Earlier this month after the Yankees signed top free agent ace Gerrit Cole it seemed like a foregone conclusion that a trade of Happ would soon follow. Here we are over three weeks later and Happ is still a part of the New York roster but it’s still likely that before the offseason is all said and done with the Yanks will find a trade partner for the 37-year-old left-hander.
There are a couple of reasons why it still makes a lot of sense to trade Happ this offseason. The most obvious one is to clear up cap space and a large portion of the $17M owed to Happ in 2020 and potentially in 2021 as well.