This is a story where no one is wrong, really. But one person — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman — is looking better than most now.
Cashman’s Harrison Bader-for-Jordan Montgomery deal at the trade deadline was a surprise. And then it looked like a disaster. While the merits behind the move made sense — the Yankees had decided Montgomery was not part of their plans and they wanted a true center fielder — the circumstances were ugly. Bader was injured and not playing while Montgomery started looking like a Cy Young candidate with the Cardinals.