MLB Insider Drops BOMBSHELL Trade Update...

An MLB insider has dropped a bombshell trade update around the MLB with one of the biggest and most famous stars who Brian Cashman famously did not go for, despite the fact that he would have made one of the biggest signings of his management career by doing. And with the Aaron Judge era coming slowly and slowly to its final chapters, the Yankees have the chance to rectify one of Brian Cashman's biggest mistakes during this Judge era by acquiring none other than Bryce Harper a man who went to the Philadelphia Phillies because the Yankees would not give him an offer Harper always wanted to play for the Yankees growing up a fan of the team he's back playing the outfield which gives Judge a chance to DH some more while Harper could also DH and play some first base here and there if the Yankees need to even though they do have credit for first base room all in all guys the Yankees now have another chance to go grab Bryce Harper we're going to dive into exactly how they can do that real quick guys make sure to go ahead and subscribe to the channel because 66% of viewers watching us right now are not yet subscribed it's completely free we got videos every single day and one thing surrounding Harper and the Yankees has always been that he wanted to go to the Yankees the Yankees did not end up making a move for him and he is the type of guy who does help the Yankees get further back on track it locks in Harper for the final years of his prime with the final years of Aaron Judge's prime and the two get a chance to really put a ring together for the Yankees and Harper would be such an incredible weapon that would somewhat mirror what the Yankees had with Juan Soto for a year and guys obviously we know that went well but Bob Nightingale recently did discuss this saying that he floated some Bryce Harper shopping recently and honestly this is where things have changed for the New York Yankees in regards to this Nightingale said I think they will shop guys and it's been talked about a lot that Bryce Harper is one of those names who they will shop Harper obviously is a very, very talented player. He's still great. He had an OPS of 865. His best season coming in 2021 without a shadow of a doubt, but outside of that has always been a very good player, has a high batting average, could lead off for the Yankees, is no stranger to hitting home runs, insanely talented at getting on base, a .385 on base percentage since 2018. I mean, it's hard to not look at these numbers and think the Yankees should go make a move for him. Look, he's only 33, so he's still not old. He just joined the MLB so young. And then on top of that, what we saw is a Yankees team that struggles to get on base. Harper does that. He also went back out into the outfield. I know he made a bad play, but at the same time, it would let Harper and Judge kind of switch off DH roles a little bit, especially with there being talk of the Yankees potentially trying to use Luis Garcia at second base last year or next year, as he has had, that he's played a little bit of second base in the past, and the Yankees will totally explore that option. So because of that, the Yankees now do have a dream scenario of bringing Harper to the team, which is one of Cashman's biggest errors ever. I mean, we look at Bryce Harper and the Yankees, and I mean, back in 2018, the Yankees bowed out. Cashman said outfielder's not a priority. They didn't sign him. He joins Philadelphia on a 13-year contract through 2031, and now the trade possibility resurfaces as Nightingale does expect the Phillies to start shopping. guys and obviously this is the type of scenario where the Yankees they can have their GM right or wrong that really we still look at Brian Cashman with a wrong way about I mean we look at Cashman and he's not perfect he's made good moves he's made bad moves he's not perfect and people have really turned on him but he's made good moves and around the league his reputation is insanely good now here's the thing we look at this and it was such a drastic mistake to not go for Bryce Harper truly a detrimental move by the Yankees overall but now even though Harper is a little older even though there's questions about him in the outfield ever since he came off Tommy John we've seen him go back out there and we've also seen a real scenario that the Yankees say you know what screw it let's take this chance we want to make Aaron Judge happy we want to try to win let's finally just say screw it and go all in it's also in case Yankee fans their complaints about Brian Cashman does get to Hal Steinbrenner it also helps Cashman right or wrong that has haunted him for his career i mean this man's contract is reaching his final year right now Cashman has been with the Yankees longer than i have been alive as a human being obviously he's a very he's had a very very big deal and recently we can look at his kind of window with the Yankees now i mean he agreed to a four-year contract that ended through 2026 back in 2022 then it was expected that he would return back in August it was mentioned that as a report said he's expected to be back in 2027 but no verified new agreement has established has been established in this research now here's the thing about Cashman as well with an MLB lockout likely coming he's not going to be able to make moves but he's also not going to be able to really discuss anything with the players as long as that is a situation at hand I don't think the Yankees are going to move on from a guy who's been doing this job for this long it just feels completely and utterly unlikely that now they would decide to move on. It would be a weird year for them to move on. The biggest argument on Aaron Boone's saying is because managers can't talk to players, and depending on how long this lockout lasts, it could become a very, very kind of sticky situation at the end of the day. So I do understand where it comes from. But also on the discussion around Cashman, he said, At no time all winter have I said that I'm not looking for an outfielder back in the day. But at the same time, he kind of did say that. And the Yankees, they just didn't go over Harper. And it is really, it was a bad move overall. But now he's got the second chance to revisit the decision fans. Not even still debate, they just fans hate. Restore the confidence through a better roster. Also getting an on-base beast. And make baseball value the priority. Does this solve all the Yankees' problems? No. Does it kind of feel in a way like a classic Yankees move? Yeah, a little bit. Is it also a good move to make to get in the good graces of fans and to also add a guy who's a great offensive player when the Yankees' offense was terrible this year? I mean, the fifth worst batting average in the league. They were not getting on base. Harper does both those things well. He brings in a guy to put second to have Aaron Judge bat third, and you could really honestly have Ben Rice lead off for the most part and kind of got a great 1-2-3 to start it off. You figure out fourth, you could put Cody Bellinger, something like that. And again, it lets Judge rest. He only has to play 81 games in the outfield. Harper will play the other 81 most likely, or probably not even that many, but he'll play some of them. They'll have Helio Ramos around or Spencer Jones. Someone will get out there. Jones will be the everyday center fielder next season, though, with Bellinger and left. So probably Ramos would be the other guy that they would use there a good amount. But still, it just gives the Yankees the guy who they had a chance to get and really did screw up. Now, Harper's still got some money remaining. The Yankees might try to leave Philly with some money over these next couple of years, over the next five years, into 2031. Now, it's honestly not that bad of a price, $25.4 million, the way the contracts have, the way they've become, the deals that Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, they're on, which they're not going to stick around. It's going to be a talking point in the lockout. Overall, what we are going to see is a bit of a change. So I do think that this is a deal the Yankees can totally afford. They just can. Let's be real. They can afford it. And yeah, maybe it'll be the worst years of his career, but he's still an effective player and there is a chance for a redemption arc right here. But I do want to ask you guys, would trading for Harper change your view of Brian Cashman? Comment A, yes, if you think the price is right. B, only winning will change that. Or C, this move comes too late. It's a classic New York play for a big name that is not going to have the impact that we hoped he would. So it is going to be super interesting to see how that all kind of works out. But at the end of the day, guys, I do want to hear your thoughts. So leave them down below. Like this video, subscribe, turn on post notifications. Have a great day and go Yanks.