Yankees Potential Trade Target: Merrill Kelly

Baseball is finally back, and teams only have a short period of time to get their rosters ready for spring training. Since acquisitions are allowed to happen again, let’s entertain the possibility of the Yankees adding pitching depth by way of trading for a decent back-of-the-rotation arm: Merrill Kelly.

2021 Statistics: 27 games, 158 P, 4.44 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 4.24 xFIP, 19.5 percent strikeout percentage (7.41 K/9), 6.1 percent walk percentage (2.34 BB/9), 2.4 fWAR

2022 Contract Status: Set to make $5,250,000 in 2022. Free agent at season’s end.

Much like my brief introduction when I explored the possibility of trading for Zac Gallen, I’m going to remind readers that I am aware that the Yankees…