The Mets were totally about to trade deGrom to the Yankees.

"All it might have taken was a package of Torres, at the time a legitimate AL Rookie of the Year candidate, Justus Sheffield, the highest-rated pitcher in the Yankees farm system, and perhaps Clint Frazier, who couldn’t crack the Yankees outfield but on many big-league teams would be an everyday player."

All it "might have taken" to trade the Cy Young Award winner to the Yankees.


By the way, "at that time," Severino was the Cy Young Award front runner in the American League.

The Yankees went all in with Severino ... of course they did ... and he came up short.


It's just too funny.

The Yankees avoided free agent busts Yu Darvish, David Price, Matt Harvey, Chris Archer, James Shields, and dozens of others.

By resisting, they quickly built a 100-win team with a ton of young players and more young players in the pipeline. The homegrown foundation for a future dynasty ... knock on wood.

But what they really should have done in hindsight is pick up Gerrit Cole. Or Justin Verlander. Or traded 100 players for Jacob deGrom.

 The Yankees "should have" picked up all the pitchers who won and traded all the pitchers who lost.

Very impressive post-series analysis.


"As for the Mets, trading deGrom, who is 30 years old and will be a free agent they will neither want or be able to afford in 2021, for a package of young players would have sent a signal to their long-suffering fan base that they were serious about rebuilding their wreckage of a franchise."

If the Yankees had actually acquired deGrom from the Mets, the Yankees and Mets would basically switch teams, with deGrom pitching for a AAA lineup.
 

"Aside from the 16-1 Game 3 blowout, their two other losses were one-run games. A lights-out starter at the top of their rotation might have reversed those two.

Someone like Jacob deGrom. Had the Yankees been able to pry him loose, they’d probably be playing Thursday night."

Stupid.

Aside from the 16-1 Game 3 blowout, the Yankees did not allow a lot of runs to the Red Sox ... maybe the Yankees should have traded all their starters, beefed up the bullpen even more, and added a couple of bats who could hit in the clutch.

Then they'd be playing Thursday.