DJ LeMahieu and you teased that
you had some really nice
interesting numbers for D.J. why
he was deserving of this deal.
I do.
You know when you look at DJ
LeMahieu he was the gein of guy
that growing up.
That's the kind of hitter.
I think all hitters want to be
someone who can hit the ball out
of the ballpark take and hit
doubles and triples but you
don't strike out and striking
out.
When I was growing up was kind
of an embarrassing thing.
This guy's K rate is under 10
percent but he can do so many
things.
I want to take a look at what he
does at home and what he does on
the road.
Take a look at this on the on at
home.
Oh I'm sorry.
On the road.
He's an all star player but at
home he is a superstar.
360.
Twenty seven home runs for on
base in a six thirty five
slugging.
But take a look at why Yankee
Stadium is such a perfect fit.
Six of those home runs would
have been homeruns in every
other of the other ballparks.
Yankee Stadium is just perfectly
suited for his style of hitting
the way he hits the ball the
opposite way.
That's short porch in right
field.
Just it just suits him.
And I think as a player when you
know you found a place that
you're comfortable in we might
look at those numbers and say
you know 90 million of cash he
should have gotten more.
You start looking at the other
third baseman's in the game that
have gotten more money or hyped
for years for you.
Pretty like Josh Donaldson.
Donaldson But I don't think he's
at an age where he sees this
team.
He sees this organization and
he's like I like it here.
I want to be here.
And I'll take a little bit less
to stay here and wear those
pinstripes for the rest of my
career.
Because today further days point
here.
I mean he 50 mil a year.
This guy just came off a deal
where he was making an average
of 12 million a year.
He could have gone four or five
years.
Originally they were thinking
about one hundred hundred twenty
five million.
So he could have held out for a
little bit more.
It shows you just though how
well he probably thought he was
a good fit with the Yankees and
just wanted to get this done.
Well listen he wanted to be
there.
The Yankees knew that.
He wanted to be there.
You knew that any player that
the Yankees covet and wants to
be there is probably going to
end up in the uniform anyway.
It's very funny that you see
those home and away numbers when
he came from Colorado probably
had the same home in a way
numbers.
So he just likes playing at
home.
But he's such an excellent
player.
And it's not only that he is so
perfect for that ballclub where
you have a lot of swing and
miss.
Yeah a lot of homerun power and
potential.
But you got to put some steaks
on the back.
And he's one of those guys that
consistently gets on base.
I think when you look at his
numbers last year of course MVP
votes now his last couple of
years.
But more importantly and I don't
know if it was presented in this
way but he probably wanted a
number which was 90 million.
He probably wanted that number.
And over six years or so it's
probably the last contract he's
probably going to get.
As you look at that Yankee
lineup.
But more importantly I think and
I'm I'm not sure if they talked
about this but having that
average annual value still gets
them with about oh it helps a
million or so to go get maybe
one or two more starting
pitchers which would really help
them.
It's like a Tom Brady deal back
with the Patriots.
He'd always take a little bit
less and make that contract so
they can restructure and then
they can start A40 like thirty
seven or whatever it is.
But don't forget one thing by
resigning D.J.
That means Gleyber Torres is
your shortstop and he didn't
have the greatest year last
year.
He's got to pick it up a notch.
I think whether he's going
arbitration to the right I think
just quickly I think with a
defensive alignment for it for
the Yankees just to just to show
it Ron's talking about.
So there you go.
You got tourist duck in there
and Luke Voit deejay play a
little of the first first base
but a Luke Voit healthy.
He's a guy.
He said he's a great Betts.
Yeah.
I mean he led the league in
homeruns.
Right.
But you look at D.J. in yellow
there you can place him over a
third.
You can keep him that second.
You can play him at first.
You can also d.h him going
forward over the next six years.
There's going to be some some
versatility that he brings to
this roster that's going to
really benefit.
Then you know Hix coming off the
year where he was injured.
He's a year after that now.
He's going to be much better.
Frazier could be a superstar in
waiting.
I mean he had some big moments
last year.