The MLB trade deadline is approaching, and since the Yankees are trailing the other teams in the American League playoff race, it might be time to push through some deals that otherwise would have seemed, to put it mildly, unlikely. Naturally, the Blue Jays would be hesitant to trade a star player to the Yankees, who are in the same division, especially since Vladimir Guerrero has made it known that he despises all things Pinstripes.
However, given that the Yankees have dropped four of their last five games and that their 50-22 start now seems like a distant memory in the cold light of the previous 32 games, in which they have won one-fifth of that total (10), panic buttons should be pressed.
In light of this, ESPN is suggesting that the Blue Jays give up and send Guerrero to New York in exchange for a haul of elite prospects, most likely including Spencer Jones, the team’s top prospect.
Vladimir Guerrero Previously Said He Wouldn’t Join NYY
One of those deals, according to writer Bradford Doolittle in an article titled “2024 MLB trade deadline: The deals we’d like to see,” is Guerrero joining the Yankees in the outfield. Doolittle notes that Guerrero declared, “I like to play in New York, I like to kill the Yankees,” in a Spanish-language interview two years prior. Even if I were dead, I would never sign with the Yankees.
However, it’s all relative.
The idea of a lineup that alternates between Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and Guerrero four or five times per game would be impressive, Doolittle wrote. “The Bombers need help on the infield corners.”
