On the surface, the Yankees’ April 27th trade with the Giants last season was the definition of “meh” all around. Arguably, the reaction skewed more negative, because the Yankees were giving up Mike Tauchman. While Tauchman hadn’t been good in the shortened 2020 season or early in ‘21, he still had some residual goodwill from his excellent run with the “Next Man Up” 2019 Yankees.
In return for Tauchman, the Yankees got a player to be named later, and reliever Wandy Peralta. In his five MLB seasons with the Reds and Giants, Peralta had been up and down, and had a slightly below average 94 ERA+ going into the 2021 season.