Back in 2015, the Yankees refused to send Adam Warren and Rob Refsnyder to the Oakland A’s in exchange for Ben Zobrist. Instead, Zobrist ended up in Kansas City and helped the Royals win a World Series title.
That same winter, the Yanks dealt Warren to the Chicago Cubs for Starlin Castro, who just so happened to block Refsnyder’s best chance of becoming an everyday player at second base.
So let me get this straight — the Yankees wouldn’t trade Refsnyder for a super-utility player that probably would have helped them advance further than the Wild Card play-in game in 2015 because Refsnyder held immense potential, only to reverse course mere months later?