Tremors, Not Earthquakes
And that is the way baseball works.
Not in the addition of a career journeyman player leading to the trading of a team’s top prospect, but in the demotion of an affable, hard-working and capable young talent who was barely holding on to a spot. In this case, that means Torreyes.
It was probably always going to be this way as Thairo Estrada is a superior talent and, once healthy, another real threat to switch places with Torreyes. But the end is apparently coming sooner than that.
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The Yankees might still have a need for Ronald during the season, but his permanent place on the bench seems almost inevitable to be supplanted.
However, for a team to improve, it must continue to upgrade its talent. Wade is now a better option than Torreyes, and Estrada will be again soon. And at some point, the Gleyber Torres era will begin, and Walker will become a valuable role player; that will depress the depth chart even more.
Just probably not as much as Ken Davidoff thinks it will.