Yankees will take off once Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres return

The Yankees are close to losing the sweepstakes for Manny Machado as he’s likely to be traded on Wednesday to the Dodgers. Despite missing out on the All-Star shortstop the Yankees offense will still dominate in the second half thanks to the returns of Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres.

From the moment the Machado to the Yankees rumors surfaced it never seemed realistic to me that he would be traded to New York. As much as he would have impacted an offense that’s already among the best in the game there was no need for Brian Cashman to trade some of his most prized prospects for a rental like Machado. Especially since the team already has Miguel Andujar at third and Didi Gregorius at shortstop.

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