It’s no secret that Yankees fans have opinions on everything. Whenever the Yankees make a trade or sign a free agent, the entire fandom finds itself up in arms, arguing over the merits and drawbacks of that particular move. Sometimes, the fanbase has the right idea, and finds itself validated by the performance of the player and the team. Just as often—if not more so—Yankees fans, including us here at Pinstripe Alley, get it laughably wrong.
And never has anyone gotten anything as hilariously wrong as the 2019 New York Yankees. For this reason, let’s take a trip down memory lane, and see what we all said about the impact players for the 2019 Yankees on the days they were acquired.