Whereas the New York Yankees made one minor (and weird) transfer on the commerce deadline, their principal rivals for the ultimate American League wild-card spot properly made important offers. Now the relative inactivity by Yankees GM Brian Cashman might price the crew a postseason berth.
On the deadline, the Tampa Bay Rays traded for beginning pitcher Aaron Civale whereas the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Jordan Hicks to fortify their bullpen and Paul DeJong to enhance their infield depth. In the meantime, the Houston Astros added Justin Verlander, the reigning AL Cy Younger Award winner, to strengthen their rotation.
The Los Angeles Angels stored two-way famous person Shohei Ohtani and purchased outfielder Randal Grichuk, infielder C.J. Cron, starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Reynaldo López and Dominic Leone, in addition to third baseman Eduardo Escobar. The Angels have flopped since, however principal wild-card contenders Tampa, Toronto and Houston have additional separated themselves from New York within the standings.
The Yankees had been the final MLB crew to make a transfer on the commerce deadline. New York acquired center reliever Keynan Middleton from Chicago at 5:57 p.m., three minutes earlier than the deadline. The Middleton acquisition was unusual as a result of the Yankees boast the most effective bullpen in baseball (3.18 ERA).
Because the deadline, the Yankees are 4-5 and coming off dropping a sequence to Middleton’s previous crew, the horrible Chicago White Sox, who’re 22 video games under .500 (47-69).
In his post-trade-deadline information convention, Cashman mentioned, “There wasn’t a giant factor so as to add, to be fairly trustworthy, that was going to unravel the quick issues that we had.”
Regardless of his inaction on the deadline, Cashman later mentioned, “We’re in it to win it,” seemingly contradicting himself.
New York ought to have no less than made strikes to bolster an offense that ranks subsequent to final in batting common within the large leagues. When you have roster issues however select to not handle them, how might you presumably be “in it to win it”?
Because the deadline, the Yankees have fallen from 3.5 video games again to 5 video games again within the wild-card race. Based on FanGraphs, New York has only a 9.2 % likelihood to make the playoffs.
If New York was targeted on making the playoffs, it might have cashed in its chips and located assist. The Yankees do not lack expertise of their system. New York has seven prospects in “Baseball America’s” in-season prime 100 prospect rankings.
Blame Cashman and his inactivity if the Yankees proceed on their awful path.
