Jack Fungo

Ryan McMahon homers to bring his OPS+ on the season up to a whopping 92 and his K rate down to a minuscule 31.4%! Given the 30 year old LHH who has played 9 seasons has never had a 100 OPS+, has a career K% of 30%, & makes $16m/yr for the next 2.5, he’d make a great acquisition!

We’re obsessed over run prevention, says the Yankees as they send DJLM to 2B and Jazz to 3B for the first half of the season.

Oneil Cruz is in the 80th percentile in OAA in CF. If he weren’t to work at 3B, there technically isn’t a CF on this roster in 2026. Feels like the exact same scenario to Jazz if you ask me.

Literally last year the #Yankees acquired a hyper athletic failed SS who had moved to CF, and played him at 3B. Whether right or wrong, precedent is set. Not to mention, we all count our lucky stars now the Yanks made that trade.

Would the Pirates trade Oneil Cruz and could he play 3B? A #Yankees acquisition of Cruz would be very reminiscent to the Jazz trade last year. Hyper athletic/toolsy failed SS turned CF thrown to 3B mid season. 3.5 years of control vs Jazz’s 2.5 last yr 👀

YOU CALLED ME A MAD MAN Jazz 2.0

If you could build a perfect fit for the #Yankees to add to their rotation this month, taking into account cost, impact, and fit: You would call it Dylan Cease

Dylan Cease would check every box the #Yankees could ask for from a SP acquisition. They need: ✅ A RHP to compliment Fried, Rodon ✅ Someone capable of starting a playoff game ✅ Someone who can generate K’s ✅ A rental, given NYY has Cole/Fried/Rodon/Gil/Cam/WW for 2026+

It’s games like these I get more irritated the #Yankees couldn’t have given Ha-Seong Kim $14m this year. Not only are they gonna have to trade prospects to get a 3B… Not only did they lose games because infield defense was so bad… But Kim could also have pushed Volpe for SS!

Loaisiga’s results have been so bad coming off the IL, but the under the hood stuff looks really good still. Not uncommon for command to be a little shotty coming off TJ. Maybe I’m naive, but I still kinda believe he’ll find it.

I expect Toronto to try to do something big this deadline, and Mackenzie Gore makes a lot of sense. Jays have been awesome, but data says they’ve way overperformed and are lucky to be in this position.👇 Their +29 run differential is only 4th best in their own division, and…

I actually wonder if it’s the opposite. The Keller smoke yesterday came from the PIT beat - could they be using the #Yankees to drive the price up?

If you knew Spencer Jones would become Oneil Cruz, would you be more or less willing to trade him now? The comp is pretty striking!

Would be pretty, pretty cool if the #Yankees surprised us with a Maikel Garcia trade this week!

(This probably isn’t true) But just for the theoretical! If Geno’s price is indeed sky high, the #Yankees would be better off spending their big trade chips on pitching. Reality is they don’t NEED a bat. You can optimize this team by adding a ton of pitching & a glove at 3B

Man how perfect would a Zac Gallen + Eugenio Suarez trade be right now if Gallen didn’t wet the bed this year

The “KeBryan Hayes is just more expensive Oswald Peraza” is a bozo take. Hayes already has 13 OAA this year. Since ‘22 there have only been 3 other FULL SEASONS where a 3B recorded 13 OAA. 👉Arenado in ‘22 with 14 👉Hayes in ‘22 with 19 👉Hayes in ‘23 with 18

All of a sudden that 60 wRC+ lookin reallllllll palatable!