The Yankees traded Carlos Beltran and continued the farm system overhaul. Here are some initial thoughts.
The trade machine keeps on rolling. With a little over an hour to go before the non-waiver trading deadline, the Yankees agreed to trade Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitching prospects Dillon Tate, Erik Swanson, and Nick Green. This is the third major trade that the Yankees have made in the last week. Tanya reported the story here, but let’s hash out some initial reactions.
Do the Yankees have an elite farm system?
Remember when there was supposedly little interest in Beltran?