Twitter Poll: To Trade or Not To Trade Ivan Nova

Twitter Poll: would you trade Ivan Nova in the right deal, i.e. for Hamels/Cueto, or is he untouchable to you? May use response in blog post

— Greedy Pinstripes (@GreedyStripes) July 16, 2015

As the July 31^st trading deadline approaches and teams start preparing to either buy and make a run at the playoffs or prepare to sell as they rebuild for 2016 the contenders and the pretenders begin to separate a bit. The New York Yankees will presumably be buyers at this year’s deadline but like at any deadline you have to give up something good to get something good, in most cases anyway. New York has remained pretty adamant about holding onto their top prospects in trades and have stayed away from the blockbuster type deal but could 2015 be the year they get away from that? One of my friends, patrick always with a little “p” mind you, begged the question in the comments section of whether the Yankees should trade from their major league club to improve the team and specifically mentioned Ivan Nova’s name. Would the Yankees be willing to trade Nova if the right deal came along? Should the Yankees include him in a deal potentially for a Cole Hamels or Johnny Cueto or is Nova simply untouchable at this point? Sounds like the perfect idea for a Twitter poll, go!

@GreedyStripes untouchable. I would be really fucking mad

— RJ (@RickJamesNova) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes would not trade nova. Our best pitcher by far right now Hamels/Cueto, dont fit our style

— Jimmy Vonderlinden++ (@CanesEagles1) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes tradable. He'll never carry a staff; an expendable #4/5 out getter (warren could do his job). Get power arm for Series run.

— Jordan White (@JordanWhite_33) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes trade him as you would get rid of him before any prospects.

— Christopher Vancheri (@CVancheri) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes I like Hamels a lot and I'd rather start a package with Nova vs Severino so yea I would.

— Scotty Lamm (@scottylamm) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes nova for Hamels all day!! Years of control on Hamels makes it worth it.

— YankeeRant (48-40) (@YankeeRant01) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes I would trade Nova for Hammels. I like Nova but if u can get an elite pitcher you have to pull the trigger.

— Jill Poock (@ejpoock) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes not worth it IMO. Nova has shown flashes of brilliance and once he gets his sea legs under him, he can do it again.

— Severus Snape (@TheDonnyFinkle) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes Yes for Cueto.

— Ric Tedeschi (@rictedeschi) July 16, 2015

@GreedyStripes Untouchable. He knows what it is to play in NY.

— Kelly O'Connor (@mskellyo) July 16, 2015

Frankly I would rather hang onto Nova for the remainder of the 2015 season and for the 2016 season. We all know about the struggles a pitcher faces in his first year removed from Tommy John surgery and we all know that the finished product is not revealed until the second year removed, in this case the 2016 season. Now with that said I wouldn’t trade Nova for Cueto because it is short-sighted and hurts the 2016 team but if the Yankees pull off a trade for someone with another year of team control, for example Cole Hamels, then I think I pull the trigger personally. It’s all about sustainable gaming in my opinion and trading Nova for a rental is not sustainable, it’s a short term goal in a long term world. If the team wants to make a move like the Detroit Tigers did for David Price in 2014 then by all means trade him, I’ll even pack his bags.

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