It’s rare that the New York Mets can thank the New York Yankees for anything other than extra bulletin board material, but here we are. When the Bronx front office extended a qualifying offer to Trent Grisham, it quietly handed their crosstown rivals a gift wrapped in pinstripes. For once, the Yankees made a decision that simplified life in Queens, rather than complicating it.
Grisham had become one of those offseason curiosities, his name popping up just enough to stir conversation without sparking excitement. The idea of him patrolling center in Queens was never a full-blown dream nor a total nightmare, just a possibility that lingered.