{"id":52961,"date":"2025-06-03T00:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52961"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:33:55","slug":"blockbuster-trade-idea-sends-rangers-two-time-cy-young-to-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52961","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Trade Idea Sends Rangers Two-Time Cy Young to Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<p>Even after dropping two out of three to the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0this weekend, the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0find themselves with a comfortable 5.5-game lead over the second-place\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays\u00a0in the American League East.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees\u2019 offense has been one of the best in Major League Baseball, and the rotation, led by\u00a0Max Fried\u00a0and\u00a0Carlos Rodon,\u00a0has done more than enough to consider them World Series contenders.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Yankees are just one of the many clubs that may look for pitching additions at this year\u2019s trade deadline on July 31. General manager\u00a0Brian Cashman could also consider making a move before the deadline.<\/p>\n<h2>Would the Rangers be Willing to Move Their Ace?<\/h2>\n<p>If\u00a0Gerrit Cole\u00a0were not out for the entirety of the 2025 season, there\u2019s a strong possibility the New York Yankees would not show much interest in a trade for a top-tier arm.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Fried and Rodon has been one of the best one-two punches in MLB this season, and\u00a0Clarke Schmidt,\u00a0Will Warren, and\u00a0Ryan Yarbrough have all performed well for New York on the mound. Yarbrough has allowed just six earned runs in his last five starts (26 innings).<\/p>\n<p>If Cashman and company decide they\u2019d prefer to add another arm, FanSided\u2019s Adam Weinrib\u00a0suggested a trade idea\u00a0that would send\u00a0Texas Rangers\u00a0starting pitcher and two-time Cy Young Award winner\u00a0Jacob deGrom\u00a0to the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be near-impossible to fortify the Yankees\u2019 rotation with a bona fide ace this summer, but they\u2019ll certainly be on the hunt for a high-upside righty to at least approximate the possibility,\u201d Weinrib wrote Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNathan Eovaldi of the Texas Rangers would be a great add, if their offense continues to sputter. But if the Yankees are willing to take on Eovaldi\u2019s money (big if), and if the Rangers decide to sell (smaller if), there\u2019s a way to pay a bit more cash and make Mets fans miserable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weinrib believes a Yankees trade for deGrom would be a way for the two New York fan bases to be on an even level playing field with one another after the\u00a0New York Mets\u00a0signed outfielder\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0to a record contract one year after he led the Yankees to the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny Mets fan who these days will tell you that Juan Soto leaving the Yankees shouldn\u2019t be a big deal, considering he spent only one year in the Bronx, while also telling you at the exact same time that stealing Soto is the greatest moment of their lives to date,\u201d wrote Weinrib. \u201cIt sure would be nice to shut those folks up with a franchise history-shaking counter-move.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How deGrom Fits with the Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>If the New York Yankees were to show interest in deGrom, their intentions would be more about winning a championship rather than upsetting Mets fans.<\/p>\n<p>The future Hall of Famer has a career ERA of 2.51 and has twice led the league in strikeouts (2019, 2020). Adding deGrom to the top of an already strong Yankees rotation consisting of Fried and Rodon would make them a tough out against any opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all saw that smirk on deGrom\u2019s face at Yankee Stadium when the Rangers came to visit and he locked eyes with Aaron Judge,\u201d wrote Weinrib. \u201cWe also all see his 2.42 ERA and 0.963 WHIP in 11 starts. He turns 37 years old in mid-June. Do the Rangers believe in absorbing his age-38 and 39 seasons? Shouldn\u2019t it be easier for the Yankees to stomach them, now that Soto and his .220 average aren\u2019t clogging their books?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even after dropping two out of three to the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0this weekend, the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0find themselves with a comfortable 5.5-game lead over the second-place\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays\u00a0in the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blockbuster Trade Idea Sends Rangers Two-Time Cy Young to Yankees - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blockbuster Trade Idea Sends Rangers Two-Time Cy Young to Yankees - 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