The playoffs are enough of a crapshoot that no team can make themselves bulletproof.
. Sure, the Mariners or Brewers might surprise and go all the way. But the likelihood is that those premier league teams will have to get through each other — hit so much quality pitching, retire such daunting lineups — that to not be better when waking up on Aug. 3 would be a mistake.The Yankees — more than 24 hours before the deadline — had completed their main goals within this trade bazaar by upgrading in each bucket: starter , hitter and pen .
The Yankees plan to deal Joey Gallo before the deadline. Some of that was about holding off to see which teams failed to land an outfield bat like, say, the Cubs’ Ian Happ and were willing to play the lottery that outside New York, Gallo could be resuscitated as a power/walks/defense asset. Perhaps the Yanks were seeing if he could be teamed with another piece to sweeten a return.
By doing significant shopping early, the Yankees removed desperation while allowing time to be creative/opportunistic in continuing to impact their 26-man roster. This is a lot of turnover for the team with the AL’s best record. But the Yanks have been around a .500 team for about a quarter of the schedule now. They had grown particularly concerned about their pitching running out of gas.
But they added pitching in Montas, Effross and Trivino in two Monday deals. They did not obtain their top pitching target, Luis Castillo, because the Yanks would not include Anthony Volpe. That made the Mariners’ offer more enticing to the Reds. Thus, the Yankees executed these deals without touching their top prospects — all position players — Volpe, Oswald Peraza, Austin Wells and Jasson Dominguez.
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