Bleeding Yankee Blue: JETER'S REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF CRAZY

Monday, February 11, 2019

JETER'S REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF CRAZY

It took some time but Derek Jeter finally traded away his highly valued toy out of his toy box, J.T. Realmuto. He held on to him long enough to get something that he liked. But did he get the best haul possible for him?

Back in December we heard about THIS possible three-way trade between the Mets, Yankees and Marlins but it never really went anywhere because the Marlins were insistent on getting Amed Rosario from the Mets. Sure, the Yankees supposedly would've gained Noah Syndergaard but we didn't hear too much what the Marlins wanted the Yankees to give up.

Until now that is. According to Joel Sherman, Jeter was asking for a King's ransom to make this all happen. That random would've included Gary Sanchez and Miguel Andujar going to Miami.

Anyone out there laughing yet? I am. Sanchez has his fair share of criticism especially after his major sophomore slump this past season but where would that put the Yankees at as far as catcher goes? The Yankees would've had another serious void to fill with not a lot of great free agent options out there.

But let this one sink in. If the Yankees would've been dumb enough to say yes their two young, rookie of the year finalists with major promise for a talented but injury prone pitcher who hasn't been able to stay healthy. Looking back on this idea now is even more mind boggling.

If it did happen, it makes you wonder if that would've greatly changed the way the Yankees approached the rest of the offseason. If the Yankees did deal Andujar would Manny Machado be a higher priority? Would Machado still be a free agent right now? There's a lot of what-ifs right now.

So now Realmuto is a Philly and while he Jeter didn't get a haul similar to what he wanted from the Yankees he still did pretty well. Jeter now gets MLB's 27th ranked pitcher, another starter and a catcher to replace Realmuto with. I just wish I could've been a fly on the wall to hear someone laugh when they heard Jeter's request.

So Realmuto gets a fresh start away from Jeter's circus, we get to keep our young superstars and Jeter gets to figure out how to fix his horrible league worst attendance. No one wants to play in Miami (except Curtis Granderson apparently) and fans don't want to watch games their either.