SUNDAY: Torres is starting at second on Sunday for the Yankees, who optioned Wade to Triple-A in a corresponding move.
SATURDAY: The Yankees are set to promote their best prospect, infielder Gleyber Torres, Jack Curry of the YES Network reports. Torres will join the Yankees for their game against the Blue Jays on Sunday. He’s already on the Yankees’ 40-man roster, so they won’t need to jettison anyone in order to make room for him.
The 21-year-old Torres is in his second full season with the Yankees, who acquired him in a deal with the Cubs centering on closer Aroldis Chapman in July 2016. It’s fair to say the trade has worked out for both teams, given that Chapman helped pitch the Cubs to a World Series that year and then returned to the Yankees as a free agent in the ensuing offseason, and Torres has turned into an elite prospect.
MLB.com is among many outlets with a high opinion of Torres, ranking him as the game’s No. 5 prospect while lauding his offensive and defensive potential. The right-handed-hitting Torres has shown plenty of upside with the bat since his promotion to Triple-A in 2017, having slashed .331/.409/.488 in 149 plate appearances at the minors’ highest level. Torres’ season was cut short in 2017 on account of a left elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery, but he returned this year to post a .370/.415/.543 line in 53 PAs prior to his promotion to New York.
Originally a shortstop, Torres also brings minor league experience at second and third base. He’s unlikely to make an impact at short for the Yankees, who have breakout star Didi Gregorius there, but could play either of the other two positions. Of course, fellow highly touted prospect Miguel Andujar has impressed lately at third, where he has been filling in for the injured Brandon Drury (on the DL since April 7 with migraines). On the other hand, New York hasn’t gotten much production at second from accomplished veteran Neil Walker or youngster Tyler Wade, so Torres could be a factor there for a 10-9 club that’s lagging well behind the incredibly hot Red Sox (17-2) in the AL East early in the season.
Regardless of where Torres primarily lines up, or if this just proves to be a cup of coffee until Drury returns, the Yankees will be able to control him through the 2024 campaign.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Finally!
“I got a bad feeling about this” – Han Solo, Cubs fan
I hope he has a great career. Trading him for Chapman made it possible for the Cubs to become World Champions! No regrets.
Are we sure the Cubs would have lost without Chapman? I can say with certainty that if the Cubs hadn’t come back to win Game 7, Chapman would have been blamed for the loss after giving up that home run to Rajai Davis. The Cubs did come out on top so obviously their FO will get a pass on almost anything but in a vacuum, trading a top 10 overall prospect for two months of a reliever is the type of thing that will get you fired.
You can’t argue it made the Cubs worse considering their closer was Rondon before the trade. Chapman pitched 13 games in the postseason compared to Rondon’s 7 games.
Joe Maddon overused Chapman and thus Chapman started to fatigue. If the Cubs has lost the series, Maddon’s bullpen management would be the reasoning for the lost.
Is wonder how often the tigers wish they’d kept John Smoltz………
Agreed . Rondon and strop both on dL after break if no Chapman who knows. Chapman locked down game 4 to clinch giants . Chapman shut down Indians in 9th after blowing 8th. What if’s are fun but fact is cubs won with Chapman
Joe Maddon didn’t show much faith in NL ERA leader Kyle Hendricks either by yanking him after he walked a batter with two outs in the bottom of the 5th inning when the Cubs had a 5-1 lead.
Jon Lester then came into the game along with personal catcher David Ross who replaced Willson Contreras. An infield hit with a throwing error by Ross put runners on second and third before Lester uncorks a wild pitch that scores both of them and suddenly its a 5-3 game with both Hendricks and Contreras out of the game.
The Cubs go on to add an insurance run in the top of the 6th. Maddon then replaces Lester after he allowed a two-out single in the bottom of the 8th and summons overused closer Aroldis Chapman who promptly blows the lead by allowing an RBI double to Brandon Guyer and a game tying two-run homer to Rajai Davis.
Every minute of every day but the pitcher Doyle Alexander went 10-0 and Smoltz I think took 5 years to get called up.
Whether he was the lynch pin to a series win or not, they made the trade, he performed down the stretch, and they got their first title in 100+ years. Hard to say it wasn’t worth it.
Sure, go ahead and give Maddon and Chapman a pass. I won’t.
I’m also not about to give the Cubs front office a free pass for that July 2016 trade just as I didn’t when it was consummated. Fortunately the f.o. did have the foresight to let Chapman walk as a FA after the season or they might have two domestic abusers on their roster right now. But because they finally won a World Series title after 108 years that makes everything hunky-dory.
By putting Ross in Ross homers off Miller. Maddon puts montero in who gets rbi that helps cubs win by one. Maddon puts Montgomery in who gets final out. Who knows if Hendricks throws complete game laugher or gets shelled next inning
Such is the risk that comes when trading prospects for a veteran, especially a rental. And for every one who ends up becoming a superstar, there are a boatload of those who don’t. It’s easy to judge a trade in hindsight.
Actually, yeah. It does.
This is why you try to judge the process behind a trade instead of the outcome. I can’t think of any other situation where trading a top 10 prospect in baseball for two months of a reliever was considered anything but a hose job.
Who is the other abuser you are referring to, Aaron? Russell has only been implicated with hearsay at this point.
Kyle’s obvious abuse of his White Castle App…
Only cub fans will understand why only giving up Torres’s to end a 108 year drought of misery was a steal. Would have traded 5 top 10 to win it all. Now that I’ve seen my beloved cubs win it I wouldn’t necessarily dye it again but to win the first one heck yes.
It wasn’t Chapman’s fault, blame the “genius” Madson.
Great points—-nobody really mentions the Ross home run or the fact that Francona used and abused Miller as much as Maddon gets blamed for Chapman. Check the stats—they are identical. Nobody mentions that Francona ran out of players in game 7. Nobody mentions that despite the home run that Francona had Davis in center field and his defense alone cost the Indians three runs (Bryant scoring on a ball hit 210 feet, misplacing Contreras fly ball into a run scoring double, and totally misplaying Bryant’s fly in the 11th, leading to the easy tag by Almora). Fact is in game seven Maddon was the far better manager.
If Gonzalez doesn’t make the error in 2003 nobody knows who Bartman is. If Ross doesn’t make the error in game seven nobody cares about Rajai Davis.
I still don’t get the Maddon bashing. He has won 90 or more games eight of the last ten years……and read this slowly—with Tampa and the Cubs!! The Cubs won 73 games the year before he came. The Cubs won 6 of 8 playoff series in the last three years. It’s absolutely amazing that Maddon has a winning record, if you come to Chicago and listen to talk radio, that anyone could win with all these players that stink: Baez, Russell, Happ, Heyward, Zobrist, Lester, Chapman.
What Maddon is a master at is navigating a 162 game season and getting and keeping players engaged. You can take any individual moment in a season or any game and pick it apart.
I guess Bochy has won three World Series, but other than that there really are no other managers in this post-PED (2003) era that is even close to Maddon in what he has accomplished.
Torres was ranked 26th and 27th on the espn and baseball america prospect lists that year.
100% correct.
Terry Francona is more accomplished.
The Cubs won that WS in spite of Maddon who didn’t manage very well at all!
“If”…
Torres wasn’t a “top 10 overall prospect”, when the Cubs traded him. He was a 19 year old, still in single A, ranked towards the middle of the various top 100 lists.
His value was maybe 20% of what it is now.
He’s trolling. Only Chapman was the wife beater. Addison Russell never did anything. His wife’s drunk best friends spread rumors of addy sleeping around. They are obviously not true.
You’re a troll. Go lurk in some white Sox comment section echo chamber.
Wrong.
Just traded him for a World Series . First in 108 years
Because Aroldis Chapman single-handedly won the Cubs that title. lol
The irony of it all is that Chapman and “Genius” Joe Maddon might not have their World Series rings if not for overpaid veteran RF Jason Heyward who called for that player-only team meeting during the fateful rain delay that followed the Cubs late inning collapse in Cleveland. The Cubs then went on to rally in the 10th inning in spite of Chapman’s blown save and Maddon poor utilization and over-use of his closer during the series which contributed to his lack of effectiveness in Game 7.
Maddon 1 World Series ring you 0. Easy to pick one game . He managed all 162 and playoffs . Roberts with quick hook lost it for dodgers
For the record I am a 62-year old die-hard Cub fan who almost didn’t make it to 60 because of Maddon’s managing in that postseason, which was especially suspect in the World Series. I also happen to be a die-hard White Sox fan who enjoyed their far less dramatic 11 and 1 playoff run in 2005 that netted them their first World Series title since 1917.
Ha ha now come on die hard cub fan and white Sox 🙂 . Cubs couldn’t have won it easy . Had to be gut wrenching . With that said I’m a cubs fan and hope Torres does well. Maybe cubs and Yankees trade again. I was at nlcs game one when Maddon pulled Lester and was questioning him then Montero hits grand slam.
Actually Aaron Sapoznik is an alias. My real name is Steve Bartman and I did get a World Series ring!
Love it.
Mikel Grady: The Cubs giving out a World Series ring to Bartman was a joke. If it were up to me, I’d have picked one of the adoring faithful from Cub nation like many here who have defended them in spite of their faults.
Btw-How did you feel about the Jose Quintana trade, then and now? As a White Sox fan I had nothing to gain from the Chapman/Torres trade, only my disgust as a Cub fan for losing one of MLB’s top prospects for a rental.
The trade of Quintana for Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease is an entirely different conversation. “Q” was one of my favorites on the South Side but the prospect haul from the Cubs in the midst of a rebuild was off the charts in my opinion. As much as I liked the Chris Sale and Adam Eaton returns, I believe the return on Quintana will be even greater over time. Of course, if “Q” can help the Cubs to another title or two that will also satisfy my inner Cub. I value a quality inning eating pitcher who never misses a start and possesses many years of affordable contract control much more than an elite closer, especially one who was only a three month rental.
Insert eyeroll, classic Cubs fan *still* has to complain about the title. Probably calling for Joe’s head again this year because of slow start, right? I too have been a Cubs fan my whole life (I know enough not to like the Sox though, duh).
Love Eloy and thought having to throw cease In was a lot. W is cheap 8-10 mill a year allowing us to sign darvish and maybe Harper. Where does eloy play if on cubs ? Heyward going nowhere . Almora happ and schwarber for 2 spots and zobrist still on team 2 years. Can’t keep and play them all . Several say trade happ or schwarber or Russell. Somebody has to want them for what cubs want
To win the first world series in 108 years HELL YEAH it was worth it! You only get so many bites at the apple so when you get close you better load up the arsenal with all the weapons you can get your hands on. You never know when you’ll get close enough for another opportunity. It might be a hundred years from now, You just don’t know.
Flags Fly Forever.
And it will never happen again. No championship drought will last 108 years or longer.
I hope sending Wade down is the corresponding move. Andujar should be the everyday 3rd baseman.
I hope Andujar is the everyday 3rd baseman for the rest of the season. As far as Wade is concerned trade him to the Red Sox. LOL Let’s face it the guy just CAN’T hit a baseball and never will be able to. In fact, I don’t think he could hit a beach ball. He’s one of the worst hitters I have ever seen. They should get rid of Wade one way or another. If you can’t trade him just give him his outright release. He will never be a decent MLB player. He just doesn’t have the talent.
Wow, maybe they will finally stay over .500 now.
@chri lmaoooo I came back to laugh at this comment
I’m so excited for this.
YES YES YES YES!!!!
Fantasy owners stop reading this and pick him up
just did, thanks for reminding me!
This is awesome. Sure the team is underperforming a bit right now, but Judge looks great, Andujar looks like he’s locked down 3rd, and now we get to see our elite prospect. If Frazier and Ellsbury get healthy, our depth will be fantastic and while I’d prefer to avoid the Wild Card game, staying at .500 will keep us in the playoff race all year
Not conceding the division to the Red Sox with so many head to head games left, but time to win a series starting tomorrow
I won’t be shocked if the yankees trade Torres , Frazier or Andujar because they will prolly try to get Machado or Harper.
Sorry. I just posted similarly without scrolling. My bad…
Yankee fans should not accept “just being .500” with the roster they have being .500 is a major disappointment
Yes, if after 80+ games the Yankees are hovering around .500 I’d agree. But we’re less than a month into the season. One hot week and things could look very different.
As for Torres, he’s not a starting pitcher, so I’m not sure he’s the key to getting them into that hot streak.
Well, diller79 with the pitchers on this Yankees team ..500 is about right for this club. The Yankees have only ONE starting pitcher, (Sevy). The bullpen is only average at best. I’d say that makes the Yankees a .500 or only slightly above .500 ball club. The Media overhyped the Yankees in the offseason calling them the team to beat. If you swallowed the kool-aid you’re not a very smart baseball fan. They are not even close to being the team to beat. Boston and Houston have way, way, better pitching. Remember this cliche, good pitching beats good hitting.
If Frazier shows he’s healthy, he’ll likely be part of a package for a legit top of the rotation starter. In another blog, some posters were negative of the Pomerantz trade. Always a risk but DD makes that trade again today if the situation warranted. Amazing that it stuck probably only because the deadline expired and they had no time to change or cancel it (hidden medicals). Yankees trade for Sonny Gray hasn’t so far worked out.
They will end up trading Frazier and Chance Adams to the Tigers for Michael Fulmer near the deadline. Fulmer is a #1-2 starter and is very young and is under contract for very cheap for a few seasons and the tigers are rebuilding
Not nearly enough.
that’s comedic that you think that isn’t nearly enough. Fulmer has huge health concerns including multiple elbow flare ups in recent times, accompanied by a huge era rise in the second half last year. The Tigers are definitely wishing they already sold high on him at the deadline last year.
My guess is they would be more likely to call up Adams or Sheffield before they would think about trading for a starting pitcher. I could see Frazier being traded at some point because they just don’t have room for him, but I don’t see them trading starting pitchers.
All fans say that of their teams players . They overvalue them so much
and then are sorely disappointed when the return doesn’t match their expectations !
diller79 – If you are rebuilding why would you trade a very young pitcher like Fulmer???? If you are rebuilding wouldn’t you keep the YOUNG guys and trade the OLD guys? Doesn’t that make more sense? When you finish the build Fulmer should be entering his prime years.
You consider trading Fulmer because by the time the team gets good again, he might be a free agent. Also. unless other teams feel that Frazier is injury prone, the proposal of him and Adam’s seems reasonable. How many heard of Fulmer before he was traded by the Mets? Adams by most accounts is a real prospect.
Oh a disgruntled Mets fan.
That explains it…
Is someone get sent down? Or Mabey they finally are learning Austin’s suspension? I’d have to imagine wade is the odd man out
they wont officially announce the move until tomorrow
Does Jace Peterson still have a MLB spot? If so, i could see him getting DFAd.. again
Could be just a “cup of coffee” debut for now but the Gleyber Torres era has officially gotten underway.
The Cubs will definitely regret his trade for rental Aroldis Chapman when all is said and done and probably the Jose Quintana deal to the White Sox for Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease even more so.
Getting Chapman won the cubs a WS. With that result there are no regrets.
Amen
The Cubs won a World Series. They will NEVER regret that trade.
Well let’s hope the fans are sated for another 108 years then !
The Cubs will definitely never regret this trade, since they won a World Series, which is the goal.
The Cubs won their first world series in 108 years! Regret what ?? Regret winning something you couldn’t do for over a hundred years???? That’s like a young man
regretting losing his virginity!
Lets hope hes ready for MLB level pitching
Personally I’d be more concerned about his defense. He’ll be fine eventually, but he was still pretty raw last year.
Yankees are desperate already. How pathetic
get a life
Yankees need to get a real coach before they think about winning anything
And a real catcher!!
idk what the manager is doing thats bad rn. is he telling sonny gray and tanaka to pitch terribly?
I hate fans that judge new players and coaches after less than one month. True, he had no coaching experience. But neither did Alex Cora for the 17-2 Sox, but I don’t think Cora is the reason they’re hot.
The team on the field is always the biggest factor in a team’s success or failure, and after 3 weeks it’s hard to make any judgement call on how good or bad a first time manager is.
Alex Cora was a manager in waiting. Aaron Boone was doing an awful job as an announcer and no one thought he would ever be a coach. And the sad part is that he had more promise being an awful announcer then a manager
Johnny super scout-broadcast talent advisor has spoken folks,by the way Aaron doesn’t come down to your place of work and criticize how you push the carts in.
Pretty much.
No super scout-broadcast talent necessary to know that Aaron Boone is a joke of a manager
If he was a manager in waiting why wasn’t he managing or coaching in the minors?
He was the bench coach of the World Series winning Astors…….. you may be the dumbest here.
Lack of specific knowledge of Cora’s managerial history is ignorance, not stupidity. Know the difference, stupid.
I think the Yankees need another decent starting pitcher! They should’ve done whatever it took to get Gerritt Cole from the Pirates.
@diller79 – It would certainly help but where do you find one now. I doubt Joe Girardi would come back after the way he was treated by Cashman.
Yankees really need to think about how that bullpen of theirs. Offense is more than great. It’s all up to the bullpen to stop the bleeding.
i could see a move for expiring contracts like brach, herrera and maybe even britton later in the season
the Yankees SP is a far greater area of concern than their BP. At this rate, their BP will be completely gassed by mid July.
Exactly. The bullpen will come around, they’re too good not to be at least competent. But Tanaka has had an up-and-down career, Sabathia is on his last legs, and Grey has been a big disappointment. Severino has been great, Montgomery a solid 5th starter.
They need an upgrade in the rotation, badly, but I’m certain the Yankees knew this would be a weak spot going in. Their eye has always been on 2019, regardless of last season unexpected success. They weren’t and aren’t willing to give up the farm, or go over the luxury tax this season, for a short term rental or high priced free agent.
I don’t know if that’s true. The Stanton deal was a clear win now move since that contract is going to be scary down the road. They were in such desperate need for a starting pitcher, or at the very least, a little starting pitcher depth. They new they were going to be competing this year,
They knew they would be competing, but they weren’t willing to sacrifice the future to win now. Stanton was a deal they had to make because it didn’t really cost them much beyond (essentially) Headley and Castro, two players that had to be moved by 2019 anyway to make room for Andujar and Torres..
They had a goal of getting under the luxury tax to reset their penalty rate, and weren’t willing to exceed that to re-load their starting rotation. Next season I’m sure they’ll go past the luxury tax limit if they need to.
Resigning Garcia would’ve helped their depth
or signing one of the FA pitchers who signed for a lot less than was expected . But I still think a Cole trade with the Pirates would’ve been the best option .
I think people undervalue how good Houston is at using technology to help their pitchers be their best. Verlander made a comment as to such and for a guy who was on his last legs in Detroit he sure seems to have figured out again. I’m not sure Cole would be doing as well in NY as he has been doing in Houston. He was a guy who had the stuff but just needed the right push to put it all together.
Yep, I have to agree with you brucewayne. Riddle me this batman, Wouldn’t he be better than Sonny Gray???? Why did he give up good prospects for Sonny Gray and not Cole?
I agree wholeheartedly !
Tyler Wade or Jace Peterson gets the DFA
They need the pitchers.
Hope Tyler Wade turns it around. It’s always the same story with this kid:
1) Hit AAA / all levels of minors
2) Hit Spring training
3) Versatile Defender (Despite early season errors)
4) When gifted an opportunity to be 2018 starting 2B: Wade Hits .086 (3-for-35) with 3BB, 11K, and 2 extra base hits.
Wade is Lifetime .129 12-for-93 in MLB. (101 PA) When do you say enough is enough. There’s one particular Yankee fan here, who believes Wade will be ROY.
I hope I’m wrong, We have Aaron Judge’s 2016 to look to, when looking at Tyler Wade’s anemic, brief 2017 and 2018.
I still believe the kid can turn it around^ Good luck
Wade has options left and Torres is already on the 40 man. Wade simply gets sent down to SWB and Torres gets called up.
Yeah by DFA, I meant get sent back down, but Wade does have options left. I was wrong.
Thank you for the polite and courteous correction. Sent down to AAA, and “DFA” are not interchangeable.
xablal – Well you can be assured you are the ONE AND ONLY person in America who believes Tyler Wade will be ROY. In fact, you’re probably the only person, other than maybe his mother, who thinks Wade has the talent to play in the major leagues.
Wait a minute! Now that I think of it, IS THIS YOU MRS. WADE?? Come on is this you Mrs. Wade using an alias??
Not me…! My message was geared toward 1 specific yankee fan who keeps bashing me because I refuse to drink the Tyler Wade Kool Aid, and worship Tyler Wade
“….You clearly have no idea how good Wade is since he’s barely been up to the show,how about watching a Yankees game the kids doing good..he might just win ROY….”
mlbtraderumors.com/2018/04/injury-notes-bumgarner-…
-Carl Showalter (other alias below, that 1 dude attk me)
Way to deflect FF…Golf clap for all BP’s
“He’s unlikely to make an impact at short for the Yankees, who have breakout star Didi Gregorius there . . . “
Um, that “breakout star” is 28 and has yet to post an OPS of .800. Didi would be well advised to avoid the DL. And headaches. The Yanquis still think of Torres as their future SS; only question is when.
I don’t think they’ve made that decision yet, but given Didi’s Yankee career to this point it would not surprise me at all to see Gleyber cement himself as the 2B of the future, rather than SS.
I agree that Torres would fit in nicely at 2B. Didi is playing very well at SS and Andujar is improving at 3rd. I’m glad that Torres is getting a shot
I’m confused why people would down vote this comment. Do people think Torres would not fit at 2B? SMH.
“I’m confused . . . “
I am too. Why are you concerned with what anonymous cowards think about your comment? Anyone with a legitimate disagreement would post a response. Why concern yourself with folks who don’t have the stones to put their “names” on their work.
There was nothing wrong with your comment, btw. Although Torres range would be wasted at 2B. We shall see.
I’m not concerned with what people think of my comment. It wasn’t my comment I was referring to.
Manny and Cashman might interrupt that thinking.
he’s walked 14 times already compared to only 25 times last year. He’s definitely a breakout star. You obviously don’t watch him play. Plus his defensive is pretty great.
For every one whose writing off Stanton already, you’re giving Didi to much credit since it’s only been a couple weeks worth of games
only idiots are writing him off. idiots who expect to win every single game and think the season is only a month long are writing him off. we dont listen to idiots
Didi has been steadily improving season after season. His ISO is surely to clear the 200 mark this season. His wRC+ has also been slowly climbing.
In the past, his weakness is the low BB%, but once players develop their power, pitchers will usually ‘pitch around’ them. And Didi’s K% has never been unreasonable either.
It won’t surprise me to see his wRC+ reach roughly the 115 to 120 range. And FWIW that’s silver slugger territory (for a shortstop)
Make no mistake Didi is a player to watch out for.
Hope he’s a big bust
This is as classless comment as it gets. I don’t blame you for deleting the hysteria & reaction, it caused, but you should’ve deleted the original comment.
-Yankee fan
Meh, can’t say I’ve never thought the same of other players. At a certain point you just can’t take the hype anymore.
Have to agree. To wish someone dead is the lowest of the low,but why should the original comment be deleted?
It was a joke hence the “jk”. I regretted it and reported the comment myself because you can’t edit on the iPhone app. Also why do you need to sign off as a Yankee fan
You actually reported your own comment? I guess he wants to show his allegiance for some reason. I maybe was a little harsh to yours,if so it’s in the wind.
Ignore that holier then thou douchenozzle.
Aand.. with today’s 4 hit game, Miguel Andujar has more hits, today, than Tyler Wade has, all season.
I thought he was your ROY candidate, 2018?
I thought, I could NOT be a Yankee fan because I was cynical of Wade repeating his AAA #’s Spring Training and mastering art of hitting MLB Pitching?
You literally let me know in every post “Wade” this “Wade” that. Only thing You’ve proved — other than being a douchnozzle, is you’re probably, the biggest Yankee-homer here.
Better to be “the biggest Yankee-homer here” then a faux fan. Oh Torres went 0 for 4 they should cut bait now.
Witnessing history. Future Hall of Famer Gleyber Torres making his debut.
He doesn’t play for the Red Sox
Are you actually bald vinny?
Lol
good, let wade get some more at bats. He’ll figure it out, hopefully.
Lets see what the kid can do.
2nd full season with the Yankees? Or Yankees organization?
Just getting clarification.
Just hoping he makes it through the first inning, tbh. #NeverForgetDustinFowler
105 Comments!!!!!!!! (likely more to come)…..Jesus entered Jerusalem with less fanfare…….mercy, like many I hope the guy does OK too, but heavens!!!!!!!!
Why are you so surprised? These are predominately comments from mostly excited Yankee fans regarding the Gleyber Torres promotion as well as a whole lot of Cub fans with an opinion or three about their former top prospect and the manner and circumstances in which he was sent packing. The fact that Torres was traded for Chapman who returned to the Bronx via free agency also adds another element to the discussion from the Yankee perspective.
Cubs won the WS. Trading any player is worth it if you win. Cubs would not have won without Chapman. Cubs did not even try to sign him. Davis/ Morrow has blown 1 save in total. Not bad for much lower $$$.
As a Yankee fan this is my issue with Cashman. We start spring training with Andujar at 3rd Torres or Torreyes at 2nd. By the end he has gone out and wasted money on Drury and Walker. Why can’t they ever just let kids develop. Now we have exactly the starting line up we should have had but we are still paying Drury and Walker to do nothing.
They really like Drury so who I don’t mind the trade for him, as for Walker he’s good insurance. Also they’re not paying much for the two. And why would you not want the extra year of Torres. Cashman knows what he’s doing.
Drury is making almost league minimum.