The Yankees blue chip prospects who will be traded next

And here come the angry comments

So, to get one of those aforementioned pitchers, the Yankees should offer Frazier and Adams, and any two C’s the other team wants; only one of those a pitcher. Marcel Ozuna went for a similar but lesser package and pitchers always cost more.

If the bigger Corbin/Brandon Drury trade comes down, the Yanks will need to add another C or two, or possibly a B. Thairo Estrada for Drury would be overpaying.

If they are then forced to trade for a second pitcher from that group, they would then have to offer one C, two B’s (one pitcher only), and one A. And that would mean another farm hand pitcher would be leaving.

The left-handed Sheffield is likely to be the last one traded and might already be on the Untouchable list, so look for the Yankees to push Acevedo and Tate, if it comes to that.

Talk is cheap, Machado is not

There has been some talk about Manny Machado. As much as acquiring the mercurial infielder seems unlikely, the same was said by me last week about Stanton. The added barrier here is that it is highly unlikely the Orioles would trade directly with the Yankees.

Unlikely yes, impossible no.

Perhaps more likely is the scenario we see playing out with Yankees’ trading partners. The Marlins are presumably shopping Starlin Castro and would be wise to turn him into multiple prospects. Another team might do the same with Machado.

If the White Sox, for instance, want to trade for Machado only to re-trade him for a better package from the Yankees, a circuitous route would bring him to New York. And the reason it might work that way is all about the money.

Machado is set to earn over $15 million in this, his final year before free agency. The Orioles want to get rid of his salary and so, will take a lesser packet of prospects. But the White Sox want prospects. They might be willing to eat Machado’s salary for one year in order to get far superior replacement players.

Assuming the Yankees make the first trade for a pitcher I proposed, but not the second, they would have to really pony up the players to get Machado. That means two C’s, two B’s and two A’s.

That is going to hurt. Again, there has to be a limit of one pitcher per group. That would mean saying goodbye to Estrada for sure, and Nick Solak as a strong possibility. And even Sheffield might have to be conceded.