Five Trades for the Yankees Five Days before the MLB Trade Deadline
At last years’ Major League Baseball trade deadline, the New York Yankees were 10 games over .500 and four games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for first place in the American League East. Almost a year later, the Yankees are 15 games above .500 and just a game and half behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East. But the circumstances in which the 2026 Bombers are arriving at the trade deadline are diametrically different from 2025. Aaron Judge has been on the self with a right rib microfracture since May 31 st . Giancarlo Stanton has been dealing with calf issues since April 24 th . Cody Bellinger hit the injured list earlier this week and will miss four to six weeks with a grade two hamstring strain. Because of this, the offense is struggling severely. Since June 1 st the Yankees have scored 195 runs which is 26 th in all of baseball. Since Aaron Boone took over in 2018, the Bombers have routinely finished in the top five of runs scored outside of 2023 in which th...
