Yankees and Mets All In at the Trade Deadline

SU says kudos to Sandy Alderson of the Mets who was able to grab Jay Bruce at the trade deadline to shore up their offense.  They did have to part ways with their 2nd baseman of the future, Herreria, but they needed to jolt the offense now and Bruce is having a great year with RISP.  It’s not ideal unless Curtis Granderson can log some innings in centerfield but SU says good move and bold.  They also reacquired Jonathan Niese to have another starter in the rotation given all the injuries.

Meanwhile, as SU has been saying for months, the Yankees completed the fire sale by sending Beltran to the Rangers and Nova to the Pirates.  Cashman got a high draft pick from Texas (#4 overall pitcher from 2015) who has struggled this year but hey, roll the dice.  Apparently, Brian McCann stays put for now although he may be headed back to Atlanta in the off season.  Question: do we now get to see A-Rod in the line-up every day???

The experts on the MLB Network are very high on what Cashman has done and SU is excited.  Now, if he can move Jacoby Ellsbury to any team for anything, he will be the MLB Executive of the Year.

A lot of guys changed teams this afternoon.  Texas is all in for this season even with Prince Fielder going down although he was having a terrible year.  The SF Giants picked up Matt Moore who is coming back strong now from Tommy John surgery.  He could be key down the stretch and in the playoffs.

One thought on “Yankees and Mets All In at the Trade Deadline”

  1. I say don’t play Arod unless the pitcher throws under 85 mph. Get to 700 dingers and then put him out to pasture. I hope he never breaks THE BABE’S record. Too bad we couldn’t trade Tex. The guy never even tried to check swing a ground ball down toward 3rd base in order to get on base. Ditto for McCann. I’ll never understand this, even if they were partially brought here to hit home runs. The trade off isn’t worth their sad averages.
    Play the kids and let the rebuilding era begin immediately.
    We are not done yet. Any trades in the off season to get rid of Ellsbury would be a good move. Say good night CC. Oh, BTW…. nice hustle covering 1st base last night.

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