Realistic Trade Ideas for Yankees Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller has been a popular name on the trade market this summer. If he’s dealt he’ll bring back quite the haul for the Yankees.

The Yankees, in a perfect scenario, would love to keep Andrew Miller and use him as a weapon late into October this season. Unfortunately for them, just getting to October seems like a long shot in 2016.

It’s become clear that the Yankees won’t be contending for the top spot in the AL East, as their best hope right now is for the second American League Wild Card. The general consensus around baseball is that the Yankees should sell off any valuable assets to gain parts for the future.

If Andrew Miller is traded, he is certain to bring back an immense haul.

We are talking 1-2 elite prospects and at least two more good ones. Not some so-so minor leaguers, franchise altering pieces. If you don’t believe me, look at the Aroldis Chapman, where a rental piece fetched the Cubs number one prospect.

If Chapman got that, what will two more guaranteed years of Miller’s elite stuff bring back? Let’s take a look at what a potential deal could look like, with his most likely suitors paying the price.

In this proposed deal, Cleveland pays a heavy price. The Yankees land three of Cleveland’s top 10 prospects with Frazier, Clevinger and Jones. By acquiring #1 prospect Clint Frazier as the centerpiece, he’d be penciled in as a member of the Yankees future outfield.

With Clevinger, whom the Yankees have scouted, the Yankees get a 25-year-old with a power fastball and nice sinker, who is ready to step into the rotation. With 18-year-old Nolan Jones, his biggest asset is his bat, but he’s capable of playing an admirable 3rd base.

Finally, Shawn Morimando rounds out the deal as the Yankees get a lefty who could fill a role as a swingman. For Cleveland, they get a shutdown arm in the pen as they gear up for a deep run in the playoffs.

In this deal, Brian Cashman commits robbery. He lands Joey Gallo, the organization’s #1 prospect who has 40+ home run potential at Yankee Stadium. With Luis Ortiz, he lands another top 10 prospect who could help the rotation as soon as 2017.

Dillon Tate‘s performance has been subpar of late, but make no mistake, he is an impact prospect. In Josh Morgan, the Yankees land a player who could develop into a utility-man, a role Joe Girardi has seemed to appreciate.

This would be a very heavy price to pay for Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels. However, we’ve seen him pay a high price before, when just last season he traded six prospects to land ace Cole Hamels. They made it to the AL Divisional Series last season, so would Daniels acquire Miller as the final piece for a championship run?

As much as I’d like them to deal him, I just don’t see the Nationals giving up baseball’s #1 prospect, Lucas Giolito. But the Yankees still get a fantastic package back, headlined by Reynaldo Lopez, who the Yankees asked for when discussing Aroldis Chapman. Lopez is a top prospect, and would surely make an impact with the Yankees this year and in the future.

Victor Robles is another top 10 prospect that could make a push to be a starter come 2018. Erick Fedde is another young pitching prospect who has a fastball with exceptional movement and could be a part of the rotation in 2018.

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Wilmer Difo is a piece that could become a utility-man for the Yanks fairly soon, as he’s been a top prospect in the National’s system for years.