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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2924652, member: 2920"] I like the trade too. Paxton's cost-effective 2 years means they still have significant money to spend this offseason. I, too, think Corbin is their top target and this trade all but guarantees that the Yanks go all-in to try to sign him. The upcoming Gray trade could replenish the farm from what they just traded away to get Paxton. Preferably, they could land an upside A-ball prospect still years away from needing 40-man protection. Or, they look for a deal to bring in some MLB level INF depth. Severino-Paxton puts the Yanks much closer to Verlander-Cole / Sale-Price / Kluber-Carrasco (for now) tiers at the top of the rotation. I think the focus now is adding quality depth. Corbin would immediately slide in as SP2-SP4. Re-signing Happ would be great but I can see him leaving if someone (Phillies?) offer a 3rd year that the Yanks don't want to include. I like Eovaldi but like him more as a bullpen weapon than a starter and I don't think the Yanks want to commit plus dollars for a bullpen arm. Along those lines, I think Robertson is gone. I think the Yanks have some electric arms on the farm that can slide in to cover those middle innings, then Green/Betances/Chapman cover the final third. [/QUOTE]