The Yankees Doom Watch

[GiambiJuice]

I never bought into the whole doom and gloom that many critics were predicting for 'em this season. Most teams will have to rely on their farm system to fill the holes due to injury. Not the Yankees. They go and get guys like Vernon Wells who's making $18M a year. They've got $39M allocated to two guys at 3B and neither is playing. Their starting pitching is doing great and that's what's got 'em to first place.

Vernon Wells stinks. Yes, he's off to a good start this season, but any team could have gotten him from the Angels this offseason for pennies on the dollar. The Yankees are only on the hook for one third of the money owed to him by Anaheim. The Angles had no use for him and he had an 86 OPS+ and 0.1 WAR over the last two seasons. He's been replacement level at best.

[blade1969]

Vernon Wells stinks. Yes, he's off to a good start this season, but any team could have gotten him from the Angels this offseason for pennies on the dollar. The Yankees are only on the hook for one third of the money owed to him by Anaheim. The Angles had no use for him and he had an 86 OPS+ and 0.1 WAR over the last two seasons. He's been replacement level at best.

Vernon Wells doesn't stink, he's just maddeningly inconsistent. If he keeps this up, this will be his fifth very good season, to go along with five bad seasons, and two respectable seasons. This is probably a contract year for him, which would explain why he's playing so well.

[GiambiJuice]

Vernon Wells doesn't stink, he's just maddeningly inconsistent. If he keeps this up, this will be his fifth very good season, to go along with five bad seasons, and two respectable seasons. This is probably a contract year for him, which would explain why he's playing so well.

Based on recent track record he stinks. I don't care what he did in 2003.

He's had a 99 OPS+ and 8.6 WAR over the past six seasons combined. That WAR total doesn't crack the top one hundred and fifty (150) position players during the last six seasons. Jack Cust and failed prospect Cameron Maybin are among players who have been more valuable than Wells since 2006.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Contract or not, the expectations on Wells aren't very high for this year. Anything he delivers would be a plus.

Anything will do when you're doomed.

[bassball]

Anything will do when you're doomed.

aren't they in 1st place??

[dominik]

aren't they in 1st place??

I think he was joking.

[9&10]

aren't they in 1st place??

They are but I think CCN was refering to their situation in the offseason and looking at that laundry list of players who were on the DL, so they had to do something. And they got lucky.