AL
East **tes: Cervelli, Pineda, Drew, Orioles
While much has been made of the*
Yankees' lack of infield depth in 2014,
Joel Sherman of the New York Post points out that the depth*
beyond this coming season is even more concerning. Of the team's starting infielders, only
Mark Teixeira is under contract after 2014, and they have little in the way of MLB-ready replacements within the organization. As such, Sherman reports that when scouting other clubs, the Yankees aren't looking for platoon partners for
Kelly Johnson or
Brian Roberts; they're looking for a "500 at-bat" type of player who could start in 2015. Rival scouts are focusing on the Yankees' catchers, and a deal centered around
Francisco Cervelli and
Gordon Beckham "is **t impossible," writes Sherman. He adds that
Mason Williams could be a trade chip with the Yankees' outfield **w locked in for the foreseeable future.
Here are some more links pertaining to the AL East...
- Asked by MLB.com's Paul Hagen about the possibility of being traded, Cervelli replied:*"I don't k**w. I've been here forever. I don't have that answer, because I feel right **w like this is my house.*But if somebody wants me to go over there, I've got to make the adjustment, you k**w?" Cervelli added that his dream has always been to be a starting catcher, but he accepts his role as a backup to Brian McCann. Manager Joe Girardi told Hagen that he feels Cervelli could be a starter for a**ther organization, praising Cervelli's development offensively and defensively.
- Hagen also writes that Michael Pineda has made a good impression with the*Yankees this spring, but manager Joe Girardi suggested that he'd be on an innings limit if he won the fifth starter's job. "Let's just say, hypothetically, he was a starter at some point," Girardi said to Hagen. "You're going to have to adjust. Because you're **t getting 200 innings from him."*Pineda shrugged off Girardi's comments when asked about them, stating that he k**ws it's Girardi's choice to make, and he's simply preparing himself to be ready to pitch every fifth day.
- Stephen Drew tells Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe that doesn't k**w where he's going to be playing in 2014, but he's confident that a club will sign him and that he can help the team win. Drew is working out with fellow free agent Kendrys Morales at the Scott Boras Training Institute in Miami and says he feels he is coming off his best defensive season in the Majors. He'd love to return to Boston, but ack**wledges that he can see why the team wants to give Xander Bogaerts a long look at shortstop. Drew doesn't say it directly, but he hints at his displeasure with the qualifying offer/compensatory draft pick system.
- Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com hears from scouts outside the*Orioles organization that Baltimore is on the hunt for a backup catcher. The club has yet to commit to choosing solely betwee Steve Clevenger and Johnny Monell for that distinction. Kubatko writes that manager Buck Showalter feels the decision will ultimately come down to defense.
AL East **tes: Cervelli< Pineda< Drew< Orioles
03-14-2014, 08:24 PM
AL East **tes: Cervelli, Pineda, Drew, Orioles
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