Strange things happen in baseball. Events unfold over the course of a season that would be entirely unexpected just months earlier. The 2016 season witnessed seismic activity, the kind that comes along maybe once every three decades. In a shocking turn of events, the New York Yankees sold at the trade deadline.
It was an old fashioned fire-sale, too. They traded away big league assets for prospects. The Yankees, who have historically operated on a win at all costs mandate, conceded the season to look forward to the future. Or did they?
The law of unintended consequences states that the actions of an individual or an organization produce unanticipated outcomes.