Michael Kay Wants To Trade A Big Bullpen Piece?!

The trade deadline is looming. Everyone is wondering what the Yankees do. Do they even do anything at this point? Or is Ryan McMahon and Amed Rosario it? Maybe Brian Cashman has given up. He’s certainly not what he once was, so maybe there will be no big splash.

At this point, I am not sure a big splash helps anyways. The Yankees need a lot more than just ONE big splash. They need fundamentals and a new roster to build around Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole once he returns. Cashman rebuilt this team in 2016, but would he do it again? Or better question….CAN he do it again? That’s a fair question.

Or, at least the Yankees trade away some guys that will be free agents at the end of the season for some guys with control to build towards the future. That is an idea that Michael Kay discussed on his show on Tuesday, you can check it out HERE if you want to hear for yourself. He also pitched the idea of trading Devin Williams away. The guy we’ve said can’t handle New York, even though he has a ton of talent. He would succeed anywhere else….he did before.

I appreciate Gary Sheffield Jr’s perspective on X, so I keep up to date with him. He even likes Kay’s idea. As angry as I am about how this season has played out, I still have a hard time with this idea. I see both sides of the argument.

And here I am wishing and thinking as much as I would like the idea of gaining cost controlled assets, I want wins. We are the reigning American League champions and we have regressed just like Anthony Volpe has. On paper, we made some nice additions since last season….and we are still so flawed it’s disgusting. If we blow everything up again there’s no guarantee we don’t end up right back where we are now, especially with no leadership Aaron Boone and Cashman running the show. 

So does trading Williams make a difference? There is a noticeable void of available closers this year. He could fetch a nice return. A contending team would love to have him even though he has struggled here. Honestly though, trading Williams isn’t an addition by subtraction for us. Our bullpen is in shambles, so we would need MORE arms, and good ones at that. I just don’t know that moving him changes enough. Not for this season. 

It’s disgusting that we are even in this spot…..