The New Yankee Favorite That Can't Be Traded!

Sometimes you read something, and you just yell obscenities out loud because they don’t make any sense! That’s what I did yesterday. I am really curious to see what moves the Yankees will make at the trade deadline because they have been on fire. Literally anything is possible…. seriously, but one idea I read I’d file under EXTREMELY unlikely. 

So, something interesting caught my eye when I was reading The Athletic. They are also pondering what moves the Yankees will make. I think the Yankees have some opportunities in the infield specifically and the Athletic seems to agree also but they also included a possibility of moving Alex Verdugo! Yes, really…. you can check it out HERE.

I get that the Yankees signed him for one year and he’s supposedly a stop gap until Jasson Dominguez is ready for a starting role but why the hell would you trade Verdugo? There are more upsides to keeping him on the team then there are to trade him!

The Yankees are on a good roll. They are doing better than I expected SO if they are really going for #28 this year WHY would you trade him? He’s gritty and is thriving in New York! He’s a solid lefty bat, plays phenomenal defense and fits in so well in that clubhouse. Seriously, this guy is a gamer and is afraid of nothing. We haven’t had this kind of grit and determination in the outfield since Brett Gardner ruled the outfield and then would bang his bat on the dugout roof. Verdugo isn’t intimidated by anything happening in the Bronx.

The Yankees have had a revolving door of mediocrity in the outfield since Gardner left and that’s downplaying it when you consider Aaron Hicks and Joey Gallo overstayed their welcome out there. The Yankees were tied for LAST place last year in defensive runs saved and the Yankees are now at the top all thanks to Verdugo. He’s robbing hitters out there consistently and he’s a difference maker. Why would the Yankees want to mess with team chemistry? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

I want the guy that says “I want to f***ing take everybody’s hits” manning that outfield every game. He fits in with this team and he has earned his spot. The Yankees are buyers this summer not sellers. Why would they sell a difference maker?

Verdugo wants to f***ing take everyone’s hit (and I love it) and I want to tell The Athletic that they are f***ing nuts!

–Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj