Stanton to the yankees

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

League should check this out ( Jeter and New York connection ). Does Jeter work for New York or Miami ? Will the league allow this trade ? I hope Miami doesn't become the Kansas City of the past and send all their good players to New York.

Jeter tried to trade Stanton to both the Giants and Cardinals but stanton used his no trade clause and said no to them and would only allow a trade to 4 teams. So what is jeter supposed to do when his player handcuffs him on moves and the team is trying to cut on payroll to fix debt the team has.

[iwantitiwinit]

My thoughts....."B O O M"

[bigfish]

A great move for them. They are trying to keep up with the Red Sox... which won’t happen.

[Nunzio11]

I say there will be at least a 10% Yankee premium on Stanton rookie cards that will be flooding the market very soon.

[yanksfan09]

As a Yankee fan, I have some mixed thoughts but overall I think it's great move. I like Starlin but long term he probably doesn't fit into plans with gleyber Torres coming up for 2b. Plus tbey have Miguel andujar who can maybe slide in at 3b.

Who knows what happens with Harper or Machado. It's always possible either of them could resign a big team extension and not hit open market. Plus you hear Harper may command 400 plus million.

Yankees gave up no other significant prospects and get reigning nl. Mvp and hr champ in his prime entering age 28 season. He's different from other 10 year mega contract guys who signed when at least 30 years old in that regard. Plus he may opt out in 3 years anyway which means Yankees may not have him long term for back end of contract. Or they can decide what to do then as far as resigning.

Yankees went from not expecting to make playoffs this year to a legitimate long term contender with emergence of judge and Sanchez. Now sprinkle in another hr champ and in one move we now have a modern day murderers row and a very young talented core group who can conceivabley keep them near top of league for next decade. Stanton is oldest at age 28 in 2018!

All this coupled with the fact that u think Marlins are eating approx 30 mil of contract, with today's market for premium players I think it's a great move.

If he stays for 10 years the back end will certainly be iffy but hopefully they will have multiple more championships by then to justify it all.

This lineup is scary!

Just need a to stay healthy...

Wonder if ohtani is second guessing angels decision?

Merry Christmas Aaron Boone!

[bmattioli]

Doesn't scare me.. We all know the Yanks need starting pitching..

[vintagecpa]

As a Braves fan, I wish Atlanta would have traded a bunch of prospects for Stanton before MLB stripped the team of all their best prospects. I think the Bronx Bombers are back.

[packs]

Trading Castro (if he's the player) is a good move. They don't need him with Gleyber coming up. There's no way they're acquiring the whole salary for Stanton either so I don't think it compares to A-rod. Stanton isn't cheating and he's in his prime. I'd rather pay the money for a slugger who has some shelf life than a delicate starter. Chance Adams is ready for a trial and Sheffield, Tate, and Acevedo are all nearing their debuts.

[D. Bergin]

I don't like losing Castro and was hoping they could shed the Ellsbury/Headley contracts instead.............but realize the Marlins aren't THAT dumb.

On the other hand, Castro was also starting to concern me also. Reminds me a bit of Carlos Baerga. A middle infielder starting to become a little pudgy, starting to become a little complacent, starting to become a little injury prone heading into his late 20's.

I'm not sure Gleyber Torres is going to be ready yet, but might as well stick him in there and find out.

I'd like to see Todd Frazier come back if they could get him cheap, if only for his defense and bench presence, but they'd likely have to move Chase Headley. I wouldn't mind them both as a platoon at 3rd and filling in at 1st if Bird gets hurt again, but that would be an expensive platoon.