Since the baseball trade deadline is now a few days old, I figured I would add my thoughts on what transpired.
First off, I am actually happy that the Yankees did not make any major deals at the deadline. The fact that Hal Steinbrenner stuck to what he told Brian Cashman during the offseason, that is if you sign Mark Teixeira then there is no more money to make mid-season moves, well I applaud that. If you can’t win after spending $180 million on Teixeira, $161 million on CC Sabathia, and $82.5 million on A.J. Burnett, then you don’t deserve to win.
With that said, are the Yankees flawed? Absolutely, and not getting another starting pitcher, like Jarrod Washburn, might come back to bite them. But if this holds true and the team does not make waiver moves, then I am happy with
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