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The AL East is setting up as a race for the ages. Albert Pujols' push for 3, powered by dominant decade. Could Mike Trout outproduce a tanking team's entire lineup? Mookie Betts is playing like an MVP again. The Baby Braves might be ready ahead of schedule. This season, however, Tamarez is doing his best Jeter impression at the plate. He's also a superb athlete, which allows him to handle the shortstop position pretty well. His young age and lack of experience makes him a little error prone, however.
Time should help him develop into a solid shortstop. He has the athleticism to excel at the position, we just have to wait and see if he develops. Tamarez will be 20 when Jeter's contract is up. That's still a little young, but if he continues to improve and has the bat, he'll be in the majors playing shortstop by then. Cito Culver is a year-old shortstop who's been in the Yankees' farm system since he was Over the years, he's slowly started to show why the Yankees took him with their first pick, but he has had a setback this year.
He's batting. Needless to say, his bat still needs a lot of development. Culver doesn't have a fluid swing which might explain the low average. He does, however, have good plate coverage and recognition.
That'll explain the point gap between his average and on-base percentage. With his eye at the plate, his swing should be able to improve as he gains experience. Fixing a swing is much easier than training a player to recognize bad pitches and to not swing at them. Defense-wise, Culver's glove has improved drastically. He has good range, which is supplemented by his excellent speed.
With a little more seasoning in the minors, Culver could replace Derek Jeter at shortstop. Nunez was considered untouchable for the Yankees. His bat, arm and speed make him more likely that Ramiro Pena to take over the shortstop position. Unlike Pena and Elvis Andrus, Nunez has shown power and has the potential to develop even more as he enters his prime. Nunez also has a strong enough arm to play shortstop and the Yankees value that highly.
However, Nunez still has problems fielding the ball. Despite his arm, the other aspects of his defensive skills need a fair amount of work if he's to replace Jeter. He seems lazy when fielding the ball despite his speed and arm indicating that he could be better. Despite that, Nunez would be a cheap option for the Yankees.
In fact, I could see him holding the spot until the Yankees find a better option either through free agency or waiting on one of their younger prospects to develop. Asdrubal Cabrera has the highest odds of anyone on the list and for good reason. The Cleveland Indians probably won't be able to afford him after his contract runs out. The Yankees could give him the money he wants if they decide to spend it on him. He was once known as a solid contact hitter who could play excellent defense. Last season changed that, however.
With his 25 homers in , Cabrera has shown that he has power. Double-digit homers are to be expected of him should he join the Yankees. Cabrera's average has suffered since his season, but his on-base percentage has risen. His approach at the plate fits with the Yankees. Unlike some of the current Yankee players, he isn't strikeout prone.
He's only struckout over times once. Everyone knows about Cabrera's dazzling defense. Despite Derek Jeter winning all of those Gold Gloves, many have criticized his defensive skills and range. Once upon a time, Tino Martinez faced almost exactly what Gregorius is about to face in the coming weeks. Martinez replaced the universally adored Don Mattingly in , and as he struggled he felt the heat from the home crowd early and often.
He needed a teammate to help him manage the burdens of it all, and that teammate was a daily lunch partner who was much wiser than his years. Derek would be laughing at me, and it wasn't funny. But he'd say, 'Hey, we're playing baseball for the New York Yankees. Just enjoy it. That same season, Girardi took the place of a catcher, Mike Stanley, who had put up good offensive numbers for three consecutive years before signing as a free agent with Boston.
So Girardi pressed and pressed and pressed some more. Following Stanley then wouldn't prove to be as difficult as following Torre later, but Girardi still tried to be something he most definitely was not -- a home run hitter -- until his former manager with the Cubs, Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer, ordered him to stop and be himself.
For whatever reason, it really relaxed me when I caught Doc's no-hitter. I didn't have to answer the questions after that. I realized I might be here for a different reason than Mike Stanley was, and that really helped. Girardi had his breakthrough moment a couple of weeks after Cashman said Martinez had his, a 15th-inning grand slam on the road to beat the Orioles. Surely Gregorius would benefit from a winning hit next week or, dare we say, a jump throw from deep in the hole to kill a rally.
He's pretty happy-go-lucky and always has a smile on his face, pretty similar to the last guy we had there. So it's important that we keep it like that. He's very athletic and his talent hasn't been completely tapped. I think there's so many things that this kid can do. The scouts liked his range on defense and figured the right-field porch in the Bronx would make him a stronger, more confident hitter. He looks like an NFL wide receiver. Over the phone Thursday, Cashman called Gregorius' defense in this camp "fantastic" and said his swing has looked promising to date.
If he gives us great defense and hits a little bit, I'll be happy as hell. Funny, but Torre and others said the same thing about Derek Jeter in the spring of Jeter went on to hit a little bit, and then some. He hit his way into a forever corner of Yankees mythology.
Right now he's just a kid trying to get past his sore left wrist, a newbie hoping Alex Rodriguez 's return provides him the kind of cover in April it provided him in March. But soon enough the novelty of A-Rod's final act will wear off, and the sun and the lights will shine brightly on the most conspicuous position in the field.
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