推 timolin:大略看一下，把Wright交易出去，讓他有發展機會，待在洋基 02/05 11:14
→ timolin:連牛棚也很擠，Fryer似乎是還有待驗證的小聯盟選手 02/05 11:17
CHASE CHASED, YANKEES INTO FRYER
Today the Yankees consummated a minor deal, in at least two senses of the
word minor, swapping lefty Chase Wright, who had been designated in the
aftermath of Andy Pettitte's re-signing, in return for catcher-outfielder
Eric Fryer, formerly of the Brewers.
Initially this might look kind of exciting because Wright was a low-strikeout
type who was unlikely to live down the historic 2007 game against the Red Sox
in which he allowed consecutive home runs to Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, Carl
Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, Felix Mantilla and Don Buddin, whereas Fryer
batted .355/.407/.506 in the Sally League last season. Steal, right? Wrong.
You don't get a major prospect for Chase Wright unless the general manager on
the other side of the table has a serious drinking problem and no oversight.
Fryer was 22 last year and had spent three years in college, so he was a bit
experienced for Low-A ball. He had a great year, but we should expect the
pitching to catch up to him in a big way as he moves up. According to Kevin
Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, Fryer's swing is also very complicated,
which makes scouts skeptical about his future.
The other problem with Fryer, and it's odd to call it a problem, is that when
we say catcher-outfielder, we really mean "former outfielder." That, at
least, is how the Brewers viewed him, increasingly playing him behind the
dish as the season wore on. If the Yankees also view him as a catcher, it's
difficult to see how he's going to get any playing time in, as he's at the
same level as the two best prospects in the Yankees organization, Austin
Romine and Jesus Montero, both of whom happen to be catchers. They can't all
go up to Tampa this year, be rotating catchers and sing in three-part
harmony. The assumption here is that Fryer gets pushed back to an outfield
corner, which puts pressure on him to keep hitting -- assuming he showed
decent defensive abilities as a catcher, he wouldn't have to post another 900
OPS to make it. A much greater level of skepticism greets an outfielder's
bat.
All of that said, given that the Yankees had no plans for Wright, a fringe
part, getting someone for him that at least looks good isn't a bad thing,
particularly since said someone is a position player. The Yankees' system
needs more bats. Adding prospects through trades is something that Brian
Cashman will need to prioritize to the best of his ability in the near
future, as last year's draft, which eschewed a number-one or number-two pick,
was a disaster, and this year's draft, which has been stripped of picks by
all the free agent action, promises to be thin as well. You can't feed the
farm system scraps for two seasons and not have it hurt you, regardless of
how many free agents you sign.
It should be noted that one of the reasons that Mark Teixeira is such a great
signing for the Yankees is that next year's free-agent class is largely
devoid of Teixeira types, twentysomethings at the top of their games. Top
position players likely to hit the market include Carlos Delgado, Aubrey
Huff, Mark DeRosa, Brian Roberts, Chipper Jones, Jason Bay (bet on the Red
Sox tying him up before then), Vlad Guerrero, Matt Holliday... and Johnny
Damon and Hideki Matsui. The Yankees offense looks like a light offensive
unit now. With little help coming from the farm (Austin Jackson doesn't look
like an impact player at this stage), little on the free agent market beyond
declining vets and re-signing Damon and Matsui, probably an
multimillion-dollar act of wishful thinking, the unit could achieve a
helium-like quality by 2010...
...Which is to say that Mr. Cashman should keep trading those extra pitchers
for bodies with bats, as many as he possibly can.
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