NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 05: Joey Gallo #13 of the New York Yankees follows through on his seventh inning three run home run against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium on August 05, 2021 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mariners 5-3. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
The New York Yankees escaped the trade deadline without surrendering any of their upper-echelon talent, no matter what detractors who desperately wish they’d cleaned out their farm system want you to believe.
In 4-for-1 trade packages, though, the goal is to always keep the unheralded and largely-unnoticed gems out of the margins.