by SSTN Admin
December 25, 2023
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Our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Semendinger, suggested the following trade as an idea on the Bronx Beat Podcast. (Dr. Sem usually doesn't suggest trades, but this came up as part of the conversation.)
Reader Gomer Pyle suggested we put this trade out to all fans to see their thoughts and reactions...
If you ran the Yankees, would you make the following trade? Why or why not?
Yankees Get:
Luis Robert, Jr
Dylan Cease
Yoan Moncada
White Sox Get:
Anthony Volpe
Jasson Dominguez
ENJOY!
These Sox players stunk up the Sox team last couple of years....suddenly they are going to make the Yanks winners...LOL LOL LOL
I'm not sold on Robert as an elite player. He's also been healthy only one season. Cease has had one good year and is coming off a pretty bad one Moncada has slashed .246/.326/.397 the past three years. No thank you.
No chance.
Interesting question...
Is it worth going "all-in" on 2024 and then having mediocre years or is it better to keep building for the future?
First, with the Yankees, I believe any limitation is self-imposed. They can afford to go all-in every year - and that's what I'd prefer, but...
Given the choice.
For most of the last 15 years, I probably would have said to build a solid foundation and build around it to be a champion. That's what the Yankees have been supposedly trying to do.
It hasn't worked. There hasn't been a flag since 2009.
So, with that option, today, for 2024... I say go all-in. Play big. Try to win big.
I'd make this trade. I'd mak…
No..... Yankees won't give up on either player now if Volpe doesn't improve I could see him traded after 2024 season and Dominguez still needs some seasoning especially coming off an injury. Yankees hold onto both because trade value is low right now.