Blue Jays and Dodgers trade rumor for Red Sox star is less than ideal for Yankees

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The New York Yankees aren’t expected to show interest in Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Red Sox, though it doesn’t sound like Chapman is too worried about that. Expecting an apology from Brian Cashman and the Yankees if he gets traded to New York.

After that comment, and some from the Yankees after those remarks, it seems very unlikely that Chapman will be in New York after the deadline. However, he could still have an effect on the Yankees, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays being teams that could land him, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

“Relief pitchers often are some of the most impactful deadline acquisitions, and Boston’s closer is as effective as ever. Chapman doesn’t throw as hard as he once did, but he has four distinct pitches now. 

“And he’s still chucking his fastball in the high 90s, which is plenty of velocity when hitters need to gear up for his slider and splitter. Here’s the greatest truism of the deadline: Everyone needs a good reliever. Teams will climb over each other for Chapman,” Jeff Passan wrote.

Landing Chapman would be one thing for any of those teams, but stealing him away from the Yankees, because there’s existing tension between the two, would be something else.

Unfortunately, the Yankees could be impacted by that, as both the Dodgers and the Blue Jays are always in the mix for elite pitchers, so there’s reason to believe that they could be interested in doing this type of deal.

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