Day 169

Fresh Start_169: Bombers ink Carter to a One-Year deal
The Yankees have clogged a position they just unclogged this offseason. With the retirements of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez, and the trade of Carlos Beltran the Yankees got rid of the old legs that would have taken up the DH slot in the order in 2017. The Yanks went out and replaced the trio with Matt Holiday signing him to a one-year $13 Million contract to fill the full-time DH role.

Signing Chris Carter seems like an unnecessary move by Brain Cashman and I have no idea why he signed Carter. Even after a career year for Carter where he played in 160 games were he hit 41 homers, knocked in 94 RBI’s—he still struck out 206 times, batted .222, and only walked 76 times. Yes the 41 bombs are impressive, but if I wanted a guy that could do that and still manage to strike out over 200 times while barely batting over the Mendoza line—I would have begged A-Rod to come out of retirement.

After a season of great moves dating back to last offseason going all the way to present day, Cashman has done a great job, this move just doesn’t make any sense. If I wanted to sign a DH, I would have signed a left-handed DH like Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez could potentially help at 1st or 3rd at times throughout the season, something that Carter cannot. When you sign a guy like Chris Carter you understand that you are signing a full-time right-handed DH that can play 1st when you play a National League ball club. I just don’t get it and I can think of 3.5 million reasons on why the Yanks shouldn’t have signed Chris Carter.
Sources:(mlb.com, mlbtraderumors.com, cbssports.com, baseballreference.com)

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