Yankees Daily Trade Deadline Profile: David Robertson, Todd Frazier, Tommy Kahnle

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TAMPA, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Yankees general manager Brian Cashman (L) and Manager Joe Girardi (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /

Final Thoughts

I like this trade for the Yankees. I really do.

Brian Cashman did a nice job of adding pieces to win now without sacrificing too much of the future.

Top prospects Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier are still apart of the organization. Top pitching prospects James Kaprielian, Justus Sheffield, and Chance Adams are also still around.

Arguably my favorite part of the deal: Tyler Clippard is gone!

Clippard’s continued struggles made it necessary for the Yankees to move on.

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I was looking forward to watching Blake Rutherford in pinstripes. However, I said in Rutherford’s Trade Deadline Profile that I was prepared to lose him at the deadline due to the Yankees’ surplus of outfielders.

Ian Clarkin is a nice pitching prospect, but New York has plenty of pitchers ahead of him in their system. Clarkin seemed to be putting things together this season, but he was only at High-A at the age of 22.

Tito Polo is also one of my favorite Yankees prospects, however, I talked about parting ways with him for similar reasons as Rutherford in Polo’s Trade Deadline Profile.

Focusing more on what the Yankees received than on what they gave up, this is a nice deal.

With Robertson and Kahnle now in the fold, New York’s bullpen is deep and one of the better relief corps in the league. Cashman turned a weakness into a major strength.

Todd Frazier also gives the Yankees another power bat and could fix two positions, both first and third base.

Next: Yankees Daily Trade Deadline Profile: Gerrit Cole

Filling multiple needs with one trade, while holding onto your top prospects…chalk that one up as a win for Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees.

Tomorrow we will get back to our usual Yankees Daily Trade Deadline Profiles. We’ll get back into it with a profile of a Yankees prospect who could be traded if New York looks to add more pieces at the deadline.

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