Procrastination 101: Taught by the New York Yankees themselves

Courtesy of Alexa Paige:
All that I could manage to write on my headline board over the weekend

Let's take a quick trip down memory lane, shall we? Remember back when you were in college and you knew you had tons of work to do. Meanwhile, you still chose to hit the bar with your buddies on a Thursday night because you were the King of Procrastination. Then when you came stumbling home at 2 A.M. it suddenly became the perfect time to start your 10+ page research paper that was due the next day. You send it off to the professor with a smile on your face, proud of your "finest" work.

Well, I am pretty sure this is exactly what the Yankees' front office did this weekend. Went out drinking, blew off some steam, and then suddenly remembered the trade deadline was two short days away. So what did they do? Naturally, they decided it was the perfect time to start making trades...trades that would make jaws drop as the ESPN ringtone resounded from cell phones nonstop on Sunday morning.

"I'm still trying to get over the fact that we traded the best of the best," Betances said (ESPN). 

Me too, man...me too.

It first started with the Aroldis Chapman trade last week, but we know this. I'm over it...really. But now Betances, myself, and the rest of the Yankee community are shaking our heads over the Andrew Miller trade. When you have a relief pitcher with a 1.39 ERA and nine saves for your team thus far in the 2016 season, you can't help but beg the question: what did he do wrong?

Now, of course, there is all this talk about the four, yes four, prospects that the Yankees picked up in the trade: Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller, and J.P. Feyereisen. Everyone is all excited and on their high horses because they are young, fresh, and ready to turn this struggling team around. But they are coming from the minor leagues, IN AUGUST.

Don't get me wrong. I know the Yankees are struggling and are acting on behalf of a desperate plea right now. I know we need this. I just don't agree that we needed to do this IN AUGUST, just to try and salvage the hopes of our post-season.

The Yankees are already knee-deep in the mud. You can call on a miracle, but don't think you received it in the form of four men from the minor leagues. This also brings up the point that I don't fully agree with this whole mid-season trade nonsense anyway. You're trading a player to suddenly be sent off to a different team with three, maybe three and a half months to play if he's lucky? Sure, the first baseman will still be playing first base like he knows how. He will still catch the ball, throw the ball, and tag the base like he has been doing all season.

Call me crazy, but there is something to say about team dynamic. And when you do a mid-season trade like this, you can kiss any such thing goodbye. The game is more than just talent; it's about how well everyone works together, on and off the field. That is what is going to take a team from good to great.

So I guess what I am saying is good luck, Yanks. I hope these newly acquired "angels" of yours just meld perfectly into the mold you have created over the past four months. And I know McCann, Beltran, and Nova are all on your radar as well...don't even think about it.

Oh and back to that term paper you handed in. How did that grade turn out? Exactly.