The Yankees traded for James Paxton this week. The reaction, at least to my eye, has been very positive from a Yankees perspective. I wrote about how Paxton elevates the Yankees’ pitching staff to the league’s upper echelons. Brett Borzelli looked at Paxton’s bona fides as an ace in detail. When we asked the community at large to tell us how they felt about the deal, just six percent of respondents indicated they disliked trading for Paxton.
Around these parts, adding Paxton has been viewed as a largely positive development.