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Rampant Speculation Time:
By: Ethan Semendinger
This will not be the only move that is made in the next 24 hours by the Yankees. I fully expect to see them swing a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals for Nolan Arenado. I would expect the return going back to St. Louis would be Marcus Stroman (for salary purposes) and some secondary pieces. The Cardinals were willing to eat about $15 Million in a rumored trade in the past week.
It was recently reported that Arenado nixed a trade to Houston (via his no-trade clause), but some were saying that he may be buying time to see where his teammate, Paul Goldschmidt, would sign. With the Yankees also in need of a true third baseman, the fits seems almost too good to be true. And, I am not the only person thinking this. As I'm writing this, Bryan Hoch tweeted the following:
What would that line-up look like?
The team would have Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, and Jazz Chisholm as their lefty bats to surround Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, and Anthony Volpe.
Jeez.
