Every so often, the Yankees make a trade that elicits one of two responses:
(1) Huh?
or
(2) Who?
An example of the first response would be the Jordan Montgomery-for-Harrison Bader deadline deal (though it has made more sense in recent days), or even the offseason move that saw Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela dealt for Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The second would be a deal like prospects-for-Clay Holmes, where a couple lower-tier names are moved for some guy you’ve never heard of, but who turns out to be a huge factor almost immediately for the team.