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My Adopted Player? Noah Syndergaard!!!

There are a ton of guys to choose from and a lot of splashy names that i went through in my head like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper and Kershaw etc. But i decided to steal from our crosstown rivals. Why Syndergaard? Well a couple reasons.

First, youth, Noah is only 24 years old. If im trying to win it all next year sure I might want Kershaw, but im thinking long term winning and when i looked up the age of many of the top Cy young guys they are starting to all cross the dreaded 30 line.

Second, Contract, like the prompt stated you gotta take money into consideration and the Yanks aint trying to reach 300 million anymore probably more like 197. That being said big time starters like Kershaw either make big time money for way longer than im comfortable given their age or they are due to make it soon. Noah doesnt hit the open market till 2022.

Third, i focused on pitching because thats always really been the key for the Yanks. Adding another power pitcher is something I think the Yanks could use. Right now Severino is probably the only guy who can simply overpower lineups. Noah could be that guy.

Fourth, why not Mike Trout OR Harper or Altuve etc. Well first i think the Yanks can have Harper in another year if they want him but honestly we dont actually NEED any of these guys to hit. It would be fun to see, but we have other guys who can produce. Pitching and dominating pitching is harder to spring.

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