Chris Young

[CaliCuse]

If the Yankees want to retain him for his defense and occasional use against lefty pitchers. If they have another OF defensive wiz he sticks. Mason Williams has the glove. Maybe even Heathcott. Of course any possible big trade that benefits the Yankees or they are gone. One can only hope. If this team "slump doesn't end soon the season will have been blown away by what may be considered "a big choke"

 

[donniesyracuse]

You are spending a lot of time thinking about a 4th outfielder.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Mason Williams is out for the season after shoulder surgery.

 

[CaliCuse]

You are spending a lot of time thinking about a 4th outfielder.

Ells bury gets hurt and the chess pieces start moving and maybe not covering both defense and offence. I think that Gardner gets overused. That might be a cause of his stolen base reluctancy and Jacoby's. Now both are struggling at the plate and not running. I bet that Giardi will gThe Yanks need to start draftinggoutfielders to get ready forBeltran's exit for retirement. Sure Judge is ready to come up.but right field is just not enough. The farm system has a few international signees that haven't played enough yet to get excited about and maybe they never will get to that point in the system.

 

[CaliCuse]

You are spending a lot of time thinking about a 4th outfielder.

Yes They don't have a legitimate power guy there or third base.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2015/08/...-notes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The Yankees have no plans to bring Aaron Judge to the big leagues when rosters expand in September. Judge remains the Yankees’ top offensive prospect, but he’s hitting just .232 in Triple-A, he will not be Rule 5 eligible this winter, and there’s currently no clear role for him to play in New York.

“Just like last year with (Rob) Refsnyder, we’re not going to bring somebody just to bring them,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “Greg Bird came up because there was a need, and obviously he was performing well. In Judge’s case, there’s currently not a need.”

The Yankees are not down on Judge based on his Triple-A struggles, but they see little sense in having him unnecessarily clog a 40-man roster spot all winter just to come up and get a taste of the big leagues. With Carlos Beltran hitting as well as anyone on the team, there’s no need for a right fielder, and Judge has not performed at a level that suggests he could significantly upgrade over Alex Rodriguez at DH or Chris Young as a platoon outfielder.

Judge opened the season in Double-A and made his Triple-A debut on June 22. In 185 at-bats since then, he’s hit .232/.319/.405 with 61 strikeouts and eight homers. His power has jumped in the month of August, but that power surge has come with only a .200 batting average for the month.

“It’s good that he’s going through it,” Cashman said. “You’d rather have that stuff happen in the minor leagues as they make adjustments and figure out what they have to do on a daily basis to stay positive.”