The Talking Heads on MLB Network keep throwing that number out there. We can just wait to see what happens when pen hits paper, but I’m not sure it’s an insanely unrealistic as it should be…
As of the Soto acquisition, he is a $9mill fourth outfielder. Even the Yankees don’t want the sat level of financial burden.
Unless they think playing the annually fragile Judge in the more demanding CF position, which is made unnecessary with the acquisition of the defensively gifted Trent Grisham.
They’ll move Verdugo in the near future…
Yamamoto is reportedly the top priority of the Mets. The Sox aren’t winning that bidding war.
Snell, Montgomery, Stroman snd Imanaga look like more realistic targets. And only Montgomery has had any rumors attached to anyone…
I don’t think it will hurt them long term.
They gave up one legitimate starting pitching prospect, two fringey pitchers that could go either way, a veteran bullpen arm with 2 years of control left, and a backup catcher.
Supposedly in 2022, he was trying to get something bigger done. He has said he was trying to get Sean Murphy out of Oakland, for example.
But 2023? I heard his name attached to two player - Urias and Kolten Wong. And neither rumor surfaced until 5 minutes before the deadline…
But he spurned the Dodgers at the trade deadline because he didn’t want to go so far from the least Coast.
Apparently LA is too far, but Phoenix isn’t.