Jon Paul Morosi reports on MLB.com that the team could part with that critical component of their bullpen to gain financial leverage to sign free agents Yu Darvish or Mike Moustakas.
The move by the Yankees, if it’s executed, presents itself as one with high risk but also, the potential for a high reward. Unlike the team trying to trade Jacoby Ellsbury with the same goal in mind, there is any number of teams who would move quickly to add Robertson, even with his hefty $13 million price tag for the 2018 season.
For the Yankees, Mike Moustakas would almost be a dream come true, and of the two players, he gets the nod over Darvish as the player making Robertson expendable.