On Monday night, the Yankees pulled off a near impossible deal involving Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Aaron Judge, D.J. LeMahieu and more…
Yankees receive: OF Mike Trout, IF Albert Pujols, RHP Jerome Martinez and IF Luis Rengifo
Angels receive: OF Aaron Judge, IF D.J. LeMahieu, LHP Blake Tajille, OF Brett Gardner, IF Luke Voit and LHP Kevin Looney
Yankees manager Aaron Boone tried to pull off this blockbuster because “Trout is a once in a lifetime player” and that the Yanks would get more out of this deal than the Angels would. Other managers such as Gabe Kapler and Dusty Baker commented “Trout is an amazing player but the Yankees are giving too much up for him” and Baker said “There’s no way the Yankees pulled this off, if I were them I would be ecstatic that we got Mike Trout, a G.O.A.T. of the game.