Bringing back Soto does little to upgrade the Yankees lineup, but adding other key pieces would make

a pure stuff perspective, few pitchers at any level of professional baseball can match what Medina brings

Even with Deivi Garcia waiting in the wings at Scranton, the Yankees could use a veteran arm to provide 11, 2019 we still do not know what his impending suspension will be, and if the Yankees even want to bring Deivi Garcia and Michael King, who could be used as depth protection in the event of the inevitable injury

It brings to mind how they treated Joba Chamberlain. I bring this up on the eve of the MLB playoffs because the Yankee defense is a serious concern, and worse

We’ve seen some freak injuries on the fringes of the roster here in camp, but nothing overly significant

The reason for this is that any trade of Stanton would essentially be a salary dump bringing back at

Aaron Judge can be the primary centerfielder, or they can bring up.

Severino will turn 30 in February, and I can’t imagine any scenario where the Yankees bring him back

Even if he does not produce to ace material (this could mean the Blue Jays don’t expect to bring back

the Rangers to cement the left side of the infield and they need to trade a player valuable enough to bring It also appears that they are fairly likely to bring Brett Gardner back for insurance purposes.

Which brings us back to today.

The Yankees should not bring him back. He was great. He was fun. It was a magical ride.