By Tim Britton, Grant Brisbee and Stephen J. Nesbitt
The trade
Yankees get: Juan Soto, OF, Trent Grisham, OF
Padres get: Michael King, RHP; Drew Thorpe, RHP; Jhony Brito, RHP; Randy Vásquez, RHP; and Kyle Higashioka, C
Tim Britton: Every team would get better if it added Juan Soto. But maybe no team needed Soto more than the Yankees.
That’s not just for narrative reasons — though countering your worst season in three decades by adding one of the sport’s finest hitters does help in that regard.