Moves Are Being Made

As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, I figured at some point the Yankees would try to add another piece to their team before the trade deadline at the end of July. My prediction was right, but also wrong at the same time. I figured that Brian Cashman and the front office would make a splash by trying to make a block buster deal for All-Star shortstop Manny Machado or fill the void in the rotation by trading for a solid starting pitcher. I was wrong because Machado was recently traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Yankees still have not made any deals to bolster their starting rotation. On the other hand, at least I was right about something.

The Yankees just made a trade that will send a few of their minor league pitchers to the Baltimore Orioles in return for former All-Star closer, Zach Britton. I knew the Yankees would eventually do something, and this move is one that Yankee fans should be excited about.

Britton will fit nicely into the mix of skilled pitchers in the Yankee bullpen and he also provides another talented lefty arm for Aaron Boone to call on and to compliment closer Aroldis Chapman. The Yankees already had arguably the best bullpen in all of baseball and this trade will hopefully elevate the team to a whole new level. The Yankees may still be considering other moves before the trade deadline to acquire more starting pitching, but this trade for Britton will lighten the load that Yankees starting pitchers have been expected to carry up to this point. Brian Cashman had one thing in mind when he pulled the trigger on this trade, and that was the New York Yankees closing out tight games leading up to and during the postseason.