Two years ago, the Marlins “gave” Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees...at least that’s how the trade was being critiqued in the moment. New Miami CEO Derek Jeter had the most impactful player on the MLB market—the reigning NL MVP who doubled as a sports marketer’s dreamboat—and used it to enrich his former team. Conveniently aligning with this (over-simplified) narrative, the Yankees have racked up 203 regular season wins since then in large part thanks to a mighty offense. However, Stanton has been hampered by injuries throughout his tenure in pinstripes, preventing him from maintaining superstar-caliber production, and in the case of the just-completed ALCS, reducing him to a bystander as the Yanks again fell short of their World Series mandate.
Giancarlo Stanton asked for this
