Yankees Top Five Priorities at the Trade Deadline

4. Make Room for the Kids.

It’s been refreshing to see the Yankees actually hang on to their top prospects the last two years. They’ve made a real commitment to building through the draft and investing in international talent. At some point they are going to have to actually give some of these kids a shot.

It took five or six injuries at first base to force the Yankees to give Rob Refsnyder regular plate appearances this year. They did everything they could for two years to keep him out of the lineup.

The Yankees currently have the incredibly mediocre Austin Romine blocking top prospect Gary Sanchez, who continues to mash in the minor league’s highest level. 

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The team could trade Gardner and Beltran next week and still have a logjam in the outfield, with Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Ben Gamel, Jake Cave, Tyler Austin, and Mason Williams all looking ready to help the big league club.

The same goes for dealing one of their starting pitchers. Luis Severino, Luis Cessa, and Chad Green all need to be given a chance to work out their issues with regular turns through a MLB rotation. It’s got to happen sometime, why not when the Yankees are barely in contention?

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