Not that it's a surprise, but
Derek Jeter's
'bag-job' to his old team—essentially
giving away Giancarlo Stanton—was made official today. The Yankees sacrifice virtually
nothing personnel-wise—
Starlin Castro (the
highly-overrated 2B), and marginal prospects
Jose Guzman and
Jose Devers (the latter being the cousin of Sox IF
Rafael Devers). While
The Pinstriped Posers have to eat $265 million of Stanton's $295 million contract—Jeter will thoughtfully eat the $30 million balance. And, that $30 million will only go to
The Evil Ones if Stanton
does not opt-out of his contract after the 2020 season. Now,
this is collusion. Pure and simple.
