Well I already had this blog all typed out but blogger decided it hates me and deleted it, so thanks Blogger.
The Yankees were very quiet this year. Rumors were surfacing right up to the 4 pm ET deadline. Rumors of the Yankees getting relievers Craig Kimbrel (31 saves 2.83 ERA) and Red Cuban Missle Aroldis Chapman (21 saves 1.65 ERA) who can light up the radar gun. But the Yankees weren't looking to deal the most wanted players. The most desired players were Luis Sevirno (7-0) who has since been announced to be getting the call to the majors and starting Wednesday against the Red Sox. And Aaron Judge who has been involved in many trade talks but the Yankees aren't willing to deal him.
Possibly though my most disappointing thing for me night is the Yankees lack of interest in the newest Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. The guy would've been perfect. .295 batting average and 18 home runs. But his defense would've been one of the biggest things. Replace Carlo Beltran with him and then ship Carlos Beltran for maybe even a decent relief pitcher. Cespedes has a cannon for an arm and could sit right in front of the Yankees short right field porch and save runs while producing them. Beltran has been mediocre batting .261 and injured almost every week so Cespedes would be a major improvement right? The Yankees thought differently. And that's alright. But if Beltran blows a game don't say I didn't tell you so.
The Blue Jays really decided it's now or.never with the addition of Troy Tulowitzki (.303 avg 13 HR) and pitcher David Price (2.53 ERA). Tulo quickly showed why he was such a big pickup with a homerun in his second at bat as a Blue Jay. With a new bag and more depth to their rotation the Blue Jays could be a scary team in the race.
The Yankees definetley decided that if its not broken don't fix it. Now let's just hope they can stay atop that 5 game lead on in to October. The reason for the C+ is they didn't get better but didn't get worse. Now everything needs to keep going as planned especially since we are down a pitcher for 2 weeks without Big Mike. But this team has been surprising thus far hopefully they can keep rolling.
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