I will not put the Yankees-Blake Snell possibility at zero.But keep in mind the situation: To sign Snell for the Yankees would cost them their second and fifth pick in the July draft and $1 million in international pool money. More dramatically, the Yankees are luxury-tax violators for the third straight time.
While Kings end-of-season excellence did not assure him a rotation berth with the Yankees, it sure helped land Juan Soto.
John Kentera was let go from Audacy station 97.3 The Fan in San Diego, the flagship radio station of the Padres, last week.
The Padres appear to be at the forefront of talks involving Korean free-agent CF Jung Hoo Lee.
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.