[0] That’s one great month and five bad months and it made his season feel worse than it probably was.

And that’s pretty close to a description of how I saw the Yankees season as a whole.  One great month (June) and five mediocre ones made it feel a whole lot worse than it actually was.

I’m ready to move on from Granderson.  The strikeouts are heartbreaking and come at a 4:1 clip over the HRs.

I want to see if Granderson can rebound a little bit next season and then let him go. They guy lost a step or two on defense and is not a good baserunner anymore. But still can see him rebound next year.

My eyeballs told me his swing got longer and slower as the year wore on, but what do my eyeballs know, especially when they’re staring through prison bars?

Braves to exercise McCann option.

I’d like to see how much moving Granderson to LF and Gardner to CF would help. (I’m not asking you to run a simulation.) The strike outs were painful to watch, but I was most angry with some of the routes he took tracking down fly balls late in the season. I think it cost the Yankees big time in a few spots. Or does moving Gardner to CF negate his defensive advantage in LF while moving Granderson to LF negates his offensive advantage in CF?

Of all the people I got angry with this year I really hated getting mad at Granderson because he seems like such a nice person.

[2] Yeah, the FA rebound year. If he does rebound, anyone giving him a big offer is forewarned.

So the Yankees get swept by the Tigers, who I always thought a bit of a hollow team (actually both are hollow teams, IMO), and the Tigers get swept in turn by the Giants. Puts a smile on my face.

The Giants with two in three years show that big time every day players/contracts don’t necessarily turn into WS Championships. Pitching and the most amorphous thing of all in baseball, clutch hitting, are what win the WS.

Francessa just said that there are strong rumors of Kuroda back to the Dodgers. Who knows.

The gain from swapping Gardner and Granderson comes from increasing the number of chances Gardner would see and from decreasing the number of chances Granderson would see. You’re now comparing them to different players on offense and defense and the position adjustments should in theory account for moving them.

Let’s say Gardner’s a +15 LF and Granderson’s a -10 CF.  A generic position adjustment would make Gardner a +5 CF and Granderson an average LF and you’d effectively see no difference between swapping them.  But it’s possible that Gardner and/or Granderson would be better/worse in their new positions and if the Yankees want to plan for 2014 and beyond it’d be nice to know to have a better idea of just how good of a CF Gardner may be.

And I hated getting frustrated with Granderson too.  I kept hoping he’d break out of it but he just never did.

And so now, everyone understands how an outstanding center field talent became available to the Yankees in a trade.

When he debuted he was like a .270 hitter that sprinted everywhere.  It was awesome

[5]  Agree that Granderson’s defense was noticeably bad last year and very frustrating to watch at times.  It really became a pet peeve of mine.  And yeah, he’s by all accounts a great guy, but had a very tough year with the strikeouts, in the field, and in the postseason.

I do agree that if Granderson isn’t in the longterm plans, it’s best to move Gardner to CF now. Make sure he is the longterm solution.

With Granderson being all Kingman and such, does he project better in RF ? His arm isn’t heinous, and he’d benefit from a smaller home right field.

I thought he struck out 34 times in 33 AB but it was actually 16

Reminds me of reading the Bill James Abstract 1988 or so and his comment that (I paraphrase): Brook Jacoby somehow managed to hit 30 HR with only 11 RBI.  Well okay, 69, but you know what I mean . . .

Nate Silver is under attack by the alskors of the world.

I was looking forward to watching him play in pinstripes for another four or five years but now while I’d be perfectly happy watching him as a Yankee in 2013 I’m more interested in seeing if he can fetch more than I think he can in a trade.

Definitely.  Nothing wrong with having Granderson in a corner OF spot in 2013.  But certainly should see what he can bring back in a trade.  Ideally of course if someone has a B+ SS prospect in (or ready for) AA, that’s what would be nice.  Then said prospect hopefully in AAA before end of season, and ready for some utility work in 2014 (or if he plays well enough starting and pushing Jeter to utility).  Could Granderson get a B+ prospect?  Maybe.  Depends on what other teams feel his worth is (I think for one year he could be valued anywhere from 2-5 WAR), where they stand on the win spectrum (do they think they’re a Granderson away from being WS contenders), and if said B+ prospect is blocked on their team.  We can dream…

My current dream is if Yankees can put together a package to get Alex Gordon.  I’m wondering if Nova+Warren+Adams is enough to start the conversation?  KC needs pitching and Nova and Warren would probably improve them there.  Adams is likely an upgrade over anything they have at 2B…basically, can the Yankees do that (or Joseph) plus any non-Williams/Austin/Heathcott/Sanchez prospect?  Probably not.  But I can dream.

[15] KC should be fine at 2B if they could just give Giavotella (sp?) the job and stop screwing around.

[16] I don’t think there’s consensus on his ability to be a major-league regular, is there?  He’s only 24 and has mashed in the minors, but so far his major-league record is unimpressive and UZR doesn’t think much of his fielding (SSS).  I think I’ve read some mixed reviews on if people think he’s a long-term solution.  For whatever reason, KC doesn’t seem to like him.