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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2914544, member: 2920"] Back to these rumors. Rumor 1- I don't know if the Yanks should deal bad contract for bad contract. They're already committed to Stanton for a very long time and the back half of that deal might not look so sharp. At some point, they'll have to extend Judge, Severino, Torres, etc and let's not forget that regardless of whether or not they trade for Paxton, there are still a few LHP on the free agent market that would be an upgrade to the starting staff. Cano for five more years at that price tag might prevent the Yanks from doing other, more cost-effective, things now and down the road. Ownership seems "loosely committed" to being under the luxury tax limit and bringing in Cano just about guarantees that they will exceed it every year for the next 5 years. Ellsbury's contract is horrendous but there are (thankfully) only 2 more years of that left before they'll pay $5M to get out of it. To me, that's more valuable than Cano for 5 even if Cano can play and Ellsbury can't. I'd be far more comfortable handing someone like Ben Zobrist a 2-year deal until Ellsbury can be bought out. As for rumor 2 - I love it. Would hate to part with Sheffield but would do it to acquire an arm like Paxton (or Kluber or Carrasco). The price tag is so cost effective that a trade for Paxton wouldn't prevent the Yanks from also signing Corbin (5 years) [I]and[/I] Happ (maybe 2 but probably 3 years). Now of a sudden, the rotation would be: Severino, Paxton, Corbin, Happ, Tanaka. CC is the long man and hope for late season innings out of Montgomery (although not likely). That's a very good rotation to pair up with the already strong bullpen. They'd also have more chips to liquidate at the trade deadline should any 25 man roster holes emerge during the season, either from poor play or injuries. I would pull the trigger on that one instantly. Then deal off Gray for a MI or CI. Or maybe convert him to a long relief guy. Maybe he boosts his trade stock or turns into a weapon out of the pen. [/QUOTE]

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