The grass is always greener. It’s a very common phenomenon in sports. Many fans tend to be harsher while judging their teams, overlooking their strengths, and putting a microscope on their flaws, while doing the opposite with their rivals.
It’s always important to take a step back, get out from the weeds of one’s own team, and try and look at things from a different perspective. A certain maneuver made by a division rival, early in this offseason, has caused me to reflect on a particular point of strength of the Yankees.
In mid-November, the Toronto Blue Jays dealt slugging outfielder Teoscar Hernández to the Seattle Mariners, in exchange for reliever Erik Swanson and a minor-league pitcher named Adam Macko.