BOSTON — With some perspective we now know the trade deadline did not go well for the Yankees — the 2017 trade deadline.
Their key in-season acquisitions last year were Sonny Gray and Tommy Kahnle; the Yankees envisioning a duo that would help with an immediate championship attempt and a few more after that.
Instead, here is what you need to know about how this has gone: Gray is now in the Yankees bullpen and Kahnle is not.
Brian Cashman has been rightly lauded for a speedy rebuild, all while keeping the Yankees from ever plummeting to the bottom of the standings and the top of the draft.