Yankees’ Juan Soto-Aaron Judge pairing brings back balance
The philosophy was to pair two mammoth hitters and dare the sport to figure out a way to face them 10 times a game without incurring offensive harm.
The philosophy was to pair two mammoth hitters and dare the sport to figure out a way to face them 10 times a game without incurring offensive harm.
Juan Soto makes perfect sense for the Yankees, and for two big reasons.
The Padres have been adamant about the Yankees including both Michael King and Drew Thorpe in a deal, and the Yankees have resisted on both.
The Yankees' trade for Alex Verdugo does not preclude them from still landing their main target, Juan Soto. In fact, they were re-engaged with the Padres to try to obtain the star outfielder.
Hal was indeed a driving force behind this trade, in which the Yankees gave up four talented young pitchers plus catcher Kyle Higashioka, The Post's Jon Heyman writes.
You add the right young player to the right team in the right stadium, you never can tell just how fun the coming days of summer can be.