Would you look at that, we’ve had baseball back for just a week and things are already getting interesting. The great transaction freefall that was rumored to be happening as soon as the new CBA was agreed to didn’t quite pan out, but the Yankees were still among the teams that still hadn’t done much of anything once moves started getting reported — until Sunday night. Now two regulars in Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela have been shipped out to Minnesota, and Josh Donaldson is in pinstripes manning third base.
There’s a lot to be said about the immediate impact of such a trade, but there’s even more to be said about what follows it, and that’s where we turn to you, the audience.