Updated Reports Indicate 4-For-1 Deal for Chapman Nearly Complete, No Extension Discussed
yankees and cubs will have a deal, barring unforeseen hiccup. 4 for 1 is the talk now.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 25, 2016
Joel Sherman of the New York Post has some more details this morning on the deal to send Gleyber Torres and other players to the Yankees in exchange for Aroldis Chapman.
This is what heard on Chapman from #Yankees to #Cubs: Hal Steinbrenner has given blessing. Yankees likely getting 4 players back (cont)
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 25, 2016
#Cubs deal to #Yankees would be headed by Gleyber Torres and Adam Warren is in deal. Neither Jorge Soler nor Javier Candelario is in deal
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 25, 2016
Sherman later qualified that it’s not Javier Baez in the deal.
#Cubs would not discuss Schwarber even for Miller. Theo Epstein made clear from beginning to #Yankees that Schwarber was not in play
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 25, 2016
#Yankees internally debated Torres v. Eloy Jimenez, and decided they like middle-IF over power-hitting OF as main piece for Chapman. #Cubs
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 25, 2016
Also, only Chapman would be going to #Cubs from #Yankees if deal completed. No one else in deal from NYY end.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 25, 2016
So that’s a lot to mull through, but it basically comes down to potential 4-for-1 deal with Torres and Warren as the main pieces from the Cubs in exchange for a rental of Chapman. That is pretty scary to me. What’s that? Oh, I didn’t clarify the rental part after last night’s report that an extension was part of the mix?
Like I said yesterday, deal is centered around Torres and more pieces, once finalized Cubs would only get Chapman. No extension discussed.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 25, 2016
Along with Warren and Torres, hearing Billy McKinney and one other going to the Yankees.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 25, 2016
If this is all true, it seems like an insanely high price to pay for a guy who provides an incremental improvement in the last third of a few games over the next three months. Like, super-duper crazy high. I’ve been trying to see this as a good move from a purely baseball sense, but even that ability eludes me at this point. There’s this, though:
The response to this is as expected. And completely ignores reality of baseball, the market & what it takes to get the top talent available
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 25, 2016
If you’re interested in more of my thoughts on the matter and how to discuss it intelligently, here you go.
