I was going to say no way would NYY go after Machado with their current payroll, but see it is not that bad next year. They will have holes to fill and players coming up on Arb that will be getting raises, but overall, even if they sign Machado, may not even be in the top 5 salary wise.
Seeing Bird is still showing no signs of ever being a game changer type hitter, if the Yankees do get Machado, do you see them moving Andujar to 1B? Hard to imagine they would want to trade such a promising young player? Heck, I would love for my Sox to get him, as 3B is the one position that there is no clear upgrade ready to hit the bigs in the next year to two years and the guy that was supposed to be our stud 3B maybe as early as the middle of next year has been out all year with a torn Achilles, which given the long lasting potential effects of that, cannot at this point say he will ever reach his one thought of very high ceiling.
That said, I think I would rather get Moose on a two year contract than to give up a huge haul of our developing talent for Andujar. The White Sox are really deep, especially in pitching and OF in the minors. Thing is, it is impossible to say for sure beyond the top of the top prospects how some of these kids are going to develop. Since there are no WS aspirations at least until 2020, I would much rather let these kids develop and see what surprises are yet to come. Have had a few skyrocket from obscurity this year and sure to be more next year. That is what happens when you are extremely deep in 18-21 YO's that are still maturing.
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