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Yankees: Brian Cashman shut down Luke Voit trade rumors with clear take

ByAdam Weinrib|
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) DJ LeMahieu #26 of the New York Yankees celebrates his fourth inning home run against the Toronto Blue Jays with teammate Luke Voit #59 at Yankee Stadium on September 17, 2020 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 10-7. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) DJ LeMahieu #26 of the New York Yankees celebrates his fourth inning home run against the Toronto Blue Jays with teammate Luke Voit #59 at Yankee Stadium on September 17, 2020 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 10-7. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Yankees GM Brian Cashman shut down the Luke Voit trade rumors that bored fans invented.

Yankees fans usually have a fairly good grasp on the team’s needs, but there’s a reason why the team’s GM is Brian Cashman, and not 3,000 Diehards Tied Together.

Well, there are many reasons that’s the case, but one specific reason is that this team’s core of fans tends to get extremely jumpy when there’s no movement in the market.

Fair to get jumpy when DJ LeMahieu’s contract seems to be a matter of when, not if, and yet it still can’t seem to get close to the finish line? Of course it is. It’s very fair.

But just because LeMahieu’s deal is unsettled does not give anyone the right to start shopping players like Luke Voit just because theoretically, maybe, if 10 consecutive things broke a certain way, you’d be able to put The Machine at first, move Gleyber Torres back to second, and add Francisco Lindor in a mega-deal.

Cute idea, but on the surface, it creates an immediate hole at first base and relies on a metric ton of maybes. Luckily, Brian Cashman made it perfectly clear on Wednesday that he’s not falling for any of it.

For all those up in arms preemptively over something you invented, no, Voit will not be shipped to Pittsburgh in exchange for Josh Bell. Sorry to calm you down. I know y’all prefer being angry.

Of course, no moves of any sort will materialize until the Yankees get an official answer from LeMahieu’s camp, which seems increasingly likely to arrive by the end of the month.

Are we saying that because we have insider knowledge? Not quite. Are we saying that because the team itself has prattled on endlessly about how essential he is over the past few days, and it feels like we’re boiling to a fever pitch here? Definitely, yes. That’s it.

At the very least, fans can rest assured that if LeMahieu does come back, the team won’t be attempting to sell him on some wild position change that results in a chain reaction that weakens the entire roster.

So that’s good. Thanks, Cash.

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