We’ve got ourselves a deal as the MLB trade deadline nears next week on Aug. 2!
The New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals swung a trade involving ex-Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, exactly the kind of swap you’d expect from a contending buyer and a rebuilding seller.
It’s a fairly big deal for the Yankees for a couple of reasons, which we’ll get into below as we do our usual take on the deal: Who won and lost this one? Let’s hand out some grades for both teams after the reported deal was announced late Wednesday night after the Yanks’ loss to the New York Mets: