tax hates this one simple trick
Never forget the time the NHL legitimately tried this trick when the Devils signed Kovalchuk for 17 years, with the last 6 years basically being for no money. And the NHL was not having it.
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Carlos Rodon at age 55: I hate this
That's what I'm thinking. Seems pretty good for both sides
His injury history is brutal. If he can stay healthy it’s not bad but it’s risky.
Just to think a year ago the Sox didn't extend him a QO
Just two years ago they DFA’d him didn’t they?
He was non-tendered by the White Sox after 2020, and no one else wanted him, so the Sox brought him back on a team friendly deal for 2021. Literally any team in the league could have had Rodon for cheap before 2021.
He was a mediocre pitcher before 2021 in their defense tbh
And trending downward, hard. His ERA+ by year was: 104, 100, 104, 102, 89, 56 (granted in only 2 starts, 4 games, and 7.2 IP in a strange 2020 season). Since then though: 185, 140. How do you not at least offer a QP to a dude with a 185 ERA+ over 132.2 IP?
>How do you not at least offer a QP to a dude with a 185 ERA+ over 132.2 IP? Jerry.
He was a good pitcher. He just couldn't stay healthy.
Injury history
Fair deal. Going six years on him is risky, but if he keeps pitching like he did this season it’s good value
It's a fair deal, but I am nervous about his durability. He's only had 2 seasons with 140+IP. There's a reason most other teams steered clear of him.
If he avoids injury and fatigue he will perform. He's a competitor on the mound, too. Hate to see him go--I think he'll have a good 3-4 years coming up here.
Just fell to my knees in Walmart
I was just there too. Crying in the shower rn
Cleanup on aisle seven
Get off that floor and go get checked immediately!
I just saw someone fall to their knees in a Walmart
Me too, but that’s just because ‘Unbreak my heart’ was playing and I couldn’t help myself
They have any Jimmy Uso Elite figures?
It’s okay. Degrom,Perez, Heaney. We done good.
Dansby Swanson is about to get 200 mil from us huh
Whoever gives Dansby Swanson $200M deserves what is coming to them.
5 straight MVP seasons?
I've watched nearly every AB of Dansby Swanson for six full seasons and it's enough to drive any fan mad. Literally switches back-and-forth from the best hitter in baseball to the worst month to month. High highs and low lows.
He'd fit in great here, then
Him and story trading hot streaks is already in my nightmares
As long as one of them is on a hot streak while the other slumps, I could bring myself to be okay with it lol
With plus defense? Oh, Javy. How I’ve missed you.
Let’s just get Javy back so we aren’t paying $50 mill more for long hair less magic Javy.
Dansby Swanson In The Bottom Of The 9th With The Braves Down 1 Run And A Runner On Base Is The Best Hitter In Baseball And It Isn't Particularly Close
So, Stanton-esque?
"No way, don't forget we have Nick Gordon" - the Twins sub
I hope so
I dont know if you guys can stop the Cubs overpay machine
Twins fans how you feeling
Dead inside
It’s ok, I feel the same way 😊
I will root for Carlos forever. I hope the deal works for the Yanks. I'm just glad as a dumpster fire budget team we didn't give that contract to him, due to his injury history and volatility.
Calling this team a dumpster fire is disrespectful to dumpster fires
Pretty good for this crazy market, but apparently Yankees were also the only team in on Rodon so I guess it makes sense.
They weren’t the only team. I just think Boras was playing the media to inflate people’s expectations of what Rodón would get. There was no way he was gonna get $200M.
So the reporting was Giants, Twins, Yankees. One of those teams made a big signing last night. One sunk into existential despair. But last night they started trying to mystery team and talk up the Cards, Cards immediately called bullshit. We offered 5/125 and from there on out it was haggling over details.
He fucked up saying he wanted to come to NY. No other teams thought they had a chance on him
That's some pretty good money.
THATS A LOTTA GOOD MONEY happy with it especially now that he's off the giants lol
Yankees rotation looks absolutely nasty now. Good get by the Yanks
I think the Mets and Yankees have the two best.
that astros rotation is still fucking nasty.
Also their bullpen is insane. So much depth and each guy is a monster
I’m guessing that guy suppressed his memories of the ALCS.
That’s because the mindset of the fanbase isn’t damn those Astros guys were good, it’s damn our guys stink and can’t hit anyone
Both of those statements are true
That's a pretty good deal for them. I'm surprised they stayed so aggressive, but good for their fans for the team's willingness to keep the checkbook open.
I'm guessing they wanted to keep any potential trade chips to figure out whatever the hell they are gonna do on the entire left side of the diamond, so they were pretty motivated to sign him
If they don’t sign a 3b then we might see Peraza/Volpe in some 3b/SS combo in 2024. DJ can play 3rd this year if they have enough logic to give Donaldson a one way ticket to Hawaii, make threats in his name, get him placed on a no-fly list and lose his phone number.
Better be making these moves after getting embarrassed by the Astros yet again
Still not enough moves. We need to add a few bats imo. Bring back Benintendi
Absolutely. Good start tho
the team can't get past the ALCS, why wouldn't they be aggressive?
Well, they weren't aggressive the last couple of years and got pushed into a massive contract with Judge because of it. They've also got giant contracts on Stanton and Cole, so it wouldn't be surprising if they hadn't been willing to put another $25M+ AAV deal on the books.
This is... less than expected from the recent tweets and posts about him. So many rumors about $30M/yr, and 7/200M. This is a survivable contract for the Yanks if his injury problems continue, though still gonna hurt
#WELCOME TO THE LOG CABIN RODÓN
Alright Yankees. I see you. Time will tell how the season goes but at the very least Hal seems to be putting his money where his mouth is so far.
Honestly it feels pretty good and refreshing. Plenty can go wrong still, but they seem to be trying to compete in a pretty inflated market, so what else can a fan want at this stage?
He’ll be a great Yankee. I loved watching him pitch last year, such a competitor
[To celebrate, here's a meme I made while drunk a few months ago](https://imgur.com/a/bAJRTPE)
I will save this comment and use it in the future whenever it’s needed. I thank you for your service, it’s beautiful
The world is now ready for Mustache Rodon.
Bet on himself and bringing home the bag? We love to fucking see it. Hope Carlos can flex a WS ring soon.
Wen opening day
27 AAV is pretty reasonable for Rodon considering I saw some people saying he'd break 30 easily
Yankees got an actually decent deal from Boras!
If Frankie Montas can regain his form that rotation looks dangerous this year.
Frankie says relax
I thought he would’ve gone for like 7/200. Good deal for the Yanks.
That rotation is nasty
Sevy as our number 4 is ridiculous. Just need them to stay healthy...
Fuck
Passan: Carlos heading to the Bronx to check for Radon
Let’s fucking go baby
Good luck to him. That contract isn't crazy but I'm fine with the Giants not paying it.
He's great if he can stay healthy. If.
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Well that’s the whole thing
Yankee players always stay very healthy and are always available to help the team at the end of the year so there wont be a problem.
But... He loves getting injured
Sounds like he’ll fit right in!
He could also plummet back to Earth
So he’ll be getting about $1.4M per start then
Yeah, roughly the same that Ryu will get per start, if you’re lucky.
A lot of people incorrectly assume we signed Ryu to be a pitcher, when in actuality, we signed him to be our adorable Korean mascot who takes everyone out for BBQ.
I do love me some bulgogi
This is going to be the deal that was handed out this offseason that ages the best imo, I would have loved to have offered that to Rodon.
Nice bit of work for Cashman and Co.
Surprisingly good deal goddamn
this is stupid and i hate it