By the way: George King III, who originally reported that the Yankees aren’t offering any of their Top 10 prospects, is now reporting the opposite: one source has told him that the Yankees **are** offering names from their Top 10 prospect list.

They agreed to two different deals with two different teams. Stanton didn’t want to go to the Giants or Cardinals. This fell into the Yanks lap.

The real heel is Derek Jeter.

I thought Cashman made is quite clear that the players had an issue with Joe Girardi: “Our issues and concerns were the ability to engage, fully communicate, and connect with the playing personnel.” It sounds like Girardi did not have that connectivity with their young core of players - a core that’s only going to get…