(Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)It would be difficult to argue the New York Yankees needed Giancarlo Stanton, the towering, slugging outfielder whose onerous contract the Miami Marlins were shopping around this winter. But Stanton, 28, whose record-setting $325 million deal signed with the Marlins in 2014 contains a full no-trade clause, had the Yankees on a very short list of teams to whom he would approve a trade. With both a motivated seller, in the downsizing Marlins, and a motivated superstar, in Stanton, the Yankees reportedly all but stumbled into a deal Saturday for the newly crowned NL MVP. And in a span of 24 hours, the two biggest prizes of this offseason’s talent marketplace have been claimed, with the Los Angeles Angels winning the rights to coveted Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani, and now the Yankees getting Stanton. Stanton is signed through 2027, but his contract contains an opt-out provision that he can exercise after the 2020 season.

Source: Washington Post December 09, 2017 02:27 UTC