Why did I click on this article?

He fooled me on the MLB website:

"One of the reasons, but not the only one, that the Yankees will be actively seeking a starting pitcher or two before the non-waiver Trade Deadline is because of the way one of the starters they already have, Sonny Gray, has pitched for them so far.

Gray came to the Yankees from Oakland, and always looked pretty good to them out there. Only now he is in New York and Yankees fans act as if he is not only pitching as badly as he has lately, but also vandalizing Monument Park between starts."

For what it's worth ... and it isn't worth much ... Lupica was, like, a HUGE Sonny Gray fan.



"Gray gave up five runs and six hits and threw two wild pitches in the two innings he pitched in the New York's 6-2 loss in Toronto Friday night, after starting a game against the Red Sox last Saturday night that the Yankees ended up losing, 11-1. His record is now 5-7 this season, with an earned run average of 5.85. Gray was 4-7 last season after the Yankees acquired him from the A's, even if he did get two starts in the postseason, one in which he pitched a solid five innings against the Astros in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, a game that Yankees won late."

We all have access to baseball-reference.com, but what does last year's ALCS have to do with ... anything?

In fact, you haven't written anything yet.

Skip the three-paragraph intro if you're going to just repeat things we already know.


"But the problem they have, tied in to Sonny Gray's problems, is that a lot of the starting pitchers who may be available seem to be different versions of the same Sonny Gray the Yankees liked as much as they did when he was pitching for somebody else."

That's the problem in a nutshell, with the Yankees and every team in MLB.

Which is why the Mets should hold on to both deGrom and Synderrggaarrdd.

You can trade them for 10 prospects, 2 of which become MLBers, 0 of which become All Stars, but even if you somehow put together a playoff lineup, you will never be able to replace two top-notch starters.


"Different shades of Gray, basically, if not 50 of them."

His first name is a pun, too. So many decisions to make when you're a professional baseball columnist. 

But 50 Shades of Gray is too good to pass up ... and also timely. Lupica sure has his finger on the pulse of pop culture.


"But there is only one starting pitcher out there -- unless the Giants decide to deal Madison Bumgarner -- who could change everything for the Yankees this October the way Justin Verlander changed everything for the Astros last October and that is a guy they don't have to worry about in New York because he's already pitching in New York:

Jacob deGrom."

"There is only one starting pitcher out there ... other than Madison Bumgarner."


I mean, look, I know the target audience on MLB.com is beyond the New York Metropolitan Area, but that was a pretty big buildup to tell us the Sky is Blue.

Will it happen? DeGrom to the Yankees. I doubt it.

But every single caller to WFAN sure has an offer for the Mets. The first thing I heard this morning was deGrom-for-Stanton. That's probably the highest price I've heard, with the lowest being, say, Andujar and Ellsbury.

One thing these moronic callers have that Lupica doesn't have: the guts to put their offer on the airwaves.

This is all we get from the weasel:

"Will the Mets trade deGrom (who is still only 30)? No one knows that."

OK, so what do you know?

Did you try asking Buck Showalter?