As my esteemed colleague Rich Kaufman wrote on Tuesday, Brian Cashman deserves a lot of credit for the Aroldis Chapman trade. From the moment the Yankees bought low on him over the winter to the moment they sold high on him this week to the Cubs, the Yankees handled Chapman flawlessly.
Time will tell how the trade will actually work out, especially since it’s a much longer play for the Yankees than the Cubs. Even if Chapman pitches lights-out en-route to the Cubs first championship since Teddy Roosevelt was in office, the trade for the Yankees still has the potential to be one of the best in team history.