Yesterday the Yankees made a move to weaken their roster. They sent the Oakland Athletics cash in exchange for veteran DH/”1B” Kendrys Morales. Oakland themselves acquired Morales a month and a half ago from the Toronto Blue Jays for a low-minors infielder named Jesus Lopez and a small chunk of international free agent cap space. Both the Yankees and A’s came into 2019 with reasonable playoff aspirations and were facing injuries to their 1B and DH depth.
The only issue, of course, is that Kendrys Morales isn’t a good MLB player anymore.