The Yankees’ 2023 trade deadline was famously a weird one. Thanks to a disappointing first half, the Yankees front office found themselves torn between the two general options.
Between the likes of Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, and others, this is the type of roster that you would expect to be buyers at the deadline. However, the way the played in the first half suggested that they should sell off some of the pieces nearer to free agency.
Instead, the Yankees did neither of those things. Whether they just made a decision to hope for a bounce back or got paralyzed by indecision, the Yankees only made two minor in the hours before the deadline.