Yankees Simulation: Transactions from FanSided Winter Meetings

The 2018 FanSided Winter Meetings have concluded, and as the fake general manager of the Yankees, I have to say I’m quite pleased with the faux acquisitions I made to better the club for the future. However, you be the judge.

And just like that, the 2018 FanSided Winter Meetings have come to a close. For those that didn’t catch my introductory article, this is the second consecutive year that each of the 30 FanSided MLB blogs got together to run this simulation. As the co-site expert of Yanks Go Yard since June 2016, I took the chair as fake Yankees general manager.

It’s every fantasy baseball participants dream to wheel and deal as they see fit, especially when in control of an organization with deep pockets and a few holes to fill, such as the Yanks.

Hopefully, you agree with some of the mock trades and signings I pulled off. Although they have no relevance to what real-life GM Brian Cashman will potentially do this offseason, I did my best to stay as realistic as possible, reverting to many of the articles I’ve written from this past campaign.

What are some examples of keepin’ it real, you ask? For instance, there was a number of bidding wars, namely on Bryce Harper, Patrick Corbin, Dallas Keuckel and Marwin Gonzalez. Yeah, even Marwin got in on the action.

Sure, it would have been easy to throw caution to the wind and offer Harper half a billion dollars, or Corbin (who in my mind isn’t a true No. 1) $150 million, but I refrained. Despite the luxury tax being reset in 2019 to $206 million, there’s a breaking point on every player not named Mike Trout.

FYI, should the Angels allow Trout to reach free agency following the 2020 season, we may very well see baseball’s first-lifetime contract. And no, Bobby Bonilla’s extended deal from the Mets doesn’t count.

Without further ado, let’s reveal the results of this year’s simulation.