Just as Mets fans were started to get a warm and fuzzy feeling, the Yankees have swooped in to discuss Troy Tulowitzki during the MLB offseason.
The New York Yankees just cannot help themselves. Regardless of the off-season, or the year, general manager Brian Cashman and company always get pulled towards that nice, shiny, best possible toy on the market.
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In the middle of trade talks between the New York Mets and Colorado Rockies regarding short-stop Troy Tulowitzki, the Yankees have reportedly “checked-in” on the slugger.
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports had the report.
If any serious talks progress between the two clubs, then Brian Cashman or whichever member of the Yankees brass pulls the trigger on this one will need their head examined.
The Yankees are at a cross-road of sorts as it relates to the personnel in this organization. They are old, tired and very stale. There has been very little development in the farm, and no chance for any youngster to succeed on the big squad when each and every position is locked up with a free-agent, veteran player.
There is a reason it takes six-years of Major League experience to become a free-agent, and the Yanks haven’t figured that out yet. We turn our heads around baseball and see small market teams succeeding with the new baseball model: development, development, development. Yet, the Yankees continue to flirt with the same madness each off-season.
Take a look at their injuries the past few seasons. It’s been one disaster after another, and if Cashman thinks acquiring Tulowitzki will improve things, then he has another thing coming.
For all his talents, the 30-year old Tulowitzki has only surpassed the 127-game mark three times in his nine-year MLB career. He’s also failed to hit the 100-game mark on three occasions. Talent means nothing if it’s sitting in the clubhouse.
As his years pile up on a broken down body, his position of short-stop will also come into question. How many years does he have left at the position? Let’s think smart here: Derek Jeter is the exception, not the norm, and the Yanks shouldn’t rush in trying to replace him.
Most short-stops, regardless of talent, have to move positions in their early thirties at the latest, and Tulowitzki is almost at that point.
Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran and even the younger Masahiro Tanaka will all be major health concerns for this club in 2015. How would they even be able to field a team if Tulowitzki is a part of this mix? Instead of rebuilding, or retooling the organization’s personnel road map, the Yankees continue the madness that is picking up aging, veteran players who’s best days are behind them.
Cashman was there during the late ’90’s. He needs to remember what built that dynasty: developing young talent from within.
If the definition of insanity is continuing to repeat the same process over and over again expecting different results, then the Yankees have entered that category should they go down the Tulowtizki avenue.