According to recent reports, trade talks between the Yankees and Padres for Juan Soto have hit a snag with the Winter Meetings getting underway in Nashville.
Per reports, the Padres, in need of pitching, are looking for a load of arms to come back for the Yanks in exchange for the superstar outfielder, and the Yankees have balked at giving up both Michael King and top prospect Drew Thorpe in any potential deal.
C-Mac has no problem with Brian Cashman standing pat, and believes he can eventually land Soto for a lesser package.
“You don’t have to give up Dominguez. You don’t have to give up Volpe,” C-Mac said. “The Yankees don’t want to trade both King and Thorpe. It’s being presented as if King is suddenly a deal-breaker. King is not a deal-breaker. But King and Thorpe is, for a guy who is gonna be a one-year rental…when you look at other packages given up, the Mookie Betts trade or others like it, they don’t get seven pitchers. They want to fill up their entire roster.
“The Yankees and Brian Cashman have balked at that…I don’t like this package. I think the Yankees can do better. As much as I think the Yankees have to get Juan Soto, this is a deal. This is negotiating. You don’t just say yes to the first thing. You don’t just say yes to a package that is far more than anyone has ever gotten for a one-year rental…who you know they have to trade.”
Still, C-Mac maintains that it would be “an out and out disaster” if the Yankees don’t land Soto, though he still believes Cashman is playing his cards right up to this point.
“Juan Soto can’t go anywhere else,” C-Mac said. “Having said that, they haven’t lost him, and they’re trying to make the best deal. That’s Brian Cashman’s job.”