The 2 fiercest rivals in Main League Baseball, the New York Yankees and Boston Pink Sox, accomplished a uncommon commerce with one another on Tuesday evening.
The Yankees are reportedly buying outfielder Alex Verdugo from the Pink Sox in change for pitchers Richard Fitts, Greg Weissert and Nicholas Judice.
New York is determined so as to add left-handed bats to its lineups in an effort to enhance the depth round Aaron Decide. Verdugo, 27, is way from a star however he’s at the very least a league common to barely above league common hitter that may have a possibility to see his numbers bounce a bit taking part in in Yankee Stadium.
Verdugo was one of many key items the Pink Sox acquired within the Mookie Betts commerce with Los Angeles previous to the 2020 season. He has completed with an OPS+ of 100 or higher in every of the previous 5 seasons. A 100 OPS+ is taken into account league common.
Except for the truth that the Yankees are including a strong bat to their lineup, this can be a noteworthy commerce as a result of the Yankees and Pink Sox do assist one another out fairly often. That is solely the eighth commerce between the 2 groups because the 1969 season.
After they have made trades since then they’re usually low-profile strikes and don’t sometimes contain gamers that can make an affect.
The one apparent exception to that, after all, was the 1919 deal that despatched Babe Ruth from Boston to New York and kicked off the Curse of the Bambino.
Whereas Verdugo is a pleasant addition for the Yankees, they can’t let that be the headlining transfer of their offseason. They’re nonetheless reportedly out there for San Diego Padres outfielder Juan Soto and may in all probability be doing every part of their energy to amass him and get him signed long-term.
It is the precise sort of deal the Yankees needs to be making. It’s time they began performing just like the Yankees once more.
