Yankees Flounder at Trade Deadline
The New York Yankees at the MLB trade deadline changed the tires on their car when the breaks have been squeaking for weeks. Luis Garcia Jr and Heliot Ramos are going to be useful players for this ballclub down the stretch. But Brian Cashman didn’t address the two needs of his team at the trade deadline. The Yankees needed to get a right-handed hitting catcher and one more reliever to help the effective but overused bullpen. Reports had the Bombers in on both, but neither was traded for. Instead, Cashman decided to pivot to improving an offense that has been struggling recently. In the Yankees last 10 games the Yankees have scored three runs or fewer in eight of them. The Yankees pitching staff in those 10 games have allowed two runs or fewer in those games seven times. The record over those 10 games is 6-4. Upgrades were needed. Upgrades were picked up. The head scratching piece of this deadline for Brian Cashman isn’t that he sat on his hands. It’s why he made the moves he did....
