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Yankees fans, there is a lot to discuss today. If you want to be kept up to date with the latest Yankees news, do me a favor, hit that subscribe button. Also do hit that like button and let me know what you guys think down in the comments. But according to Jorge Castillo, VSPN, the Yankees are waiting to see if David Bednar accepts the one-year $23 million qualifying offer. But if Bednar declines, the Yankees are expected to be interested in signing left-hander Adrian Morajon. Now. Here's the thing before I go in and break down more home stats and tell you how much I love the guy. If David Bednar, what if he accepts the qualifying offer, are you not going to go after more home then? Because David's deal would only be a one year deal. He'd be entering his age 32 season. David had a tremendous year for the Yankees this past season. He had a really good year, a rough beginning, great ending to his season for the Yanks. So I would love to bring him back. And if he accepts it, great. Why not just sign both guys? Especially if David accepts this and it's only a one-year deal. Now, if Bednar declines, are you going to move on from him? That's what it kind of sounds like here from Jorge Castillo. If Bednar declines the deal, are you going to move on and try to pursue a multi-year deal with Morajon instead of Bednar? Because then you're at risk of losing David because he seemed like he liked being a Yankee. So you're kind of playing a scary game there. But I do understand why the Yankees would want to sign more a home if this is the case. If they do want to sign more a home to a long-term deal rather than signing David Bednar to a long-term deal. Long-term deal, I mean like three to four years. And for a reliever, that's a long time. Especially premium money, that's a lot for a reliever. Now, David Bednar is entering his age 32 season. He just turned 32 on October 10th. So the Yankees would sign him if it's a four-year deal from 32 to 35 because he'll be turning 36 at the end of that contract. Now with Morajon, he's 27 years old. He's going to enter the season age 28. So he's four years younger than Bednar. Four years, basically. So if the Yankees, if they feel like, all right, Morajon is more of the long-term solution, he's basically entering his prime. I mean, he had a really good season this year. Lockdown year for the Padres. Rough start to his season, Morjone, but month of May, very strong, had under a 2 ERA in the month of May. Month of June, had a 2.03 ERA. July, 2.57. August, 0.54. 4.50 in September and October, but Morjone overall had a very good season. 86 innings pitched, 107 strikeouts. 76 appearances, a 283 ERA for San Diego, a 1.081 whip. Bednar had a better whip, 1.038 whip. Now, I would love if they could sign both. I wish that was the case. As I said earlier, it's like if David goes, if he leaves, are you just going to go offer more hone, a multi-year deal and try to swing for the fences there? But then You're not really showing good faith to Bednar, right, if you're going after another guy. And then if that other guy signs, and you're saying, all right, David, adios, brother, we're done here, that would suck. Now, having both guys at the back end of that bullpen, that's a very expensive back end. But it's not like the Yankees haven't done that before. They have in the past. It's just not a popular thing to do. And I get that. And with how the Yankees could save pitchers' careers, Blackburn, Luke Weaver, Tim Hill, I mean, it's going to be interesting to see who they're going to save next year. But in my opinion, you don't have to want to rely on that all the time. You don't want to have to rely on developing your setup man. You just want one. You just want a setup man. You want a closer. Then you develop the middle of your bullpen if you have to. But in my opinion, when you get to those late innings, you want somebody locked down. You want a nice bridge to your closer. And this past year, Hedrick was excellent. But before 2026, we didn't know that he was going to be that. We did not expect him to be that. Same with Blackburn. We did not expect him to be that. Two excellent seasons. We did not expect them to be what they were. I don't know if I want to go into 2027 with that same feeling. Just my opinion. So having both guys in Bednar Morhon, that would be ideal for me. That's not going to happen. And it doesn't sound like it either. Now the Yankees are also showing interest in Johnny Loizica, spent last season with the Diamondbacks, had a 2-4-2 ERA in 67 appearances, his first full year since 2022. Johnny, 67 innings pitched, so like an inning a game. He finished 17 games though, Johnny did. A 1.0-3-0 whip, he's not a strikeout guy, sinker ball pitcher as we know, he was with the Yankees for, what, it says eight seasons. I mean, what, he played nine games in 2018, 15 games in 19, 12 games in 20. 2021 was like his first full season with the Yanks, 57 games. But excellent breakout year for him that year at the age of 26 years old and 21. Johnny, would you guys be interested in the Yankees bringing him back? I would. I would. Yes, he has injury concerns. So does Blackburn. But once again, instead of saying one or the other, why not just sign, bring Johnny back? Bring Blackburn back. They're going to be kind of inexpensive compared to what Bednar and Morajon will be. And Cashman did mention that that's a priority for them. The bullpen is their top priority entering this offseason. So if you have to pick between Bednar and Morajon, okay, fine. Pick one then. But then, Loizica, try to lock him down. Other teams are interested in him, but try to lock him down. Try to lock Blackburn down. Try to secure that back end of that bullpen. Like I said earlier, you want to have sure things in the back end of that bullpen. And Loaizica had a good season with Arizona. Blackburn had a very good season with the Yankees. Those are, I mean, there's no sure things in baseball, but based off of their 2026 seasons, that would be, they would be really good. I mean, Johnny, in addition here, Blackburn, a reunion, and in Johnny's case too, a reunion. But I'm talking about Blackburn returning. Being a returning Yankee and playing on the 26 team. And Tim Hill, I just think move on from Tim. I love Tim Hill. I love the story. I think that's run its course. Now, Ryan McMahon, John Heyman reports that he's on the block. And the Yankees know that they would have to pay down the $16 million or take a bad contract back. And there's conflicting info, as we know, on whether they're listening on Garcia Jr. There's somebody within the Yankee organization that just suggests, no, he's staying if the Yankees don't want to trade him. I don't want to trade him either. I want to keep him. I like Garcia. I know his numbers were kind of lackluster for the Yankees specifically. He had like a 733 OPS, 736 OPS as a member of the Yankees. He doesn't strike out much. He puts the ball in play. I think his bat is going to play great at the stadium in 2027. He's still young, 26 years old. He's a free agent at the end of 2027, I know, but if he has a big year, maybe you look into signing him and I think you could have a big season for the Yankees. So I don't want to trade Garcia. I don't think, I think he's part of the solution, not part of the problem. Now, here's another thing. Red Sox signed Jake Bowers today. This affects the Yankees. I think this could take them out of the Jeffers market Because... When it comes to DH and first base now, that goes to Bowers and Contreras. If you sign Jeffers too, you have Jeffers, Adley, Bowers, Contreras. One of them is going to be benched, and there's a lot of money at least invested at that point in three of those four guys. I'm not sure what Adley's making. If you're Boston, you want to play all three, Bowers, Contreras, Adley, if Adley's healthy, every day. That's what you want to do. And I also think it kind of takes them out of Corey Seager a little bit. Now, Corey Seager, different position, plays shortstop, of course. But there's a lot of smoke going around Seager right now. And I think Seager to the Yankees is very real. Not that I am hoping that happens. I disagree with the move, to be honest with you. He's an injury-prone baseball player. We've dealt with that with Giancarlo Stanton for a while. Aaron Judge was hurt. For most of last year, he will be 33 years old, Seager. I don't think that's the move to make right now. You should have just signed him as a free agent when he was a free agent in 2021. That's when that made the most sense. Not pay for the back half of his deal, which is a lot of money. If Texas is able to eat some of that money, if Texas is able, as I said earlier, McMahon's on the block. If the Yankees are able to move McMahon to Texas, because when it comes down to it, If the Yankees could move McMahon in a Corey Seager trade and have Texas take on some of Seager's money, it's five years in Seager versus one year in McMahon for Texas, that's a good trade-off. So I don't think the Yankees would have to take on any money of Ryan's deal because you're taking back a large deal in Seager, but you also hope that... The Rangers eat some of his money, and maybe it could be like, hey, don't eat the first year because you took Ryan, but those next four seasons, eat at least 40 to 50. I'm not a GM, but I think that could get it done. And then imagine paying Corey Seager, if you're the Yankees, paying him on your books like 20, 21 million per year if Texas eats 40 to 50. That's pretty good. But he's injury prone. He's an injury prone baseball player. We've gone through the, he hasn't had a full season since 2022. I'm just, I'm so conflicted with Corey Seager because he's a good baseball player. Very good baseball player. I just, I don't think it's the move. I don't think that's the move for the Yankees. And of course he would have to waive his no trade. Is he going to do that? We'll see. But if the Yankees get him, you will know here. I keep you guys updated throughout the offseason, into spring training. In this case, offseason, lockout. Then we'll have another off-season probably, then spring training, and then the regular season. I keep you guys posted throughout everything. So if you love the Yankees, you're not subscribed, what are you doing? Subscribe. You guys are the best. 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