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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4882477, member: 1969"]
From an outsider perspective.

The Yanks also have the greatest hitter in the world right now in Judge, one of the best pitchers in Gerritt Cole.     But they are 32 and 33 -- you can't wait 2 or 3 years to try to develop or bring up youth around them -- at 35 or 36 its possible they are still elite,  but a decline from this level is predictable.     You give long term contracts to these type of players hoping to win when they are at their best early in the contracts.

The Yanks have to make moves to win now.   And now you get another HOF track player.  To me this is an easy "A" grade deal for the Yankees as didn't tale away any of their MLB ready prospects / players with the exception of Michael King.   King could be a loss but there are FA pitchers on the market this year that should come close to replacing him assuming last year was not an anomaly for King.     If the argument is that signing FA pitchers is risky (well it is yes), then there also plenty of risks from King as well.

Even the Verdugo deal - if you get a .770 OPS type year from him (his career norm) at $8 or $9M, that is decent value for a complimentary player.
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