Maybe they sign Keuchel….

BTW the Yankees should have signed at least one if not both of Machado & Harper. I was slightly more for Harper, given his left handed bat is exactly what the lineup needed. Although, character issues aside, Machado is likely to be more valuable over the life of the contract given that he can play SS/3B . Once Harper can’t play CF anymore, his value reduces for the Yankees, given he’ll never sniff RF with Judge.

But the team definitely could have used both. Granted they need pitching, but there was no great pitching out there. They could have moved Gleyber or Andujar for a good pitcher, or run with what they had. I mean, imagine a lineup where you have to face Harper, Judge, Stanton, Machado, in the middle, then add Gleyber, Andujar, Sanchez, Voit, etc. You basically have the Houston Rockets of MLB. Don’t forget their bullpen, and in the playoffs your rotation shrinks. You get 4/5 good innings out of Tanaka, Sev, and Happ/CC/(insert prospect here)/(trade for a starter)/whoever, and you’ve got a team that can win any of the next 4-7 the World Series.

It was a dumb move by them to pass on either or both. They’re ready to win now. You sign these guys, and you increase the chances of winning one or more World Series. And 8-10 years from now you suffer the downside of these contracts and rebuild.

Today I’m wondering if quilla19 was an AI bot designed by mike k to amalgamate all the many trolls we’ve had on the board into one cartoonish personality that he waited til April fools day to unleash.

All the comments got deleted before I saw them, so I missed the whole thing. Believe me, as much as I like a good joke, the trolls of this site are something I abhor.

That really was something. I kinda feel bad for everyone who missed it before it got deleted.