Leave it to MLB.com to come up with some outlandish ideas. In case you missed it over your long holiday weekend, THIS one definitely meets up to the outlandish part. I'm not sure what Anthony Castrovince at MLB.com is smoking, but he definitely does not get to speak for every Yankee fan, especially not this one.
So, Anthony's bizarre idea involves a four-team trade that sends Jasson Dominguez to the White Sox and cheating ASSTRO Alex Bregman to the Yankees. Why? Lots of moving parts to a four-team trade but, to make it super simplified the ASSTROS hypothetically won't have enough money to give extensions to elf Jose Altuve and Bregman and Altuve would be top priority. So if they can't keep both, trade Bregman to help replenish their farm while bolstering the infield for the Yankees.
This whole idea is so far-fetched it's laughable to me BUT let's be crazy and say these talks are actually happening for the hell of it. Do we really think the Yankees are okay with moving Dominguez? If they were, they'd be right to ask for the moon and more for him. He made quite the impression in his short time in the majors last season and the Yankees have been high on him since they drafted him. He's young, got a high ceiling and has moved his way up the ranks quickly for a 20-year-old kid who will be part of a dangerous outfield in the future. The Yankees are not looking to move Dominguez, and certainly not for Bregman and other pieces.
Now let's tackle the whole "Yankees fans will get over that 2017 stuff when Bregman is banging out dingers and doubles, improving the club’s on-base ability and making the Bronx Bombers way less Aaron Judge-dependent" argument. Sorry Castrovince, you don't get to speak for all of us. Bregman is a cheater and a tool who isn't deserving to wear pinstripes. That would cheapen the Yankees brand and I will say it and think it every day while I am on this planet. He's not fit for the uniform no matter how many dingers and doubles he can hit even when he isn't cheating.
Integrity means everything to me. Bregman has none. He disgraced the game he claims to love and make millions off of. He got caught and wasn't even sorry about it. His apology press conference was a slap in the face to every baseball fan. He is a piss poor human being and not fit to wear the pinstripes. This kind of trash should stay in the environment it has thrived in. It's thrived there because the organization and owner Jim Crane have no morals. That "2017 stuff" as Castrovince likes to put it, was a dark time in baseball and the Yankees already have enough shenanigans going on within the organization. The Yankees have a culture problem with the way they think and execute.....adding Bregman just adds fuel to the fire. Let's just anger fans and possibly Yankee players more. Brilliant!
This whole idea is one of the dumbest stories I have ever read. Thank goodness this trade scenario is too far-fetched and stupid to ever really happen. I wouldn't be able to stand it.
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