All was slow on the Major League Baseball front as the sports world prepares for Thanksgiving later this week. That’s when the New York Yankees pulled off a trade of epic proportions, acquiring ace starter James Paxton from the Seattle Mariners in a four-player deal.
The trade sends top Yankees prospect Justus Sheffield and two other prospects to Seattle as the Pacific Northwest team starts a previously reported fire sale.
Needless to say, a trade of this magnitude to start the MLB hot stove season created quite the reactions from fans on social media. Here are some of the best.
@OldTakesExposed after today, I’m willing to go out on the limb and say the Yankees will win the World Series next year. They finally got a break today by picking up Paxton. Nice to see good things happen to the little guys.
— Troy Smith (@sssmitty86) November 19, 2018
You should be excited about Sheffield. Swanson is probably going to have a long career as a #4 type. But watch out for Dom Thompson-Williams. Slashed .299/363./.546 in 2018 in A Ball and high A, with 22 dingers.
— SoDo Mojo (@SodoMojoFS) November 19, 2018
Next on the list…@Yankees pic.twitter.com/k3OjYBtSTr
— JD (@JonnySemanchick) November 19, 2018
I’m really not ok with Paxton going to the Yankees. Nope. Nope. Nope.
— 🌻 Tara 🌻 (@tnvanderlaan) November 19, 2018
James Paxton's 2018:
• had an eagle land on him
• pitched a no-hitter
• traded to the Yankees pic.twitter.com/h51xoXHUSp— SB Nation (@SBNation) November 19, 2018
The Yankees are getting a very good LH starter in Paxton. That move is a major upgrade for them. The Mariners are at least stocking the system, which is to say, that playoff futility streak will most likely be continuing
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) November 19, 2018
That seems like an awfully light return for Seattle. Got to love this deal for Cashman and the Yankees. https://t.co/4lJxYzBUoN
— Matt Kardos (@mattkardos) November 19, 2018
Jerry Dipoto is running the #Mariners like he's Joe McGrath from Slap Shot. Selling some infielders, some starting pitchers, the Jacuzzi, the massage table, our bus… pic.twitter.com/6STYztd67Y
— Ryan Wetstein (@ryanwetstein) November 19, 2018
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