Day 84

Fresh Start_84: Say no to Chapman
Don’t click off just yet Yankee fans. I know you would disagree with me and many of you might think I am losing my mind about the Yanks. I would prefer Jansen over Chapman, yes I would, because we already had Chapman and we dealt him away. We didn’t pay his contract for our rental of Chapman, and I honestly wouldn’t want to pay the money that Chapman wants for the years and the play that he will produce of the field. Jansen can be a spark for the bombers that had in the early years of this decade in the Marino Rivera days. No one will ever be the Sandman ever again, but Jansen is more reliable then Chapman as a closer. Last season Jansen had 47 saves with a 1.83 in 682/3 innings for the Dodgers and provided a bridge to Clayton Kershaw in Game 5 of the NLDS.

Chapman had 36 saves between the Yankees and Cubs with a 1.51 combined ERA in 58 innings in a shorten season, courtesy of his domestic violence troubles. The “Cuban Missal” in my opinion will stay will the Cubs for a pretty penny and close games for the defending champs. Jansen will be a better fit for how Joe Girardi likes to use his bullpen. Jansen can go three innings if need be and could make Dellin Betances a better pitcher overall, taking him under his wing and helping him truly become the closer the Yankees want him to be if Jansen only signs for a short period of time. In my mind Betances is a better set-up guy for the Yankees and it is a most to spend a little on a big name closer. Jansen will want a decent amount of money, but a little less then Chapman, because of what type of pitcher Jansen is. The average price in my head will most likely be around $13 million. Chapman has reportable wanted $15 million, and the future of the Yankees depend on a fat wallet in the offseason, and this free-agent class is not worth breaking the bank over. Chapman is not worth the money point blank, and Jansen isn’t but only to a lesser degree. Jansen is worth a two year 13 million dollars and could bring a good bullpen back in the Bronx. A lesson that I learned early on from my dad about pitchers is, you don’t give a pitcher a long term deal. I would expand on that statement and say you especially don’t if the pitcher is a reliever who pitches less than 100 innings a season.

If the baby bombers want to have a playoff run in 2017, they will follow a similar blue print to last off season, only signing Jansen this time around. If the Yankees find a trade partner for Brian McCain and are happy with the return, ship him away, and bring up a younger back-up catcher. The back end is an absolute most for competing for a championship in the game today, and that has been shown by the past 6 champion teams.

If you aren’t convinced, Jansen had 2.5 wins above replacement (W.A.R.) to only 0.8 that Chapman put up in 2016. I am not huge on analytics but W.A.R. is something that is making a difference in the game and is a stat that players are getting paid for. W.A.R. is an analytic that is made up in this machine like Watson for IBM. Baseball is changing and analytics are part of it, to my disliking, giving us shifts that we see every game, for every batter. So by stats and W.A.R. Brian Cashman should be giving his cash to Kenley Jansen this offseason. To Aroldis Chapman, have a nice career and thank you for the couple of months that you dawned the pinstripes, congratulations on your ring, and enjoy your big pay day when it comes.
Sources:(baseballreference.com, espn.com)

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