The July 31st trade deadline in Major League
Baseball is either the most fun time you have ever had as a fan or one of the
more frustrating times as a fan. Nobody likes to see their team lose so when
your team is either not acquiring pieces that they need or selling off major
pieces as the franchise looks to rebuild it can be frustrating. At the same
time it can be a great time to be a fan as hopes are high and it almost feels
like Opening Day all over again if your team made the moves it needed to make
in order to reach the postseason. The Yankees haven’t made many moves yet that
make me feel confident about winning a World Series in 2015, not that they
needed to do much in my opinion, but a rotation that would have had David Price
in it could have be extremely scary for other teams and extremely fun to watch
for us, the fans.
The Yankees seem enamored with the fact that CC Sabathia is
still a suitable starting pitcher and not a pitcher that finds a bone every
once in a while. An acquisition of Price would either, likely to anyway, move
Sabathia completely out of the starting rotation and into the bullpen as a long
reliever and LOOGY (check his LHP vs. RHB splits) or at least move him out of
starting in a five-game or seven-game series in the playoffs. The acquisition
of Price would also make Masahiro Tanaka and Michael Pineda, question marks,
struggles and all, the best #2 and #3 pitchers in the league in my very humble,
yet very bias, opinion.
1.
David Price
2.
Masahiro Tanaka
3.
Michael Pineda (if healthy)
4.
Nathan Eovaldi
5.
CC Sabathia/Ivan Nova
Having Price start twice in a short playoff series and three
times in a seven-game series is huge for the Yankees. Having Tanaka, Pineda and
the combination of Eovaldi, Sabathia and Nova behind them would make this a
team to be reckoned with in October. Even if New York had to give up one of
Eovaldi or Nova to acquire Price it may be worth it for the ring, especially if
New York sticks to their guns and demanded an extension with Price in order to
execute a trade. I guess since Price is now in Toronto the Yankees and their
fans may never know.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)