5/7/2023 0 Comments Yankee transactions![]() Grading New York Yankees’ 2022 MLB Trade Deadline haul Will all those players factor into the Yankees’ on-field future, or some tremendous package to be formed later? This extremely active and somehow still non-seismic trade deadline deserves proper grading. They did, however, manage to hang onto Anthony Volpe, Jasson Dominguez, Austin Wells, Trey Sweeney, and - most shockingly - Oswald Peraza. You have to give to get, and the Yankees didn’t escape unscathed. Hayden Wesneski, Ken Waldichuk, Luis Medina and JP Sears are gone, soon to be replaced by Will Warren, Matt Sauer, and a number of other fast-risers. In order to add core pieces, New York surrendered several upper-level pitching prospects from a system that practically breeds them at this point. There’s no Juan Soto in that pile, but plenty of additions to the framework, and the Yankees are a more complete team now than they were post-Subway Series. Though Luis Castillo will not be pitching in the Bronx - except on Wednesday, - the Yankees wound down the deadline by acquiring Frankie Montas, relievers Lou Trivino and Scott Effross, and Royals outfielder Andrew Benintendi, as well as dealing Joey Gallo (but you knew that weeks ago) and Jordan Montgomery (which has left a simmering pile of embers, even hours later). And Cashman did not rest on his laurels, even after being outbid for his main pitching target. The 2022 Yankees were an obvious contender beginning to show wear-and-tear after starting at a record-setting pace. It was a borderline playoff contender that needed a midseason overhaul to get over the hump - and barely made it, at that. ![]() In reality, though, you had to know the Bombers wouldn’t intentionally close a championship window.Īfter all, 2021’s deadline featured a pair of Brian Cashman splashes in Joey Gallo and Anthony Rizzo. Every New York Yankees fan’s fear was that the 2022 MLB trade deadline would pass with a whimper, as teams like the Padres, Dodgers and Mets reloaded for the stretch run.
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